A new trilogy sixteen years later.

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2019)

George Lucas went all "oooooh ahhhh" with updated CGI capabilities but neglected the "heart" of storytelling. I've watched this film several times over the years and I still feel the same criticisms. How he ever thought adding this level of boring politics to the story was good for it just shows how out of touch he was. It's like all's he had were "yes men" around him, because not only did they not dissuade him from the politics problem, but they let him go ape sht with CGI with its anti-septic level of cleanliness and a whole race of Jar Jar Binks. Focused so much on this he was that he neglected to direct human actors which all come off as wooden as a troop of Keanu Reeves. Youngling Anakin Skywalker on the other hand, all of what 10 yrs old, can do no wrong - expert racer, strong with the Force he knows nothing of, then destroys a huge space warship by accident. BTW, did you catch that his was an immaculate conception?! And he's some kind of prophesied Chosen One?! Crazy stuff man.