I don't know what to think.

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2008)

I really love and cherish all the Star Wars movies even the prequels which a lot of people had a hard time accepting but this one is just a let down. Every film in the series served an important purpose to further the story.
A New Hope set the tone and launched the franchise telling the story of a advanced society where a boy must take up the fight for a failing rebellion.
The Empire Strikes Back takes up where the first one leaves off, and is where Vader drops the line "I am your father." to Luke just moments after cutting off his hand. (His mother and wife would have been proud.)
Return of The Jedi concludes this by showing Vader/Skywalker's return from grace,the destruction of the empire and reveals Leia to be Lukes sister where at the end Vader is unmasked revealing how human he really is and then shows him fully healed as portrayed by Sebastian Shaw. (This would later be chained on some idiotic whim.)
The Phatom Menace shows how it all started and got people more interested in what it looked like to see how the Jedi were in their prime.
Attack of The Clones was a very unique Star Wars film in that it had a different more digital look and showed and important piece of the mythology which was the clone wars as referenced in A New Hope, and showed what it looked like when Darth Vader was a hero and a Jedi.
Over all it seemed like George Lucas was keeping his promise in telling the rest of the story. THEN CAME EPISODE 3!!! Which has the same look as episode 2 did. I was expecting Anakin to be older which is what even General Greviouse thought too. The scene where Anakin turns to the dark side didn't have as must weight as his turn back from it, and then there's that annoying little plot hole left by Lucas concerning Leia and her mother.
The two trilogies needed a film that would bring balance instead it leaves questions. It's not explained how technology could look so good and then be so crappy and primitive looking like in the old trilogy cause Lucas was too busy playing with that digital camera. I'm not even a veteran fan and I still felt let down. I don't want my comments to be real cut throat like the others who are just trying to be as hurtful and mean spirited as possible towards Mr. Lucas but some thing has to be said about how bad this turned out. Lucas is not a stupid man in the special features you can see him trying hard to direct Hayden Christiansen- who did the best he could with what he was given I assume,- What came out was a mess not on par with the other prequels or the old trilogy it was to live up to.
There is a hope though.
George or someone could address the plot holes, develop more into the events that don't add up. And maybe one day we'll see Sebastian Shaws face again in a definitive edition of the double trilogy when they combine them. (if they do) But as for now it is a dark time for us true fans.
George Lucas once said in a 60 minutes interview that he must fall in love with characters again if he was going to portray their story, and if he couldn't the end result would be tragic. I can't say it's tragic but it's definitely flawed and something needs to be done to fix it.