The Guardian's film critic Peter Bradshaw called the film "extraordinarily objectionable" and said "nothing has the right to bore and disappoint us this much." "The Phantom Menace" broke box office records in 1999 when it opened amid huge hype more than 15 years after the success of the first three "Star Wars" films, but many critics slated it. The "Star Wars" series attracted millions of fans worldwide when it was launched in 1977 by director George Lucas as an intergalactic tale of good battling evil.
"I think there is much more humour and there is much more colour in Episode II," he said in the interview meant to publicise a season of British films on the pay-TV channel. The actor, who also plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the next film "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," which opens in the UK next month, said fans could expect a return to the style of the first three films. "One of the things about Episode 1 I was slightly disappointed by was, I thought it was. McGregor, 31, who played the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, referred to "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace" as "kind of flat," in an interview released on Monday by UK film company FilmFour. LONDON, England - Ewan McGregor has admitted the last "Star Wars: film - in which he played a leading role - disappointed him, and says he expects more from the next.
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