On the AOTC DVD there was one really good scene that was deleted. It was when Padame and Anakin went to visit Padame's parents. Well acted and believable scene. It was cut according to Lucas becase it was nothing more than just 'showing a bit more of character' or something like that. Basically, some of the better Anakin/Padame character developement stuff, was cut. Lucas said it really didn't move the story forward. Well, I guess when you don't have a story to begin with, having anything that has to do with moving it forward has to go. Gotta make room for all of the wonderful, eye popping CGI.