I can feel it I can feel the Star Wars fandom storming here soon

This is good aslong as it maintains the very important lines: "Do it" "It's treason then" "I dont like sand" "Hello there" etc...

*puts clones wars between Aotc and Rots* me: "The force is strong with this one"

I feel like if a clone trooper killed Padme, Anakin would try to kill all of the clone troopers.

I wasn’t expecting to accept it based on the initial pitch due to how much time your Anakin would spend being compromised but, by the end of your Revenge of the Sith, you sold me. That would’ve worked very well.

In an alternate universe, George Lucas decided to continue his plan for Jar Jar to be revealed as the puppet master instead of scrapping the idea due to the harsh criticism that TPM received.

Phantom Menace could still be a movie, but as a spin-off like Rogue One or Solo. Anakin's backstory as a slave, how he meets the jedis and Padme and becomes Obi-Wan's apprentice still makes for a great story.

The clone wars CG series actually handles Anakin's descent really well. He's basically a Maverick that keeps getting bad orders from detached bureaucrats that are willing to make sacrifices that he isn't. He goes rogue to save his clone troopers all the time. And he's usually validated in his decision. And even when he's wrong, he's a freaking Jedi, so he usually Gary Stu's his way out of it. He keeps *not* killing the HQ guys under these direct orders (because "muh valueable intel"), and seeing them escape and continue to drag out the war. It does well to play into his later complete lack of respect for the Imperial Moffs he technically answers to yet murders casually as Darth Vader. The war in general tends to give him constant motivation to be more brutal, more direct, more ruthless, & more impulsive... and wasting time with self-imposed restrictions tends to only drag out a conflict that costs thousands of lives every day. Also: Duchess Satine. Obi Wan has a parallel arc to Anakin's forbidden love. But he chose his duty to the order instead of his passions, they *both* picked duty over their love. *Massive* waste that it doesn't come into play with Anakin's story. There's a tipping point to drive a wedge between former friends right there. Imagine Anakin confiding this huge secret to his closest friend, instead of that generic fortune cookie advice from Yoda. It wouldn't even feel unreasonable for Anakin to take Obi-Wan telling him he has to give up Padme as a personal betrayal. OH! And give Padme something to do in episode 3 by keeping the plot that she was supposed to have originally. *Have her betray Anakin.* As he drifts deeper down the path to the dark side, he starts losing Padme without seeing it. She sees what he is becoming and it scares her. She's the democratic idealist that actually *wants* all those checks and balances on power that tie his hands while his soldiers die meaninglessly. When the dominoes start to fall on Palpatine's end-game, Anakin will have to be assassinated if the republic is to be saved, and Padme is the one he trusts enough for him to let his guard down. And *that's* when Anakin should choke her to death.

Step 1: Eliminate Jar Jar Step 2: More Ewan Step 3: Leave RotS the same Step 4: This is where the fun begins

George Lucas writes the story, someone else writes the script and directs. Fixed!

The prequels definitely did have redeeming qualities. Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan was great, the lightsaber fights were really cool, and Mace Windu is my favorite Star Wars character of all time.

I agree that the descent to the Dark Side seems rushed, but I disagree about Episode I. The fact that Anakin spends years with his mother justifies that he misses her and fears losing her. This, justifies that he unleashes his rage against the Tuskens. This, in turn, justifies how much he fears that Padmé will die and that Anakin will do anything to prevent it from happening *again*. That aside, the fact that he is rejected by the council from training in Episode I can also explain that he doesn't really feel in phase with the Order. So while things could have been improved, and smoother, Episode I is not a waste in Lucas's story.

The reason Anakin is a kid in The Phantom Menace is because George felt it was important. I feel like George tries to do so much in the prequel trilogy that might as well have been a TV series instead. TPM also kind of feels like it could be a 2 episode TV pilot. Thankfully, we did get the 2003 and 2008 Clone Wars series so there is that.

This is a great idea to start the story when he's an adult. I remember the weird discontent between the phantom menace and clone wars when suddenly he grew 10 years and nobody else aged at all (especially natalie Portman). Great video!

Anakin killed children in Ep.2, a lot of his dark side tendencies did. I do think the transition could have been smoother, but I'm personally content that at least it was established that Anakin was capable.

6:57 I think that Padme being a senator is far more interesting than her being a Jedi. The prequels and Clone Wars have a focus on politics and I like that we have two characters in a forbidden relationship fighting the battle on both sides: political and on the frontlines. Their relationship brings forth the possibility for two very different viewpoints and I feel like if you made Padme a Jedi you'd be taking away a lot of what makes her character so interesting and important to the plot. After all, we have plenty of Jedi characters but how many of the senators do we really follow and have a vested interest in besides Palpatine? Just my opinion though.

That's easy. Make an awful sequel trilogy that will make the prequel trilogy look like a masterpiece.

when you said "with better acting" all i could hear was the "... i dont like sand" line

'Who goes from nobel Jedi to child murder in the space of an Afternoon?" Me looking back at attack of the clones : "But the women and children toooooo" - Uh....ok

I not a fan of Padme being a Jedi, story needs main character that are non-force sensitives and diplomats.

I like the idea of Padme being a Jedi, made me think of Padme going dark side with anakin, the Jedi kill her and he goes full darth

Having Holtst's mars in the background making the music sound like Star Wars and avoiding copyright, big brain move my man

"Who goes from heroic Jedi to child murderer in an afternoon?" "I killed them - I killed them all, Padme - not just the men, but the women and children too!" One of the things people miss with the prequels is that Anakin's 'fall to the dark side' occurs in Episode 2. They're Sand People, emphasis on people. Killing them is bad but maybe justifiable given the kidnapping. Killing all of them indiscriminately is not. Padme doesn't care about them, only about how killing them is hurting Anakin's feelings. (The joke is that she's a shitty person as well, which is why they fall in love.) The optimistic take is that Anakin is fairly well adjusted in The Phantom Menace and being taken from his mother and raised by a cult for ten years breaks his brain, which is why he's 'an incel with anger issues', as you put it. The 'twist' in Attack of the Clones is that the Jedi fall to the Dark Side when they elect to fight a war for the Republic. Yoda spends the whole movie talking about how he's blinded by the Dark Side and then ends it by backflipping around committing war crimes with an army of slaves. "War does not make one great", indeed! The pessimistic take is that Anakin was never a 'chosen one' and the Jedi fell from before The Phantom Menace even began. They're already fighting the Republic's war when they go to Naboo on behalf of the Chancellor for "negotiations with a lightsaber". They ignore slavery on Tattooine because they consider their only purpose to serve the Senate. The actions of the good guys on Naboo are laudable, but they've already fallen into Palpatine's trap by that point by appointing him Supreme Chancellor. He throws himself a party at the end of the film because he's won. He's The Phantom Menace.

Me: *reads title* “But how can you fix perfection?”

Or... what if they did this: Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones The Clone Wars Revenge of the Sith I believe the prequels would’ve heavily benefited from having four movies

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Good, it’s good, I love it

That throwback clone wars show footage has so much nostalgia

I grew up on the prequels and adore them. My nostalgia is so deep, I can’t turn on them, but this is a wonderful video with solid points. I know what Lucas was trying to shoot for with Anakin being a kid when we meet them, but it would have been great to just enter the universe with a teenage or early-twenties Anakin and have the romance and overall plot work better.

I think the element of Jedi being unable to marry to keep it so Anakin can't go to the Jedi with his dreams

I'd just take Phantom Menace & Attack Of The Clones and replace it with volume 1 & 2 of the 2003 clone wars series. While keeping revenge of the sith.

i like your ideas. I don't hate the prequel trilogy, in fact I kinda like them. the story behind them and the idea, as you said, are good and compelling. I've taken to seeing the The Clones Wars as the true mid part of the prequels. Phantom Menace feels more like a prologue to me and overall the prequels would've been better off if the trilogy started with Attack of the Clones (and better dialogue). And I say this as someone who actually enjoys the sequels, but can totally see how the prequels could've been improved and lived up to their potential more.

Thank you, you fixed these movies for me. Now, I'm just waiting for the chosen one who will take on the mouse and remake them.

To me the prequels are basically the extended story of Palpatine becoming the most powerful being in the universe. The Skywalker/Vader plot in it seems just like a side-kick.

I love how much these 'fix the prequels' videos vary between each other, it's always really interesting to see

I like it, and I like that you addressed something beyond the cliched (but still true) bad writing and bad acting.

And this is why I love the Clone Wars series. More episodes pass, and the dark side of Anakin shows more. I feel like without it the prequels would be too simple.

The Prequels were movies that weren't all bad, but suffered from several issues. George Lucas tried to listen to fans and fix his ideas from one movie in the other of a very rushed way. While Revenge of The Sith is a good movie, and it's literally everything of what the prequels should have been before, it suffers with trying desperately to fix things from Attack of The Clones and The Phantom Menace. Revenge of The Sith tries to redeem so many things like Anakin's writing that the movie feels rushed and abrupt. Even though it's good, some things feel unbelievable because they don't really run smoothly like they should. Also, I liked your idea for the Prequel Movies, I always talked with my friends about how the prequel trilogy should have changed one of the movies for Clone Wars.

Jesus this Video is so good. I literally could see the second movie in front of my eyes happening and it would be the most beautiful prequel...I came here and I was not ready for this. Thank you

This is brilliant. Especially the revenge of the sith part, absolutely genius.

we don't need to start with them being married, they could still be in a deepening relationship, while Anakin feels the pull to save his mother. the marriage would be a Clone Wars thing. edit: Padmé should still have been a queen, but of Alderaan instead of Naboo.

Really like it. Let's just weave qui-gon and maul in there somehow.

This youtube channel is seriously underrated, it's such a good channel and deserves more subscribers

That was so creative man! i love it!

I think you're exactly right. Anakin didn't need to be the chosen one he just needed to be a pilot, a jedi, and later a father and that is it. I had the idea, similar to yours, where his fall is subtle at first. For example they are questioning a suspect and because they need information quickly Anikin uses a dark side power. Then he just starts to find it easier to make that the beginning and not a last resort.

The prequels are already great.

Your original film idea reminds me of Quinlan in the book “Dark Disciple” - love it!

I like it! Really good work.

Phantom Menace was pointless in the prequels. I liked it as it had two of the better characters in the series: Qui'gon and Darth Maul. But it could have just been a stand alone movie. The Pod Racing scene, useless Anakin running around, and Jar Jar felt like a lot of wasted screen time. The dark side is supposed to be seductive. That should have been how he falls. He comes to rely upon it, need it, depend upon it. Which is why Vader's "You don't know the power of the dark side" is more of an addict not willing to give up his drug. The dark side is supposed to be not only destructive to the balance of the force and those around them, but destructive to the wielder of the force. It's not just some cool thing that lets you shoot lightning or choke people, it comes at a cost. And it's addictive properties should be sufficient enough for that person to want it more and more. Padme shouldn't have died in the prequel trilogy. She should have betrayed him, which is why he never knew about the children. Love turns to hate, which if often the case in relationships that go sour. Also Leia says she remembers her mother... So there is that. It would explain why she was always sad, she betrayed Anakin who had turned to the dark side. Instead of accidently bringing Obi'wan to confront him, she sets Anakin up. He is gone in her eyes, lost. So while she loved him, his darkness was beyond doubt.

The idea of Padme being a jedi is pretty neat and could be an effective way of showing her and Anakin's forbidden love. Also having Anakin's mindset change during ep 2, the clone wars, and into revenge of the Sith would be a long but great way to illustrate his turn to the dark side. Personally I thought the clone wars did a good job showing Anakin's disillusionment with the jedi, but having palpatine in his ear and sending him on missions that would destroy Anakin's convictions would be cool as hell. In closing, I do enjoy the prequels as they are ( though ep 2 clearly could use some of your ideas for sure), but I really enjoy your take on the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker , would have love to see those ideas come to fruition

Amazing. Just amazing. This is spot on that’s all I can say.

Phantom Menace is not "unnecessary". Just listen what Dave Filoni had to say in 'Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian'. I think it's episode 3

I like the prequels as is but I agree that it could’ve been much, much better. But you have to remember that the force is strong and can influence decisions. Mace Windu’s will is powerful so he can walk the fine line between light and dark sometimes, but someone like Anakin who has been dealt a bad hand at life (born into slavery, has to witness his mother being beaten, little to no social contact with people like Padme and Qui-Gon) can be easily swayed by the dark side, especially when dark emotions come into play. This is seen when he finds his mother beaten to death by the Tuskans. However you’re right, him choking padme to “death” should’ve went another way. Let’s keep Qui-Gon though I really adore that guy.

I disagree that Anakin’s fall to the dark side was rushed. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith built up to it quite well.

i watched this and instantly subscribed

Excelent ideas!!

I say we do what Lucas did when he couldn't make Flash Gordon. Change some names and tropes, steal from better sources, and make the version we'd rather see! You write, I'll direct - we'll call it "FAR-LORES"! If parody doesn't cover us we'll just cite all the same influences Lucas drew from (Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, John Carter of Mars, Dune, Lord of the Rings, Valerian & Laureline, Forbidden Planet, Hidden Fortress, Lost in Space and Star Trek wrapped in a Joseph Campbell myth template).

I really like your ideas for fixing prequels, however my main gripe with it is that it could potentialy invalidate quite a large part of the Clone Wars, which is favourite show and just an important part of my childhood. And also Darth Maul would be gone.

these are amazing ideas man really amazing you put great effert to it

This is a genuinely good idea, I would have loved this. Earned a sub from me my dude.

I would say Padme is a Jedi and she’s killed by a clone in order 66, but Palpatine convinces Anakin that the Jedi killed her, leading him down a further path and fear and hatred.

TBH this point in star wars history is just to dense for even a trilogy.

That was the best!!

By the way this 3 movies you fixed, would be god damn awesome!

prequels had the best lightsaber fights

-Introduce Count Dooku at episode I as a Jedi -Make Anakin 15 years old instead of 9 in I - Give more lines to the jedi council, only Yoda, Mace and Mundi spoke -Of course, make better dialog. -Make the events of Phantom Menace be the reason the Separatist Aliance started.

Any video that talks about the Star Wars prequels: *exists* Me: *front flips like Dooku in ROTS* I've been looking forward to this.

I’d love to see your trilogy! Really well thought out

Less Political, less comedic characters more badass fighting and focusing on jedi vs sith

In my opinion, the thing that bugged me the most in the Prequels is that the motivation for Anakin’s turn to the Dark Side is kinda unrelatable

I love the use of Mars: Bringer of War by Gustav Holst as the background music. It sounds very Star Wars-y (because John Williams took heavy inspiration for The Empire's music from the Planets and Mars). I only noticed because it's my favorite suite.

As for one who dosen't like the prequels, all the suggestions you came with would've really helped me to like it since my problem is the same you have. His fall was so rushed that it didn't sell it at all to me. And the acting further made it very unbelivable.

I honestly don’t see it. I really don’t like the argument that Ten Phantom Menace isn’t an essential movie. Without it we’d be like “Why the fuck are we starting in the middle of this story? Where did Anakin come from? What’s his deal?” Not to mention that Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jinn are both great characters, and his and Obi-Wan’s interactions are great. I wouldn’t trade this trilogy for anything. Personaly it’s got LOADS of problems, but to me, the whole story idea is too messy and flawed to get better, and fixing it only makes it more complicated.

I would love for you to do a film fix on the sequel trilogy

I like your thoughts on this, great video

This does work a lot more. I always felt like Attack of the Clones (or the general idea of it) should have been episode I, with episode II being a Clone Wars movie, and episode III staying pretty much as it is.

I personally think the prequels don't need to be changed...Sequels need to be tho

Episode 1: The False Apprentice Episode 2: Shroud Of The Darkside Episode 3: Order of the Jedi

I love your idea of Padme being a Jedi. That's a cool one.

Whatever it is, it should be built around the clone wars show because that did an amazing job showing Anakins decent into darkness

Maybe keep the child and prophecy thing in the phantom menace and then just have a time skip in there. going from child Anakin to teen Anakin where the over arching villain is still darth maul and how obi wan and Anakin have to fight him throughout the years and finally at the end kill him giving teen Anakin a taste of the dark side with revenge and seeing obi wan give into revenge a bit as well. Both of them obi wan and Anakin loved qui gon so they both wanted revenge. It shows more development between obi wan and Anakin and shows how obi wan kinda fails in his teachings. then yes with the second movie the first half should be the beginning of the clone wars and the second half should be the war itself showing the atrocities of the confederacy and how Anakin has to stoop lower and lower and become like the enemy to save innocents. Have the padme love plot in there as well ofcourse and I love your idea about padme being a jedi and she should be introduced in the second movie as a jedi knight going on missions with Anakin and how he starts to fall in love with her. overall I think these movies could be improved a lot yes...

Imagine Padme being a Jedi and having Anakin face her down in a lightsaber battle. Her being a Jedi would make her have stronger opinions about Anakin's accusations of "the lies of the Jedi". She would defend the Jedi, shooting down his arguments. Then we see him loose it attacking her with her barely being able to keep him off until he delivers a blow that wounds her but doesn't kill her immediately. Obviously they would have to build up more tension between them and it would be more difficult to weave in to the story leading up but the emotional payoff would be ughhh.

Jedi Padme idea is prety sick dude

We need a reboot of the prequels. Also I love your idea, is a very fascinating way to fix these movies

Phantom Menace - Bad Attack of the Clones - Meh Revenge of the sith - Epic

It was said Disney would destroy and make classics not leave the franchise in darkness

I’ve never thought about Padme being a Jedi, but I love that idea

I know going into the Prequels, OT fans were probably mostly looking forward to seeing Anakin just become Vader, but it shouldn't just start in the first film. The Chosen One is a Force concept built on in The Clone Wars (which was co-created by George Lucas, who considers it part of the Skywalker Saga) - I mean the canon 2008-2020 Clone Wars - and put more pressure on Anakin, is the reason Sidious wanted him as an apprentice, and tied into Lucas' Sequel Trilogy outlines. This whole plotline overrides The Clone Wars. I admit the Prequel Trilogy has its flaws, but I'd fix the given story instead of, in a way, replace it with a new one. Sidious takes him away from his mother and pays off Tusken Raiders to kill her, gives him visions of Padme's death to turn to the Dark Side to save her and cause said death thus removing people who could turn him back, etc. Anakin dabbles with Darkness throughout Ep II and The Clone Wars, and breaks the Jedi Code. The Jedi don't want people too old as they will have attachments. This ties into Anakin's arc, that of attachments causing his fall, and then in the Original Trilogy attachments save him. Overall, this is a fun thought experiment, but nothing more. I hope you enjoyed my *constructive criticism*, this was not intended as hate or anything and I am sorry if it appeared as such. : ) I like the editing and brainstorming and creativity.

3 seconds in: now we need one about the sequel trilogy 😂

WATCH BANDIT INCORPORATED “STAR WARS THE PREQUELS WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN” It’s basically this! And it’s great.

One of the best things about the clone wars tv show is how it handles Anakin. Since it was a long term show it was able to slowly show him making moral compromises and becoming less and less Jedi like. It was also able to show him and Obi Wan’s relationship, and how it went from a close relationship between a master and apprentice to Anakin distrusting Obi Wan and the Jedi much like how he acts in revenge of the Sith. Watching clone wars makes everything that happens in that movie much more meaningful.

'The Phantom Menace' is an important film for the Prequel Trilogy but it could be just a set of retrospectives or flashbacks throughout the trilogy or merged with 'Attack of the Clones' into 1 film. Anakin's relationship with his mother Shmi is important to his fall. Sheev Palpatine becoming the Supreme Chancellor. The Chosen One prophecy. If I made the Prequels I would merge TPM & AOTC into one film then the original ROTS script was 4 hours long so just split into 2 parts. 1 The Clone Wars 2 Revenge of the Sith 3 Rise of the Empire

I actually don’t like this, the phantom menace was a good concept just not excerpted to well, and btw the prequels hinted Anakin’s darkness although out.

Everyone should watch cosmonaut variety hour’s video on the prequels. They are soooo good!

I love this idea!

I love the Prequels. George Lucas is at hear an experimental filmmaker, and incredibly gutsy. No one but George would spend so much of their own money on films that take so much risks (shooting digitally, the digital backlot, which George Lucas' way of making the prequels completely defined how movies are made these days. Remember, he was basically the first one to go all out on it). I think TPM had 1975 effects shots in it. Unheard of at that time, and for years after that, but now it's totally common. I, for one, will forever be grateful that George directed the prequels himsels, and we actually got to see his vision on the screen.

Did he really just claim that Anakin's change was rushed? Even though from childhood you can see he was slowly, very slowly, changing

I think they should’ve really shown Anakin’s fall as something that could’ve happened to anyone under the manipulation of Palpatine. The way they actually showed it made Anakin impossible to empathise with.

There needs to be a scene in the second movie, where Obi-Wan is training Anakin. They're engaged in a duel with training-sabers, and are working off of each other's strengths (predicting moves, etc.) to train in their respective Force skills. Additionally, there'd be sass-banter to improve their relationship as brothers from different mothers. This would've given the Mustafar fight that much more weight.

That was a great suggestion for the prequel trilogy. I think out of all the prequels I like the most is revenge of the sith. I think it stands as a film by itself and it makes it cooler if you just read backstory going into it. Then Anakin’s turn doesn’t feel rushed.