i believe there's a website that's soley dedicated to the PT and they criticize the OT. Funny, we got a battle of the trilogies here. :)

And personally, i thought the Pod Race scene was an amazing scene in the movie. It was cool as it provided another background to Tatooine and the SW universe. That's really the first time we even see a sport played in the saga.

Card playing and gambling doesn't count.

Same with the Government. We learn what kind of government the SW universe had and how its not that disimiliar to any other governments.