Would the Phantom Menace be better received if it were…
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Would the Phantom Menace be better received if it were closer to its earlier draft?
You can check the full story of the earlier draft of Episode 1, called The Beginning, but in summary: http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/thebeginning.html
* The working title was **The Beginning**, not *The Phantom Menace*.
* The opening crawl framed the story as a Republic in decay, with a trade-route taxation dispute leading to a blockade of **Utapau**, which was changed to Naboo in the final film.
* **Obi-Wan Kenobi is the central Jedi protagonist**, not Qui-Gon. He is sent alone to investigate the Trade Federation crisis, and many of his traits and actions were later transferred to Qui-Gon in the final film.
* Obi-Wan is already a fully trained Jedi Knight, about thirty years old, and dressed in black.
* **Qui-Gon appears much later**, only after the heroes reach Coruscant.
* The Trade Federation is called the **Federation of Galactic Traders**, and their invasion force is described in more military detail than in the finished movie.
* Sidious is more overtly threatening early on. He Force-chokes Dofine from a distance and explicitly boasts that only a Sith Lord could use the Force at such range.
* **Jar Jar speaks normal English** and is less exaggerated. He is still emotional and childlike, but much less of a slapstick caricature.
* The Gungans also speak more normally. Boss Nass is called **Governor Nass**.
* The conflict between the Naboo and the Gungans is more explicit. Amidala is openly prejudiced against Jar Jar and initially does not want him on her ship.
* The Queen’s ship is hidden under a fountain and rises out of the water, rather than simply being in a hangar.
* The escape from Utapau is more action-heavy: the Queen’s ship has gunports, Naboo guards fire back at droid starfighters, and several gunners are killed.
* On Tatooine, **Obi-Wan leads the Mos Espa party**, dressed as a moisture farmer, because Qui-Gon is not in the story yet.
* There are hints that **Padmé has a crush on Obi-Wan**, admiring him and giving him adoring looks, which makes him nervous.
* Padmé is also more visibly capable in self-defense; she physically handles a creature that grabs her in Mos Espa.
* Anakin is written as unusually wise and philosophical. He gives Jar Jar a speech about fear, kindness, and aggression, and Obi-Wan recognizes that Anakin has “old wisdom” for his age.
* Shmi’s surname is **Warka**, not Skywalker.
* C-3PO is unfinished and **cannot speak yet**. Anakin leaves him behind as a mute, unfinished droid.
* Watto physically removes Anakin’s slave transmitter from his neck, leaving a small bloody wound, which Obi-Wan patches up.
* Darth Maul is more vocal and confronts Obi-Wan on Tatooine. The duel uses more extreme Force powers: levitation, super-speed, and near-invisibility effects.
* Obi-Wan quickly suspects that Maul is a Sith and that the Trade Federation may actually be working for the Sith, not the other way around.
* The Jedi Council is smaller, consisting only of **Yoda, Mace Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi**.
* The Senate material is more procedural and complicated. Valorum is not clearly removed during the Senate scenes, even though Palpatine somehow becomes Supreme Chancellor by the end.
* On the return to Utapau, Obi-Wan uses Anakin’s Force instincts to exit hyperspace dangerously close to the planet, bypassing the blockade.
* The Naboo and Gungans unite at Otoh Gunga, not at the sacred place, where Jar Jar gives a more meaningful speech about ending isolation and becoming part of the wider universe.
* The final battle is more complex. The Gungans field a massive army, the Naboo have more organized resistance fighters, and the heroes coordinate around a planetary shield generator.
* Jar Jar is much more intentionally heroic in battle. He leads troops, shows courage, and survives by quick thinking rather than pure accident.
* Anakin and R2 secretly sabotage the backup droid-control system on the planet.
* **Padmé and Anakin fly a two-person starfighter together**. Anakin pilots while Padmé acts as gunner and fires the missiles that help destroy the droid-control ship.
* Darth Maul has a **single-bladed lightsaber**, not the double-bladed saber from the final film.
* Qui-Gon still dies in the climactic duel, but because he enters the story late, his death has less of an impact than in the final product.
* Obi-Wan still cuts Maul in half.
* Anakin is accepted for Jedi training without the same level of Council resistance seen in the final movie.
#movies #video
You can check the full story of the earlier draft of Episode 1, called The Beginning, but in summary: http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/thebeginning.html
* The working title was **The Beginning**, not *The Phantom Menace*.
* The opening crawl framed the story as a Republic in decay, with a trade-route taxation dispute leading to a blockade of **Utapau**, which was changed to Naboo in the final film.
* **Obi-Wan Kenobi is the central Jedi protagonist**, not Qui-Gon. He is sent alone to investigate the Trade Federation crisis, and many of his traits and actions were later transferred to Qui-Gon in the final film.
* Obi-Wan is already a fully trained Jedi Knight, about thirty years old, and dressed in black.
* **Qui-Gon appears much later**, only after the heroes reach Coruscant.
* The Trade Federation is called the **Federation of Galactic Traders**, and their invasion force is described in more military detail than in the finished movie.
* Sidious is more overtly threatening early on. He Force-chokes Dofine from a distance and explicitly boasts that only a Sith Lord could use the Force at such range.
* **Jar Jar speaks normal English** and is less exaggerated. He is still emotional and childlike, but much less of a slapstick caricature.
* The Gungans also speak more normally. Boss Nass is called **Governor Nass**.
* The conflict between the Naboo and the Gungans is more explicit. Amidala is openly prejudiced against Jar Jar and initially does not want him on her ship.
* The Queen’s ship is hidden under a fountain and rises out of the water, rather than simply being in a hangar.
* The escape from Utapau is more action-heavy: the Queen’s ship has gunports, Naboo guards fire back at droid starfighters, and several gunners are killed.
* On Tatooine, **Obi-Wan leads the Mos Espa party**, dressed as a moisture farmer, because Qui-Gon is not in the story yet.
* There are hints that **Padmé has a crush on Obi-Wan**, admiring him and giving him adoring looks, which makes him nervous.
* Padmé is also more visibly capable in self-defense; she physically handles a creature that grabs her in Mos Espa.
* Anakin is written as unusually wise and philosophical. He gives Jar Jar a speech about fear, kindness, and aggression, and Obi-Wan recognizes that Anakin has “old wisdom” for his age.
* Shmi’s surname is **Warka**, not Skywalker.
* C-3PO is unfinished and **cannot speak yet**. Anakin leaves him behind as a mute, unfinished droid.
* Watto physically removes Anakin’s slave transmitter from his neck, leaving a small bloody wound, which Obi-Wan patches up.
* Darth Maul is more vocal and confronts Obi-Wan on Tatooine. The duel uses more extreme Force powers: levitation, super-speed, and near-invisibility effects.
* Obi-Wan quickly suspects that Maul is a Sith and that the Trade Federation may actually be working for the Sith, not the other way around.
* The Jedi Council is smaller, consisting only of **Yoda, Mace Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi**.
* The Senate material is more procedural and complicated. Valorum is not clearly removed during the Senate scenes, even though Palpatine somehow becomes Supreme Chancellor by the end.
* On the return to Utapau, Obi-Wan uses Anakin’s Force instincts to exit hyperspace dangerously close to the planet, bypassing the blockade.
* The Naboo and Gungans unite at Otoh Gunga, not at the sacred place, where Jar Jar gives a more meaningful speech about ending isolation and becoming part of the wider universe.
* The final battle is more complex. The Gungans field a massive army, the Naboo have more organized resistance fighters, and the heroes coordinate around a planetary shield generator.
* Jar Jar is much more intentionally heroic in battle. He leads troops, shows courage, and survives by quick thinking rather than pure accident.
* Anakin and R2 secretly sabotage the backup droid-control system on the planet.
* **Padmé and Anakin fly a two-person starfighter together**. Anakin pilots while Padmé acts as gunner and fires the missiles that help destroy the droid-control ship.
* Darth Maul has a **single-bladed lightsaber**, not the double-bladed saber from the final film.
* Qui-Gon still dies in the climactic duel, but because he enters the story late, his death has less of an impact than in the final product.
* Obi-Wan still cuts Maul in half.
* Anakin is accepted for Jedi training without the same level of Council resistance seen in the final movie.
#movies #video
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