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The story was a weak rehash of Ep 4.
Instead of destroying something as epic as a Death Star, the hero destroys a ship that's part of the Trade federation. A merchant vessel with a few guns is nothing compared to a ship that can destroy entire planets.
Instead of focusing on the would be main hero, it has a focus on a character that's always been of secondary in importance. In the end the main hero still wins the day and saves everybody, but other than that the only thing he gets to do is join a race.
The acting isn't very good, even with some top notch actors, which means the direction was terrible.
Jarjar is at best annoying as all hell, at worst he's incredibly offensive. Way to go, Lucas, you're either an idiot and a terrible writer (and director), or you're all of those things AND racist.
You do not have the right to never be offended.
