Nothing here for anyone but the die-hard fan, and the kids.

Rating: 2/10 (15 May 2002)

Frankly, the average viewer will walk away from this film wondering how such a high budget and highly anticipated film could be released with such pathetic dialogue. Because 'talk' makes up such a large part of this film (filling in plot lines, etc) the cliche and wooden performances are brought to the foreground, leaving the truly impressive stuff (CGI, action sequences) to wallow alone in the back. How is it possible to assemble such quality, skilled actors, and come away with such awful performances?
Kids won't notice all this of course, and Star Wars fans will certainly see this film as an improvement over "The Phantom Menace". Yet it is far, far away from capturing the magic of "A New Hope" and "Empire Strikes Back".