re: Rewatched Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith for the first time in years.

Reposting as ive said before..

Maul should have left Obiwan after killing his master and watching him hang in a tunnel..in the chaos of a collapsing ship they are separated. Maul senses, finds and kidnaps Anakin. He begins training him in secret. Taking initiative where the jedi failed, instilling that and many other seeds into Anakin's mind.

Anakin should have still been a kid in at least the first act of episode 2 and growing. Obiwan,..devistated by failure becomes pushed by it. He sets out to rescue Anakin. With the help of Padme..He is successful in the rescue, but the corruption in Anakin may have already been too much.

Now, Padme could come back in and be a strong figure and important part of this story to 1 man now, instead of an entire world. Which is ironically more important.. as the man she has influence over, will have the power to destroy worlds.

Maul should have been the presence of Obi-Wan's conflict over the first 3 episodes.

Imagine if Anakin had been intensly trained by Maul for over a decade and never damaged on Mustafar. Instead he turns on Obiwan in a 3 way fight (mirroring the Duel of fates in a way), helping Maul defeat him and the Jedi. Anakin has foreseen it, and knows this is his best route to ultimate power. He now thinks like a machine, even though his body is all human. Feeling emotion ironically would have been good for this jedi, making the love between him and Padme even more important. At some point in this story..She needs to be killed instead of dying from a broken heart, it needs to be made to look like the remaining Jedi did it to kill or corrupt his potential offspring. She does give birth before succumbing to injuries, they are immediately separated with Leia being taken away before anakin arrives. He sees Obiwan escaping with an infant Luke. Anakin sees Yoda and Mace with his dead lover. They will have to buy Obiwan some time to get away.

Anakin in a rage defeats Yoda and Mace..killing Mace.

So, after knowing he has learned all he can from Maul, Anakin then kills Maul when Maul presents his treachery to the Emperor. Anakin now takes his place at the side of the Emperor, to learn even more about the power of the dark side.

Obiwan realises Maul was never his true enemy, just a bridge to what would be.


Eta

You're all right. What we got was better.