The title should be changed...

Rating: 6/10 (24 November 2008)

to "Clone of the Empire Strikes Back".
This film had potential, and now I know why--it so closely mirrors my favorite Star Wars film "The Empire Strikes Back" in so many ways:
1. Both Anakin and Obi Wan separate after the opening sequence, much like when Luke visits Yoda while Han Solo and the others escape on the Millennium Falcon.
2. There's a love story in both films.
3. There's a chase through an asteroid field.
4. Count Dooku attempts to get Obi Wan to join him, much as Darth Vader attempts to get Luke to join the Dark Side.
5. Obi Wan is imprisoned, albeit briefly, in a forcefield, similar to Han Solo's imprisonment in carbonite.
6. Anakin loses his hand in the fight with Dooku just as Luke lost his with Vader.
7. C3PO is dismembered in both films.
I'm sure there are more parallels, and this is no coincidence. Lucas tried to recreate the best "Star Wars" film made but he had lost his touch eons ago. I can't put my finger on why the "Clone" trio of Obi Wan, Anakin and Padme don't match up to Luke, Han Solo and Leia. Either the script was bad, the acting was bad or both (I have to excuse Ewan McGregor since he's a good actor). The love story was lame and so was the humor with the exception of C3PO.
The special effects were great but like many films these days, the effects were more interesting than the script. Contrast this to the earlier SW films, in which the plots were more interesting (and funnier) than the effects.
Lucas should have outsourced his script.