Possibly, the best Star Wars movie to date.

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2002)

This movie is so much different from the Phantom Menace. Episode I , with little cute Anakin and Jar-Jar, an alien clown, seemed almost like a movie for kids. Episode II has a great plot(probably the best story of all the Star War movies), and although many critics complained, it has plenty of action in it.
This film has some similarities with "The Empire Strikes Back" besides its dark plot: the bounty hunters play an important role and the heroes end up with a missing hand.
Something I found very interesting on the actors, was Mc Gregor´s performance. He seemed to have captured Alec Guiness´ facial expression and his acting almost seemed like an homage to the late actor.
During this movie, I sometimes reminded myself of the Lucas Arts´ computer games. I wouldn't be surprised if George's way of making his movies is now being affected by his past experiences on making and producing computer games for his company, Lucas Arts, during the eighties and the nineties.
This movie Lucas shows a little more of how vast is the Star War Universe he created during his life. You can see the pieces starting to fit in, because on the next movie, the puzzle has to be completed with no missing pieces.
What the viewer will see here, is one of the five best movies of this year! Note: This is only because a lot of great movies came out this year (Fellowship of the Ring, Bourne Identity, A Beautiful Mind and Minority Report). It probably would have been 2001 best movie.