# What if Star Wars Episode II and III had been good?  (Video)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114 "2015-12-22T18:29:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114/1 "2015-12-22T18:29:44Z")

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So, I’m all into Star Wars this week, and it being a light week at work I’m watching some videos on it. I came across these two that basically ask the question and go into some details on how this guy thinks [Episode II](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAbug3AhYmw) and [Episode III](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKqH6vlGHU) could have been better. He basically re-writes both episodes and corrects some of the myriad issues to make the story, especially the continuity better, at least in his opinion.

I thought some 'dopers might enjoy the video and perhaps there is a discussion to be had here. I an certainly say that I wish I’d seen THESE movies instead of the ones we actually got. If you have some time and want to check them out I encourage you to do so…they are about 20 mins long each.

(sorry if these videos have previously been discussed here…I didn’t even check)

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114/2 "2015-12-22T19:37:56Z")

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Much better. I’ll leave the debating and shredding to those more knowledgeable of the Star Wars universe, but speaking as an ever-so-slightly-more-than-casual fan, I thought it was a much more enjoyable story.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114/3 "2015-12-22T20:20:45Z")

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That guy actually became semi famous from his original video about Episode 1 which I can’t link to at the moment but is probably findable through the other two videos.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114/4 "2015-12-24T00:58:06Z")

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Wanted to add the [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y) to “What if Episode I was Good.”

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-star-wars-episode-ii-and-iii-had-been-good-video/741114/5 "2015-12-26T16:29:27Z")

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Thanks for linking these. I remember years ago reading the suggestion that episode II should have been a buddy cop movie in space (so that Anakin’s fall means more), but this takes things to a whole new level.