Originally posted by: zombie84
And really, is it any wonder that he's somewhat resentful of the thing? I mean, the number of character he acted with in AOTC that never existed: Jar Jar, Dexter Jester, Yoda, all of the Kamino guys, the entire Clone War and arena sequence (basically the entire last half of the film), plus all that stuff flying a spaceship and talking to a droid. The only human contact he has in the film is two or three brief scenes with Portman and Christensen (two at the beginning of the film, plus a chase scene and one at the end), one with Christopher Lee (plus a brief stunt sequence at the end, which probably used a double), three with Mace Windu and a digital Yoda, one of which takes place in an all bluescreen stage and was filmed a year after principle photography, and one where he asks a Jedi librarian about a computer. The rest of the film is bluescreen stunts and shots of him walking and looking at stuff. And people wonder why AOTC sucked?
I know. I don't understand it when people defend AotC (though occasionally I can see how some might like it more than Episode 3).
I'm certain we don't want to turn this thread into yet another "which prequel is the worst?" thread. The collective groan emitted by originaltrilogy.com members might be more than the world could bare. But, that said, you clearly outlined how embarrassing of a role AotC must have been for McGregor. I know that for me it's certainly to the point where I don't even want to acknowledge it as a movie anymore.