[Andrés]

AOTC wasn't that bad. It was a million times better than TPM and comparable to the classic trilogy.
Dialogues were never the strong point of starwars movies.

Many of the complaints about bad actors are about Jedi who look cold and emotionless, but Jedi are supposed to be cold an emotionless.
Now when repressed emotions of a badly trained padawan come out, they will not be in a nice theatrical way.
Hayden did a great acting with the poor character he was given.
Actually TPM would have been much better if he would have protrayed Annie from the start, plus a little less focus on Jar Jar. It would have also been nice to see more of the beginning of the separatist movement, the events on Naboo should have been more directly linked to that to make the story more consistent.

Overall the worst downfall of these prequels is not the acting, it's not the small contradictions in the story, is that we know how everthing is goint to end up, and Great George didn't find a way to make it thrilling anyway. Even if there are a few surprises along the way, we know what will be important in the storyline and what's a mere distraction.

I'm glad the GL is willing to do the movies his way even if he loses money (what he's not). I'd hate to see the awful changes in the established storylinewe've seen in some other sci-fi.

It looks like Episode III is going to be a great movie. Hey it starts with a war in progress. A few great battles, close some of the loose ends from previous episodes, final battles and the rise of the evil Empire qe all love, it would be hard to screw it up.

And Iansidious, here's the answer to your question taken from the CUSWE (not the funniest way to find an answer, but effective).

Goren, Del
this Alliance communications and sensor expert was part of the High Command at the Yavin 4 base, during the Battle of Yavin. He formerly served the Alliance on the Spiral. (CCG2)