How bad would a movie have to be to completely RUIN the Star Wars franchise? This bad.

Rating: 1/10 (1 June 2007)

I happened to be flipping through the channels and passed by HBO...lo and behold the Phantom Menace was being aired (HBO continuing its practice of showing mediocre to downright terrible movies...Twister anyone?).
I decided to give the movie another chance...perhaps after 8 years my opinion may have changed. WRONG! I was a Star Wars fan, nay, Geek when I was a kid. I loved all things Star Wars/Lucas. That was until I was one of the "lucky" few to see the first showing of the Phantom Menace (in my town).
This was the Bill Buckner; wait, I'm a Red Sox fan. This was the 2004 ALCS Yankees of movies.
George Lucas had 3 absolutely amazing movies (Episode VI was decent, before the "special" edition). The Star Wars franchise was THE model movie franchise. Then, the most unlikely, unbelievable movie meltdown in history.
Terrible Story. Horrible Acting. Lame Characters. Jar-Jar Binks. The only good part about this movie was that the music was done by John Williams and we will never (fingers-crossed) have to worry about a "Special" edition coming out.
Don't waste your time or money. Stick with the original trilogy. I really, honestly believe that George Lucas was trying to make the worst possible movie he could make. He succeeded. If that wasn't his intention, the man should never have been allowed to do anything movie-related ever again (too late).
Indiana Jones 4? Be afraid, be very, very afraid.