Darth Vader ...uncovered

Rating: Null/10 (12 April 2001)

As all the kids who were born in the 70s and lived the 80s I grew up watching Star Wars. It becomes part of your life.. you collect the little models and play with your light saber, I think every kid who witnessed the 70s and the 80s did the same so star wars became a culture on its own. The original trilogy was never outdated, the special effects were fine for the 90s and I didn't feel I was watching a cheap flick or an old Sci-Fi that looked old and shabby.
Anyhow as a Star Wars fan I was so excited about the release of Episode I , expecting something along the same lines, but the disappointment was great.
It could be the biggest 3rd box office hit in the world, they say it had excellent effects.. I just didn't feel i liked it. I thought it was fake, the characters were not well drawn, I didn't feel any affiliation with Qui-Gon, or young Obi-Wan, nothing like how you feel towards Luke Sky Walker or Han Solo or even Darth vader whom everyone loves to hate. And the Queen, I even hated her more than princess Liya. Jar Jar did not replace CP3O or Chwbaka. The Kid Anakin was ok but not waw. That was the emotional bit ( thank you Lucas for chattering my childhood dream).
Now we come to the technical part. Yes all was great, the city, the animation the best money can buy, but then again all looked animated, inanimate, with no life. Everything looked so unreal (toy story style). The best thing about the old 3 episodes was that everything looked so real, maybe if they had Jar Jar in a custom instead of animating him I would have like him better. The lavish customs were nothing like Star Wars , it was too much , but maybe this was to distract us from the weak plot as the story was so shallow and predictable.
Anyhow, I know for a fact that I am not really looking forward to episode II and III , I will stick to the original triology and watch Matrix II this summer.