LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out [DVD]

The thought of yet another animated film to add to my 5 year old boys collection was, to be completely honest, almost more than I could bear. The first showing of any animated film is great, and, not unlike my son, I'm usually quite excited to watch it. However, now I'm a (somewhat) seasoned parent with a huge library of animated films, I know what comes next. The 2nd viewing, the 3rd, the 4th...on and on and on and on......until you'd be happy if some fairly serious accident were to befall this (now) treasured dvd, bespite the ensuing tears that will enevitably follow.HOWEVER.....the Lego films are a breath of fresh air (and not just the Starwars ones) they are easy to watch and humorous (even for grown ups). I've sat through at least 15 showings of this one now, and I'm not employing the food processor to help construct an elaborate dvd accident!

We all love these Lego Films. There is great humour in them for young and old alike. The "Empire Strikes Out" is the latest offering.My 8 year old son loved it and it made us all chuckle in places...BUT...."Star Wars-The Padawan Menace" ran to 28 mins and this latest effort even beats that for only running to 20 mins!!!The kids were really dejected when the credits rolled after such a short time.I know it must take a lot of effort to make these animated films but it does leave the Lego customer feeling short changed!Hence only 4 stars.Come on Lego...give your customers a bit more value for money please.

I'd recommend this DVD to anyone with young children who love Star Wars. Both my 6 year old girl and 2 year old boy love it and will watch it several times in a row if I let them! Adults who remember the original trilogy will really get the humour too, it's laugh out loud in places, and actually more funny than 'The Padawan Menace' which is also excellent. The only reason I can dock a star is simply that it isn't very long and isn't packed with extra's like 'The Padawan Menace' that really is my only gripe!

This is the second time I've bought this for my children. It's not that they wore it out as such: they left it on the floor and trod on it. It was such a good DVD, though, that I had to replace it.I'm so glad that both LEGO and Star Wars/Lucasfilm/Disney have allowed these videos to be made. They make my children laugh every time they watch it. One of my children just now told me to "remember to say that it's funny". Job done.

Over £5 for 20 minutes!? Enough said.

Given as gift

If you love Lego and Star Wars then this is the ideal item for you, I collect the Lego Star Wars minifigures and it's was a bonus to get the exclusive minifigure with the DVD.When this came through the post my three boys wanted to watch it immediately, we had seen the last 5 minutes on Cartoon Network and it had us all in stitches.As Darth Maul says, "Awesome, Awesome"

Great