Good, no bad, no good, wait ... bad ... maybe ...

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

Right I am somewhat torn.
I mean parts of Rots are excellent, the saber duels and most of the combat scenes are best that I have seen.
Also the backbone of the story is good, it indeed fills the gap between the original trilogy and prequels and it gives reasons and motives to the original trilogy and it's characters.
But then the acting, and the dialogue ... I mean really, excluding Ewan Mcgregor, Ian McDiarmid and Christopher Lee the rest of the cast is horrible, they just don't get their characters to live. The crowning jewel in the cast of wooden two dimensional characters has to be Hayden Christensen, he just can't act, considering what depth the character of Anakin could have had it's just sad.
And since I am whining anyways ... the timing of the movie is somewhat forced, the movie just doesn't seem to flow as it should, instead it has a rushed feeling.
Better than EP 1 and EP 2 ? sure, a lot better in fact. Up to par with the original trilogy ? not even close ...