Much more a children's movie than the original Trilogy

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2001)

Frankly, I was disappointed at this one... Compared to the original Trilogy, it had too many "obligatory comic sidekicks" such as Jar-Jar Binks, and too little to say to put up with the original SW trilogy. The only story point it makes is the early years of Anakin "Darth Vader" Skywalker (pointing out that he was not all that "twisted and evil" to begin with), and even with that, it really doesn't add enough to the original Trilogy to justify its publication. A pity that Lucas would even put this one in production. It really doesn't do credit to the original Trilogy, even with its improved special FX.