Thanks so much for those essay links, particularly the multi-part one, which I have been reading off and on all afternoon. I still have two parts to go, but it's absolutely fantastic, thought-provoking, and is an excellent defense of the film. I'm going to read The Phantom Menace one next. It's great to see someone so passionately writing about these unfairly maligned films, particularly one who knows so much about the Star Wars mythology.