"Noooooooo..."

Rating: 5/10 (22 May 2005)

I wish, oh how I wish, that Lucas stuck to what he is best at - Producing, visual effects, being the overall visionary - and had given the movies to other directors to realise.
He ain't a director in my book. His efforts to over saturate the screen withwell everything (just because he can?), leads to a kind of desensitisation for the audience to his visions of grandeur. A lack of tension, suspense and build up leads to a feeling of flatness to the epic nature of things.
**MINOR Spoilers AHEAD**
As seen in the trailer, we go to the Wookie planet. It's suggested that this will be the arena of a major action sequence or at the very least something of story significance. I can see no reason after watching the movie why we go here other than to show off the wookie planet and to introduce us (?) to Chewbacca.
I hated the lizard thing Obi Wan rides on. It looks stupid, felt pointless, and the sound it 'shrieked' was annoying.
"Noooooooo..." cries Vader. Why George, why? Watch out for this line in a scene near the end. Try not to laugh with it's delivery as visions of Principal Skinner in 'The Simpsons' flash to mind. This was so wrong and I never, ever, want to see that scene as long as I live.
Alas the trilogy (the saga) has come to an end. I could have been worse, but it pains me to think how much better it could have been. You see, the basic story works well; the arc of the three films is great. The visions are great too. It's just that its execution was...well, weak.