Not up to par

Rating: 7/10 (15 April 2000)

Even in the year 1999, over 20 years after "Star Wars", the special effects could not "wow" me enough to buy into it the way I have for it's predecessors. Even so, it RELIED on those effects and had little else to offer. The scenes moved too fast, and it lacked any kind of depth. I didn't care about any of the characters, and that Jar Jar Binks was akin to fingernails on a blackboard. It looked like it was written in a week and thrown together only to make money, counting on the "Star Wars" name to draw the audience in. But what then? I think the fans deserved better.