Anyway, instead of bitching about someone else's shit tastes, here's my shit taste (Granted, I love the prequels as they are, but if I was allowed to do my own spin on it…):
EP I
>Movie opens the same way, Jedi arriving to resolve a trade dispute between the Naboo and the Trade Federation
>Keep Qui-gon Jinn, but instead of finding Anakin in the movie, he and Obi-wan are already his apprentices
>Set it up this way because there's no suggestion that a Jedi can't take on multiple apprentices in the films, only in the EU.
>Anakin is younger than Obi-wan, but is essentially top of his class- great fighter, strong in the Force, good pilot, but he's brash, arrogant, and out to prove himself- he's Maverick from Top Gun
>Obi-wan is calmer, older and somewhat more experienced, and Qui-gon feels he's ready to undertake the Jedi Trials, which infuriates Anakin, who feel's he's ready to do the same
>Possibly keep the Podracing seen, but have it redone as Anakin trying to show off to his master and fellow apprentice by getting them what they need to get off Tatooine. Also establish Anakin's interest in Padme'.
>Most of the film happens the same way after this point, with some extra scenes of Obi-wan and Anakin clashing a bit, in a sort of friendly brother-rival type deal
>Anakin is sent by Qui-gon to assist in the space battle instead of going off on his own as a stupid nine-year old kid is liable to do
>Qui-gon is killed, and asks Obi-wan to complete his fellow apprentice's training, fearing that without a sponsor, Anakin's behavior might get him booted from the Order
>Obi-wan, after being knighted, is drawn in as a sort of aide for Yoda, in addition to his typical duties as a Knight
EP II
>10 years later
>Obi-wan has become an established Jedi, wise in the ways of the Force, and a skilled swordsman
>Anakin is still a raw powerhouse of a Jedi, strong and powerful, but lacking in wisdom and restraint- he likes to think he's better than his Master, more worthy than him to be a Knight, but he's much less refined
>He clashes with Obi-wan in basically every conversation, questioning his lead, though it's also made quite clear that there is a strong bond between them.
>spend more time on Dooku, establish him as less of a cackling villain, and more of a genuinely good man
>Instead of a Sith, Dooku is in fact a former Jedi, and fights with a Jedi lightsaber- green, in this case
>Scrap the curved lightsaber hilt. As a historical fencer, I can tell you it does nothing to give Dooku any kind of advantage and just looks awkward. Keep the design and straighten it out maybe
>He approaches Obi-wan as a genuine revolutionary, fervent and honest and tells him how the Senate has been infiltrated and the Jedi deceived, and he can no longer in good conscience serve the Republic, and has started the Confederacy in an attempt to stop the Sith
>This is all true, but he doesn't realize he's being manipulated by the Sith.
>He only fights the Jedi reluctantly, and pleads with them to not fight him
>Give better dialogue for Anakin and Padme' throughout the movie
>Make it clear both are interested, but are struggling with their convictions and obligations in other parts of their lives
>Anakin is the first one to crack and admit that he doesn't care what the Jedi would say, he wants her.
>Make it so that Sidious ordered the clone army under the name of Sifo-dyas, a Jedi he personally killed, instead of Dooku.
>Dooku in fact knows nothing of the Clone Army
EP III
>have it play out much closer to the novel
>have it played on more heavily that Anakin is a war hero
>play up his devotion to his family
>make it more clear about his estrangement from the Jedi order due to the secrets he's been keeping
>Make it clearer that the Jedi are becoming more and more political and it's driving a wedge between Obi-wan and Anakin
>Have Dooku find out that the Chancellor is Sidious and the entire battle of Coruscant was to capture the Sith Lord
>Dooku tries to explain this to Anakin
>Anakin is so pissed about losing his hand and is so caught up in the idea of winning the war by killing the Separatist figurehead that he doesn't listen and lightsabers the fuck out of Dooku in a blind Dark side rage
>His guilt lasts longer than five on-screen seconds
>Obi-wan is still sent on a mission to defeat Grievous
>Another pang of jealousy for Anakin, who A) wants the glory of winning the war, B) thinks he could do it better than his old Master and C) wants to escape the Jedi Order's "political machinations"
Other than that, it plays out like the film as it is.