Take a back seat Star Wars, a new leader is in town!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

How often can you truly say that you have been sat watching a movie at the theatre and dreading the inevitable fact...it was going to end? I can find no better compliment for this movie - every feature will take your breath away - not just the big chunk of CGI that plays such an important role. The lead actors all provide solid shows, the story holds up - apparently its not original though - it was really a book first? No, seriously, this first instalment of 3 provides a good mixture of character development with action sequences building up to the first of 3 climaxes. George Lucas will be sleeping with one eye open for the next few months - who ever thought a 50 year old story might break the reign of the Skywalkers in the upper echelons of cinematic history!?