This is stupid. One of the both logically stupidest and stylistically unbearable elements of the Phantom Menace were Jar Jar and the Gungans.

Just everything about them sucks, how the Jedi follow a retard under water instead of hiding inside one of those vehicles, and keep dragging him around everywhere, how Jar Jar's antics end up being the reason why Anakin gets to know Qui-Gon and gets them all in his home, how the Gungans all of a sudden have a huge army that ends up saving the day, and this is revealed in a casual conversation at the exactly right moment. Even how Obi-Wan is rendered a complete dick at his indifference towards a guy who just agreed to help them getting tortured into madness or whatever.

They even ruined Brian fucking Blessed - ironic how it was another extraordinarily silly role in a campy comedic sci fi movie that made him immortal.

They also made up the main bulk of complicated animated creatures, and provided for an additional elaborated battle scene.

Then, the podrace is another turd because it makes no sense and feels out of place plotwise - and yet, how many dollars did THAT one take to animate, huh?

The space battle is entirely pointless, too - the droid control ship is a hysterical plot device shoehorned into the plot without any logic whatsoever. Yet, the space battle...

Hm, dunno, would the amount of toys made from those creatures, ships and action sequences, make up for all the additional effort and money that went into putting those on film?

I really dunno man.