Put this on a memory stick last night and watched this…then my wife started watching it, followed by my two children. It’s been a while since my wife saw TPM and last time I got the kids to watch it they both lost interest during the political parts of the film, however this time it was a different story.

Hal, you have made a frustrating film into one which is a rip roaring non stop action adventure, this is Episode 1 as I always hopes it would be and I love how you have respected the source material and George Lucas’s vision even when by your own admission, you would have preferred to remove scenes.
You my friend have done what Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch and Marcia Lucas accomplished on Star Wars and respected the material but produced something that’s far more satisfying and elevated it beyond comprehension. I think you have single headedly made this the best prequel and effortlessly merged this into the original trilogy, sequel trilogy and Sequels narrative.

I cannot give this enough platitudes Hal, top, top work. You have played a blinder here son and had this been the Episode 1 when it was first released, it would have justified the big box office and there would have been no cries of ‘George Lucas destroyed my childhood’, instead we’d have got a response from the populace that GL is back and bring on Episode 2.

As it is, bring on your version of Episode 2!