I think that this has the best chance to actually be good for the simple fact that it will show far less of the diploomacy and posturing that was done in the first two to get the Republic where it needed to be to give total control to Palpatine.

I think what happened is that most people, myself included went to these movies ready to see a variation of Ep. 4, 5 and 6. Boy were we disappointed. These movies had a different purpose not action like the originals but more of a drama with some action elements. This leads me to conclude that Lucas started with A New Hope because he knew to start with Phantom Menace he would only be making one movie.

Outside of the cheesy stuff I feel that the movies served their purpose. Lucas should been more proactive in setting everyone straight that the purpose of the first two will be to simply show the diplomatic conditions of the Republic whereas the third will have more of the action elements.

He very well may have said it but I surely missed it.