/he really should have put her scenes with the Senate back in/
I agree. At the very least, it would’ve shown that she was doing *something* other than sitting home. The queen of Naboo can’t find out that Padme and Anakin are married or that Padme is expecting a child because otherwise Padme will get fired, but apparently Padme can take all this time off from work and nobody cares or asks why?
/And a sort of juxtaposition between Anakin and Padme: the man who birthed the Empire (or helped, at least) and the woman who birthed the Rebellion. Maybe add in the matter of Padme working behind the scenes to sabotage the inner workings of what's becoming the Empire the best she can, what with Palpatine becoming all the more determined to take her down just because of the threat she poses./
Yes, that would have been awesome. ^^
/have lighter moments for the both of them, things like wondering what to name their children, Padme talking about the life they could have back on Naboo with their family/
YES! Show some indication of how Luke and Leia got their names, show *some* involvement on Anakin’s part when it came to his children.
/And leave out that whole issue of the love triangle that was kinda sorta in the novelization; it really does add nothing/
Exactly, it was *not* needed. All it did was give fuel to the Obidala shippers.
/Of course Padme denies it -- he's had his moments of straying towards the Dark Side/
I hope that this version doesn’t include Anakin’s slaughter of the Sandpeople.
/Padme tries desperately to stop the fight, it's really no use. In the end, she has to intervene/
I like this addition because it gives her a more active role. Her unconsciousness after Anakin’s Force-choke just seemed like a way to conveniently get her off-screen and away from the action so that Obi-Wan and Anakin could have their fight. (This awkward contrivance is further heightened by the fact that after Obi-Wan checks her pulse, that’s the last that he or Anakin ever notice her before they start fighting. It’s as if Padme isn’t even there anymore. Guys, you don’t think that it would be a good idea to move the unconscious pregnant woman away from the lava and sulphuric atmosphere? You’re just going to leave her there?)
/Vader watching from a distance, newly suited, grief and guilt-stricken at the loss of his wife./
Oh, yes, this would have been lovely and so sad. And probably would have caused far less audience snickering and face-palms than the infamous “NOOOOO!”
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Date: 2014-01-05 10:56 pm (UTC)I agree. At the very least, it would’ve shown that she was doing *something* other than sitting home. The queen of Naboo can’t find out that Padme and Anakin are married or that Padme is expecting a child because otherwise Padme will get fired, but apparently Padme can take all this time off from work and nobody cares or asks why?
/And a sort of juxtaposition between Anakin and Padme: the man who birthed the Empire (or helped, at least) and the woman who birthed the Rebellion. Maybe add in the matter of Padme working behind the scenes to sabotage the inner workings of what's becoming the Empire the best she can, what with Palpatine becoming all the more determined to take her down just because of the threat she poses./
Yes, that would have been awesome. ^^
/have lighter moments for the both of them, things like wondering what to name their children, Padme talking about the life they could have back on Naboo with their family/
YES! Show some indication of how Luke and Leia got their names, show *some* involvement on Anakin’s part when it came to his children.
/And leave out that whole issue of the love triangle that was kinda sorta in the novelization; it really does add nothing/
Exactly, it was *not* needed. All it did was give fuel to the Obidala shippers.
/Of course Padme denies it -- he's had his moments of straying towards the Dark Side/
I hope that this version doesn’t include Anakin’s slaughter of the Sandpeople.
/Padme tries desperately to stop the fight, it's really no use. In the end, she has to intervene/
I like this addition because it gives her a more active role. Her unconsciousness after Anakin’s Force-choke just seemed like a way to conveniently get her off-screen and away from the action so that Obi-Wan and Anakin could have their fight. (This awkward contrivance is further heightened by the fact that after Obi-Wan checks her pulse, that’s the last that he or Anakin ever notice her before they start fighting. It’s as if Padme isn’t even there anymore. Guys, you don’t think that it would be a good idea to move the unconscious pregnant woman away from the lava and sulphuric atmosphere? You’re just going to leave her there?)
/Vader watching from a distance, newly suited, grief and guilt-stricken at the loss of his wife./
Oh, yes, this would have been lovely and so sad. And probably would have caused far less audience snickering and face-palms than the infamous “NOOOOO!”