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Constructive ideas to improve TPM

posted 6 years ago by Threadkiller (3089)
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I liked TPM and still believe the good outweighs the bad but that doesn't mean it wasn't flawed. Here are just a few ideas I felt would have made the film stronger.

1. Cast Hayden Christiansen from the beginning to play a teen Anakin instead of Jake Lloyd.

2. Combine Qui Gon Jinn's character with Obi Wan

3. Tweak Jar Jar. Changing his voice and speech alone would go a long way.

Edit: On points 1. and 2. Two major benefits of casting Hayden Christiansen in the Phantom Menace and Obi Wan absorbing the role of Qui Gon is a much better fleshed out relationship between Obi Wan and Anakin for the audience to see develop, along with establishing the connection between Anakin and Padme, planting the seeds of their eventual romance early & in a more believable way. These two things alone I feel would have strengthened the film and the PT as a whole

[–] RoseLeslie987Fan (42) 5 years ago

Hayden was 18 years old when The Phantom Menace came out, and Anakin was supposed to be 9 when he left his home to train as a Jedi, so how can an 18-year old play a 9-year old?

[–] Threadkiller (3089) 5 years ago

Hayden would have been 16-17 during production and Anakin being older instead of a little kid is the entire point.

This way you get to see the same character/actor develop on screen accross all three films. TPM Anakin & AOTC/ROTS Anakin are essentially different characters.

[–] RoseLeslie987Fan (42) 5 years ago

I understand... Thanks!