Sorry its a LONG read.
i actually believe the basic premise of the trilogy is okay. even most of the casting is fine, they were just bad in the film. the film had the right ingrediants it just needs a bit of remixing so i believe if these elements where altered it would be far better. I’d also alter elements so they sync up with the original trilogy better.
first and foremost. cgi kept to a minimum. the visual effects used in the original trilogy, gave the star wars universe its heart & soul. they should've gone down the same route. scale ship models, space battles done with models, matte paintings to create out of this world planets (like they did with bespin) costumed creatures rather then cgi. etc. recreate the feel of the original trilogy.
Bring someone in to spruce up the dialogue, one of the reasons the actors failed was because a lot of the dialogue was pants. The love scenes were bad because the dialogue was awful. And so on.
I’d merge elements of the first two films.
so we start off with kenobi and qui gon jinn. But Obi wan is not being trained by qui gon they are both elite jedi at their peak. (that way it don’t contradict the originals, in terms of yoda trained obi wan) And they’re on a mission which results in them needing to protect the queen and which eventually ends up leading them to tatooine, where they meet anakin. but Anakin is in his 20’s at this point. And can already use elements of the force. Which is why he stands out, he’s had no training or guidance but the force is strong with him. (no mediclorine crap
its just obvious he’s special)
With Anakin older You can blossom the relationship between padme & Anakin from the start. i find the relationship in the prequels to be creepy (due to age haha)
When it comes to the space battle In tpm. When Anakin saves the day its not by fluke, its skill, its on purpose, the good guys are getting their asses handed to them, Anakin saves the day. Shows he’s a badass pilot. Back up what obi wan said in a new hope about Anakin being a great pilot.
Clone troopers would be introduced in the first film. when kenobi and qui gon find themselves hiding in naboos underwater civilisation its not gungans they meet its kaminoans. like in aotc they're cloning an army. But they’re not clones of jango fett, they’re clones of boba fett. You can establish why he’s such a bad ass in this film, like there can be a big battle at the end of the first film. And boba battles mace windu (like jingo did in aotc) but windu doesn’t kill boba fett. Fett holds his own against windu. Showing fett is so badass he can hold his own against one of the greatest jedis.
Interms of trooper origins, instead of sipha dias it was count dooku who commissioned the army. qui gon & obi wan discover this when they meet the kaminoans. dooku then tricks yoda and the jedi council into thinking it was to help the republic. (siting he senses a great disturbance in the force and the jedi must be prepared for whats coming) In reality it was all a palpatine plot. But that’s revealed later. The clone army help the good guys win the battle at the end of the first film. think of a mix of the battle of genosia (end of aotc) and the battle between the gungans and the droid armies at the end of tpm. Instead of gungans the droids are battling a very small civilians army with sprinklings of jedi's (& winning) then windu & yoda arrive with the clone army to turn the tide.
Qui gon jinn doesn’t die in the fight with darth maul. Just gravely injured, forcing obi wan to finish the fight alone. i feel qui gons death should've been more significant. yodas speech to windu, about there always being 2 sith, master & apprentice is enough of a cliff hanger to end the first film.
Then the Revenge of the sith story would then stretch across the last 2 films in the trilogy.
Anakin isn’t a whiny ***** who turns to the darkside after being manipulated by the emperor. He’s power hungry, after training he sees he’s more powerful then the other jedi, and wants more power, palpatine takes advantage. Also its during this time he learns of the death of his mother, adding anger to the mix. Then padme wont side with him, when his darker side is revealed adding the feeling of betrayal & hatred. Which push him over the edge.
Anakin and obi wan fight is the same, except at the start. Anakin turns his lightsaber on, its blue, then he does something to turn it red. Would make their fight far clearer…visually I mean
By the end of the second film, Anakin has fully become darth vader costume and all.
But he doesn’t cry nooooooo. He’s just super pissed off. And it happens like in the trailer, so instead of “can you hear me lord vader.” It’s the ominous. “lord vader…riiiise”
Third film is a few months later, and its about a last desperate push by the remaining jedi to prevent the empire taking over the galaxy. it’d be about vader’s revenge, vader hunting down and destroying the jedi. Not him killing bloody younglings.
Padme doesn’t die during child birth.
In the third film the clone troopers look like storm troopers. The empire is beginning to look like the empire we know. So we see tie fighters, star destroyers etc
Its revealed in the third film that dooku was in league with palpatine. Order 66 happens, That’s when the tide truly turns, like in rots they obliterate their jedi masters etc. after order 66 is initiated, palpatine murders count dooku, he was just manipulating him, once he’d gotten what he wanted he had no need for dooku.
Out of guilt for what has transpired, obi wan cant fight vader. So instead qui gon confronts vader & obi wan goes after the emperor. vader kills qui gon. Emperor owns obi wan in a fight, would of died if it wasn’t for yoda saving his ass (like he saves Anakin in aotc) this is when we first see yoda fight, (so no dooku fight in the second film.) eventually they’re forced to retreat, when vader arrives on the scene.
Just like in revenge of the sith, Yoda and obi wan decide they must go into hiding and decide the twins must be split, to ensure vader never finds both. That way there’s always hope.
Though reluctant, Padme agrees & suggests they send luke to tatooine to be with anakin’s relatives. Obi wan goes to watch over luke. padme raises leia on alderan knowing living in naboo would be foolish. she also adopts the surname organa to protect her & leia's identity. until she dies, this would be off screen when leia is young so what leia says in rotj makes sense. then the organa's raise leia into adulthood)
And they go into hiding cue ending from revenge of the sith.
Fyi, even if I haven’t mentioned it, most of the content from the prequels would still be in there. Eg anakins mum dying, darth maul battling qui gon alone in the desert,anakin winning his freedom,grevious, the war with the mysterious (& now mute) droid army (& minus the political bs) windu confronting palpatine & Anakin helping palpatine etc (though that would happen in the 2nd film
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would also need a new name for the second film. as i'd have named the 1st film attack of the clones (due to the above mentioned changes i'd make) and the 3rd revenge of the sith (as mentioned above vader and palpatine get their revenge over the jedi.) all i know is the second film would probably have one of these words in it, dark side,empire,darkness.