I almost don't want to finish watching the classic trilogy because of this...

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2002)

Spoiler Alert Talk about boredom. Lucas should hire some one to do the dialouge for him, and NOT Jonathan "Scorpion King" Hale! (indulge me for a second, but HALE? Previously he worked with the co-writers of the noir classic "The Big Sleep", and the writer of the excellent neo-noir classic "Body Heat". Both were rich, mesmerizing films that while full of one-dimensional characters-like star wars-but did not fail to entertain because of the excellent story, and dialouge. In other words, they wrote films that were the anthesis of typical, super-boring, super-flat effects extravaganza).
It was simply too boring, and I cannot stress that enough. It has absoluetly NOTHING to offer non-fans, who's eyes will likely be glazed over long before the final reel, which offers the ONLY excitement to be found in this dreck. What is it with hollywood, and it's inability to entertain? Doesn't it realize that it's shopworn cliches fail to engage on any level after having seen them played out a billion times, often done better in the past? The scene with Anakin and his mother for instance is crap. He should have found her dead already, and badly damaged. Hayden Christensen is a capabale, good looking young actor who does what he can to inject his character with spark, but he is betrayed by the writers and director( who's hubris knows no bounds as evideneced by his taping of himself writing the disasterpiece known as Phantom Menace back in '93). He nonethless has some of the best moments in the film, such as the "I HATE THEM!" speech which is genuinely chilling, and enhanced by a brief reprise of the EMPIRE theme.
Other good moments- Obi-won tells a hood trying to sell him "Death Sticks" that he will "go home. And rethink my life."
A reformated C3po(purely by accident, one of his few funny moments) screams "Die Jedis! Die! as he blasts away on the battle field. He quickly apologizes, and is evntually taken out by a grinning Alien Jedi warrior.
Count Dooku's ride to Emperor Palpatine, er..."castle" late in the film is ominous, and powerful, and would have made an excellent intro.
The final lightsaber battle is the best part of the film, and the only part where I was thrilled, not because it was flashy, but because of the underlying psychology that has brought these four characters into duel. Lucas should stop ditching it in favor of uniformly excellent effects.
VERY dissapointing. It's ruined Star Wars for me, and I will definitely not buy this on dvd, as I will the original classics. The whole thing feels like yet another set up