Better Than Episode I

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2002)

A good blend of action and drama makes this movie better than Episode I. The love story, however, was a bit shallow and left us wondering why Anakin felt so tied to Senator Amadela anyway. Are we supposed to believe they shared alot
of offscreen time together? But the movie said they hadn't seen each other for eight years, and now suddenly they can't be apart... !
The special effects were top notch this time, and I particularly enjoyed seeing the Jedi Knights in action against the droids. And the best part of all was seeing a no holds barred Yoda in action using both the Force and light sabre! It was nice to see some characters from the original Star Wars series like C3PO and
R2D2. Episode III will have some heavy explaining to show why Anakin
decides to become a ruthless cold-blooded murderer of millions... because
Epsiode II didn't really do that for me.