Stupid stupid film not worth a 1.

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2005)

Has Lucas gone completely crazy? Despite loathing the first two prequels, I, nonetheless, was caught up by the Darth Vader hype like a lot of others and entered the cinema with anticipation of the final redemption of Lucas. How wrong I was. Within a couple of minutes I was bored by this pile of juvenile, preposterous garbage. I understand that Lucas ignores basic laws of physics for his productions and I am willing to ignore the continual sound effects that take place within a vacuum, but the space craft relying upon moves that can only be accomplished within gravity and atmospheric pressure in the selfsame vacuum borders on the moronic. This was my first complaint. The storyline was utterly laughable and the repeated destruction of the characters in episodes IV, V and VI are painful. R2-D2 can fly and leaps around the space-craft like a jackrabbit. Ouch. And of course, despite spending 14 or so years training Anakin, who is replete with R2-D2 as his special robot, he does not remember a thing when confronted by Luke years later, you'd think a relationship that lasted for 14 years would stick in his memory. Jesus Christ Lucas, give us a break, at least acknowledge we have seen the other films. When Darth finally appears he wobbles uncertainly on his legs and attempts to convey emotional distress through his voice synthesizer. It's pathetic and in no way the awesome inspiring figure from the earlier films. The oh-so-annoying Padme just 'decides' she wants to die after giving birth to two healthy babies in an amazingly short time and promptly does so. Why???!!! It's too irritating for words. Anakin's very turn to evil is just silly, he wants to learn the necromantic arts of the Dark Side, for no reason whatsoever. Because he wants to bring his long-dead mother back? come on, really, that's just nuts. Oh, I nearly forgot the physical change that takes over Palpatine after he reveals himself as the nascent Emperor. Think of the sudden change in Bilbo when he is confronted with the Ring and that's about it. All of a sudden he is this old, ugly guy. It's a joke played on us by Lucas. 'What will they put up with next?' he wonders to himself, in his multi-million dollar ranch (paid for by us), rubbing his hands and chortling in glee as he watches the merchandising fly from shelves and the gullible public (of which I was a sad member) descend in droves to multiplexes and cinemas across the world.
Stupid stupid film not worth a 1.