It's all true

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 1999)

I heard that Jar Jar's voice would drive me to distraction but didn't believe it. Unfortunately, it's true. I heard the effects were excellent. That's true too. So much happens that it's hard to keep up with it all and I'd love to see it again but I just can't stomach that Jar Jar guy's voice. I really liked Darth Maul, as did everyone else I talked to. Why do we get so much of Jar Jar who everyone hates and so little of Darth Maul who everyone likes? Go figure. Without Jar Jar, I'd have probably seen this movie several times by now so I think Lucas is hurting his films with his fanatical desire to keep the outer space equivalent to Gilligan in the series. In the sea monster sequence, Jar Jar distracts you from the coolest sea monsters ever put on the screen. I'll wait till this is on video to watch it again so I can at least turn off the volume. I keep hoping Lucas will do a "special edition" with Jar Jar digitally painted out of the film and his voice stripped off the soundtrack.