Over reliant on awesome special FX

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2003)

FANTASTIC CGI & sound track. Forgettable storyline. Painfully wooden acting. (Yoda and the droids are the most convincing and entertaining parts amongst the lead cast). Im a big Ewan and SLJ fan but both performances are their poorest ever. I wanted to love it like the original trilogy but it just doesnt cut it. Why cant we have a great involving story, great acting and great special effects (in that priority - (LOTR anybody?) . Anyway, Im going to watch the DVD version again together with the extras to see George & Rick explain themselves , I think it will grow on me to a 7.5/10 like episode 1. lets hope George has a new strategy for the final part instead of relying on the FX to impress. Oh and by the way why does the entire supporting cast seem to be a bunch of forced British accents, Dooku, Jango, Zen, Sidious, Palpatine, C3PO ; Reminds me of Thunderbirds and 5th Element.
In summary then:OK but could easily have been so much better.