No Better or Worse than "Episode I"...The Series is Stalled

Rating: 7/10 (16 October 2017)

As the "Star Wars" Saga Counts Down and then Counts Up things are Unraveling at an Exponential Rate. The Longest in the Series so far (2hr 22min) and for the First Time it was Not #1, it came in Third at the Box Office for the Year.
After the Drubbing that Fans Unleashed on the Previous Movie (The Phantom Menace) the Spillover Vitriol Stained "Clones" with just as much Bile, Disappointment, Outrage, and it became another "Prequel" for the Fan-Base to Vent Violently.
Christian Haydensen, Cast as the Grown Up, Almost "Jedi" Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) gets a Goodly Amount of Guffaws and Raspberries, with Natalie Portman also Taking a Goodly Amount of Flack.
Their Oddly Inserted "Romance" and "Love" Scenes Stop the Movie Cold, containing some of the Worst Dialog Imaginable ("I hate sand.").
It's the Awkward Chemistry between the Two Coupled with the Super Sheen and Artificial Backgrounds that Look Like TV Commercials for Women's Hair Products and Fireplace Serenity Scenes that are as Flat and Ill Conceived as one can Imagine.
The Lack of Imagination in the "Romance" Scenes Counterpoint is the Over-Imagining of Everything Else in the Action Department.
But when the "Jedi" and others are Sitting Around Talking and Talking and Talking the Film Stalls again and has to be Restarted with Scenes so Over the Top and Mechanically Maniacal the Brain Bursts, the Eyes Pop, and the Screen Saturates.
Overall, the Story of Anakin Succumbing to the Dark Side is Only Hinted at and other Main Plotting Points are Barely Eluded. It's Worth a Watch for sure Considering the Invested Interest in the whole "Star Wars" Glut, but Lucas has Lost Control of His Creation and it is Self Destructing before His Eyes.
Or Maybe it's just the Irritation from Staring at a Blue Screen Too Long.
Note...Now it is known where Luke Skywalker got the tendency to whine and whine...His Daddy was a whiner too.