Responding to the issue from earlier, RoflRick isn't trollish because he disagrees - I'm a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their opinion. He seemed trollish because it seemed like he was trying to stir up stuff. That's not an attack on RoflRick, though; he seems like a pretty cool guy.

As much as I hate the prequels, as a C-3PO fan, I would most likely murder a hobo if it meant being able to see that scene where Padme puts on his cool panels. I would never buy the Blu-Rays to see it, but I WOULD murder a hobo (probably).

I think the generalization that all Star Wars fans will moan and complain, but STILL hash out for crappy releases is false. It may be true for some fans, but plenty of people here, for example, are strong enough not to do it.

Klingon_Jedi said:

Really, one of the minor issues I had with the PT was the lack of an overarching villian like Vader (himself only the main badguy in ESB). Sure, Palpatine's there in the shadows, but each film essentially had a "new Vader". Maul could've fulfilled that if done properly.

That was DEFINITELY an issue. The audience had no emotional connection with anything going on, because there was nothing to make an emotional connection TO. There's no clear protagonist, there's no real antagonist, or any single embodiment of the "bad guys." Maul was certainly promoted as a "new Vader" (the Hasbro toy packaging for TPM had Maul's face where Vader's face was for the OT action figures, etc), but he didn't DO anything.