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| Star Wars - Prequel Trilogy [1999] | ![Star Wars - Prequel Trilogy [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rnlxzwJGL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Director: George Lucas
Actors: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Ewan Mcgregor, Ian Mcdiarmid
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 61
Format: Box Set, Pal
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 401 minutes
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.9
EAN: 5039036039499
ASIN: B001FVKUAI
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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 Brilliant, Awesome, Super, Great, fantastic. October 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brilliant, Awesome, Super, Great, fantastic. What more can you say? I just watched them and forgot how good they are. You really need to get thses and watch the whole set again.
 Hit and miss but ultimately essential viewing!! October 14, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Would I buy this box set on the strength of the films alone? I would say yes, but in the first two episodes George Lucas has bought everything to the screen except real characters that you want to follow. Seeing as this is a story of one, maybe two pivotal characters then that really is its undoing. The first two films are a mixed bag of spectacular effects full of cannon fodder robots, dull moments and awful voice overs. The third, is simply excellent, Revenge of the Sith recaptures the spirit of the original trilogy and gives it depth and tragedy, it really pulls all the parts together to give you a satisfying, yet expected conclusion.
The Phantom Menace :- Skip to the Pod Race and the final light sabre battle and you basically have the best of a mixed bag. With the introduction of Jar Jar Binks you find yourself shouting No No No at the screen. What was George thinking. A fully realised CGI maybe? But to approve an embarrasing cartoon vocal is unforgivable. The underwater city is uninvolving and the land battle is an unconvincing CGI mish mash. Don't get me wrong there are moments of beauty in the film, such as a short battle with Darth Maul before the Naboo Royal Starship takes off against a grim Tatooine backdrop and another with Darth Maul scouring the Tatooine desert through hi-tech binoculars before descending into the town on his Sith speeder. Also the final battle with Darth Mau...l. You get the message, the Darth Maul sequences really make this film. The Anakin storyline is weak and 'forced'...no pun intended. 7/10
Attack of Clones :- The pace of the trilogy is notched up a level and everything just got a lot bigger, technology-wise. But with the introduction of dialogue spouting from a grown up Anakin we are left squirming all over again. Poor script or poor delivery. I think both. The same for Obi Wan, basically he sounds posh and it just doesn't work for me as he delivers the same tone regardless of any danger he finds himself in.
The opening car chase sequence is too loose, there is no real sense of peril and is just an excuse to deliver a fully realised CGI world, which it does succeed, but at the expense of everything else.
On the plus side the Bounty Hunter, Jango Fett vs Obi Wan fight sequence set against the Slave I spacecraft and torrid weather conditions are great.
The assembly of the Jedi fighting as one also excites but is under used.
The effects are fantastic compared to anything else of this genre but are over used and generate no real scale. Basically we are taken into a war which has no storyline. How fantastic if they could of combined the 'Full Metal Jacket' approach of travelling on foot through a broken landscape with the high tech world of Star Wars encapsulating. So much more personal and meaningful.
Everything is bigger and to some degree better. But I can't help feeling it is only setting up the final conflict. I know thats obvious but a more enjoyable journey getting there would of been appreciated. This not a film you will return to unless watching the trilogy in its entirety. 7/10
Revenge of the Sith :- A simply stunning, dramatic and rewarding yet dark conclusion. This episode opens magnificently with Obi Wan and Anakin fighting through a full scale space epic encounter to rescue Chancellor Palpatine from the grip of General Grevious, who is one of the series best characters, multi-limbed and represents a true threat.
For me, the Emperor steals the show and his delivery is devious yet menacing, preying on Anakin's frailties which are the backbone to this story.
The transition from Anakin to Darth Vader is mesmerising, in the end you feel Anakin's pain.
From the Wookie battles, again not a scene much more a fly-by, to the lava ladened Mustafar light sabre battle on the Outer Rim this movie becomes a visceral experience but is backed up with depth and real emotion.
As the movie ends and all the loose ends tie up you cannot help to feel caught up in what is 'just' a sci-fi movie. But it has been a long journey and it is still the original trilogy that gives this final episode its poignancy. 10/10
This final film is what the Star Wars franchise deserves and maybe you should just buy it stand alone. But that would simply be an injustice.
great films- but not as good as the originak October 14, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all- the critics slated these films far too much- this was George Lucas's vision for the prequel- how should they know whats best?
The phantom menace though was weak- looking back on it it had the film maturity for a 11 year old. Darth Maul is good in it and the mystery about Qui Gon Jinn with his mysterious death(different to other jedi's- this comes back in episode 3). Lucas could have picked a better way to portray a planet being bullied by a bigger state and needing a big alliance's help- bit like Georgia and Russia. In the end it lacked the haunting style the first trilogy had. 6/10
Attack of the Clones- I think this was a great installment- much more mature- and i would say the best one out of the trilogy- works to piece it all together and you can see the myths and the future all coming together. The anakin padme love story is dramatic and gives the trilogy a real storyline- Count Dooku- Christopher Lee is brilliant in this- and its good to see the Jedi's in action as the clone wars break out- 8/10
Revenge of the Sith- This one im giving a higher rating because of the enjoyment and entertainment value. The action scenes are great and the dramatic climax to the film is thrilling- the Jedi's subsequent demise, Yoda's revealing of his force powers- he was unlucky to lose- and the epic fight between anakin and obi wan- go obi wan!!!
The passion is there with anakin and padme- and you can feel the terrorism in the film as the Jedi's get wiped out and the clone wars destroy the galaxy- shades of the darkness of the first trilogy- which is good. And for every star wars fan the linking up is great- Qui Gon's imortality, Luke and Leia being given away- and Darth Vader and the emporor overlooking the death star- with a certain Grand moff tarkin next to them. Great 9/10
Three really great films October 11, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Phantom Menace - A good film. Great action scenes. It's really good how it starts off the saga. It can be a bit boring at some points but apart from that a great film. 7/10
Attack of the Clones - Another great Star Wars film. The only thing that slows this movie down is the relationship between Anakin and Padme, but the fights are really great, like the big battle at the end. 8.5/10
Revenge of the Sith - The best one on the DVD. Non stop action and intense lightsaber fights. Really good how it builds up to Episode IV. Hayden Christensen and Ewan Mcgregor are a great cast and George Lucas writes and directs a brlliant end to the saga. 10/10
 BestHow about making it one? October 8, 2008
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Phantom Menace is boring. The final sabre fight between Obi Wan, Qui Gon and a Sith lord is the only part worth watching. Attack of the Clones is a "we're back in business" film, which as the times go by, has come to be a fine B-class. Revenge of the Sith could've been better. There's too much fire in the background and too many talented actors playing puppets. I think that George, opposite to what he's saying, has got something to do about it yet:)
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