What the hell was he thinking???

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2001)

Maybe it's just that I am one of the ones who grew up with Star Wars (I still remember going to see ROTJ when I was 6 years old), but this film was a HUGE disappointment.
There was so much hype surrounding it when it was released, and I'd heard that it was not much good, but I finally got the chance to see it the other day (just had Sky Digital installed).
It wasn't ALL bad. It had some pretty decent moments. But on the whole it was pretty dire. What can I say that hasn't already been said? Not much.

Jar Jar Binks. What's with that then? Has Lucas gone insane or something? You can see where he was going with it - trying to make the film more acceptable to children (I didn't really understand the original trilogy until I was about 10-11 years old), but in doing so, he's alienated the adult community like myself who could relate the events of the film to the original three. Binks is a BIG failure, as I'm sure tha majority of people agree. If Lucas doesn't leave the character out of Ep 2, he might as well not bother with Ep 3!
Plot inconsistencies. Not too many that I can think of. The big one being that in 4/5/6, Kenobi was supposedly trained by Yoda. In 1, he's been trained by Qui-Gon Jinn.
To sum up, this is fine as a kids film, but if you're one of the original Star Wars fans, you won't find much satisfaction here.
One last point: "Attack of the Clones"??? Yup, Lucas has gone insane.