An easier question would be: What DIDN'T the PT need? There's almost nothing right about the PT, in my opinion, except maybe the casting of Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor. Casting Christopher Lee, Terence Stamp, Pernilla August and Jimmy Smits were good moves as well, but their talents were wasted.

I agree that there should have been a Padme/Anakin/Ben love triangle- with both Ben and Ani falling in love with Padme. I was sort of expecting that to happen in AOTC, but NOOOOOO! That would have actually added some depth to the OT storyline- instead of sucking the life out of it by just spoiling all of it's plot twists. Yet another interesting plot opportunity wasted.

I also agree that Anakin shouldn't have known about Padme's pregnancy...and she shouldn't have died IMMEDIATELY after giving birth....*sigh*