Originally posted by: CO
Actually I am one of the many that actually hate Jar Jar with a passion, cause his whole antics showed me that Lucas really didn't have a handle on how these movies should play out.

I understand this point of view as well, although my feelings for Jar Jar are limited to a sullen contempt as he's just part of the problem. Even with Jar Jar removed from Episode 1 (as most of the fan edits have done), it is just a dull film even though it isn't as annoying anymore. This is also evidenced by the last two prequels, which had very little Jar Jar in them, but still didn't come close to being viable stories. I actually tried to watch AOTC again yesterday, and even though I skipped past the romance scenes, I still had to turn the movie off halfway through. It was just too boring.