Dull and slapped together

Rating: 4/10 (18 February 2015)

"Attack of the Clones", while not the worst of the lot, feels the least like a Star Wars movie. It's a very weird feeling. But there's also a very slipshod quality to it, at least from a writing standpoint. The Syfo Dyas thing could've been more fleshed out, Jango Fett is hardly a character that warrants so much screen time, and Anakin Skywalker is just such a lackluster character. I didn't care about him for a second (even while Lucas demands as much by killing off his mother), but then I didn't care about anybody in this movie. Again, very strange.
But it also features the series two worst lightsaber duels. The fight between Anakin and Dooku is so badly staged (lit only by sabers, losing all sense of geography), while Yoda goes full-on Sonic the Hedgehog when he gets his hands on a blade. It's fascinating how badly these setpieces were composed.
It's not the series' worst, but it's kinda dumb and lacks the spark and adventure of the others.
4/10