better, but...

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2002)

definitely better than episode I. Huge variety of new cool creatures, vehicles and characters. I got the willies the first time jar jar appeared, fortunately he had very few lines. The acting in the first half was terrible but did get better for the second half. Amidala had some nice outfits but I would've been happy if they had just kept her in that final white number. Wow. For the amount of time they spent on the politics you'd think they could have come up with something a bit more plausible.
I liked the way they took the opportunity to clear up some questions from previous movies like; how does R2 get up stairs, what goes on on the ground of Courasant, how are young jedi trained, how did Boba Fett get to be such a bad ass, and how did Luke end up with uncle Owen on the moisture farm. All good stuff, and there are a lot more little loose ends cleared up.
I'd love to see Anakin become Darth Vader and the building of the Death Star in Episode III. My faith has been somewhat restored. 8/10