If you’ve not seen Revenge of the Sith by now, this article will be spoiler filled, so avoid if you need to.  However, if you’ve read my other articles, you already know all of the stuff here anyway, so read on.

There is one pretty big inconsistency in the Star Wars films that I don’t know the answer to.

How does Leia remember her mother?

It seems there are many theories about why, in Return of the Jedi, Leia says that her mother was “very beautiful. Kind, but…sad.”

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A few months ago I had an idea that, while imperfect, could have resulted in a much better response to The Phantom Menace.  Would the movie play better if every Neimoidian character was replaced with a human in an Imperial officer uniform?  What a way to start planting the seeds of the Empire early, by making them the Trade Federation.  Read to see how this change might have effected all three of the prequels.  I haven’t thought through all of these ideas, but I feel like even these subtle changes would make for much stronger films, even as they already are.

Let’s start with The Phantom Menace.

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It’s been called the biggest twist in motion picture history.  It was known by no one on the set when they filmed the scene, except for Mark Hamill, who was told by George Lucas only moments before they filmed.  The true fate of the father of Luke Skywalker.

This is something that I think could be retained if the prequels were ever rebooted.  As one person recently said at Comic-Con, how could anyone take that twist away from future audiences?  With the creation of Episodes I-III, it was very clear that the secret wouldn’t be able to be maintained.  Especially with the obvious nature of the direction of the story.

My thoughts on possible solutions?

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