Darth Simon, I hear ya. I wasn't sure about the introduction maybe it all runs together for me (they are in all six films after all). I am just not sure I like them being in all six films period. Like the wookie thing in ROTS, it feels so forced and again, my point is it pulls me out a bit. That's the "stretch" I don't like. I have read innumerous posts on disliking the droids roll in the PT and how there is some incompatability. Like the Padme death thread...there's things that feel forced and therefore is a stretch in that it doesn't add to the story it takes away from it. Further, that is time that could be spent developing the central characters, instead introducing more and more peripheral ones. Every scene that got deleted on the ATOC GL and Rick introduce saying how much this scenes adds to the plot or enriches the character. My question is why? Why add chewbacca? I know I am not alone on some of the culpability of the PT to OT bridge.