A very average film with excellent special effects and an excellent pedigree. Let's face it, if you were born anywhere near the 70s you know this film doesn't really stack up with the original trilogy. I'm a die-hard Star Wars fan, but to be honest, I'd sooner kiss a Wookie than watch Phantom Menace again. Ep II was just as tiresome. And this is no improvement. So wake up and smell the thermal detonators and spend your hard earned paper-round money on some decent Sci-fi like Star Wars eps IV, V, VI, Close Encounters, Alien, Aliens, Predator, The Terminator, Terminator 2, Total Recall or The Matrix (Not the sequels).

Getting worse and worse and worse.
I actually didn't want to see this as it had Hayden Christensen again.
But what kept it from utter crap was the special effects.
Wow, could have never been better.
And Ewan Mcgregor was better than ever.
He was perfect his acting is indescribable.
I don't know how he manages to cope with Hayden.

This is what we have been waiting for. The missing chapter of this saga. After the so-so episode 1 and the better ,but no classic episode 2, the chances were high for this to fail to live up to the Star Wars name. How pleased I was after first watching this, that this is up there with the best of the episodes. It still does not manage to take the crown off The Empire Strikes Back as the best of the saga, but at times it does give it a good run for it's money. From the opening space battle, to the brilliant Rise of Darth Vadar, this is a very powerful episode. The cast have grown into the parts and added credit should go to McGreggor as the now mature Obi-wan. The film is just a brilliant build up to the battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin. And the final fight is just cinamatic brilliance.
This is just brilliant escapism and if you have not seen it because of the short falls of Episode 1 and 2, buy it as you don't know what you are missing. This is a rousing conclusion to the classic saga.