vote_for_palpatine said:
How do you all imagine The Phantom Menace (1986)? Who plays whom? What does it look like? Is it a lot less silly than the real-life 1999 version or about the same?
How could it have possibly been as silly as in 1999? He didn't have the technology to express his Original Vision. Sure, he was moving in that direction in ROTJ (or RTOJ if you prefer), but his silliness was limited by the 80's tech.