A decent film that already has continuity problems...

Rating: 5/10 (30 June 1999)

The film was decent, but not great. I wish OB1 would have mis-handled his light saber and took Jar Jar's head off but that didn't happen, oh well.
The effects were great and the little boy who portrayed Anakin did a great job. Liam Neeson and Ewan MagGregor also did a fine.
I found the plot to be a bit weak. C'mon a 10 year old boy building a droid and a pod racer and he's supposed to be a slave? There also exist some continuity problems that Lucas will have to address such as Anakin Skywalker cannot be an only child, as Luke Skywalker lived with his aunt and uncle's farm on Tatooine in the first movie. I found the pod racing scene to be a bit weak also, I read another comment on this board about the scene being stolen from Ben Hur I concur with that assessment. I also find it interesting that technology goes backwards in this film. Robots fighting in this movie as opposed to stormtroopers who are humans 60 years later?
Maybe the smartest thing for directors to do would be to stop trying to make sequels and prequels. The only reason Lucas did this for was the greenback and his latest "effort" and I use that term lightly, shows this all too clearly.
6 out of 10 stars