Don't believe the hype

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2005)

I know that I will probably get a lot of people mad but what a terrible piece of film this was. Going in to this movie I had a lot of expectations that were built up from other reviews from prescreenings. Everyone kept saying in their reviews how amazing and satisfying this movie was, boy were they wrong. George Lucas has done nothing but show that he can put out a very pretty product. With lots of beautiful scenery and flashy action sequences he has fooled everyone. One question remains where's the story? We knew exactly where Anakin was going to end twenty years ago we just didn't know the particulars and this movies plot did little to add to the overall mythic nature of the original trilogy. I didn't expect academy award acting but Hayden Christenson must be the worlds worst actor( right up there with Adam West and William Shatner). Spoiler warning*** True SOME of the light saber battles were cool and Mace Windu's demise was very dramatic but was it really necessary to have the Wookies in this at all other than to "tie" this to the original trilogy? Even Obi Wan's and Anakin's final battle was BORING the dialog was preachy and stilted. As was the rest of the movie a total BORE FEST with a couple of cool action sequences sprinkled in. Here's a hint George. When you bring the Star Wars saga to television keep as far away from it as possible and maybe we'll see something worthy of the legacy YOU created. If you want to see Star Wars at it finest go watch The Empire Strkes Back. It's still the best and the one that George did the least amount of tweaking to.