The End (?)

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2007)

Of course it's not really "The End", but an End to the "new" trilogy, that Lucas shot, to find a closure to the Star Wars phenomenon! But also the birth of a special character. It's quite impossible, that you don't know, whom I'm talking about, but just in case, I won't mention the name!
Many criticized Episode 2, for too much Romance, the first Episode for Jar Jar Binks (and the childishly mood it had)! So George Lucas had a lot of pressure for this film. And he himself said, that this one would be darker than the two other movies. And darker it is indeed. Still not too violent/dark, but on a PG-13 level. And that's more than OK, because it's a family movie we're talking about! And I won't go into the flawless CGI-Work on display here, it's apparent and obvious!
There were many things, I didn't like (plot holes, bad character judgements and some soap elements), but all those were merely wiped out, by the last frames of the movie. It is the birth of a cult/icon (that was relished in the original trilogy, Episodes IV - VI) ... but then you also realise that, what if people who don't know the original trilogy, will watch Star Wars from Episode I - VI? There's one "surprise", which won't be longer a surprise to them ...