Perhaps you miss the point. ANH introduced us to characters we had never seen before. but it was still a good movie. There was a good plot and character development. TPM is introducing us to all new characters, but we didnt really get a chance to know them the way we got to know the characters in ANH. When I watch the movie, i really dont care about any of the characters. I cared the first time I saw obi-wan die on the death star. I really didnt give a crap when qui-gon died. You can't argue that being the first Episode is an excuse to have a crappy plot and underdeveloped characters. Its simply bad filmmaking. End of Story.