Just so unbelievably bad

Rating: 2/10 (12 November 2018)

First, the CGI doesn't hold up like other movies, made way before this. Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner, even the original Star Wars movies had more believable CGI. It just looks bad, sterile and obvious terrible compositing.
Then the writing was a joke, like many others have pointed out. The motivation for turning to the dark side was weak. So many plot holes too. Anakin made CP3O, but doesn't remember him in the original Star Wars trilogy. There are many other plot holes, but they have been pointed out by others..
The dialogue was just cringe worthy. Watch back to back New Hope with some of these and the elegant, mysterious, foreign language used in that compared to this and you will notice the obvious differences.
The acting was a joke, from Hayen to Portman (wooden). With maybe 3-4 exceptions, like Jackson, McGregor, and McDiarmid it was just a mess.
Part of the problem was the casting. Hayden was wrong and so was Portman. Not only their bad acting, but Hayden just didn't have the command and presence to embody Darth Vader. Look at the original guy who played Vader, not Prowse, but Sebastian Shaw, he felt like Vader, something pleasant after he takes off his mask, but enough strength to believe he could be an evil SOB. The fact that Lucas replaced his image with Hayden in later editions is a joke. SMH when I saw it.
It's like Lucas surrounded himself with yes people, and not a single one spoke up during this debacle.
My childhood ruined by egotistical misdirected filmmakers whose focus was on new technology (which grew dated quickly) instead of strong story, cast and characters.