A good script poorly executed.

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2005)

The good: Special effects are top notch! This movie delivers when it comes to excitement, and the storyline lives up to my expectations. There's a few very good 'movie moments' in this movie... the events following the issue of 'order 66' is bone-chilling.
The bad: Editing! At times the action moves so fast and the camera jumps around so quickly that one loses track of what's going on. Also, the scenes jump around a lot. Cut to two persons who each get to deliver one line, and off we go again to the next scene light years away. This was bad in Eps 1 and 2, but this movie takes it to new levels. The result is that we never really get the chance to get to know the characters, or build any sort of affection for them (or loathing as the case may be). Unlike Eps. 4 to 6, I did not find myself caring for any of the characters in this installment. Also, the staggering amount of locations and different creatures gets a bit overwhelming at times.
The ugly: Hayden Christensen's performance is very poor... 'wooden' does not even begin to describe it. At times when one would expect some genuine emotions to show, he delivers his lines in the same flat monotone.
On the whole, a good, very entertaining movie that (I expect) will not disappoint both new and old Star Wars fans. A shame about the jumbled editing and Christensen's performance; more attention to those areas would have made for a great movie instead of a good one.