[MadIvan]

Episode III is going to be a lot of fun.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Clemenza]

FRIGGIN REVISIONIST HISTORY! HOW DARE you question the established history of the Jedi as brave and noble warriors who fought like hell to preserve the Republic!

There are a few folks already camped out at the theater that is three blocks from my apartment. I couldn't get seats to the first showing, but will see it on Friday.

[Clemenza]

I'm just upset that Gran Moff Tarkin's character was not more developed, either in the Prequels (where he is nowhere to be found) or in A New Hope. Peter Cushing was well cast.

[Horatio Gates]

bump for later (sack time)

[xJones]

Excellent review, Groznii. You added meaning I hadn't considered.

The one problem I have is in the acting abilities of Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen. Talk about telephoning in your performances, I've seen cardboard cut-outs with more expression. They don't have anything like the charm of Han Solo and Princess Leia. Even Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker was infinitely more interesting than Christensen's portrayal of his father as a young man.

Oh, well, I'll go see it and hope they've improved.:)

[Mr. Silverback]

The Jedi Order’s mistakes in dealing with Anakin Skywalker are numerous and damning. First, the Order was aware from the very start that Anakin missed his mother, yet did nothing to free her from slavery, nor did they arrange to keep an eye on her.

Hmmmm...you have a point there. Anakin is sort of like Benedict Arnold: You still know he's an evil, traitorous bastard, but when you learn what he went through, you think, "Ah, well he was justified in being ticked off, he just took it way too far."

[DoctorMichael]

I've experienced many of these inconsistencies too. This provides a good explanation why I quit the Jedi and opened a little bar on an uncharted planet out on The Rim.

[sharktrager]

You know, if Annakin is such a badass, how come he can't shoot that cool lightning from his fingers?

[McGarrett]

I've always thought it was pretty obvious that they should never have accepted Anakin in the first place, since he was destined to 'balance the force.' Look around at the first episode, the Jedi are ascendant and the only Sith we know about is Darth Maul, (and the shadowy Palpatine).

So, how does the force get balanced? Well, it's obvious that the Jedi have to be cut down to size while the Sith must grow in power. Lo, and behold that's exactly what happens. Duh.

[FDNYRHEROES]

The BIGGEST mistake the Jedi Council made was not killing off Jar Jar Binks in Episode 1...

[WoofDog123]

In all fairness, all of the valid points made in this critique can be laid at the feet of George Lucas' absurd plot for episode one, as it relates to the background of the anakin character and the way the council dealt with him.

Competent writing from the start with some realistic situational conflicts would have made a lot of this article null.