Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2005)

Continuing the prequels to the original trilogy, from Razzie nominated director George Lucas, Anakin Skylwalker (Razzie winning Hayden Christensen) has grown up, and is now learning apprentice to Obi-Won Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). In this film, the Queen has quit, and is now Senator Padmé Amidala (Razzie nominated Natalie Portman), and is endangered by bounty hunter, later identified as Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison), and it is Anakin's job to keep an eye on her. Along the way though, he breaks a Jedi rule by falling in love. Meanwhile, Obi-Won searches for the bounty hunter, and finds a planet where cloning of troops is taking place, apparently for the Rebels. Anakin feels very strongly about his mother, Shmi Skywalker-Lars (Pernilla August), so he takes Padmé with him to his home planet to find her, and he manages to find her, in dying moments, so he kills the desert people that kidnapped her (a step towards the Dark Side). Obi-Won is also on the planet, and he meets former Jedi, turned to Dark Side, Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus (Christopher Lee), and the battle soon after gets under way, as the clones (on the good side) attack the villains. In the end, the war is over for now, Anakin gets a replacement hand (that he lost), and he and Padmé marry. Also starring Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu, The Muppets' Frank Oz (aka Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear) as Yoda (now computer generated), Ian McDiarmid as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks. This along with the other two are never going to be as good for story, dialogue (which is ridiculous) or 'magic' as the originals, but the special effects are never disappointing. It was nominated the Razzies for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Couple for Christensen and Portman and Worst Remake or Sequel. Sir Christopher Lee was number 31, Samuel L. Jackson number 11, and Ewan McGregor number 9 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Lee was number 13, and McGregor number 2 on The 50 Greatest British Actors, Star Wars was number 24 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, and the film was number 65 on The Ultimate Film. Worth watching!