Obviously he didnt deserve the harassment he got regardless. Like even if he was dogshit he wouldnt have deserved that. But I just rewatched Phantom Menace for the first time in awhile. Young friend of mine are going through the star wars movies because she was a sheltered homeschooled kid and hadnt seen them. Already did the OT, starting on the prequels.
Other than the obvious "oh wow, the racial stereotypes of literally three different alien species in this movie is insane", the main takeaway my rewatch gave me is "wow ok, Jake LLoyd is average at worst". He was just like, a regular kid actor? Nothing to write home about like say, young Maise Williams or something. But absolutely fine?
General Grievous should've been in all 3 films.
The films should've made it more obvious that he's the Darth Vader of the prequels (they're both lightsaber-welding cyborgs with breathing problems)
Grievous should've been a central part of Anakin's fall from grace instead of Anakin forced by the Jedi Order to be an incel. His entire arc honestly should've been seeking vengeance against Grievous.
Grievous getting owned by Obi-Wan with a blaster is good and could be the thing that drives Anakin over the edge with his Moby Dick getting bested through "dishonorable" means.