The franchise continues for another twenty years.

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 1999)

I give the movie a 10/10 for sheer effort, imagination and escapism.
Though it was very well executed I still get the impression that George Lucas is trying to sell a product rather than trying to just tell a story.
There were several superfluous scenes (example: the pod race) which add nothing to the story and are just tie-ins to the inevitable video game.