I really can't believe the reviews

Rating: 4/10 (1 June 2005)

WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD!! I'm shocked that this is getting the reviews that it is receiving. As a stand alone movie, it is okay, not good, but okay. Taken with the entire Star Wars mythos, however, it is an abomination. Darth Vader was the galaxies biggest bad ass because he hunted down and destroyed all of the jedi. Oh wait, now he actually DIDN'T hunt them down, he just killed a few little kids. Princess Leia remembers her mother, but not her father. Oh wait, actually, she shouldn't remember either. I could go on and on about the continuity this movie screws up.
By itself, the movie seems merely average. It has cool environments and I love the technology progression, but the acting... Even Sam Jackson seems to be merely going through the motions. I imagine that during the dailies, Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid were huddled together, asking each other if anyone else on set could actually act. Not that I generally blame the actors. It's Lucas's job to get the performances that he wants, but everyone seems so bland.
The script is below average as well. So many cheesy scenes. Especially Darth Vader's "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". I can't believe that was actually in the movie. The Jedi cut down by a bunch of storm troopers? I mean, that is just too much to take. The jedi are supposed to be able to sense these things. I know that they mentioned that there power was fading, but the storm troopers were, like, two feet away. Anakin fights Obi-wan to a stand still, but can step off of a platform. What is this jumping stuff? Just stupid.
I was very disappointed in this movie.