Not Worthy to carry the name Star Wars

Rating: 5/10 (25 April 2000)

What a disappointment!! How can you respect a baddie (Darth Maul) who dies in the first film?? Vader nearly lasted all of the original trilogy - now that is a real baddie, the secret is NOT to kill them off. The characterisations are also no where near as strong as the originals, I found myself not really relating with any of them. This has nothing to do with the acting, which on the whole is pretty good (and let's face it Mark Hamill was no De Niro). Jaja Binks becomes the main focus of the comedy, making it much more slapstick and childish compared to the dry humour of Han Solo and the cheeky banter between the two droids. All in all, this is a poor film and does not deserve to have the title of Star Wars.