The best so far

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2002)

The WOW is back, but for different reasons from the original. The first Star Wars film, Episode IV in the saga, was a supremely delightful popcorner that succeeded because of its then ground-breaking special effects, humor and its hint at a much larger universe encompassing its story line. It was absolute perfection for what it was.
Lucas then gave us 3 more movies, 2 sequels and a prequel. This sequel to the first Star Wars prequel succeeds in showing how the story lines of the 2 trilogies mesh, and it does so masterfully. We don't have all the details yet, but things are beginning to become clear.
This film is as complex as the original was simple; more complex than all the other films combined. Its a love story, a psychological drama, a swash-buckling adventure, a space opera, mystery, and epic story of the decay of democracy all in one film. And for those interested in morality plays, its an act in one of those also. The critics just don't get it; they're too busy with their pseudo-intellectual snobbery to recognize that George Lucas's saga is a masterwork in the making.
Yes it suffers the inevitable consequence of some decline in suspense because we already know how the story turns out. But so what? Besides, Lucas continues to push the state of the art of film-making. I didn't think he could beat the eye-candy of the otherwise disappointing Episode I, but the effects here are a new high in film making. His "city of the future" setting on the planet Coruscant exceeds even Blade Runner's by a wide margin.
GO AND SEE THIS FILM. 10/10