I worried from day one the characters of the PT, even in 1998 wouldn't match up with Luke, Leia, and Han, it was almost impossible to create a new set characters, even though some were retreads from the OT, they were essentially younger with different personalities. Just think of the success of characters in the OOT, Kenobi dies in SW, and he creates Yoda in ESB, perfect! He creates Lando in ESB to kinda rival Han Solo, awesome! He creates Boba Fett, who has 10 minutes of screentime, and the fanbase goes nuts. He then creates Jabba the Hutt, who as a kid I was utterly fascinated with him and the palace he lie in. Throw in Chewy, R2, C3PO, Tarkin, and oh yeah those two bad guys: The Emperor & Vader, and the only weak link of the OOT was The Ewoks.
Now look at the PT characters other then the big 4 of Padme, Anakin, Palps, and Kenobi:
-Mace Windu = Boring
-Jar Jar = Do I need to expound
-Grevious = Get him some Robitussin
-Boss Nass = Stop slobbering!
-Captain Panaka = bland
-Dex at the Diner = Go flip burgers and get the fuck out a SW movie!
-Jango Fett = Unoriginal
-QuiGon = Good character, only shining spot of TPM
-Count Dooku = Good bad guy, wasted in ROTS
-Darth Maul = Looks cool, does he talk?
-Two Headed Pod Racer Announcer = UGGGH
-Every character in the pod race = Made for 5 year olds
-Lama Su = Sounds like a porno character
Just look at the list of PT characters, and chime in if I missed anymore gems, and then look at the OOT characters, it is like night and day of a bunch of cool characters compared to a bunch of lame characters that you can't take half of them seriously. I knew the characters wouldn't be as good in the PT, but looking at this list, are there any that compete with the OOT characters?