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wwdarth wrote: My biggest problem with TPM (besides the obvious objections mentioned above), is that the characters were impossible to relate to.

I always thought this was on purpose. To show how the Republic got corrupt by having those in charge being relatively stoic and unable to relate to the problems right in front of them. Much like how people react to real world politicians. They are often seen as saying one thing to get in power then doing another. Where I think the PT lacked is there's no sense of the 'General Public'. Everything is warrior/army/police types up against politicos. There's no common man represented.

Sure it probably was on purpose. It's too bad the trilogy is 6 effing hours long, which is a long way to go for that fairly bland academic idea. It's a good example of how Lucas, starting around the time of Young Indiana Jones, became the TAKE YOUR MEDICINE director.