T'was the best of the prequels. I listened to an interview with Peter Serafinowicz today about his part in the first prequel film and his experiences with Lucas. When he was doing the lines for Darth Maul, Lucas sat in the booth with him, so Peter asked for some direction with what he needed to do with character, how he should characterise the voice, background etc. Lucas told him 'to make him sound evil' (fail)