The worst of the best

Rating: 9/10 (3 November 2001)

This movie is the worst of the 4 current Star Wars movies. However, I have seen some comments here saying it is the worst movie EVER. That is certainly NOT the case.
For anybody who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy (as I did) it is hard to put aside your expectations for a movie like this. We EXPECTED this movie to be as good or better than the original. Well, sorry folks, it is almost NEVER that way.
This is a movie that is involved in getting us familiar with the characters that are going to be in Episodes 2 and 3. Star Wars was also a movie that did that. We CANNOT expect more than that for this movie.
I do hope that Lucas does better on Episode 2 and 3 than this one. I think he will. Let's all remember that Empire Strikes Back is commonly thought to be the BEST of the original series. I think that will be same here.
One more thing. Let me ask Lucas to do ONE thing (although I am sure he will NOT read this). Please get rid of JAR JAR! He is the most ANNOYING character EVER created. He has NO personality other than being a FOOL, and he is COMPLETELY useless as far as I am concerned. He is simply an excuse to use CGI.