Excellent FX - Awful unbelievable storytelling

Rating: 3/10 (2 August 2008)

after the first episode turned out to be a kids-movie and the seconds one a love story with a not noticeable plot, the third could have been the turning point of the whole beginning of the saga. the story, based on the many secrets the episodes 4-6 created, could have been epic and dramatic. and we all have expected this, regardless the disappointments of the first two episodes.
and lucas tried, well he did, but he failed. The complete transformation of anakin into darth vader is just not told very well and believable. on the contrary, most of the good intentions of the movie are destroyed by awfully story telling. It's only the final fight, which does have this dramatic atmosphere, and some really great fx which are worth mentioning in this movie.
maybe the problem was simply to put such an epic plot into just one movie and keep it up with enough action. the beginning of the film, in total about 25 to 30 minutes are a complete waste of story-telling-time, and only meant to show how a big space war should look like.
I was hoping the dramatic transformation of anakin is told with real depth and with enough drama in it. making the jedi responsible for the death of his wife with all the consequences could have been a good way to go, but instead it's all based upon a pointless fear of loosing her with no real cause behind it all. So all the anger and fear came basically out of nowhere which makes the whole movie unbelievable.
sorry george, we all know you have done your best, but you got lost in too much compromises and fx technologies.