Lucas continues to flaunt his inability to write

Rating: 1/10 (7 July 2002)

There are minor improvements from Phantom Menace (Jar Jar with FAR less screen time and no more Jake Lloyd) but nevertheless a motion picture disaster flawed by the same glaring faults from the previous installment. The blame, again, falls on George Lucas and his stubborn and egotistical mindset that no person on this good Earth should be unable to appreciate is utter nonsense. The writing was, once again, atrocious and pitiful, and when you have a charcter spout lines like this:
ANAKIN: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything's soft... and smooth...

That is one major malfunction in the Skywalker Ranch. I can excuse the diner scene (which was completely ridiculous in a sci-fi fantasy film) and the absurdity of Dooku's characters and his cartoon side-kicks, but I can not excuse lousy writing. Here's an idea for Episode III, get a new Writer, and get a new Director.
3/10