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

+Ian Babcock Agreed. Everyone forgets that his mother being killed is probably one of Anakins main reasons he's more susceptible to the dark side. The way I see it, there are three main reasons for him turning. In this order. 1- Padme dying in his vision. 2- His mother dying. 3- The Jedi Council not seeing Anakin as a master. If his mother didn't die, he wouldn't have had so many issues there, probably would've become a master, curing his trust issues, and thus he wouldn't have been angry enough to kill Padme at her "betrayal". Also, Hayden's strong point is definitely his ability to act out fear, hatred, sadness, etc.. Which is a very good thing seeing as though that's how Anakin is. He reacts stronger to negativity than positivity. Sorry for the novel but I don't do well with not explaining things xD

Brad Doan Hmmm....... That might have been the reason for casting Christensen in the first place.

Ian Babcock That's what I was thinking. Instead of taking an all around decent actor, they chose an actor with very intense negative emotion... because that's essentially what creates Darth Vader.

Brad Doan Good point.

***** I guess the main point I was trying to convey is that I think that a scene where Anakin uses his rage is much better for his character development than a scene where he merely witnesses rage. I feel that we need to know before going into Revenge of the Sith that Anakin has used the Dark Side before. A good example of the type of scene that would be good for this movie is in Star Wars: Rebels episode 7 "Gathering Forces" The main character inadvertently uses the Dark Side during a dire situation. Maybe we see Anakin use a Sith technique during his fight with Maul. Maybe the Lightsaber Throw move is primarily a Dark Side power. Perhaps during Anakin's fight with Maul, Maul gets a little too close to Padme and Anakin uses the Lightsaber Throw move. You could use the fight scenes with Maul to show the similarities and differences between Obi-Wan and Anakin. They both have rage, but Obi-Wan knows how control and suppress it and Anakin's is unchecked and reckless with it. Just my opinion though.

+Clicks Wow, that's actually a GREAT idea! :D

+Clicks Though it doesn't make sense considering Obi-Wan was in hiding; Why would he use a false name that the guy who wants to kill him is aware of?

Because ot's lame and was directed by Lucas? :P

Oh my word, so many morons in this thread. *sigh* Owen knows that Ben Kenobi's real name is Obi-Wan. He's obviously hiding shit when he tells Luke that Obi-Wan Kenobi died around the same time as his father. I mean, have any of you idiots actually SEEN the movies?!

It takes a special kinda someone to take a nice post about lore suggestions and turn it into a "who's dick is slightly less smaller" contest

It originally was Alderaan, Lucas changed it because he didn't want to rehash the OT too much, unlike Disney.

I think this could have stayed. Coruscant, Kashyyyk, Felucia, Mustafar, Kamino, Geonosis, Polis Massa, Utapau: these are all amazingly creative planets, far outsripping any Vancouver backlot planets used in the new trilogy, and they more then make up for us seeing Tatooine and Alderaan again. A little bit of familar can be good if you feel like you are consuming a genuinely new product.

Yeah actually there was enough new planets in the Prequels to excuse having Tatooine and Alderaan again, good point, Lucas really should have planned out the 3 Prequels more.

Seriously, think about the environments we've seen in Disney's trilogy. We had another desert planet, a Yavin-esque forest planet, and an ice planet which also doubled as another Death Star. Then we had another desert planet again in Rogue One. And now a salt desert planet and the boring grey islands planet where Luke is in TLJ. They even literally blow up a Coruscant-looking planet in Ep 7 as the ultimate fuck-you to the prequels. But the new planets are so boring! I admit, seeing Mustafar again and the Bahamas planet in Rogue One and Canto Bight in TLJ where pretty interesting, with the latter even having a little of the Prequel flair to it, but I think Disney could be doing better with the planets here.

We were only sad because leia was born at aldeeran apart from that we didnt even saw a single shot aldeeraan if it wasnt naboo and aldeeran then we would at least be a little sad because the planet that the adventure took place was alderaan

We talk about the movies, not cartoons.

Clone wars is brilliant... And canon.

@@mihaa94sky Shut the fck up just because The Clone Wars is animated you should discredit it. Clone Wars is one of the best Star Wars stories

@@TbYolo Yeah, it is great. Still not in the movies though, still cannot be used as an excuse.

Anakin, control your insolence. The count is concentrating. Anakin might've beheaded Dooku, but Obi Wan killed him.

Because a remake wouldn't make much sense

Ripjaw105 it would if you ignored the last nightmare.

As RedLetterMedia said: "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was the most disappointing thing since my son. I mean, how much more could you possibly fuck up the entire backstory to Star Wars? And while my son eventually hanged himself in the bathroom of a gas station, the unfortunate reality of the Star Wars prequels is that they'll be around. Forever. They will never go away. They can never be undone."

Ripjaw105 Eh, I could ignore it enough to enjoy an alternate series of events, as long as said alternatives get us to the same place for the 4th, 5th and 6th installments.

They could make the current prequels not canon, and then, remake them and establish a new continuity where we can see some more stuff like this, just like what they did with EU but more in depth.

Well, think about what leads up to him being in that room though. The only reason he's there is because he is one of the only Senators they can trust to stand by their side support them while the Republic is crashing down around them.

totally agree!

That *was* impressive

Impressive.... Most impressive

Anyone else notice Admiral Akbar pop up for a split second at 8:10 when the "trap" is sprung haha

Son of a... you're right! I noticed something, but it didn't seem to jump out at me until you pointed it out! Important people, all in one ROOM = PAUSE

Same

+Gabriel Carvalho agreed

+Gabriel Carvalho So it is written, so it shall be!

Detective K Couldn't agree more. This story is exactly what the prequel trilogy should've been - fun and engaging, dealing with bigger themes with the audience barely noticing

+Gabriel Carvalho Same here

Took about a year and a half for Episode II to come out... So, there's a strong possibility we could be waiting another seven months. Hate to break it to you.

DPITB aawwwe

He can't rush this or they will be as bad as the movies he's trying to fix, would you rather wait for a good video or get a bad one right now?

DPITB honestly it will be longer than a year and a half, not only is he working on other things but he has to take the events of the new star wars 1 and 2 a year and a half to change the events of star wars 2 because of the changes to 1, now look how much he had to change 2 because of the changes to 1, obviously 3 is going to have to be completely different than its counterpart and follow the story of the new 1 and 2 so i would say 2 -3 years before it comes out

Episode III is probably pretty hard to write - making all loose ends meet

same tbh

Katharine Gould this is pretty well thought through, and i mean yeah hindsight is 20/20 but its so good......

Meghan Davis tbh i would have loved the prequels so much, it was easier to make anakin's fall more understandable and emotional through this storyline and using obi-wan's pov

+Katharine Gould mmmhmmmm same on this end

okay this is really weird I just found a person with the same profile picture as me

TrueBeliever i think this would be way too obvious foreshadowing. Having roles sort of reverse would not only give the charecters more dimension but also it would be more of an emotional plotline if anakin is actually the one that is more succeptible to the dark side, im thinking in 3 his ideals are tested way more and we see that now that he has to face the real spiritual test to be a jedi and fails to do so despite of how heroic he may be.

+Jorge Wong Fair enough. Thanks.

+Jorge Wong agreed. If you have seen the new Star Wars TOR Expansion trailer (iirc)... there are two brothers brought up as GREY Jedi and it seems one is brother is bound for the dark and one for the light. At the end, it does a COMPLETE 180 to what the audience thought would happen. with the "dark" brother (with all the machine parts, anger, etc) being the one that actually went light... and vice versa for the other brother.

+Geneforson you got it backwards lol,the brother with the mechanical arm and mask WAS the one that went bad. the thing that through people off was the robe colors

SuperMicklovin aaaah... thats was it. The mechincal brother was the one that had the "good" personal before that final scene.

Not enough. Childhood friends grow apart usually all the time.

@@Zodroo_Tint they could have made it that anakin was best friends with one of them and that when he and padme go to tatooine to see his mom they find out that theyre related through marriage now too

The clone wars series was good despite all the nonsense it had to overcome. You could still have a good CW series with a longer war, no Duku, Darth Maul, and a more mysterious Sidius.

Thanks so much! Expect Episode III before The Force Awakens.

+Belated Media What month would that be?

+DoctorKiwi Gaming Boobs.

+Belated Media you better hurry if you plan to upload before episode 7 you only have 2 months :D

+Belated Media Can't wait, its coming up :)

I guess you'll just have to wait and see how I handle your concerns in Episode III...

+Ootini4 the stupidity of jedis not allowed to love or have families is why he turns if they werent vulcans and supressing emotions rather then controlling them like say iono a monk of real life. monks learn to harness their emotions into goals and tools they dont supress them and remove them. understand emotions need to be and using them as tools much like a lightsaber and the force to achieve justice and peace would have made the jedi alot smarter then just "emotions are bad they lead to the darkside" bs.

+Ootini4 If he became upset that he couldn't stop mual......maybe he has a little "i wasn't strong enough" lament. That could be a seed enough to show that he is falling for fear....beginning to FEAR loosing people. Palpatine could then play on this fear and a developing love for padime as a reason to closen their relationship and hint that he wasn't strong enough perhaps because the light side just won't give him the power he needs to save those he cares about.....

+Ootini4 He solves that by having Anakin quit the Jedi and joining up with the Palaptine administration as the new liaison to the Jedi in Episode 3. Only the fall to the dark side happens in Episode. The transformation from Anakin to Darth Vader actually happens over the some 20 years between Episode 3 & 4. And the thing is this does not ruin the reveal that Anakin is Darth Vader.

+Belated Media still weak and too quick

Wow! Nice find!

Tom Ridgway i was gonna say that too lol

Yeah, I saw it too; pretty neat and clever! He didn't even mention it, but it TOTALLY is. It's neat too because while Tarkin was not in the actual prequel movies, he did have somewhat of a story arc in the Clone Wars series.

I thought so

SnArCAsTiC actually he is remember at the end of episode three?

First Last Yup, fuck Lucas.

dodgecity93 At least he isn't Disney. Fuck 'em harder.

Still love them to death tho

@@tommykiryu777 What did Disney do?

@@gibberish1014 They kinda screwed up Episode 8 badly.

Your right and I thought this too, albeit 3 years later XD. I also thought on the fly how I would revise this revision of what we got so... What if the end of what if episode 2 was good was good? The only change to the plot outlined in the video prior to Geonosis is Maul arriving with droids, I think droids work better as a separatist thing and Maul has either Bounty hunters or some fancy different droids (like the super battle droids) with him. Obi Wan arrives at Dooku's place and is Flash Gordening his way in, working out what is going on and he spies on a meeting of the separatists. They are in disarray after the attack on the peace talks and arguing, Dooku arrives and says his worst fears have been realized, he reveals there is a greater plot going on and that he has been contacted by a Sith. Its the same sort of story as in the video lord but focuses on how the sith want to recruit Dooku and the separatists to defeat the corrupt republic, he even fears they were responsible for inciting the initial attack on Alderan (episode 1) that started this whole separatist cause and that they are all being played. Just as Obi Wan is about to reveal himself and help Dooku's argument he is knocked out by Maul and dragged away. Meanwhile on Alderaan Palpatine is informing the Jedi and senators that they have tracked Dooku to Alderan and suspect he is in league with Maul and the sith so are sending an army. Padme tells Anakin, he mentions Obi Wan is there and they go to help him. Owen Lars agrees to help as Anakin can't safely pilot them until he's spent some time getting to grips with his new hand (pardon the pun). On their journey we maybe get a bit of fun backdoor piloting from Anakin but the main plot points are Anakin frustrated at his weakness and desire to be stronger as he practices fighting with his new hand. Padme watches this and asks questions about his training with Obi Wan (and Anakin can say how much he respects and likes Obi Wan) and Padme slightly relaxes Anakin and the two bond. They see Obi Wan's ship, land next to it and Anakin and Padme follow the path Obi Wan took While Owen guards the ships. Back on Geonosis Obi Wan wakes up in a dark room captured by Maul who mocks him saying he knew Obi Wan's hatred of him was his weakness an he used that, now his plan is complete and it's only a matter of time before he can make Obi Wan suffer the same pain he has (i.e he gonna get tortured and his legs cut off). Just as Obi Wan is about to shout back Maul Gags him and opens the doors to reveal the Separatist leadership and presents Obi Wan to them. Maul then says he speaks for the Sith who are only here to help, they come with proof of the republic's intentions, a Jedi assassin sent to kill Dooku! The separatists are now convinced the Republic is evil, set to destroy them and they have to turn to the Sith and War. Dooku is however still hesitant, knowing assassins isn't exactly the Jedi way. Just as he says this however Anakin and Padme break into the room, Anakin going full tilt at Maul wanting revenge and enraged by Obi Wan being tied up. The Separatists run from the room, Padme frees Obi Wan. Just before they join the fight against Maul Dooku pulls them and Anakin away with the force, lights his lightsaber and says enough is enough, the republic has gone too far, it's time for war. The room fills with Droids and our heroes are about to be overpowered when Owen runs in guiding Palpatine's clone forces along with some Jedi, who are all shocked to see Dooku and Maul working together. A massive fight ensues with casualties on both sides (including Dooku unless we really want him in part 3) and Maul fights his way out. Anakin and Obi Wan both want to follow him but Padme convinces them both they are too weak after all they have been through to face him. The end is done in 3 parts that overlap, Maul flying away and speaking with a hologram of Sidious about how successful their plan has gone at starting a war and taking control over the separatists, our defeated heroes flying away watching a huge battle break out on Geonosis and contemplating their failures and finally a speech before the Senate by Palpatine about how diplomacy had failed, the jedi have failed and war has begun. I think this is a better end as we do get a ot more. Obviously a bit more climatic action at the end. We see how Sidious is so good a manipulator he controlled this whole thing to start a war and sway the separatists to his side.We build the relationships of our heroes. We can better set up the Jedi being directly involved in the failure to stop the war, discrediting them and mking the senate favoring Palpatine over them in episode 3 more plausible. We get more Maul vs Obi wan. We set up Anakin's evil side more strongly for the next one. Finally we touch on Padme being the linch pin of our trio of heroes as the one who persuades them at the end. This is vital as I think Padme needs to be more than just a love interest but rather the rational one who keeps Obi Wan and Anakin from acting rashly. Her death/soon to be death in 3 can cause their big fight not just because they now hate each other and blame the other for her fate but because she was the only one who could talk them out of it, it would be a good bit of harsh irony. Sorry that got way long, I did literally come up with it as I went and I'll be honest, I'm rather happy with it.

Agreed there is no tension in the last half. Good ideas so far, but I feel like it is missing an act.

The tension could be derived from the jedi being stuck in a crossfire between Dooku/the separatists and the Republic forces, trying to stop the slaughter, but failing.

there’s also the fact we were given zero explanations on how Obi-Wan knows that Dooku is on Geonosis.

@@ashura9706 he used a tracker actually. what i dont get is why Dooku stays to die. What message is he sending?

MyMrCookies Not really. Its "only" been 1 1/2 but point is: We want to see that shit!

That Dude Najarian He stated in an update video that it would be out before Episode 7.

That Dude Najarian but the third one WAS good yo.

please god anything but that He mainly has to change it to fit his new story and there are some issues. If he'd of done them individually 3 probably would have fewer changes.

please god anything but that: Good compared to what? The Phantom Menace? LOL. I grant you, it WAS the best of the three, but the bar was set incredibly low.

A better Prequel Trilogy? What we got was pretty good.

HMMMMMMM Two words: Rick Worley

​@@hermos3602Hahahaha

Minus the genocide part.

Honestly you could save that for the clone wars. Would make a good standalone between 2 and 3, the movie by which's time Anakin is closer to the dark side.

I agree with you - only, I'd make one change. When Anakin's mother dies, he's not alone. He's with Obi-Wan. So, he doesn't take part in a massacre - the point of this is that Anakin internalizes and tries to supress this urge because of Obi-Wan (this in turn shows not only how close they are, but how much Anakin admires Obi-Wan to the point where his murderous rage is literally overridden by his master). So, over time, this rage festers inside him like a sickness until it comes to a boiling point... and then he massacres *everyone* - only change I would've done in the Clone Wars, tbh. Oh, and show Anakin and Obi-Wan being great friends, of course. 100% agree on that front.

I like this, but with one exception. Nothing he said should've been added to the film because it's fine the way it is. I seriously don't understand how you think this guy's version of Attack of the Clones is better than what we got.

@@hermos3602 I mean... Yeah, AotC is, as you say 'fine'. This is just us talking about what WE would like to see and would've done. Not saying we can do it better, just sharing views on how we would've handled the film.

+Legoindy7734 is he even gonna do it? It's been 2 years

+Connor Maclachlan I hope so

He's got a new video now that says it's going to be out by the 15th at 10:00am PST.

+Mat Stewart SWEET

+Mat Stewart Thanks for the great news, man!

+ally mcdaid I agree. Anakin's innocence needs to be broken somehow in the second movie. Like how Luke's innocence was broken in episode five when he found out the truth about his father.

+ally mcdaid I think the Dooku scene in Ep 3 was enough to achieve breaking his innocence. Belatedmedia's 3 will probably introduce something like that. As for Anakin's anger, it looks like that's going to be kicked off by a love triangle - plus, this video establishes frustration and self-doubt. The main difference between this trilogy and the one we have is that this one doesn't center on Anakin. His development can get side focus.

***** It was supposed to be foreshadowing, it was just very poorly done (how could Lucas think "hmm, Step 1: Village massacre. Step 2: behead Dooku" is a natural progression of growing more evil?).

+James Gardner Because he starts to forsake the teachings of the Jedi. The murder of the Tusken Raiders was borne out of pure rage, a moment of weakness where Anakin just unleashed his wrath. The duel with Dooku has elements of pride and a desire for revenge, but after Anakin has him beat you can see the turmoil within him: he wants to follow the teachings of the Jedi (simply killing someone is not the jedi way), but at the same time he's being coerced into taking the easy way out/dark path of just killing him for the good of the Republic.

+ally mcdaid I'm sorry, slaughtering an entire village, making a point to tell the woman you have the hots for that you killed the women and children too, and then going on a psychotic and power-hungry rant about it afterwards is just foewshadowing? Gimme a break. By that point, he may as well be Darth Vader. And how about the fact that showing Anakin as a legitimately good person, something we never really get in AOTC, making his eventual downfall actually tragic, instead of just a formality given what a jack*ss he is in AOTC.

I think there can easily be a balance between the two (fitting because it's when that balance is broken that Anakin falls to the extreme of the Dark Side). Like Anakin can be outwardly confident and even a bit brash or snarky at times, but in a more intimate setting with someone he trusts and confides in like Obi Wan, his deeper insecurities are revealed. And it's when those insecurities start to overpower his self-confidence that makes him start to spiral and overcompensate, initially with attitude and eventually with seeking out a means to gain more power and control. I think it gives Anakin more depth as a character, makes him feel human and makes his downward spiral into the Dark Side feel more natural and understandable rather than just a dude with a temper and an overinflated ego that gets humbled and then flares more and more out of control until he starts murdering a room full of children. And imo it actually puts him more in line with Luke even in A New Hope, where Luke does have some moments of blunt cockiness but being more reserved, unsure, and reluctant when alone with people like Old Ben.

Jordon Foss yep I agree

I left a comment on "What If Episode I Were Good" about how to kill Shmii off. If Obi-Wan and Padme help Anakin escape Jabba (who I think should own the Skywalkers) and Shmii dies stalling Jabba's guards, that fixes the Shmii problem. Dooku should remain a hero like Michael said in this video. It never made sense that Dooku was so wracked with grief about Qui-Gonn's death that he left the Jedi Order, only to join the Dark Side and knowingly join the man responsible for said death.

Jordon Foss this is nice

Jordon Foss I just realized...Owen Lars probably taught Luke to be a pilot

+Christoph13131 Agreed, I think Maul escaping unscathed from Episode 1 helps in giving Obi-Wan a desire to grow strong enough to best him. If he's cut in half, Obi-wan already beat him once. Also with you on the Yoda thing. Maybe some great telekinetic feat would make sense since Empire establishes a foundation for that.

Indeed. Maybe something pretty badass in Ep. II, but have none of the other Jedi masters make a big deal about it, because duh, it's Yoda. Then in Ep. III, he can do something truly extraordinary at the end, perhaps to save Obi Wan. Perhaps something so big that he loses a lot of his strength, putting him in his weary, near-death state in his swamp for Empire.

If we're changing the entire canon of the prequels, nothing says we can't also change or remove the Clone Wars series.

Christoph13131 the clone wars series is the battles of the clone wars you can still have it. either make it that Duccoo is still evil or change the clone war series to focus mainly on the Grevious

Yoda could have some badass force battle escape during Order 66

I don't need to have a soft spot for the Prequels because I genuinely enjoy them. Even more than the Original Trilogy. And no matter how much people who unfairly hate the films wish they were different, it's never going to happen. The films are perfect they way they are because they were made by the creator who knows what he's doing. Unlike this guy or Disney, George Lucas understands Star Wars.

@Hermos "you're so... Beautiful". "It's only 'cause I'm so in love" "no, no it's because I'm so in love with YOU". Yes, star wars.

@@jamessteadman933 Yes it is star wars actually

The main war about to start is Separatists vs Republic. Dooku stays on Geonosis and is obliterated by the Republic forces after doing no wrong, martyrng himself and showing that the Republic is not the "good" side in this conflict

I would instead suggest that Dooku would try to accuse Palpatine of being aligned with the Sith (maybe making a last minute connection after meditating) then trying to attack him and ultimately getting killed as Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padme are being escorted out so they can only watch without being able to do anything. So, similar to this but without the "go without me, I must die" cliché.

Nick Longo forest?

@@ezlu77 trees

There's no need to remake Episode III. That movie is generally regarded as the only good prequel by critics and fans.

***** Good is an understatement, episode 3 was great. Episode 1 and 2 were less good, they all improve along the way but most fans agree that episode 3 was fantastic.

***** The only fans that think ANY of the prequels were good were under the age of ten when Episode 1 released. Anyone old enough to have seen the original trilogy multiple times beforehand knows they all suck.

jedidethfreak YES, but when you people watched the original star wars for the first time you were kids too! I grew up with watching the prequels first and that's why I love them. But I also think that the originals are better though to me it's one big epic story. The only MAIN thing that ruined it were expectations. They were fucking massive, this movie HAD to be as epic as 3 of the best films ever made. In 1977 these effects were brand new and never seen before, when phantom menace was released everyone had already seen hundreds of movie effects like that and video games like it. It was something completely different. The new films look a lot more modern but I can't blame the CGI... Why? Because it's really good! The prequels "ruined" the expectations people had. When I grew up with star wars it was the midi-chlorians that I heard about. It didn't ruin anything about the "mystery" or any stuff like that, I just had no expectations about it. Episode 3 and 6 are my favorites and I know that 1 and 2 were less good but I still enjoy them and I'm glad that I can...

*****

I was thinking of that. fan films tend to take place as either a spin off or something in their own entirely. but why not do a fan remake film?

i know

Boba Fett Dude, if you started that, I would love to be apart of it! I was thinking of it too!

legoman415 Lets go to Kickstarter, and try it

Boba Fett Plllllllleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!1

Katelyn Sandoval I will do what I must...

william woods yeah, if he ever drops Ep 3 on us, it will be a completely different movie entirely.

***** the only thing about this I would change, is that we have a few short scenes of the emperor overseeing the making of the clones, with some hints to him being evil

Jensen Taylor mmm, nah. I feel like that would tip the hand too soon. That would be like hinting Vader was Lukes dad in the first star wars.

I just mean that in this version palpatine makes a suggestion, off he goes and then near the end bang palpatine saves u with the suggestion. We needed to see the creation I think

Jensen Taylor I think that the Grand Army should have already existed for hundreds of years as the Republic's official military. Without major conflict, the GAR would have been only on patrol duty, but very ready to eliminate targets once called upon. Using it to resolve any conflict would be widely regarded as an act of deliberate aggression by the Republic against its own member systems. It would be a terrible last resort that people think twice before unleashing, because you'd rather use the police (in this case it can be a larger Jedi Peacekeeping Force) than the actual Grand Army.

ZoldierrZzz You completely write off constructive criticism of something you like as stupid, then accuse OTHER people of being closed minded. Do you lack all concept of irony?

ZoldierrZzz I got the interwebz behind my back. The prequals were great when I watched as a kid. Now I look back at them and wonder why things didn't go differently. Then I saw this video and it's great.

Maybe this guy can do it Veronica Mars movie style and find some obscure, convoluted method that involves the internet

Still better than what Lucas had and with a little bit more tweaking, This can be pretty good as a reboot. Plus, everyone benefits if it is remade. This guy gets into the buisiness+the money that comes with it, Disney gets a good reputation with the Star Wars fans+the money that goes with it and it can pave the way for a generation of only bad movies being rebooted. To top it all off, the story is already preconceived so the time it takes to write an entire script is no longer needed and did I mention the $MONEY$. Everyone wins if this happens.

They were patched long before that by the CWMMP. Filoni actually made some things worse (cough cough Maul cough cough Ashoka)

I dunno about needing a true climactic battle... the ending as he presents it has some nice echoes of Amidala's response to the Senate's failure, "So this is how democracy dies... with thunderous applause." Palpatine has convinced everyone that using the droids to protect everyone is for "the greater good", but from the main character's POV we see it's all a ruse to cover for his takeover. We'd still get some epic battle scenes (I like +NickLongo comment about Dooku defending his base and felling countless droids before he's finally overrun by sheer numbers), but at the same time we know it's a hollow victory, but sets us up well for the victories in the future.

If we know Obi-Wan's past and his brush with the darkness, it'll become that much more tragic for him when he sees Anakin succumb to the dark side. Anakin seeing his mother die can be in the 3rd prequel and his final step before going dark. In the original trilogy, there weren't many action or battles either. The ones they did have were epic and I think that's what he wanted from the prequels. Lastly, episode 2 was titled attack of the clones yet the clones only attacked once in Lucas' version as well but that's okay and this isn't?

***** How would Obi-Wan's past make Anakin's fall more tragic ? If anything, it's Anakin's and Obi's friendship that would make his fall more tragic. Obi's past is completely irrelevant and it serves no real purpose. Anakin's mother dying in the 3rd one ? Good way to make his turn to the dark side even more rushed. As if Padme wasn't enough for one movie. "Lastly, episode 2 was titled attack of the clones yet the clones only attacked once in Lucas' version as well" Doesn't refute my point now does it ? And since you mentioned it, the creation of the clones played a huge role in AOTC, and the final battle was a good 15 minutes of Clone action (still not enough); That's 15 times more than what he's suggesting. In his version, the clones only show up in *one* scene.

+MoviezGames Obi-Wan will know first hand how the dark side tempts and him trying to get Anakin to fight it will be more impactful and emotional. I never said Anakin's mother's death was the reason he turns to the dark side. I said it was the final straw. Lastly, yes the clone battle at the end was long. Too long. It was boring in my opinion. There was no weight to it. No intensity. No impact. I'd rather see a short but epic fight than a long subpar one. Like I said, these are just my perspective though and what I would have learned had the movie been more like this version rather than what we did get.

***** " _Obi-Wan will know first hand how the dark side tempts and him trying to get Anakin to fight it will be more impactful and emotional_ " I disagree... I mean sure, he could _relate_ to those feelings, but I don't necessarily think it would dramatically impact the emotional core. I still think the friendship and bond they shared is what would really make things more emotional. " _ I never said Anakin's mother's death was the reason he turns to the dark side_ " Okay ? I never said you said that... Lol. I was just saying, Anakin's turn to the dark side in Ep 3 felt rushed. If you add Shmee (or whatever she was called) her death in Ep 3, it would make his turn even more forced, considering the fact that Padme also dies. " _Lastly, yes the clone battle at the end was long. Too long. It was boring in my opinion_ " Again, doesn't refute my point. I don't care if Ep 2 didn't execute it well, the fact of the matter is, this version of Ep 2 doesn't have enough clone action. And that "one scene" he mentioned is not even a good one.

+MoviezGames Exactly. This story feels very cookie cutter (e.g. Owen Lars' inclusion; Anakin and Obi Wan's buddy relationship and fairly cliche dialogue, etc.), and even worse it's like it's just chugging along to the end goal rather than telling us a good story in each film.

I was wondering why he hasn't posted one yet!

yes please

Except Episode III was actually decent. Just get better actors to stand in.

***** you mean "better script and actor directing"? In many other movies, these same actors are absolutely terrific.

Episode III was ok... But it still had the horrendous scripting from Lucas. But whether its good or not is not the point. This gentleman has taken the story into a completely new direction, so his version of Episode III will be completely different. (Right now it looks like a better direction than the original based off his rendition of Episode I & II.) But I am excited to see how his story plays out, that's all.

Yea, i think it was a great story but i would not have minded it leading up to battle of geonosis like in the actual film. But hey instead of just showing the republic destroying Dooku they could have a big fight instead and yea droids fighting back and Dooku not giving up easily etc.

Yeah I like his take but he focuses way too much on Obi Wan and Anakin is kind of pushed to the side and he doesn't show enough of him turning to the Dark Side kinda stupid

I agree. I hope my take on his take gave her a _bit_ more of an arc.

Yup, she looked pretty nice as well in the film.

He doesn't owe us. We didn't pay for this video. If anything, he can take all the time he wants because clearly he's passionate enough to do it in the first place.

patrick lewis He did his one a year after the first one or around that so maybe the next one will come out around October-November 2014 thats what i was thinking. Its what i also hoping for

too difficult to remember it when it is talked through so fast.... some fans needs to make a budget fan movie using this script, then it can become canon.

Northern- Never thought of this (Yoda going into a pacifist cause the war traumatized him). I like this point of view. But they also could have made Yoda fight solely with the Force and only use his lightsaber as a last resort.

See that idea could work, but it needs to be shown in the movies. Not even explained with dialogue, just shown or fleshed out a bit more. Its also very weird seeing him fly flip around with a lightsaber.

This is a good point to raise however as of the Empire Strikes Back the Clone Wars was not a fleshed out concept and was generally considered to have taken place further in the past than it was portrayed in the prequels. However it can be a good idea to show Yoda's change. However given his age this might be a bit of an abrupt change to his character.

I agree

+BrickBros101 it's stylistically designed to be that way

+BrickBros101 it'll never beat titanic, no one can

AJF Studios Avengers

AJF Studios there are so many movies better than the Titanic

he should do Batman Forever,Batman And robin, Spiderman 3, Superman 3 & 4, catwoman, and several other dissapoting films

He guest starred on a channel called "Screen Junkies" where they already talk about that.

I know, I'm subscribed to Screen Junkies. They didn't really go into it in depth though

XenoJehuty84 Even the Emperor called it a "jedi weapon".

I agree it makez zero sense every jedi should have a lightsaber its litreally thier life its only old original lovers who say Yoda doesn't need one.

@@elie6330 It actually makes a lot of sense for yoda not using lightsaber, because he is obviously modelled after secluded zen master. So he ultimately doesnt really fit in the set of jedi council managing security for the repuplic

'Cause, like, Yoda's whole thing is that the Force isn't physical. "War's not make one great," he chides Luke after he says he's looking for a great warrior. Like the whole point of Yoda is that Luke thought a super powerful Force user would be someone who looked big and buff and like a warrior, but in reality he's just a small little gremlin, because the Force is bigger than our human ideas of what makes something great or powerful. It exists beyond the physical. The size of the X-Wing doesn't matter. "I don't believe it," Luke says. "And that is why you failed," Yoda answers. Yoda's teachings about the Force were never about feats of physical strength or athletic ability. They were about the will and the mentality of WHAT it even meant to use the Force, let alone HOW to use it. Boiling all Jedi ever down to "great warriors" is completely antithetical to everything we learned about Yoda in the original trilogy, and in turn what he helped Luke and the audience learn about the Force.

I think he's saving Maul for his Episode 3 review. It'd make sense. Though, I do kind of agree with you.

RiderNexus it’s not the worst in my opinion it’s better than Rogue One, Solo, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, and the Phantom Menace

Oh how wrong you are. Attack of the Clones is far from the worst.

@@hermos3602 No, it still is because it’s agonisingly boring

@@RiderNexus That's kind of a very subjective thing but m'key

@@VibingMeike To rephrase that, it has bland writing, boring acting, a lack of conflict and tension, etc.

7 years late but I love this idea! Making Jar Jar actually relevant to Anakin would've been a great angle.

Fred G. Sanford. He's just stating his opinion. He doesn't need to "cram it" nor is he a moron.

What he means is that Yoda, being the old grand master that he is, would be too much of a force wielding badass to ever need the use of a lightsaber. Politics have nothing to do with it.

Jedi are Jedi, not telekinetic gods. Yoda's lightsaber fight in EP II is what broght me back as a fan back in 2002. No thanks to the idea of a Yoda that doesn't use a lightsaber when everyone else does Palpatine included.

Exactly. Seeing as Yoda is already 800 some years old, his species can obviously survive for very long periods of time. Palpatine is a human. As we all know, he is already old for a human and wouldn't be as capable of wielding a weapon like Yoda would. In EP V he shows that he is indeed physically capable. Getting carried in the same fashion Yoda does would break Palpatine's back. Yoda deserves to use a lightsaber.

William Netherly Yes Palpatine has a lightsaber too, However In EP III his lightning force was more than enough to handle Luke without the need of a saber. As far as Yoda being centuries old, he should have a more intimate knowledge of the force than most liightsaber wielding Jedi. That sort of power seems more threatening than just basic sword skills. Does it not seem silly to see Yoda limping around with a cane in one scene, and then flipping around enemies in the next? Let the old wise masters fight wisely and evasively as they should. In contrast to the younger Jedi, who fight headstrong and passionately..

Agreed. That's the only problem I had with Belated Media's version. I think it would be completely contradictory of Yoda's character for him _not_ to use a lightsaber. He's a Jedi. The Jedi use lightsabers.

LMAO

Wasabiofip Well a man does need a pussy! And a bad one in that case, why is everyone so worked up that phrase?

+doody magoob That's not saying much....

better to wait for quality then get an on schedule example of what Lucas did with the prequels

I think they should've kept R2 in as Padmé's, and 3P0 as Bail ' s so it makes sense that they know each other, and both wind up in Liea's possession at the start of four/ A New Hope.

They're robots. They could have been built the day before Episode 4 begins. We know they're not because they talk about things that have happened to them but we've got about 17 years in between the trilogies. They shouldn't be part of the prequels.

TheDarkLordOfBass I agree about the robots, they don't need a back story really. I'm not sure that Yoda should never be seen...but very seldom. Less is more.

i agree maybe a brief cameo of C3po and r2d2 in episode 3 when the rebellion is being formed but only a 10 second cameo on captain antilehes ship nothing else

Without the droids, you lose a lot of the potential for humor. In fact, I think they weren't in there enough, at least not as a team. Personally, I thought it would be interesting if someone wrote the movies from the perspective of R2. He's the only character that's in all the movies with any significant participation in all of what's going on, who would remember any of it. You have C3PO who has his memory wiped between 3 and 4; Obi-Wan, who dies in the 4th, and only has a few brief scenes as a ghost in the last 2; and Anakin/Vader, who is already the focus of the story. Plus he has such a strong personality it would be interesting to see his perception of the events of the series.