This wins the golden toilet award for true awfulness.

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2005)

(Contains mild spoilers) I have seen many dreadful movies in my time, but this is the first one that left me laughing as I walked out of the cinema. Bearing in mind that this movie depicts the horrific deaths of many innocent people, (including children) that's saying something. So what's wrong with this movie ? Answer : Mainly, the acting. Watch this movie, dear reader, and prepare yourself for some of the worst performances ever to hit the silver screen.
The Emperor wins the worst actor award hands down- watch, as Ian McDairmid gives the worst performance of his career. It is not an exaggeration to say that his acting almost reaches an almost pantomime level of quality (not to mention his hilarious facial expressions); he was something to be laughed at, not feared or hated. As for Hayden Christensen (playing Darth Vader)...he tries so desperately hard to appear "evil" and "menacing", but makes a complete mess of it. He's more like a junior version of George Bush than Darth Vader (complete with "you're with me or against me" speech to match). To Christensen's credit, having one of the worst scripts ever written didn't help him either. The rest of the cast was so-so; Ewan McGregor (Obi-wan) was less than impressive, as was Natalie Portman (Padame). Samuel L. Jackson's performance wasn't bad, though.
The story was another 99% special-effects, 1% plot extravaganza just like the "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" before it.
So that's the end. Star Wars is dead.
It died with neither a bang nor a whimper, but with peals of laugher.
1/10