It All Begins Here

Rating: 6/10 (27 May 2000)

This movie is a great beginning to the Star Wars saga. Here we view Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) as a young boy, Obi-Wan as a Jedi apprentice, and the state of the Galactic Republic prior to the Emperor's becoming unquestioned ruler. The events in this film ultimately will of course lead up to the Galactic Civil War, but probably only Yoda and some of the other Jedi have a clue about Anakin's future role.
Basically this story is about how they find young Anakin Skywalker and discover that the Sith have returned. The status of Anakin's childhood certainly must have affected his later life. People who grow up in slavery and are separated from their parents by strangers they barely know can become aggresive people in their adulthood. I thought the portrayal of his life on Tatooine was great!
My main complaint probably is that midi-chloridians, which are interesting in their own right, doesn't sound appropriate for a Lucas movie. Since when has he based an element of the Force on school biology?