A worthy addition to the series

Rating: 1/10 (11 June 2000)

What most people failed to realize was that this movie's main function was to introduce the characters and set up the situations that will factor into the story and lead into the next film. You don't really know the characters that well after only reading the first few chapters in a book, do you? This is a worthy addition to the series, and a gift to the fans. Most of these critics couldn't even figure out what the *phantom menace* was. And to all who say the acting was horrid, do these people not remember Mark Hammil? Carrie Fisher?? Star Wars has never been, nor will it ever be about great acting, it's about the high-flying exuberance of the whole package. If you still haven't figured this out by now then you weren't a Star Wars fan to begin with, so please do us fans a favor and skip the next film so there'll be more seats for us. Thanks, have a nice day.