A Great Time in a Galaxy Far Far Away

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2002)

I most say that my loyalty has been tested since watching Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and being pretty disappointed about the characters(especially Jar Jar Binks, and the little Anakin just looked strange in a starfighter).
Then when a film (Fellowship of the Ring) came out that was more exciting then a Star Wars move (Phantom Menace), then you have to think, what the hell went wrong.
I have been a Star Wars fan all my life (well as long as I have been able to watch films), I was not a live when they were first released but I had all the videos at a young age and I loved them (especially the Death Star sequence in A New Hope). Then when the trilogy was released at the cinema it was great fun.
So back to Attack of the clones well I was really nervous when I went to the cinema to watch it because of the chance that it could be another Phantom Menace.
But it was not instead it was another Empire Strikes Back and that is definitely not a bad film to compare it to.
The film was just so much fun and it just brought back all of the memories that I had when I first watched the first trilogy.
Ewan Mcgregor was great as the young Obi Wan Kenobi who trains Anakin Skywalker and you can tell how the character has grown since Episode 1. I was also glad to see more of Mace Windu in this film as I was surprised on how small the part was in Episode 1 but I guess George Lucas has a plan for everything.
The Anakin and Amidala romance was not as sickly in the film as the trailer, but it was interesting to see how there relationship grew through the film.
In the Phantom Menace you couldn't really see how Anakin could turn into Darth Vader because he was so friendly but in Attack of the Clones you could see Anakin twisted ambitions and good intentions(Hayden Christensen is perfect for the role).
As for the dark side chooseing Christopher Lee as Count Dooku was extremely excellant (and it was interesting to hear about the history of these characters) and bringing back the Booba Fett was great also by showing his father (and probably the reason Booba fett became Booba Fett).
But from all the best scenes thay were like the airspeeder chase,the arena with all the jedi and the beginning of the clone wars.
The best scene has to be the fight between Yoda and Count Dooku, believe me you have to just go and see this film for that.
One of the best Star Wars movies
9/10