In the Plinkette review one of his major issues with the second film was they started it at a point where it made the whole first film irrelevant. We are then supposed to feel a deep bond between Anakin and Obi-Wan but we have never been shown them having a meaningful interaction as they skipped over Anakin's entire training. If they made a film in between The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars then we may actually build a bond with the two main characters by seeing them train and grow together. Instead all their chemistry is supposed to be assumed and we have to rely on Lucas' poor dialogue to get any sense that these people even like each other. It's the Jar Jar Binks, lightsabresT everywhere, annoying dumb robots, stupid clone and dumb trade route embargo plot era. Do we want to see yet more **** in that setting ? I don't care if it's smarter with toned down CGI... it's the same thing. If the prequels had been great, at least it could have set up more good movies in that era but... what's worse is that we know what happens. That's just boring. I'd like to see a story where we discover new heroes. A story with heroes whose fate is in question and who could create change positive or negative throughout the entire galaxy. I want to know what happens after Luke, Leia and Solo win. Surely there are other challenges for whoever is left