First off, I didn't mean to say it didn't work without williams score at all, but I think most of the emotion I felt at that point was augmented considerably by Williams score at that moment. The way it wells up is just perfect there to me.

I meant that with the wrong music, it could have come off as cheesier.

Also at the risk of being predictable, I personally thought the acting was at about the same level across the saga. All the films have their great moments and what I would say are "good enough" moments.

I don't think the acting ever gets to a point where it doesn't get the point across, and other parts just floor me.

Liam Neeson in TPM, Ewan, Ian, Lee, Frank Oz, all did a fantastic job for the whole prequel trilogy. I thought Jake lloyd was allright for a kid playing a kid, I thought Hayden really nailed the confusion he was going through regarding the romance in AOTC and his turmoil in ROTS. I even appreciated Natalie's portrayal of Padme. Where a lot of people said she couldn't emote in TPM, I saw that as an intentional restraint on her part. To me when she was the Queen, her eyes said everything her monotone delivery and shiftless posture denied.

I'm not trying to say it's all oscar worthy, but I was able to meet most of it in the middle when it wasn't as great.

And not to put the classic trilogy down, but I think it had it's issues here and there as well.