Not exactly 'he did it right this time'...

Rating: 7/10 (6 April 2006)

There is something wrong with this movie. In anticipation of getting rid of the "Attack of the Clones"' memory many viewers rushed in to exclaim 'this time he did it right'. And really, without any prejudice, until the Emperor finishing Windu it was good (OK, apart from the hollow 'I love you's between Anakin and Padme).
Then it all went down, or to make it more descriptive, it went Attack of the Clones. Things happening fast like hasty TV plays without a satisfactory excuse, dialogue becoming dodgier and dodgier- long story short, the plot was sloppy and not only it disrespected a well used today to clichés and empty fireworks audience, but it also showed disrespect to what Mr Lucas refers to as 'art' when talking about his saga:
Many elements in the ending could be rewritten to serve the SW saga as a colossal piece of work (6 movies, almost 12 1/2 hours) and maximise the experience of watching from Ep I to Ep VI again and again. Even when you know who Vader is, even when you know that Leia is Luke's sister, the golden rule of drama is to include the viewer into a circle of passion. The viewer tends to identify with what fictional characters go through and feels equally delighted and upset whenever something happens. When viewing starts, every knowledge of the plot turns blanc and it all starts again, since this is exactly the point, the cinematic magic.
While in the sense of going from Ep IV through to VI and then from I through to III the ending of RoTS is a very articulate and extremely self-conscious piece of post-modern expression, I doubt whether Mr Lucas had exactly this in mind. The logic of merchandise is that future buyers will take it from I to VI and this is were my main objection rests upon. RotS, despite the qualitative ups and downs in the saga, could have helped the latter to 'grow' in time and be established as something more complete. It was a sort of a missing link waiting to be repaired. In an era were people become akin with long works characterised by continuity and DVD series collections sell like crazy because viewers relieve the narrative experience, RotS failed to meet up the challenge.
Coming to it as a stand alone feature, again, the ending appears dull, awkwardly formalistic and thus forgettable. A boringly familiar late 90's early 00's action movie and nothing more than that.
But Mr Lucas is still proud of it, as he is also absurdly font of AotC, because of the technology in visual achievements. Hats off to George for being indeed a pioneer in this field, but then again if I wanted to just be visually dazzled but not captivated in the heart, I'd prefer a fireworks display to going to the movies.