loads of special effects and not much else....

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2000)

As a person who saw the original Star Wars when it came out back in 1977,i must say i was extremely dissapointed with this film - there was none of the wisecrack's and tension of Han Solo/Princess Leia, Darth Maul as a character could have been developed but ended up being a shadowy figure (who he is , where does he come from???) - which is a pity, as he could have been one of cinema's best villians.
At the end of it all, i thought - yeah, great CGI graphics, but crap characterisation and a really really bad storyline.
Here's why... a) this is supposed to be set 40 years before Star Wars - so why did the Empire start using humans instead of the droids you see in phantom menace?
b) errr... all the droids fail because the central mothership is destroyed - COME ON! - Mr. Lucas - you're telling me that a droid that can talk and have severely high A.I. by our standards requires a central computer??????
c) alien accents - the baddies "japanese" style accent is really racist in my opinion. Jar jar is ok - i actually liked him!
d) No plot development - it just goes whizz-bang to the next scene - before you know it the film is over, and you're thinking - "what the hell was that???" It doesnt give you a feeling of empathy with the characters.