too many yes men from the studio forcing every little thing lucas thought up into reality. there should have been somebody to balk the first time he said "what about a child queen dynastic political intrigue plot in our pg space action movie series marketed for kids"

Aging up Anakin to 13 or 14 would have improved the movie immensely, like there's no reason for him to be that young in the story. But that's just scratching the surface of the bad choices made in that movie.