i had a bad feeling about this.....but i was wrong

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2002)

Well, after the success of the original trilogy, Lucas made the mistake of...well....the phantom menace. Although it was ultimately a childrens film, it lacked any of the magic wonder and awe of the originals. With episode 2, Lucas made a truly wonderful and griping saga which shows Anakin Skywalker take a huge step towards the dark side.
Impeccably cast, this chapter of the star wars films, starts to conclude all the loose ends that were left in episode 1 aswell as bringing in and developing characters such as Jango and Boba Fett, Count Dooku and Mace Windu. The basic storyline is that federations are pulling out of the republic, influenced by the ex-jedi knight and Qui-Gon Jinns ex-master, Count Dooku(Christoher Lee). Meanwhile, a Bounty Hunter named Jango Fett (Temura Morrison) is trying to assasinate Ambassador Amidaila (Nattalie Portman). So Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his young apprentice Anakin Skywalker(Hayden Christiansen) are called to protect her. The love story between Anakin and Amidaila is expertly crafted and Portman and Christiansen pull it off with expert-like ease. While Obi-Wan is sent to track down Jango Fett, Anakin is sent back to Naboo to look after Amidaila. But things go wrong as Anakin is forced to go back to his home planet Tatooinne where he finds his mother dying. Once she dies Anakin looses it and kills almost everything in sight. This scene especially shows a great leap from the force to the dark side. Th emain finalle in the film is set in a gladiator like arena with all the Jedi Knights pitched againt huge Alien monsters and thousands upon thousands of trade federation droids. The clone warriors, grown upon Jango Fetts home planet save the remaining Jedi Knights from near extinction and mayhem erupts. The lightsaber fight between Count Dooku and Obi wan/Anakin does not last long as Count Dooku defeats both of them(without killing them) but the main treat in the film is watching the little green man (Yoda) pitched against Count Dooku. This is the main highlight in the film and everybody in the cinema was stunned.
The ending of episode 2 leaves plenty of doors open for what is bound to be a nitty gritty end to the saga. Altogether, attack of the clones was a very fullfiling second chapter to Star Wars.