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Compared to Rey/Finn/Poe, Anakin and Padme come off much better.I'd say technological rather than technical, to be specific. Lucas was very enamoured with the possibilities of technology for film, but compared to contemporaries like Spielberg, he never really evolved in terms of his visual storytelling. If anything, he regressed over the course of the PT.
Which accentuates the stiltedness of the performances. We're generally not aligned with Anakin and Padme's emotions like we are with Rey, Finn, Jyn, Poe or Rose. Instead we're mostly held at a distance, observing them.
And I think even the vets were undermined by the scripts and direction. Christopher Lee doesn't bring the full majesty he did as Saruman. Samuel L. Jackson becomes very one-note, and Liam Neeson suffers a similar fate.
Liam Neeson is a good example of being used well in The Phantom Menace; he's arguably one of the best things about that movie.