I am one of the biggest Star Wars fans

Rating: 7/10 (25 February 2001)

I am one of the biggest StarWars fans, and I should accept this movie to be a great addition to the saga, but I can't. This movie was hindered and flushed out by the special effects and technology. The FX and technology overshadowed the movies storyline, and acting. The worst addition to this movie is Jar Jar Binks, the digitally animated character. He serves for poor comic relief in this "should be" on the more serious side movie. The much hyped Darth Maul only had 4 speaking lines and a battle at the end of the movie. He barely did anything. There was also no character development at all either. I just assume that we have to know all of these people. Keep in mind we do, but when future generations see this movie, they will be watching Episode 1 before Episode 4. It also seems like a small universe if you will, seeing many familiar faces throughout the movie. Obviously, Star Wars is more angled toward marketing and children now more so than ever before, and I think it hurts the more older fans of the old trilogy. I hate to imagine watching the 6 chapter Star Wars saga and starting out with this one. This movie would have bombed if it didn't have the Star Wars label attached to it. On the plus side of this movie, the battles were well done. It never really re-captured for me the Star Wars feeling.