
Star Wars Episode II: The Saga continues...
Review created: 06/12/06(updated 06/12/06)
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10 years have passed since Episode One, and my how Anakin Skywalker has grown. We seem him here as an arrogant, but insecure young man, full of dreams of becoming the most powerful jedi ever, fears for his mother, and anger over his treatment. A typical teenager, basically. Now a wiser Obi Wan Kenobi must try to keep his padawan in line. Not easy to do once he’s been reunited with the girl of his dreams, Padme Amidala, now Senator for Naboo.
Beginning with an attempted assassination of Amidala, our two heroes are soon separated, as Obi Wan is sent to hunt down those behind the attack, while Anakin is given the task to protect the senator, a mission which can only lead to romance. The film winds it’s way happily through all this towards the planet Geonosis and a spectacular battle finale between Jedi and the droid armies, the first conflict of the Clone Wars we’ve all heard so much about. Even Yoda gets his lightsabre out, and it’s well worth the wait.
Definitely an improvement over Episode I, although still not quite reaching the heights of the original trilogy. The dark side gets darker with Christopher Lee superbly playing ex-Jedi-turned-separatist Count Dooku, while the good guys do their best to stop them (Ewan MacGregor has settled into Obi-Wan’s role perfectly). It sets it all up perfectly for Episode III.
PS Jar-Jar Binks is rarely seen. Thank God!!
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