For fuck's sake, is she also going to "inherit" the deed to Cloud City and Count Dooku's lightsaber?
No really, what other important thing is she going to take from an old (and way better) character and "do it right"?
At this point, I'm just wondering why she hasn't yet done the Kessel Run in 5 Parsec (after loosening the Falcon's handbrake that both Lando and Han never remembered to operate).
Maybe in IX, she'll talk more languages more fluently than C3-P0 (I actually expect her to be able to read the Sith-runes that C3-P0 won't be able to read),
The truth is, you really don't NEED to watch Anakin turn to the dark side, because it's pointless backstory, the purpose of which was to set up events in the OT.
I wholeheartedly agree. The whole point of those movies is watching Anakin fall to the dark side, but this plot is entirely devalued by stilted dialogue, atrociously wooden acting and many, many flaws (like excessive lame attempts at comic relief in shape of Jar Jar and C3-P0 shenanigans).
There are a few nice scenes in there and some memorable moments, but from a purely narrativistic point of view, there is no reason to watch it. That, however, doesn't mean there aren't things to enjoy, like Palpatine chewing a couple scenes or a few nice fights (though I will forever hate the way how they did Light Sabre fighting for being too pointlessly spinny).
Also, the Jedis having their headquarters on a planet covered with a city. I would have thought a remote planet covered with nature would have been a better HQ. (At least the Sequel Trilogy got ONE thing right - the most important place in the Jedi "religion" being a temple on a planet teeming with life and scenery.)
Again, I think the PT should have taken more pages from japanese history and turn Jedi into something akin to japanese warrior monks living in mountain monasteries (ie: removed from the big cities doing their own thing, but close enough to have some influence here and there if they chose to get involved).
Either that or make the Jedi order something that has already perished and the last few remaining people are either small groups living sort of in their Light-Sabre Dojos or who travel around like Ronin.
I've be honest, the Jabba sequence is way overlong and slows the film down and affects the quality. Take that out (should've been saved for the end)
It would serve no narrative purpose and have absolutely no narrative value or impact there.
To give you an example: Imagine the last 25-30 minutes of ROTJ (after Palpatine was defeated and the whole galaxy was showing to rejoice and party) was the movie showing Luke going back to Tatooine to Toshi Station to buy power converters, showing every menial task of him getting them from the shop, paying for them, checking the receipt and his change, loading them up in his floating car, driving home, unloading them in his garage and so on... would anyone care whether he actually got them or not?