This movie was simply a billboard for itself. The hype was not about the movie, the hype was the movie.

imagine waiting 15 years since ROTJ for George to finally get around to making Episode 1 and this is what you get

Skip to 1:46 for an intelligent opinion ("I didn't really think I cared about the characters")
https://youtu.be/z8oLtH3egpM?si=sDwIULfVWyzV5N-L

>>211547848 (OP)
Kino movie, the best star wars movie ever.

>>211547848 (OP)
I had this poster on my wall as a kid. I bought it before the movie came out. The possibility of a bad Star Wars movie simply didn't occur to me when I was 10.

>>211547848 (OP)
it's fantastic. getting onto naboo then running the blockade to escape, the podrace, final battle in space and on land, the confrontation with maul and the duel of the fates. just a really entertaining movie from a time when movies were better

>>211549314
What about now?