Mr. Bungle said:
No, I think you, ahem, nailed it.
As far as "the negotiations were short", I'm not sure it was intended as a "haw haw" Kenobi *joke*. Just sort of that Obi-Wan light-hearted lines. I never minded it. I think McGregor as Obi-Wan is one of the highlights of the PT. His "Why do I have the feeling we've picked up another pathetic life form?" got chuckles. It's also an odd line as it's Lucas basically acknowledging the alien sidekick sucks.
hmmm...now that i've seen some of the padme lines, i feel like i want to re-tract because everything she said was awful. so was her delivery.
man..how much worse would the PT be without Ewan? he gave best performance in ROTS i thought. although, i also believe that he had an advantage over natalie and hayden because he had alec guiness to model off of. had it not been for that, he likely would have been in a lot of trouble too.
He was outspoken about the worthlessness of TPMs script. apologists use the standard talking point - "well, a lot of actors dont care for their expereinces on the star wars movies" - but he really wanted to be a part of these movies.
I remember when he was first cast in 1997 he said Independance Day was Hollywood crap and Star Wars was better because it had story and heart - just think about that 15 years later !! lol.
i forgot where, but i read something that he said not too long ago - "i think the original trilogy will have a special place in history, the PT...well, that was the trilogy I was in"
LOL!! i mean...if this is what he says in public, just imagine what he feels privately! :(