Rapture! Star Wars before it started to eat itself. It may be a special effects extravaganza, but there are moments when it shows restraint, hearkening back to a time when Lucas actually knew how to direct. The characters are larger than life, although in lieu of approaching developments, sometimes appear just a little one dimensional. The outlines of the Star Wars universe are subtly hinted at, rather than force fed in a splurge of CGI. It is that suggestion of what's going on that allows the audience to truly engage their imaginations - after all, the mythology and mania of Star Wars is based on three films that, in terms of visual content and detailed explanations, didn't sport half the paraphernalia of the prequels. Splendid.
Image taken from The Star Wars Photoshopping Project.
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