Undoubtedly the weakest in the series

Rating: 5/10 (14 June 2007)

Unfortunately, there are so many wrong things in this movie that I don't know where to start from...
The movie starts with what is said to be a "desperate attempt to rescue the chancellor", followed by a skirmish sequence where we see Anakin having fun battling droids in orbit of Coruscant... Nothing desperate in the acting here...
Passing through the coughing villain robot ( use ? ), the wookie sequence that has nothing to do in the movie, we get from a mediocre movie to a really bad one in the sequences involving Mace Windu and the Chancellor : their Lighsaber duel is a farce, and so is the ending of the shot.
Need we speak of the annihilation of the Jedi ? How come none of them ( except Yoda of course ) don't have a clue about what is happening, and get whacked without even a fight... Where are the Jedi of the first episode ( and more from the Animated where they fight armies alone ) ? We also have a frantic combat scene between the new emperor and Yoda, which adds nothing to the drama, and is quite laughable compared to the lightsaber duel between Qui-Gon, Obiwan and Darth Maul from Episode 1.
The movie finally starts at the very end when we are presented the facts which lead to the beginning of A New Hope, but until then, Lucas struggles to give meaning to the movie...
In resume, we have here the avatar of modern movies : full CGI everywhere trying to mask the fact that the actual scenario of the movie has been totally left out of the project... Problem is nowadays every movie company can make great CGI but fewer and fewer can come with a really good scenario...
What a shame ! Need I say that I was at the premiere of A New Hope in France (1977) and that I waited more than 20 years to see that coming ? Such a disappointment... I'll stick to Episodes IV, V & VI and maybe to Episode I which is probably the best of the newer ones.