To Fly a Star Destroyer Through

Let's face it, most of us hardcore Star Wars fans saw previews for this movie and thought to themselves "I'm going to hate it, but I have to see it." I went into the theater completely prepared for the ruination of story continuity, cheesy, lilting visuals, a plot with holes you could fly a star destroyer through, and voice actors who were tired of playing their roles. What I got, while not mind-blowing or earth-shattering, was an entertaining movie with lots of gritty lightsaber combat (like in the original trilogy) and a better look at the camaraderie that formed between the Jedi and the Clone troopers before they were ordered to kill them. The visual design was top notch, the voice actors put some umph behind the characters and the story, however improbably, held together enough to finish the movie. Strangely, the biggest complaint I have is the lack of the opening fanfare and scrolling text, which I think was removed because it is, ultimately, a kids film.