I agree with you,
He was too young for the adult audience that waited many years for the phantom menace.
I was like at the cinemas and watching the end when i heard this young kid say"UH OH" when destroying a starship.
I thought i had walked into the wrong movie?????
Why didnt Lucas play more on the actual"phantom" in Phantom menace.
When you think about it there was no menace.
Sceens in the mos eisley space bar could have been played,Where the sith is battling it out in the bar and displaying his full combat skills.
More enphasis could have been played on the use of the force itself,The film starts ass if it is half way through the trilogy?
Also more hand to hand combat,We have already been witness to incredable effects in the other films so why not have tried to come up with a new concept and more solid storyline.