This is where it started to go downhill

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2020)

The first disappointing entry in the series (if you take the order in which they were released). The rescue sequence at the beginning is drawn out far too long and the second you think about it, it's utterly absurd. And then the movie slows to a complete crawl, with very little in the way of action, and the most awful and obvious merchandise placement. This is the downward slide from a Fantasy Fiction (note not Science Fiction... Star Wars has absolutely no science in it) that adults could just about admit to liking... to something that would barely be green-lit as a children's movie today. The ending cranks up the action a bit, but it's all so poorly choreographed (more obvious on repeated viewings). Oh and the acting... and the dialogue. Pure cheese... and not in a good way. More in a 3rd rate American soap kind of way.
And more stars off for it all being made even worse with CGI tinkering. I can just about bear to watch the original, but the "Special" Edition? Nope.