Because Geogre Lucas said so...

Rating: 3/10 (14 June 2002)

It seems most people who liked this film already knew a lot of the back story and could fill the plot holes with their own interpretations, while making excuses for the horrible dialogue - 'But Anakin's supposed to be awkward etc, etc'.
Never forget that, as you so proudly say, George Lucas created Star Wars.
It's his universe, it's ridiculous for anybody to defend this movie by quoting from its own twisted logic. Why aren't Jedi's allowed to fall in love? It's no law, it's because George Lucas said so, just as easy for him to change it. Why did Anakin come from a virgin birth? Because George Lucas said so. Why does this movie have so many plot holes? Because George Lucas said so.
George is making the rules up as he goes along and it's making less sense with each episode.
Everything in this film is because GEORGE LUCAS SAID SO, and it's just as easy for him NOT TO SAY SO. And thereby make it a better movie. He shouldn't need hardcore fans to defend his bad decisions and confusing plot points!
Why wasn't all this made clear in the film? Why? Because it was rubbish. And don't say it will all be clear in Ep3, because by then I would have waited 6 years and paid over $26 to make sense of it all, and that ain't the magic of movies. 2-3 years! I could die before then!
And DO NOT ever say "It's Star Wars, not Shakespeare" - Read the 'Empire Strikes Back' script again. Not a wasted word, a classic piece of writing and unequalled in it's genre. NOT written by George Lucas. In fact, NOT directed by George Lucas.