Better than 1&2, but far, far away from first trilogy.

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2005)

After reading critics and comments on SW3, I was hoping for a great movie, to be compared with episodes IV, V and VI. But I must say it's quite a deception, even considering the fact that it's obviously different than the first trilogy. There is, again, too many special FX, but OK, it's Lucasfilms, and he likes FX, I know. (too many but nice FX I must say). But sorry, I still think it lost the realistic touch with all those CGI, it looks like Bug's Life or something (look at the crawling-colorful-mounted creature, looks like Monster inc). The script is, again, BAD, stuffed with cocky dialogues, and seems false and incoherent on the edges (made even worse with poor acting). I'd qualify it as a result of a "prostitute" movie which has 1 goal: seduce a wide, wide (way too wide) range of viewers. Except for the ending sequence (last 45 minutes), I think this is Lucas's homage to original Star Wars fans (should have been the whole movie though). Perhaps I was hoping too much, should have kept episodes 1 & 2 in mind. 9 out of 10 compared to ep. 1&2, and 4/10 compared to the original trilogy. And, I wouldn't pay more than 75$ CAN for the full Star Wars boxset. I bet it's gonna be 150$.