Not a half-bad movie

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2000)

It was not the best thing to come our way during the year, but then again, in my opinion, Star Wars really wasn't that great in the first place. The movie was clearly aimed too young for its core fan base, and it spent too much time focused on the pod race and Jar Jar's antics, but on the whole it offered enough excitement to be enjoyable. Every time someone switched on a lightsaber things picked up, especially the open battle and the final duel. However, I know I've seen Trainspotting a few too many times after I started wondering when Begbie would jump in and pummel Obi Wan for hanging out with a loser like Jar Jar.