A good film that holds it's own in the Star Wars Saga.

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2002)

First of all. In my mind. I don't have an idea of what the next Star Wars movie is supposed to be like. I don't create the movie in my mind and then get disappointed when it doesn't play out that way in the final version. That's one of the main problems with people critiquing these films. They all think they know how a Star Wars movies should be made. I go into these movies not knowing what to expect. I will give the negative critics a few things. Yes, the acting isn't the greatest. Especially Natalie Portman and Samual Jackson. I thought Hayden did an interesting job though. It was an odd performance if you ask me, but it worked. Ewan did a much better job then he did on Episode I. Christopher Lee was as good as always and Yoda rules, also. The computer effects get a little out of control some times. What I've noticed is how most negative reviews seem to only focus on the negative. As if there out to personally get George Lucas for not making the movie there way, but let me take you to the positive side with some questions.
Didn't you think it was cool that JarJar Binks was barely in the film? and when he was used. It was in a clever way. Didn't you think Yoda commanding an Army during a battle was very cool? Didn't you think Obiwan investigating where the saber dart came from was fun? Didn't you like the Jedi Library? How about Yoda teaching the younglings? The chase through Coruscant? How about the space battle in the asteroid field? The way when an asteroid exploded. There is a silence for a few seconds. Why? It was strange. How about Wat Tambor of the Techno Union organization. The way he kept turning a dial on his chest to talk. What did that mean? I don't know, but it's stuff like that, that makes Star Wars so cool. They show the Death Star in the planning stages.You didn't think that was awesome? Anakin's rage? Anakin disobeying Obiwan and Obiwan yelling at him to do his duty. All the Jedi's battling at the end? The birth of what will one day become the Stormtroopers. The Clone war battle? Count Dooku? Jango Fett? The Music? Yoda fighting!!!!
If you didn't likes these things. Then you've lost your innocence. You've been so bombarded with some many movies. So many images. So much computer effects at this point. That no matter what a Star Wars film does. It'll never satisfy you. Notice nobody mentions most of what I said. They try and take you only to the negative. I'm not saying this is the best Star Wars movie ever, but it was much better then Episode I, because it was closer to the world of Star Wars I grew up with. I enjoyed this film and I can't wait for the next one. The birth of Darth Vader.