Absurd Star Wars "political thriller"

Rating: 2/10 (5 September 2018)

Because maybe in paper, this could've worked. Trying to give the saga more depth. Trying to show the deficiencies of the Democracy/Republic that lead to the rise of the Empire is not a bad idea per se.
But mixing the simple galactic adventure (with clear good and evil) with intricate political nuance was a monumentally hard job for even great writers, let alone someone like George Lucas (more of a creator/producer, considering the actually great movie of the saga was the one he didn't write nor direct).
The result was this complete disaster of a movie. Absolutely boring, with the editing trying to force dinamism in totally dull plots, full of scenes filled with exposition and no excitement, and for the most part, action without tension, with no credible threats. The characters either pathetically stiff and unnecessarily solemn (both Jedi, Amidala) or annoying (kid Annakin, Jar Jar). And the plot overly complicated only to go nowhere and comeback to where it all started. It was pretty much a waste of time until the end. Anyways...Bad.