Sith sandwich

Rating: 5/10 (26 May 2005)

This film is no masterpiece. It is nothing more than "Enjoyable rubbish".
I was left with two over-riding difficulties with it: 1) I was not the sort of child who found Darth Vader scary. Indeed I recall a short period where I had a diminutive Darth Vader as an imaginary friend. Nonetheless, there was something brilliant about the costume when the films first came out. The ambiguity as to whether it was a man, monster or machine; accentuated by the breathing, shiny hollow eyes and front control panel.
However, in 2005, the construction scene of Darth Vader leaves you with a sense of empathy for Anakin Skywalker. He has lost everything in his quest for power and now his burnt deformed body is encased in a strange leatherman outfit, the gayness undiminished by the phallic mullet helmet.
"Young man, there's no need to be down", I felt like shouting to him.
2) The entire story arc hinges on one fact; that Padme gets knocked up. This is a young couple, with the finest education in the galaxy, and two of the most responsible jobs in the galaxy. They are in a secret marriage, the discovery of which will ruin both their lives. They do not however use contraception. Do they live in a world where that is frowned upon? Are they ignorant of the birds and the bees? Or is it the case that, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, they can invent spaceships and robots but not condoms? After that realisation, I was unable to suspend disbelief anymore.