Care to explain that?

Nothing to explain there, bud. You put in old, tired fortune cookie wisdoms, you sow dismissive, nonsensical Monty Python quotes.

Using a strawman now?

No.

Maybe because I never heard that before regarding Qui-Gon...

So what you have rather heard was stuff like "athe characters in the prequels were bland and boring, 'cept for Qui-Gon"? Really?

Okay, whatever. Why do you think his overall performance and acting in that film is engaging and interesting? As far as I'm concerned, most of the time he's just standing there saying his lines.

He's got his "moments", so has Obi-Wan, and even Natalie Portman has a few scenes where she's very okay. But overall?