Boring, dull, and too little too late

Rating: 2/10 (19 May 2005)

After what seems like about 5 hours of lifeless CGI effects, we get to see the making of Darth Vader. But by then I don't think many in the screening really cared anymore, having been long since tired of the attempt to cover up a poorly crafted script with uninteresting battles and utterly transparent supporting characters. The light-sabre duels in the original trilogy were cool and used sparingly when the story really required it. But here they seem to be out every 5 minutes and thus are simply made so so dull.
Also Yoda uses a walking stick - yet in Episode 2 and 3 when he feels like it he can suddenly leap around and even fall four stories without being injured. Except then when the action is over he goes back for his stick again - any reasoning like 'he is summoning the force when he fights' just does not wash - either he's partly disabled or he's not.
This is storytelling at its most embarrassing.