Overly complicated but enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2005)

Looking at this film and the first trilogy you can't help notice a simplicity about the first three and also how the first three where more human.
This film gets much closer to the originals whilst still suffering from some of the over blown elements of the first two films. Going darker was a good move, it adds more weight to a series that originally was based upon the feel of a Saturday morning western.
The best of the first three films by far, not up to the strength of the main 'star wars' film, it has to be said, even with all the special effect.