Just plain embarrassing and inexplicable.

Rating: 1/10 (27 May 2005)

Wow, give any two people who liked Star Wars and Empire two minutes to muse and they could have come up with better movies for all three prequels. One of many: how about showing a wonderful world in order and happiness when the Jedi ruled, so a tragedy could unfold? Instead the force is an infection and the Jedi are clueless mopes in a bad urban bureaucracy. A trilogy focusing on Vader (as Darth Vader) and the rise of the Empire would have worked too.
Seriously this movie should have alternate viewing rooms for people with brain cells, self-respect and respect for the first two Star Wars movies so we could shout at the screens as we watch. Maybe it will become a cult classic on midnight runs where people could do that. But then we would have to watch again, I shudder at the thought . .. ... Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! Maybe I will watch it againon DVD with the sound off. I bet it is a way better movie that way.
George Lucas reminds me of Michael Jackson. Lost on Neverland ranch, descending into incompetent myopic megalomania (Lucas' fetish seems to be soul-less CGI and trashing his original achievement).