Oh where do I begin?
1) Rewrite much of the dialogue, particularly Anakin Skywalker's - seriously, Episode 3 is supposed to be a tragedy, but more often than not I found myself
laughing at how
stupid his lines were, and while I might understand Anakin being a whiny little queen in Episode 2 (considering that his son Luke was much the same way, and Anakin was about 19 years old in that movie, the same age as Luke in Episode 4), he should have matured a LOT more than he did by Episode 3, so that one can actually realize just HOW tragic his fall was supposed to be instead of being annoyed with listening to the bitching of a psychotic manchild.
2) Expanding on the previous one, get rid of the romantic subplot of the prequel trilogy - Seriously, George, the story was good enough. I understand it's important (how else would Luke and Leia be born?) but I would have explored Anakin's other reasons for turning to the Dark Side, such as his increasing disillusionment with the Jedi Order.
3) Retcon Jar-Jar Binks out of existence (and replace him with somebody not quite as annoying) - While I can see the point of a kid appeal character in Episode 1, they could've done a MUCH better job coming up with such a character than what they came up with.
4) Add moral ambiguity - Probably the most annoying thing about almost all of George Lucas' work is his idea of "black and white" morality, not only is this unrealistic, but it's really shallow in terms of being used to tell a story. This is the one thing that the Expanded Universe (I absolutely
refuse to call it "Legends" and I willingly
ignore that George Lucas declared it all non-canon) accomplished that the movies couldn't. We get it, we're supposed to root for the heroes and hate the villains, but just making a character pure evil or pure good makes them two-dimensional and artificial, and it becomes far more difficult to connect with the characters, and thus the story as a whole.
5) Make the Stormtroopers competent - they're the most feared military force of the original trilogy for a reason. If they're such good soldiers, they should perform as such. And no, the Clone Troopers were barely any better - their tactics and strategy was basically as stupid as that of the Stormtroopers of the original trilogy, the only reason they seemed to be good being that they were up against forces that they had every advantage over except sheer numbers.
6) STOP RETCONNING S*** IN THE SPECIAL ADDITIONS! - seriously, this is getting old George. If you think we're amused by your constantly changing who shot first, think again.
Those are just the ones I can think of right now off the top of my head. I might add more later.
Also...
[member="Darth Naefas"]
Darth Naefas said:
I would change it so Anakin didn't betray the only real black man in Star Wars.
And he didn't have to fall to his 'death' and probably get splattered on like 100 speeders.
Are you saying that Lando Calrissian wasn't "black" enough for you?