Genuinely good film. Lots of good humour and action

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2002)

This is a great film. Lots of good action sequences, and these ones are actually relevent to the plot (unlike Episode 1). The plot never drags, though one fault I found was that it switches between simultaneous plots too quickly. All the acting is brilliant, though some of the CGI is obviously fake and this could be done better.
Another great thing about this film is that it is very self referential. There are many jokes and puns that rely on the viewer having seen episodes IV-VI, and these pleased the big starwars fans in the audience (me included). The jokes were very frequent, and there were many throw away lines that got the whole audience laughing...
A wonderfully crafted film that took the audience through all sorts of emotions... The final battle scene is incredible, and the way the movie ends is very dramatic. In this respect it suffers the same problem as The Fellowship Of The Ring, in that it is a movie that does not tell the whole story... It is not a movie within itself, but tells only part of the story, and leaves the audience waiting to find out what happens next. Overall a great film. Star Wars freaks will get a lot out of it, much more than episode I, and newbies who haven't seen ANY starwars film will appreciate on its own merits as well.