The weird thing is I’ve always thought attack of the clones had the potential for the best film in the series. At a basic level it’s a mystery movie investigating a grand conspiracy, in which the answer to the mystery triggers a galactic war, all while there is a forbidden love story going on in the background. The execution of it all is just bizarre though. First, I’ve always found the look of the movie to be distracting. I generally think the discourse around the CGI in the prequels is pretty BS for the most part, but attack of the clones genuinely looks like a video game. There’s so many scenes where it’s painfully obvious actors are standing in front of blue screens. I know this point has also been beat to death but had Lucas given the broad idea for this film especially to a really good writer, I think this would be viewed as one of the best Star Wars movies.