16 long years we had to wait for Lucas to begin his Saga ! I lined up for hours to see this film, along with all the fanboys in costume. having to put up with them asking each other who fired first Han or Greedo ! Having to put up with that is enough to try any mans sanity. All I was thinking was "This film better be good !" I went in I got a good seat, until a woman sat infront of me with a damn princess lea ear warmer hair do ! The screen went dark, the Fox/ lucas arts logo came up, people clapped. Then "ALONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY " scrolled onto the screen. The cinema erupted into applause ! This was going to be good. Then the music ! The place was a frenzy Fan boys froffing at the mouth. Then silence .... You then could here mumbles in the audience the likes of "Who's that guy trying to impersinate Alec Guiness ?" or " That Kid playing Anakin sure has a problem with acting !" even " who wrote the diologue, were they high ?" but best of all " What the hell is that… more »

16 long years we had to wait for Lucas to begin his Saga ! I lined up for hours to see this film, along with all the fanboys in costume. having to put up with them asking each other who fired first Han or Greedo ! Having to put up with that is enough to try any mans sanity. All I was thinking was "This film better be good !" I went in I got a good seat, until a woman sat infront of me with a damn princess lea ear warmer hair do ! The screen went dark, the Fox/ lucas arts logo came up, people clapped. Then "ALONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY " scrolled onto the screen. The cinema erupted into applause ! This was going to be good. Then the music ! The place was a frenzy Fan boys froffing at the mouth. Then silence .... You then could here mumbles in the audience the likes of "Who's that guy trying to impersinate Alec Guiness ?" or " That Kid playing Anakin sure has a problem with acting !" even " who wrote the diologue, were they high ?" but best of all " What the hell is that duck lizard thing Jar-Jar Binks, I thought the Bloody Ewaks were crap !" Yes things were not going well. Lucas would always have a hard time starting the saga, as the previouse characters had crept into our sub culture and nothing, no matter how good the character could replace them. But the real problem is the script. It's got to many religiouse overtones, and this is a family movie. How are kids supposed to understand a script where the bad guys are not defined yet, and having to understand trade blockades and power struggles in the senate ? But when Lucas stops tieing his self up in the script and sets the action upon us, he leaves our jaws on the floor. The two stand out action sequences are The now iconic Pod Race and the brilliant Light Sabre Duel with Darth Maul !. It's a pity they did not keep more of Maul as he could have turned out to be as good as Vadar. In all the film was worth the wait ( Just ) but it would take until Episode 3 till Lucas gave us what we realy wanted.