Worth The Wait

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2002)

I don't understand the negative reviews or some of the slander on this movie. It may replace "The Empire Strikes Back" as the weakest in the story-line, but then it may have resorted to too many computer graphically created scenes, and Jar-Jar may be an annoying character, but then so was Alf and ET after a while. There is a lot of good things in this movie such as the dizzying pod race, the first double handed light saber, Liam Neeson's contribution to the series and Natalie Portman herself. I for one had an interesting time spotting the precursors and cameos of Jabba, jawas and what not. Ewan MacGregor makes an interesting Obi-Wan considering he will have to grow up and look like sir Alec Guiness and Portman is a sight to watch as a would-be heroine creating the standard for the Leia Organa to come. All together, I think the movie was worth the wait.