I agree. I have nothing against expanding the back story to Star Wars. In fact, I was all for it. But that is the problem right there. He didn't expand it. He made a pointless CGI movie. I so desperatly want to feel for the characters. I really did. I weep at the fact that I DON'T give a rat's ass about Anakin and Padme. It had so much potential, so much...and it was wasted.

I often fantisize what the PT would have been like had Lucas gone and done the right thing and hire a good director while he just wrote the story and produced it.

But now I hate Anakin and just don't give a flying rat's ass about any of the characters. Even Yoda. My feelings for him come from ESB. Had Yoda died (for some weird loop hole reason) in the PT I don't think I would have cared. The PT did nothing for the OT. Basically it turned into a crappy CGI fan fiction by George Lucas. And even though the PT is canon, I don't subscribe to it. I would rather have my own vision of what happend between Padme/Anakin/Obi-Wan/Emperor, because what the PT shows does nothing for me. My imagination is much more rewarding.

Hell, the AOTC book is WAY, WAY better than the movie. I loved the book. That book gave a pretty good realistic feel for the romance between Padme and Anakin. You actually felt bad for the guy because he couldn't be with his woman. That was a great summer read.