Brilliant, Stunning an Absolute Success

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2002)

Star Wars is my life. I have ate, slept, breathed and dreamed about Star Wars for the better part of my 26 years. I have grown so attached to this piece of cinematic genius over the years it's hard for me to separate Galaxy from Reality sometimes. When I was 13 years old or so My father took me to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, while we were there he mentioned to me that "They" were making a movie about Darth Vader before he went bad, when he was still a kid. That day set into motion nearly a decade of anxiety and anticipation to the likes never imagined before my mortal man.
Cut to May 1999. 1st reaction was extreme and bitter disappointment. Episode One had failed. What happened to my Tie Fighters, Storm Troopers and X-Wings? After the dust had settled and I had seen the movie a couple more times, I learned to accept that there was no way a movie made 20 years after it's original was going to hold entirely true to it's roots, I faced the fact that Lucas needed to use every bit of new technology in the making Episode One as he did in making A New Hope. But most importantly, what I think we all looked past was, Lucas did what he needed to do. Episode One needed to tell a story, set a stage if you will and I think it did exactly that. Now enough of Episode One, this is the era of the Clone.
I went to the Premier at 12 Midnight and the turnout was nothing short of Grand. One by one we filed into the theater, a very surreal atmosphere surrounding the group for we all new why we were there. In a matter of minutes we would be subject to the the most outstanding display of Motion Picture Brilliance ever to be projected on the Silver Screen. From the moment that LUCASARTS faded into the screen in it's Wizard of Oz like Emerald glow to the Fateful kiss between Skywalker and Amidala I was a kid again. I watched in awe, jaw wide open, eyes bugging. Every saber clash, every note, every tone was perfect.
Three years ago I walked out the EP1 and looked at my cousin and said "I can't believe I have to wait three years for Episode II" and now I can only echo those same words again. What am I going to do for three years? Wait I guess? What else can I do?
May The Force Be With Me 'cause I am gonna be a basketcase.