Lucas redeemed!

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2002)

Like many fans, I was sorely disappointed with Episode one. So much so, that I wasn't too interested in seeing this one. A friend talked me into it, and it was worth it! This movie is as far above Episode I as Episode I was below the originals! Epic battle scenes, that unfortunately will be criticized by the same people who criticized the CG battle in Fellowship of the Ring. My only complaint, and it isn't really fair, is that all of the vehicles (although they do begin to resemble the vehicles used in Episode IV, as logic should expect)look more advanced than the vehicles that replace them (ie., in Episode IV and beyond). I know, I know, no one wants to see a movie made in 2002 that uses technology from the 1970's. But if I'm designing vehicles for a movie supposedly set BEFORE the original, I'd see it as a challenge to make them look interesting, but becoming obsolete, to be replaced by the next generation (which happens to be 25 years older). Fans who felt they wasted their money on Episode I will not feel that way with this one. The Yoda fight scene alone was worth the money! Yoda kicks BUTT! Gets around pretty good for a decrepit old...er...man.