Feature length toy advert

Rating: 5/10 (23 May 2005)

Whilst this is reasonably absorbing while it runs, in point of fact it consists of conversations full of phrases along the lines of "the force is strong in him", "you must never underestimate the power of the dark side", "they will join with the force", etc etc etc etc, with long fight scenes at intervals. These often though not always involve robots or partial robots (that is with some organic components, such as General Grivas), and also often involve the light sabres. Sadly this looks less like an honest intellectual endeavour, and more like an effort to make the most of the toy franchise.
I suspect part of the reason for the good box office figures is the billing of this as being the last one, that is filling the gap between episode 2 and episode 4 (which if I understand correctly is the original film). However given this amount of money coming in, its just not conceivable that it will be left there. Either the originals will be re-released, possibly tweaked here and there (sound, special effects etc), or some way will be found to extend the saga (such as some form of spin off). I say this with heavy heart, but I fear it's true. The force was not strong in this film, but you must never underestimate the power of the dark side.