A great movie in itself but...

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 1999)

First of all, everyone just needs to calm down about Jar Jar, he was not that bad at all, I liked him a lot. The action is great, especially the lightsaber fights and the acting is first rate, Liam Neeson Ewan Mcgreggor Natalie Portman and Darth Maul were all excellent. All in all a most enjoyable movie. I just have a hard time relating it to the original trilogy, its just different stylisticly (maybe they did that on purpose.) For example, can you imagine Alec Guinness's Obi Won from Star Wars referencing this movie? "Hey Artoo, this irregularly shaped potato chip reminds me of this pink numnuts I knew named Jar Jar, we partook in adventures, had fun, got laid... it was cool." Doesn't sound right to me. The movies don't connect stylistically, BUT there are still two more movies to make the transition. All in all, fine filmmaking, well worth the hype. ***1/2