Hmmm, you mentioned having a somber ending for your end of ep.1 . However, if we have a somber ending for a the end of the first, second and a last movie in the trilogy.........then I see the need for at least one ending to feel successful or complete. And that is the best thing about TPM is that it resolves its obvious threat in the movie, it actually has closure to the invasion of naboo. I agree that it got complicated during the battle, but still I don't know if ep.1 should have a somber ending. It could be a DARKER movie, this is true, but I feel that ep. 2 and 3 end on the somber side enough. We at the "real ranch" were trying to make a movie that mirrored ANH and we all know that ANH had a big explosion and award ceremony.