The ILM production line bangs out another one

Rating: 4/10 (29 December 2002)

This is a two hour long promotional video for Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic (he all but says as much in the extras of the DVD). Even then, it's a disappointment - they seem to have lost the edge that the newer and more innovative entrants have. I guess it's just another day at the office. This would be forgivable if the movie had something to say, but it doesn't.
Maybe the original Star Wars (Ep 4) wasn't high art, but it certainly took us places we hadn't been before, the scale was epic with a sound- track to match, and there was passion in the making of it. This prequel feels like a cynical effort to suck some more blood from the stone.