A credit to the original classics

Rating: 9/10 (15 March 2005)

I have become so frustrated with the criticisms this film takes. I feel that they are due to a number of reasons, the main one being that people can't handle change. When the majority of Star Wars fans went to see this movie, after 20 years of anticipation and building up the movie in their heads, they felt disappointed. They built it up so much that it could never, no matter how wonderful it was, meet their expectations. Not only this but it deviates too much from their beloved original trilogy for their tastes, and they see this as a bad thing, I see it as a good thing.
Don't get me wrong, I adore the original trilogy, but I get the feeling people would have been happier if Lucas had just remade ANH and changed the names of the characters. I thought this film was visually stunning, very touching, mostly well acted, funny in parts and very much draws you in to the plot and you begin to care about these characters and what happens to them. I believe this movie is truly as good as the first three movies and am eagerly anticipating episode III.