Upon reflection, not good...

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2002)

These are a few things that just occurred to me. 1. (This has been mentioned by others) I feel sorry for future generations who see the Star Wars movies in chronological order. Because there will be no mystery, "Luke, I'm your father" who cares, "Leia you're my sister", already knew that. The prequels give it away. 2. This didn't just occur to me but, the effects are good, but lack the warmth of the originals. 3. The dialogue and characters also lack the charm of the originals, and dialogue is painful at times. 4. I don't like comparisons between LotR's and Star Wars, but... The new movies don't compare to LotR for feeling, charm, and energy. The Originals stand beside LotR's as two great cinematic sagas. But the new Star Wars movies are just their aspiring stable boys. 5. If you really want to get more out of the Star Wars universe, beyond the original trilogy. Then read some of the books. It's sad but authors like Kevin J. Anderson have done better by the original story than George Lucas's new attempts. Finally, I love Star Wars and I really hope Lucas makes things right with Episode III. But right now Ep I & Ep II feel more like we're watching dry re-enactments of events, rather than the original events themselves.