If re-written to be less annoying, those characters would have worked (well not Jar Jar. That was just pure garbage).
I'm talking from a purely individual, scene by scene scale rating, that the scenes that didn't include Anakin, Padme, and Jar Jar were pretty good.
For instance, the scenes with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon = good. Maul and Palpatine = good. Jedi Council discussions = good.
Obviously the overall story would fall apart without the main character, but I was referring to the enjoyment factor of each individual scene when broken down individually.