Just awful, so sad.

Rating: 2/10 (21 May 2005)

Other than the fact that this film fills out what ever plot holes are left, and does it in the most rudimentary way possible, there is no reason to see this film. The acting is awful, the dialog is laughable, and the action is anti-climatic to a fault. Lucas has fun never actually doing anything daring with any of the characters, I wanted so badly for Darth (Anakin) to revel in the dark side and allow himself to be consumed by evil, but it never happened, or at least the character never showed it. I constantly found myself saying, when two paths diverged in the plot, "No, Lucas wouldn't do it that way, it's much to obvious"; every time I was disappointed at how right I could be, and how unwilling Lucas was to take chances. This was the last movie, Lucas could have done whatever he wanted as long as a few things fell into place and he didn't he played it safe and unoriginal every time, leading to a really timid and lackluster end. I really feel like the good reviews given by the media are simply because there is no point in hurting the man's feelings, we're at the end, it's over, it isn't like he's going to continue making films now, except maybe "Indy", and if we're lucky, he'll stay the hell away from that. Lucas is a bad writer and a worse director, what I can't help but notice is that Ewan Mcgregor and Natalie Portman can act, I've seen it, but in this movie there just terrible. I cannot fathom a way to blame anyone but Lucas, for their shortcomings. I think that it's obvious that the best Star Wars movie, "The Empire Strikes Back" was not helmed or written by Lucas, and it's for that reason.
I can't honestly believe that if a twenty something year old Lucas shopped around these three first episodes now he wouldn't be able to make any of the movies, let alone all three, or he'd just be laughed out of town. Do you really think anyone in their right mind would have green lit Jar-Jar Binks? Please. Final analysis is as follows: See it, if and only if you're a fan or really don't care about what Lucas has done to these characters and this story, if not, wait until DVD. Brandon Gilbrech