First, I'm not totally sure where to put this. I'm not a fan editor so I didn't think I should put it in ideas.
On a musician's forum I frequent, people are discussing Star Wars because of the new trailer. Someone brought up the ring theory nonsense to which I gave my usual reply that I believe, while Lucas clearly wanted some "rhyming,"
That ring theory goes way too far. But even if it were exactly what Lucas was going for, it doesn't excuse the prequels being shitty films. All that said, I posited that Lucas was more going for a Godfather 2 type of parallel more than any ring theory. Which made me think, has anyone ever done a massive edit intercutting the two trilogies Godfather 2 style? I think it would be an interesting experiment at the very least.