Great, but would be better if Yoda wasn't CG.

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2002)

As somebody whose main complaint about The Phantom Menace was that it was too computer generated, it was inevitable that I would say the same about Attack Of The Clones. With this, Episode II, the special effects are greatly improved, as is the story. Depth is added to characters, the action is spectacular, and in short this is a great deal better than Episode I. However, this movie fails where The Phantom Menace succeeded in that Yoda is now completely CG. He looks unbelievably synthetic and is, in my opinion, far too different from the Yoda in the other installments of the Star Wars saga. It can be said quite correctly that Yoda need be CG for some parts of the film, but a more traditional and realistic puppet could have been used for the majority of his screen time. Nevertheless, this is tremendously enjoyable, action packed fun which needs to be seen on the big screen...and needs to be seen more than once!