George Lucas has officially moved to the dark side

Rating: 3/10 (28 May 2005)

*Might contain some very mild spoilers* Attention all viewers: George Lucas has officially moved to the dark side. With a budget (and income at the box office) that could feed a whole African country for three years, Episode III of one of the most popular sagas ever created is nothing more than a Playstation/XboX game with some nice special effects, but with no story at all. Remember what was so great about the original trilogy? The adventure, the humor, the suspense? I didn't spot one joke in the whole film, except when, after more than 20 years of serving the good side, Anakin Skywalker decides to move to the dark side after having one single nightmare. Have you ever wondered why Darth Vader is called that way, or how Luke and Leia got their names? Again, don't expect any thoughtful insights, and beware one of the most ridiculous and shallow dialouges ever written. There is no team work as well. R2D2 and 3PO aren't doing much, Samuel L. Jackson and Liam Neeson are serving as statistics, Padmé (the beautiful Natalie Portman) has four lines in the whole film, and most of the time is waiting in front of the window for Anakin to come back home. And we miss so much the charisma and energy of Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness. I must say that even if the three new prequels were well written and creatively done I would have preferred to hold on with the mystery, but sadly, it is not the case here, and this film, as its precedes, is long, tedious, and bad.