The Fourth Part - And yet the Weakest

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2002)

Well, the first three Star Wars were unimaginative to a standstill, but the fourth part really outdoes them in having absolutely nothing to say. It's actually amazing to see how many once promising careers get wasted here: Liam Neeson doing nothing more than a weak Lex Barker-impression, Natalie Portman is forced to wear some bad hairdo to remind of the awful Carrie Fisher hairrolls, & yes, Ewan McGregor is in there somewhere - methinks, he failed to leave any impression at all, which might be all the better for him anyways, so he has not to be embarassed once he gets older. As for the plot of this one: More of an Italian early-sixties Peplum here than a enormously big budgeter, but without all the charme. Its about some kid of immaculate
perception on a desert planet (now where does George Lucas take these ideas from - don't answer that) who wins the Ben Hur Cartrace, & then there's a planet that is about to be conquered by some clones & a clown in a Haloween-Mask with a name resembling Dark Mall - but actually, this planet deserves to be conquered, see, folks there send their elected princess (what ?) who is but a kid to look for help. Somehow some Jedis also fit in the plot leaving me with just one question: If Yoda is all wise - how the hell he doesn't even seem to be able to grasp rudimentary rules of grammar ... keeps taxing the mind, does it not. My final verdict: Avoid like plague !