Not bad but not worth the wait

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 1999)

I knew standing in line for 6 hours that I wasn't going to care for the Jar Jar Binks character. By 12:30 Wednesday morning, my thoughts became reality. Jar Jar and the leaders of the Trade Federation were the most annoying things I have seen on the movie screen in a while. I didn't hate this movie. It definitely picked up when the pod racing began, but I was hoping the movie would be a bit more serious. The way everything started to unfold at the ending worked very good and I was very interested and seeing that part. But the lightsaber duel was uninspirational, at least Luke broke a sweat when battling Vader. I just feel that the movie needed less comedy and more dramatic turns.