Great

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 1999)

I would recommend seeing this if you haven't. The effects are great, and it is amazing how this story sets about what you already know from Parts IV, V & VI.
I was disappointed with Anakin's acting, and as other people have commented, Jar Jar was a silly character. He is comparable to Chewbacca in how he's just along for the ride, but he is hard to understand and just plain silly.
The pod race was cool! Predictible, but some of the best 5 min of the movie! The battle with Dark Maul was well done too!
I also thought that the equipment was somewhat advanced. The ships seemed like they were better than the ships in Part IV. This may be partly due to the advances in computer technology but there are now far more droids vs. the storm troopers that were used later on. I'm not sure -- maybe the storm troopers were droids.
Anyway, go see it if you haven't!