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TPM >? TLJ >>>> RoS > AotC
Phantom Menace is a functional movie. There's a plot, there's 3 acts, the music and action is cool at times, and the actors are playing their characters. Take out Jar Jar and it's pretty good, wish Dark Maul was a more active player.

Attack of the Clones is not a functional movie. The plot is a mess, the characters are not people, the actors are deliberately not trying. Unironically, the best part of AotC is Jar Jar. This is not a movie that should have made it to the light of day. "I hate sand." I cannot believe anyone who rewatches this as an adult can see it better than any other SW movie.

Similarly, RoS can be considered a nonfunctional movie. I think it tries harder than AotC, though, and at least the actors don't pull you out of the experience, though the CGI can. This is not "the best they could have done," not even close.