Judging by a lot of the pasting this movie is getting by professional critics I'm puzzled...puzzled by what they actually expected from this.

I expected an animated version of Star Wars...

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I expeced to enjoy the visuals...

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I expected to enjoy the music...

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I was not expecting the second-coming of Christ...

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I must say I enjoyed this movie, not because I'm a Lucas disciple or a rabid devourer of all-things-star-wars...far from it, I personally think a lot of the Expanded Universe in novel form should be sent to the spice mines of Kessel or smashed into who knows what.

No, I enjoyed this movie because it is fun, just like Star Wars has always been.



The battle scenes were crafted well, the voice actors superb, especially the inspired voice of Ziro the Hutt, reminding me of Truman Capote.

The `make-up` on the Hutt didn't make me think `gay`, though some might, how little we have moved on in 40 years...the `make-up` suggested to me flamboyance...how else could a Hutt stand out in the mecca that is Coruscant?

The movie was a lot of fun AND a GREAT introduction to the forthcoming TV series, which will maintain the standard set here.

GEN Rating (8/10 Death Stars):

from the 3 minute clip of the battle of christophase (however thats spelt) i was convinced this was going to be good, and hopefully i will be proved correct on sunday when i go to see it.

i saw it this morning, i loved it, i was a bit sceptical at first but i really got into it after the first 5 mins. it's well worth a watch.

I enjoyed the movie - wasn't great, wasn't bad. Had a few dodgy things - Ventriss for example. But the worst thing for me - the opening music. Took me back to that crap 70's disco version.

Music sucked

For me, in the end, it was exactly what I expected it to be, a great start to a much anticipated TV show.

With a so horrible look, I never spend any money for see this thing.... Never.

Look better than CW cartoon, (not difficult) but painfull for my eyes...

DR, are you referring to the animation itself is horrible compared to the actual movies, or is there something else?

Design of the characters is horrible. It seems like stupid cartoons on many tv channels.

Even Starship Troopers animated is better.

I prefer CW style than manga style, but CW style adding to the story (who cares about Hutt children ? And why add a padawan to Skywalker ?) doesn't make me feel good about this.

So many 3D artists can do better.

In your opinion, of course.

Sorry, Palpy, I think you're outnumbered, 2-1. I'd have to agree with D Revenge that the cartoon style was awful. It took me a whole 15 minutes just to get into the movie based on the cartoon style.

Also, I don't know why they added Anakin's apprentice, or threw Jabba the Hutt's family into it. Those two were factors unnecessary to add to the OS (original series). In fact, it actually created more questions than answers. Granted, this would be considered part of the EU, but it reminds me of the debates with a certain Zahn character, er, person.

How so?

Being outnumbered does not make 2 people right and 1 wrong.

Your opinions don't change mine and mine yours.

I know. Gotta love the power of freedom of speech.

Over, did I enjoy it? Yes.

However, it did not have that "feature film" feel, not even an animated feature film feel. It felt like I was watching the pilot episode of a TV series on a very very big screen TV. Which, all things considered, I guess I was.

Regarding Ziro the Hutt and his/her makeup, I didn't think gay. But as Hutts are asexual and go from male to female during the course of their lifetime, I just figured Ziro was in the female portion of life. On that note, I just wished they would have refered to Ziro as she and her, instead of the masculine he and him. *shrug*

I thought some of the dialog was atrocious. Examples of this were Ahsoka calling Anakin "Skyguy" several times. No padawan would be that insolent towards their master, not even Anakin himself was. Also, her continually calling Artoo, Artoo-y or Artoo-ee. That just make me wince.

Those were the major issues I had with it.

Like Palpy, I didn't have a problem with the animation style. It was infinitely better than its predecessor.

Asajj Ventress and Gollum ... separated at birth?

Can I lol over this?

hmm i can weigh up my likes and dislikes of the film and they will always come out equal, honestly i decided to go again and i liked it

Better than first CW cartoons is not difficult
Worst I call it manga...

am i the only one with any love for the original cartoons?

i liked both versions

People say THIS incarnation is too stylized but the Gendy version was FAR too stylized for my liking, so the new one wins hands down for me.