I just got back from doing my CNN Sunday gig (I’m sure you were all watching — and the really attentive people noticed I was wearing a Heritage Foundation tie). Anyway, Star Wars Episode Two: Attack of the Clones is on HBO. And, I’ve got to say, contrary to whatever I may have said in the past, it really is scandalously disappointing. It’s just badly written. With the exception of young Anakin Skywalker, the acting is fine, the special effects are fine, the cinematography is fine, it’s just really terribly written. Perhaps it’s not as bad as Episode One, but what a tragedy it is to even have to make that comparison.