That poor kid. His first scene he has to express a schoolboy crush, AND explain he's a slave, he's a pilot, he used to be owned by a hutt, and tell Padme she's an angel. I don't think a human exists who could totally pull that off, let alone a child. Lucas' instinct to cast a "regular" boy over a trained Dakota Fanning-type mini-adult was okay by me. But he should have followed through by keeping it simple for the kid. Everyone can relate to liking that older girl in school, or in the neighborhood, a look and one simple line of dialogue would have said it all.