mostly disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (22 May 2005)

Yes, the action is great. Hurrah. Yes, the special effects rock. How unexpected. The storyline, acting, dialog, pacing etc. Why bother griping about it? The only reason these newer Star Wars films get any rave reviews at all is simply because they have the Star Wars name attached to them. Take that away from the film, rename the characters and keep everything else the same and what would you have? May as well be Bad Boys III. Or Rocky part 23. It's empty. It's not even that I had big expectations for this new series. But I do have standards. And all of the fancy computer generated effects and incredible action scenes can't deliver very much satisfaction, cool as they may be. What was lacking was heart, cheesy as that may sound. The films fail to draw you in with any real emotional connections. They become simply the answers to trivia questions.