The best thing that can be said about the prequels is that much like the original trilogy it was, for the time, a new level of special effects. The movies are as much Industrial Light & Magic flexing on the industry as they are anything else. And Lucas was trying to craft a tragedy with political intrigue and romantic drama.
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I think they paid off, the stiff dialog takes you out at the moment but looking back on the movie the plot points all flow nicely and make perfect sense. It’s a movie the lives deep in you, especially Revenge of the Sith.