A sequel which had little originality of its own but you need to see this before the third (or 6th) one in the series. Includes accidental brother on sister love interest.

"Has aged badly. Looks more like a cheap Saturday morning flick now, phftwitz."

"Has all the qualities of a classic Saturday matinee, brilliant."

"Lots of ballast and special effects, not much else."

"Lacks a new brilliant philosophical point; continues down the 'force be with you' route is there no originality left in this world? Disappointing."

"Why oh why oh why does Leia continue with the Danish pastries on her ears?"

"Hot and ravishing ex carpenter turned heart throb Harrison excels again. He looks sexy even when completely frozen, magnificent."

"Is there no end to Darth Vader's talents?"

"Vader portrays the archetypal villain surrounded by incompetents wonderfully. I bet my house he's going down, and he's going down hard."

"Vader's petard is hoist once more before it being pulled from him violently in the next episode, I bet."

"I fell to sleep in the cinema but when I awoke nothing had happened, is George Lucas taking the piss?"

"More special effects than in any film before it. A veritable smorgasbord of surreal endeavor. My investment in LucasFilms is the best one I've ever made."

"The special effects are so good I could not help myself but, when in the cinema, to point them out to a friend sitting next to me in the cinema whenever a new one came to my attention. Well done. Magnificent. Can't wait for the next one (or four)."

"A good down-time movie for drug takers."

Darth Vadar tells Skywalker he is his father. Nobody of consequence dies, Dad and son have a light saber fight in which Skywalker improbably jumps like the wind to his safety. Han Solo gets put in deep freeze to preserve him before the next episode.

All musical version: Steven Segall as Chewbacca. Britney Spears as Leia. Ricky Martin as Skywalker.

Yes. At this stage in the movie's development, not only was Chewbacca still in huge demand, but Darth Vader made a number of appearances using his own, unique, strangulation by nipping the air technique. Darn the ref!

Leia finally admits to loving Solo, but not before a flat lip-on-lip pressing with her soon-to-be-revealed brother Skywalker (eugh!) (next movie).

There is one passionate, although, thankfully, non-tonguey, kiss before the action gets in the way of 18 ratedness. Any possibility of a red hot love session is ended with the befreezment of Solo by inter galactic terrorist types.

This really is only a middle film with little to say for itself other than setting the scene for the next film in the series. But frankly from a marketing perspective the film didn't need to be that good after the success of Star Wars. Students studying Marketing please note this.