Overwhelmingly underwhelming...

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2019)

It has to be said, this is the only Star Wars film that can be branded as bad. Because it is, it is such trash, not even just comparing the film to the remainder of the franchise, but as a stand alone film, it is still bad.
With the low standard set out by the first entry in this trilogy you'd be forgiven to assume the franchise would get better, but as this displays it can always get worse. The Phantom Menace may not be bad, but it is poor. This however, is bad.
The plot is inconsistent, and for the most part does not make any sense. Any nonsensical scenes involving this romance forming being Anakin and Padme, are truly ridiculous. It is cheesy and does not belong within a million miles of a Star Wars film. Whoever thought it was a good idea, could not have been more wrong. It is a franchise low. The dialog is cringe and continuously gains laughs for being so bad. Far too much detail is paid on Anakin not liking sand. I would argue that it where the film completely lost it.
Much like the first, the special effect are poor and have not aged well. The character design remained poor. The effects did improve slightly with the addition of both the clone arm and battle droids however, scenes films in a studio and on a green screen were painfully obvious.
Even the action sequences are dull. The final climax battle was uninteresting and led my mind to wonder constantly. No effort was made to gain my interest which subsequently led to this being the worst Star Wars film.