WHAT IF STAR WARS EPISODE II WERE GOOD? (Belated Media)

To make Star Wars Episode II good we're going to need to shake things up a bit.
This is both a review and a hypothetical.

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ELEMENTS SCRAPED:
- Dex's Diner
- Kamino
- "Love scenes" between Anakin & Padme founded only on Anakin being persistent
- Returning to Tatooine
- Jango Fett (maybe mentioned to build out the world allowing for more impact when Boba is revealed in Empire)
- Basically all politics
- the Colosseum battle

ELEMENTS KEPT:
- Padme's life in danger
- Separatists
- The Clone Army
- A tracker leading to Geonosis
- Palpatine gaining more control
- Anakin meeting Owen
- Anakin losing an apendage
- Count Dooku as leader and "Fallen" Jedi
- Dooku telling Obi-Wan there is a Sith in the Senate
- Acklay
- Clone Troopers arrinving in the nick of time
- Yoda sensing darkness

ELEMENTS ADDED OR EMBELLISHED OR ALTERED:
- Naboo is now Alderaan (forgotten detail intended for Episode I)
- Anakin & Obi-Wan spend far more time together
- Owen's role increased
- Bail Organa's presence increased and relationship to Padme altered
- Maul is alive
- Dooku's redemption (isn't a Sith)

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[davidhoneycutt]

Have to agree with your philosophy on Anakin and Obi-Wan showing their friendship. The friendly banter between Obi-Wan and Anakin is what made the Clone Wars so great.

[jaygon]

The Naboo = Alderaan change is one of the smartest things they could have done. I'm shocked George didn't consider that

[CTheMagnificiant]

Anakin should be the one who starts the "Ben" nick-name. Then Owen carries that on because thats all Anakin has referred Obi-wan as is Ben; so to Owen, Obi-wan's name is "Ben".

[Khajmer]

"In my version, Darth Maul did get cut in half but survived and now has cool robot legs." This man predicted the future to our faces.

[PassTheMarmalade]

I like the idea that Padme is queen of Alderaan instead of Naboo, and Bail Organa is her brother. It has it make more sense when Leia becomes princess of Alderaan and is adopted by Bail (I think in Revenge of the Sith, the only reason Bail ended up raising Leia was because he happened to be in the room when Yoda was like "We need someone to take one of these twins.")

[dogfood]

at 6:30 your illustrator really did good making that 'unrecognizable face' animation

[David-oqsn]

'I love you because you're not like sand' killed me.

[Reaper]

tbh, a lot of that awkwardness would have been avoided if they just showed owen and beru as childhood friends of anakin. They wouldn't even need to play a role, just hanging out in the background or a short conversation showing they're friends or how their dad is working on purchasing/freeing schmee.

[DoctorKiwiGaming]

MIND BLOWN! If only Episode II were THAT well-written, it would've been far more interesting to watch... I did like Darth Maul in Episode I, as well as the creatures featured in Geonosis' Arena in Episode II (especially the Acklay), and bringing both Maul and these creatures back from your point-of-view would've been... well... awesome as f*ck! Can't wait for your thoughts on the third one, mate! #Subscribed

[ianbabcock]

The only problem I have with this idea is the lack of a scene where Anakin is influenced by the dark side. I don't think his fight with Maul is enough. That's why the scene where Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders works. It showed how he susceptible to the dark side's influence. Plus it was probably the only scene that Hayden Christensen did a decent job.

[charleshurst]

These are such great videos.

I (personally) would've done the Separatists differently. Dooku would be a full blown Seppie, and we should've been introduced to him in Ep. 1. That way, we think he's the Sith Lord and Maul is his guy (incidentally, this allows us to leave the Clone Wars TV show largely untouched as it's much better than the prequels by themselves). This also means we can be legit surprised when Palpatine is revealed as the actual Sith Lord (especially if we watch the movies in number order).

Definitely make Obi-Wan the main character, and definitely show more of Obi and Ani being friends and working well together.

The only other thing I'd really change is the overall timeframe. Make the Clone Wars something that last for a significant amount of time. That way Obi and Ani are older at the end, closer to who they were supposed to be in EP. 4.

Great videos! Keep up the good work.

[meghandavis]

so may just make this canon in my head

[popalupa]

Only problems I see with your version are:
1. Anakin needs to build up to the dark side, he's to happy and go lucky here
2. Speaking of which, it seems as though Obi-Wan is going to the dark side.

[NotRicoBosco]

"And he won't because it completely clashes everything he stands for" - so true and best line of yours

[RockFan]

Is that Tarkin behind Palpatine at 10:15? If so then that is a cool little Easter egg

[FirstLast-qfdf]

The worst part of the prequels is knowing how good they could have been

[andreamarcelli]

8 years on... Your story still shines like a star in a dark universe. You are an utter genius and I humbly bow to your smarts.

[alexandercurtis]

I feel that the climax, in terms of action, is misplaced. In your premise, the only relevant action Obi-wan takes part in is when he fights Darth Maul during the attack on the conference. It feels like that's the climax in terms of your plot, and everything thereafter is denouement. That makes Obi-wan's confrontation with Dooku feel especially out of place.

The interaction with Dooku feels more philosophical than anything. I can see it being important, but at the same time, it shouldn't be where you place your cliffhanger. It would've worked better if you'd put Dooku meeting Obi-wan before the attack on the conference. Then you also get the feeling when everyone's saying "Dooku and Maul are working together" that someone is pulling the strings in a larger setting.

[bournecrimson]

That moment when Obi Wan confronts Maul gave me legit' chills. This series is now canon.

[brentos]

I love at 8:10 "now you've got a bunch of very important people in one room" and then Admiral Ackbar appears for a second! LMAO, I never caught that the first two times I've watched this