Lukas Has Completed His Journey To The Darkside

Rating: 1/10 (22 May 2005)

This was the worst film comparable to even the lowest of B grade films.
First, CGI is not the answer to film-making or a great film. By saying that, this film is so overdone in CGI with little to nothing else to show that it is simply trash. By the way, please take the CGI added effects out of the originals, it only brings them to level of the current works.
Before proceeding I think it would be appropriate to grade the film on each of it's characteristics.
1. Special Effects 5/10 2. Acting 1/10 3. Story 2/10 4. Directing 1/10 5. Merchandising 10/10
What can anyone with half a brain say about this film that is really good? It did nothing to intrigue even children.
At best the special effects are it's greatest strength and that just isn't saying much. The reason is that the effects are obvious CGI and are over abundant, appearing as an attempt to make up for a poorly crafted story line.
The acting was absolutely horrible. I'm no soap fan, yet I would rather watch a month of straight soaps than ten more minutes of this finale. The only reason I use soaps for an analogy here is that the acting was at or below the level of the most common soap opera. I couldn't believe how truly poor it was. No excuse George! Additionally, at no point in the film could you get remotely involved as it jumped from place to place so abruptly.
The story was thin with little to almost no real plot other than Darth Vader is born. Everything in between was senseless filler and fluff just to get two hours of film. The story also leaves many holes and inconsistencies in the effort to tie the two trilogies together. Many of the scenes exceed even the logic of fantasy.
What else can be said that hasn't already been said? At best I can only ask how anyone could be so blind as to fail to recognize the garbage churned out here in this production? This includes not only the production team along with director George Lucas, but additionally the audience of those believing it to be some great work of art.
Understandably, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but even the most blind can tell a dog from a beauty-queen. This film definitely qualifies as a dog.
Merchandising??? It goes without saying that we have all made Lucas Arts rich beyond the standards of Donald Trump and Bill Gates. The question you might ask here is... "Why?"
In short, this film lacks a great deal on every level accept advertising and merchandising. It had a potential to be something great and close out a legend in film-making with a bang. Yet at best, it only lived up to the stereotype of sequels, where the sequel always falls a minimum of 2 steps below its predecessor. After 20 years and a few banks full of money, this one film should have been much better to say the least!
Oh Yeh... I Want My Money Back!!!