This is going to be really hard. I have only seen in once now, but there's something that i just can't put my finger on. I'll have to see it a couple more times, and I'll have to think about it, but there is just something missing. Don't get me wrong. Star Wars is exactly what i needed. At this point all of us know exactly what is going to happen. We see the two stories slowly merging and we know what the characters are going to have to undergo to get where they finally belong. We've all read the last page of the fuckin mystery novel. :) But like i was saying this is exactly what i needed. REAL ACTION. Lucas may have done a little more in this movie than he should have, but that's exactly what everybody needed. We needed a shock to our systems. There was just a little too much going on, there was just a little too much plot change, there was just to much really really dark evil plan. You can't figure out who's gettin played, UNTIL... jar jar binks gets a fate worse than death. The one think that i am sure of is that Lucas did the best thing he could with jar jar. He made him the patsy. He put him in a position where he made a mistake. but heres what i was think. In Ep. 1 every time jar jar makes a mistake it's funny, or it's alright cause when he tripped the blaster killed a droid. In this Jar Jar is actually drawn out and tricked into making a decision that is not good. AND here's the best part, Lucas has given us the chance to HATE jar jar because of a character flaw, not because he's a stupid character. So back to whati was saying. It seems like there is too much going on. To a hard core Star Wars fan it was a overload of new information. But thats the thing, eveything going on is actually set up for the big picture. That's what went wrong in episode 1. Too much was just fluf. The pop race was great but WHY? Read all the stuff wrong with episode 1 But everything in this movie motivates the story along. There's stuff that may slow things down, but don't worry. I just feel like Lucas's vision is clearing. he did exactly what he needed to do. I dont think i can wait another 3 years.