And I never got a chance to tell him what I thought of him. 🙁
Can I just say that it really annoys me when people state that "the fans didn't like this" or "the adults don't like this part". Please stop gerenralising. I'm an adult who thought Jar Jar was a great SW character and Anakin was exactly how he should have been.
I didn't like Padme as much as I did the Queen but that wasn't down to Lucas or Natalie Portman. It was because there was nobody for Padme to play off.
In the OT, Leia had both Luke and Han to talk to but Padme only had Anakin and I felt there should have been a bit more dialogue between those two.