A Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2005)

I'm not quite sure how this film is being rated well. What is wrong with this film? Well, setting the Star Wars fan in me aside, this movie is just awful. The acting is completely horrible, and nobody in the cast is spared from that comment. The script is along the lines of Episodes 1 & 2, which is a long way of saying tremendously bad. Oh, I wish Lucas had brought in a screenwriter, someone like Kasdan (for those of you who are fans of the new trilogy, Lawrence Kasdan wrote Empire Strikes Back and ROTJ) who actually can write a screenplay.
The hopes of a good lightsaber battle and my love of the Star Wars universe are all that kept me from walking out on this movie. As it turns out, even the things I was hoping for, when they were finally shown, were terribly done. The climactic lightsaber battle is done poorly, the camera often staying too tight on the faces of the participants. All you see is a lightsaber flashing across the screen like a glowrod. At many times in the film I found myself asking "is this real?" Episode III's dialogue was so bad I had to make sure I wasn't dreaming. This and the previous two episodes have failed the Star Wars franchise, and it is time for Star Wars fans who are hanging on to the idea that no Star Wars film can be bad to let their real feelings out. This was a terrible film, and should be admitted by Star Wars fans as such. If only the DGA had allowed Spielberg to direct this one! Blame them, not just George!