If George Lucas had the technology....

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2002)

If George Lucas had the technology, I'm sure he would be using digital avatars instead of actors.
Episode II is full of fantastic digitized imagery, but is devoid of any real feeling. It's like a non-participant video game where the game plays itself and you just sit there watching the action unfold. A prime example of this is the part where several of the principal characters end up in a battle droid manufacturing facility. There is dangerous machinery pounding and slicing away all around them and they have to time their actions to avoid and then proceed through said machinery. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this scene was recreated in an upcoming video game release from Lucas Arts.
Maybe it's because I'm all grown up now but, like The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones for me retains none of the "classic" Star Wars appeal that the original three films had(fuzzy ewoks not withstanding). I wanted to like this film. I really did. But as it wore on and I found myself constantly checking my watch I realized that, at least for me, the magic is gone. The characters have no real chemistry and the story exists simply to bridge the gap between the early episodes and these new ones, having no identity of it's own to make it stand out.
I still want to see Episode III for posterity, but it won't be until after all six films have been released on DVD.