Technological wonder; 'plotless wonder' !

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 1999)

After a long absence OldRose returns to her fans with a new review...!
Having been significantly older than the viewing populace at-large when the the first trilogy aired in 1977, -80, and -83, I can only marvel at what may have happened to George Lucas in fifteen years of hiatus. Whereas a target audience ranged quite widely back then, I'd say it doesn't now. Perfect for the 8-18 crowd this movie left most whom I know beyond those tender numbers wondering just what happened. And did we really need a character indicative of a monotheistic religious 'devil' who wears make-up like Freddy Krueger (or has everyone forgotten about him already?) Trouble is, we can all-too-easily guess Episodes 2 and 3 now, something that would not have happened with something of a plot worthy of such fan support. Rating (of 5 stars): 4 - on techno-aspects alone; plot = 2.
(NOTA BENE: did we really need unmistakeable 'ethnicitism' with some of the puppet characters, an ecological-destroyed 'main' planet ("100% city"), plus the aforementioned devil/Freddy Krueger - and other such trivialities that trilogy no.1 was entirely without...? Ah well, I'll just have to hang around long enough to see what gets thrown at us next in nos. 2 and 3!)