Fertile idea with neutered execution.

Rating: 1/10 (9 April 2006)

What in the stars is wrong with Lucas that under his spell human actors who had sterling reputation (Jackson, Mcgregor, Portman and of course our Christensen who was once nominated for Golden Globe in 2002 for Life as a House) fail to deliver? The only reason I can think of is that he spent too much time on the non human actors (Gen Grieveous et al) and the non-human non-actors (props). He might as well CGI all the acting quota if he has no intention to use the actors. In this alone the movie is a failure. Not to mention the crappy dialogue or the atropic plot development. I must say that Lucas has an interesting yarn to spin, about Skywalker becoming Vader. But I winced when this fertile idea turned out to be a neutered excercise in bombarding us with special effects. You can never trust star wars fans who award this movie 10 stars. They hated episodes 4 & 5 but still throng the cinemas in droves. I want to give this movie a one stone from earth (if its possible), not a star if I have my way.