The ironic thing about that whole documentary is that Lucas had such high hopes for the PT at that point, and I really think his heart was in it originally, as he just totally miscalculated his audience with Jar Jar, Jake Lloyd, etc. I mean the man had a camera follow him around from 1994 all the way up to shooting the movie and the first rough cut, and finally the premiere, so he really thought lightning would strike twice as it did in 1977. If you notice AOTC/ROTS don't have anything near the behind the scenes footage the TPM documentary does.

The screentests with all 3 10 year old Anakins reading with Portman is cringeworthy, as NONE of them are good! Jar Jar is the key sums up the whole problem with the PT, as it was the visuals and CG that would wow the audience, not the characters and story! The first rough cut is sad to watch as McCallum and everyone there sits there stonefaced as they are thinking, "This is it?" I honestly believe they knew it was a dud there, and at that point it was too late.

I believe the backlash to TPM really changed Lucas to this day, as to his opinion on the OOT, the OOT fans, the way he kept changing the story of AOTC/ROTS as it seems like he didn't follow his original ideas that TPM set out to say. TPM is my least favorite of the PT movies, as I find it utterly childish in most parts of the movie, but I am coming around to what Lucas was doing as compared to the other 2 PT movies, as that one is atleast tries to be like the OT movies trying to be fun, using real landscapes and having that sense of adventure. And yes I think Lucas had the right idea with Jar Jar because humor was always a part of the OT movies, the problem: HE WASN'T FUNNY! So AOTC/ROTS are devoid of ANY humor and just stick out as this 'trying to be serious cheesy B-movie."