Just about perfect!!!

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2005)

As I said, it's just about perfect! Finally Episodes I and II make more sense and the gap is mostly bridged between the two trilogies. No unnecessarily lame jokes from C-3P0 (like in Ep. II), not a word from Jar Jar Binks (who I kind of liked but was awfully incessant with his banter in Ep. I), no childish dialogue (like "Can I go, mom? Yippee!" in Ep. I), none of that. Just pure, unadulterated tragedy, angst, and action, mixed with hope for the future and much better dialogue. It will make you want to watch Episodes IV-VI really badly. Honestly, I would rank it as my number two favorite, second only to Episode V, "The Empire Strikes Back". That's if I'm playing favorites at all. Mostly I just prefer to think of them as one very long movie (or two very long movies, if you split up the trilogies). Anyway, go see it right away if you haven't already, just be prepared for a very sad, tragic movie that ends with everything going to hell. And remember, hope awaits in Episode IV, "A New Hope".