WHAT IF "STAR WARS: EPISODE I" WAS GOOD? (Belated Media)
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange users cite it as an example of a fan proposal for restructuring Episode I, such as making Palpatine the Jedi Council's liaison to the Senate, and bring it up in Star Wars continuity and watch-order discussions.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2012 to 2017.
What it is
A 12-minute 2012 video essay from Belated Media that reviews Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and then imagines how it could have been rewritten to work better. It leans on a fan-proposed viewing order and rewrites to the story, including a different role for Palpatine.
What people said
Recommends Owen Blacker · 2012-02 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “In what order should the Star Wars movies be watched?”
I just read a very good blog post arguing that Machete Order [LINK] is the best way to watch them: Next time you want to introduce someone to Star Wars for the first time, watch the films with them in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI. Notice something? Yeah, Episode I is gone. The blog post itself goes into a lot more (persuasive) detail about why this is better, which I shall merely excerpt as: The Star Wars watching experience gets to start with the film that does the best job of establishing the Star Wars universe, Episode IV, and it ends with the most satisfying ending, Episode VI. It also starts the series off with the two strongest films, and allows you to never have to either start or e
Cites Paul D. Waite · 2014-09 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Will new Star Wars movie continuity affect the continuity of the old movies?”
J. J. Abrams actually has fairly extensive plans to tweak The Phantom Menace to fit in better with the new trilogy. He ran through them here: [this video]
Cites Thunderforge · 2017-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “How much official communication was there between the Senate and the Jedi Council?”
The fan video What if "Star Wars Episode I" Was Good [this video] suggests that the script might have been improved if Palpatine was not a senator, but rather the full-time liaison between the Jedi Council and the Senate (thus allowing him to personally know each of the Jedi and be able to keep a closer eye on their actions). However, I don't see any evidence that this sort of position actually exists in canon. This made me wonder; who has the official authority to talk with the Jedi Council on behalf of the Senate (or vice versa), and how often? In The Phantom Menace , we see that the Jedi Council and the Senate really don't talk too much. We know from the opening crawl that "the Supreme Chancel