TPM was at least shot on film, and didn’t have Yoda flying around like a monkey. That seals it for me.
Plus, the factory sequence. Which I would never remember, if not for RLM, since I only saw the POS once.
I was watching Minority Report the other day, and when I saw the factory scene I immediately thought of AOTC. Minority Report came out the same year as AOTC, and was also scored by Williams. They both feature gravity guns, arm entrapment, and a death fakeout shot, yet the difference in quality between these two scenes is dizzying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7omoVzuynmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzWyLDQvKng