A dull and uncreative entry into otherwise great saga

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2016)

After having much enjoyment from A new Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and The Phantom Menace, I would not expect there to be a Star Wars film so bad I was in pain watching it, but this garbage did.
It starts out alright, simply Obi-Wan and Anikan protecting Amadala, there even is a cool scene when the two chase after the one who puts these weird centipede like creatures in Amadala's room to attack her. After that, it all goes downhill.
The middle consists of two things, a romance between Anikan and Amadala and Obi- Wan hunting down a mysterious bounty hunter.
The mystery part is rather generic, simply Obi-Wan talking to others for information that leads him closer to the one he is after. It is not awful, just bland. Though the fight scene between him and the bounty hunter was well done.
The romance part is what really gave me pain. This romance is both awkward due to age difference (Amadala is around 10-15 years older judging by how they looked in The Phantom Menace.) and filled with clichés. It has a dinner, cringe worthy lines, and the meadow, with no twists to make it interesting. Also Anikan is giant asshole, such as in the dinner scene where he uses o force to take Amadala's pear and give her barely any of said pear. Does not help that the acting is terrible and the two have no chemistry what so ever.
After that it is okay, the area scene was kinda epic with some good humor dealing with c-3po's body mix-up and the final battle, while know where near as climatic as the battle with Darth Maul, is decent. But they could not make up for part dull part painful middle.