Star Wars meets expectations: lousy
Only George Lucas could take a rich mythos and talented directable actors and create such a disappointing film. Good news for Lucas that fans are blinded by laser blasts and finger-force lightning. The dialog and acting are positively unbearable, stooping to such hackneyed lines as “She’s just lost the will to live” and “I loved you, So-and-so!”.
Oh and the story is positively unbearable: Anakin kills Mace-Windu to ’save’ Palpatine, realizes he’s done wrong, then does Palpatine’s bidding and slaughters a room full of children. WHAT?
Palpatine is the only decent character, decidedly evil and possessing the best fashion sense. We can only assume he had Vader’s costume planned well in advance. “All black, with a shiny, evil mask. Oh! and a cape…down to the floor. To the floor, I say!”