A huge letdown from the prequels!

Rating: 1/10 (11 June 2005)

I'm so sick of folks who think they're sophisticated film critics castigating Lucas for a) writing poor dialogue in the prequels and b) relying too much on CGI.
This movie is a HUGE LETDOWN!!! What do we have? 1. NO JAR JAR BINKS, but a man in an APE SUIT named Chewbacca.
2. Instead of a "whiney" Anakin, we've got a "whiney" Luke ("I was going into Tashie Station to pick up power converters!!!" Waaaah!) 3. Special effects that were so bad they had to be cleaned up in 1997.
These sophisticated reviewers claim that Lucas "can't write dialogue." Is that why this film contains SO MANY quotables, not the least of which is "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU"???? These people who condemn the prequels are disingenuous; do you honestly believe that they had rather Lucas never revisited his masterpiece? PLEASE!!! The prequels aren't perfect, but neither are the originals. Along with a man in an ape suit, we've got lines like: VADER: "They'll be nothing to stop us this time!" Luke: "I only wish... Ben were here." (After having met him only a week or so earlier) LEIA: (kissing Luke on Death Star) "For luck..." HAN: "You look strong enough to pull the ears off a gundark." FOR GOODNESS'S SAKES!!! The originals certainly didn't have the greatest dialogue ever, but no one's complaining. My guess is that-it's a matter of rose-colored glasses tinted by childhood.
The prequels are very good...
But you wouldn't know it by listening to these 30-something nerds who somehow think they could have made a better movie or movies than Lucas.
If I were George Lucas, I would just release the TRULY AWFUL "Star Wars 1978 Special" on the big screen, and watch as all these sophisticated critics line up and give me their money, because they're addicted to Star Wars.
As far as those who think Lucas has made the prequels "for the money..." That's preposterous! It's like saying the Rolling Stones continue to tour for cash. The fact is that both Lucas and the Stones were comfortable decades ago. They continue to practice their craft because of passion; when you're THAT rich to begin with, money has nothing to do with it.
When I watch the prequels, I am vastly entertained. Now, I watch the originals and feel that they're nothing but cheap, late-70's- early 80's crap that could have been better presented in the first place.
In the final analysis, stop with the moaning, and enjoy the whole thing as a fun diversion. I know this will be difficult for a nerd who thinks he/she could have done better, when all he/she could have accomplished with the prequels were it left up to him/her would have been a carbon copy of the original trilogy with (perhaps better) dialogue, but this is what Lucas has given us, and it's good enough for me.
Too bad "Star Wars" doesn't live up to the hype set by its three predecessors.