Good addition to the story

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2002)

Attack of the Clones is SO much better than Episode I, I can not even begin to count the ways. The first and most important change is the toned down Jar-Jar. This is without a doubt the WORST Lucas creation, and I was VERY happy to see he didn't have much screen time. Another change was the use of the Jedi council, especially Yoda. I was EXTREMELY impressed by the battle between Yoda and Duku. Although, I would have liked it to be longer, I think it was GREAT to see Yoda in action. The third good thing about this movie was that it made the plot in Episode I at least marginally understandable. And the fourth change was the ditching of the whole midiclorian thing. This was another of Lucas' worst decisions.

The first movie was somewhat like Ep. 4 in that it was used to set up the characters. The second is somewhat like Ep. 5 (though not NEARLY as good as that masterpiece), in that those characters are actually allowed to DO something. The plot in this movie was understandable and reasonable. The plot for Ep. 1 was not (at least on its own).
BTW people, if you have been one of the 20 or so people who have not seen Eps. 1 or 2, see the original triolgy (Eps. 4-6) FIRST. They are FAR and away the better movies of the series (even Return of the Jedi), and it is NECESSARY to see them first.