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WOW! Definitely the best film out of the newer three. I saw it three times in theatres (I don't care how weird that is) and loved it every time. There are cool battle scenes and great special effects. The acting isn't bad, but Star Wars isn't exactly about perfect acting. I also thought that the first twenty minutes or so (up to the part where Count Dooku dies) were pretty childish. I was annoyed that the battle droids and super battle droids seemed to have personalities and their own opinions, odd traits for killing machines. Also, the Nemoidian technicians had lost the accents that were so important in Episode I, and replacing those 'racist' voices with strange accents that sounded like Californian surfer dudes wasn't a great choice either. Well, from there on, the movie got better and better. It was very dark and interesting. A long time ago on a planet called Naboo, Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Senator Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) were married secretly. Although they both knew that if their their careers would be ruined if their secret was revealed to the world, they were unable to control their emotions and decided to face whatever consequences that arose in the future. Now (still a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), Padmé is pregnant, and the danger of ruination has never been closer for either of them. Not even Anakin's closest friend, his master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), can know. If this seems bad enough, Anakin's fears grow as he begins to have recurring nightmares about Padmé dying in childbirth; dreams like the ones he had of his mother before she died. Lost and confused, the young man that was once a lovable little boy begins to question his faith in the force. In the beginning of the movie, the clever Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) is killed by Anakin's rage, so we are introduced to the cowardly robot thingy, General Grievous (voiced by Matthew Wood). There are cool battles (space and land), and enough action to keep you excited the whole time. In this movie, we're introduced to the father of Wedge Antilles, Captain Antilles (Rohan Nichol), the wookie Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and, of course, Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) Oh, and about that kiddie thing I said earlier: George Lucas [the director] was probably trying to please children in the beginning so that he would make up for being so dark and scary at the end (no, there's no happy ending with this one; only hope... hey, that's the name of Episode IV!).
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