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The second chapter in the greatest film saga ever conceived! :-) I have read the reviews on line here at Amazon.com about "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," some I agree with, others I don't. I remember when this movie was in the theaters, in fact at the theater I was at, I was the very first person in line to purchase my tickets and I purchased two tickets each for the first three showings of this movie for myself and my date. Both she and I agree that this was worthy of the title of "Star Wars" and we also both agree had Mr. Lucas stayed as writer & executive producer that the movie would have been even better. George Lucas is a great storyteller, creating great characters and a great adventure to watch those characters grow within the film, but he is no director. As I have viewed many of the movies Lucas has directed, from "THX 1138," "American Graffiti," "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope," and "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," and it became apparent to me that Lucas is no director as his camera angles are trivial and not very imaginative - much different from the collaboration between he and Steven Spielberg in the "Indiana Jones" movies. That collaboration really works and I bet had Lucas asked Spielberg to direct his saga he would have agreed - after all Spielberg is directing "Indiana Jones 4" as he did all the pervious "Indiana Jones" movies. Still this was a magnificent movie. Like the film that precedes this one, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," this story opens with a focus on Padmé Amidala - though this time it is not her planet Naboo that is threatened, but she herself and Obi-Wan & Anakin are assigned by Palpatine to keep her safe. The investigation leads Obi-Wan & Anakin on a futuristic police chase through metropoliptic planet of Coruscant where the whole planet is a city, which leads the duo to separate. Obi-Wan is sent to investigate the assassination attempts on Padmé, while Anakin acts as Padmé's bodyguard. While investigating the assassination attempts, Obi-Wan is led to another Dark Jedi where he is captured. Anakin & Padmé go off to find Anakin's mother as the two grow closer and develop a romance. During the search for his mother we see Anakin drift toward the Dark Side and we see his connection to the Lars family seen in "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope." Anakin & Padmé discover Obi-Wan is in trouble and decide to notify the Jedi Council and go off to rescue him but they too are captured, and what results is a massive battle that puts the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor to shame as we see a team of Jedi take on a "Remember the Alamo" battle that climaxes in seeing why Yoda is "THE" Jedi Master of all the Jedi. This movie was great and much darker than "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," as well as "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" & "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi," and rivals "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" in its dark storyline. The acting, writing, musical score, special effects, costumes, cinematography, etc were all great and only the directing was sub-par (but than Lucas is not a director). This movie is worth paying thousands of dollars for, just to see Yoda fight alone. But like all the "Star Wars" movies this should be watched in widescreen mode to get the full picture and in a home theater atmosphere to take full advantage of the sound - a must for all movie fans.