What really makes this movie is the hand-crafted models

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2007)

Let's all be thankful that today's computer effects did not exist when Lucas made the original Star Wars trilogy, because if they had then the original movies would have looked as bleh as the new ones. With the new trilogy, Lucas proves once and for all that he himself doesn't even understand what was good about the original movies. The original Star Wars movies are cool because they create a convincing, alien culture. Everything looks used, rugged and thousands of years old! It's believable as the surroundings of a five-thousand year-old and truly alien culture. It creates a timeless impression.
The new movies, on the other hand, are nothing but run-of-the-mill "hot right now" special effects which will look dated in a couple of years. The look they achieve is generic futurism as we always imagine it, all sleek, silvered and aero-dynamic, all devoid of imagination. Fie on it, I say!!
The new trilogy does not deseve to exist. Lucas you fiend, how much did Hollywood pay you to kill your imagination?!