Okay, I saw it last night. I’ve got a mountain of stuff going on, but I will try to columnize on the whole thing soonish.

But I should say, I think the Johns are wrong. Yes, it’s got some clunkers, and some howlers, and some really infuriating plot flaws, but it is indisputably better than the first two prequels which were awful (though, like John P, I was first inclined to like Phantom too much but grew to despise it). Accounting for incredibly low expectations (for which I am very grateful to the Johns) I would say, over all, it’s in the same ballpark as Return of the Jedi.

Bonus to the first NRO reader who can get get me footage of Vader’s “Noooooo….!” scene with the Ranier Wolfcastle “Mendozzzzzzzaaaa!!!!” dubbed over it.