This Could Have Been Great....

Rating: 4/10 (6 November 2005)

I can only imagine what it must have felt like to have waited years for this to be released and then to have your hopes dashed to the rocks below upon viewing this super-slick and over hyped grade-C production.
Not that there wasn't potential, but Mr. Lucas once again put the look of the film before the story. The result was a predictable mess without suspense or drama. Was H.C. just a bad actor as Vader, or was it the fault of the script and directing? Hard to tell. The people who rave about how amazing this film is have not given it a serious critical judgment. It was better than the first two "prequels", and had many chances to intrigue ( Obi-Wan was wasted as a character in this ) but these "fans" seem to want to like it so much that they have brain-washed themselves into believing it's false greatness.
Thankfully I only spent $1.75 to rent this mess.