Too much to take in!

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2005)

So many promised aspects of this story thrown down the drain, wasted! Wookies - pointless, wasted. Why even bother? Death of Count Dooku - I seriously expected a darn sight more there! General Grievous, like Darth Maul, much promised, zero delivered. Wasted! Skywalker becoming Vader - I think I'll call you Darth Vader. Yes, Padme was pregnant but hadn't given birth yet so he wasn't a father. Idiot! This film ran way too long (2hrs 13mins from start of start credits to beginning of end credits), It threw us way too far into the deep end at the start of the film with a huge space battle that was ripped wholesale out of A New Hope (we've seen this before). The film teemed with things pulled out of the previous 5 movies, (Oh and some of the stuff out of the Star Wars PC games as well, someone called Lucas is running out of ideas I think? Perhaps this is why he won't bother making the last 3 movies) I just sat there thinking "Why show me something I've seen already? Where's all the new stuff?". Ships looking so much like X-wings, Star Destroyers, Tie fighters. Grievous died way too easily, I was expecting something else from him after his death. Crap, George, sheer crap there. All the Jedi were killed far too easily, These people are supposed to be expert fighters trained to know the feelings of those around them, little evidence of that happening at all. We'd previously seen them use force powers in the last film) that would have held them in good stead against numerous enemies at once (like force push & force shield) but none were seen used here. If Samuel L Jackson thinks he had a good death as Mace Windu, think again Sam. I personally think you did go out exactly the way you didn't want to, like a punk. If Mace Windu was able to defeat Palpatine so easily why couldn't Yoda? There were just way too many inconsistencies popping up everywhere. See the film if you must. I found it too long, and badly thought out in sections that should have mattered. I waited all this time and was given a pile of poorly constructed scraps. George had to literally cobble things together to force (no pun intended) this film to flow into the next one. It saddens me that the Star Wars franchise was reduced to this, wasted on someone who obviously didn't care what he gave us, as long as he has our money lining his pockets.
UPDATE - So I've seen it again and this time I took notes. Why doesn't R2 use his rockets to stop from slipping/falling when the Chancellors ship is crashing? Why does Grievous think 1 light saber is a collection? In order to be flying "Half a ship" they'd need the engines! Palpatine tells Anakin Sith Legends & still doesn't guess he's Sith? Where did Grievous's other 3 light sabers come from? Anakin says to Mace he only THINKS Palpatine is a Sith even though He SAID HE WAS TO HIS FACE! When Palpatine blows the window out, why do the cloaks only move in the long shots? When Mace is about to kill Palpatine, Anakin says its "not the Jedi way" to kill someone like a bitch but HE did it to Dooku! Padme says "3PO will look after me" - so he's a combat droid now? Why send 1 baby to where Anakin KNOWS he has family? There's a whole galaxy, Luke could have lived with Yoda and been trained from birth. Why isn't R2's memory wiped as well?
The film is still too long, the giving of the name Darth Vader is not explained at all, Padme has no real reason to die and medical science can't keep her alive but they can rebuild Vader? I've now seen the DVD. With the 6 deleted scenes. The film wouldn't have suffered in either length or pacing with these scenes included. If you listen to the commentary by Lucas he talks about how he changed so many scenes with re-writes and pickups. You can bet there's gonna be a new issues with the 1st 3 films with all the bits George slashed out because he can't stick with a script once he's written it.
Don't bother making the last 3 films George. You'll only change your mind once you've shot half of it.