The space battle at the end does feel like old school Star Wars though.
You mean the part where the 5 year old takes out an entire armada of ships with his nifty spinning trick? It’s a juvenile film that would be tolerable as a juvenile film without Jar Jar and the Gungans. Those guys just make it entirely unwatchable.
Gonna have to agree with you here. The lightsaber battle was the best thing of this part—it is pretty nifty.
In all other respects though, TPM is superior to the other two prequels imo.
Agreed.