I was shocked when I discovered that if you just removed every scene with Jar Jar + pod race, the movie REALLY tightened up.  Not because Jar Jar is offensive&#x2F;stupid, but because a lot of of the pacing and tension are thrown off.  It&#x27;s like he was added into an existing decent script, with minimal effort made to integrate the new parts.  (No idea if that&#x27;s true, but that&#x27;s how it feels)