i think that has been the biggest problem for epsiodes 1 and 2. there really isn't that much character development between the characters in episodes 1 and 2 and the compuer graphics seem to be dragging the movies down because that's all what lucas has focused on. if you compare episodes 4, 5 and 6 to episodes 1 and 2, there's more of a story, more character development and less computer graphics that do not over shadow the movies. sure the technology is far more advanced than it was 25 years ago when episode 4 came out, followed by 5 and 6, but the movie focused more on the continuing character development, like the maturing of han solo from the kind of pigheaded macho person to the more thoughful person that was seen in episode 6 or the young eager luke to the more mature and smarter luke. this kind of stuff is not shown in episodes 1 and 2. instead, we get to see what new special graphics lucas put in it.
ryan