Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith

Overall:

Three years after AotC finds Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi as brother Jedi, fighting along-side each other in battle after battle. After being recalled from the Outer-Rim to save the Chancellor, the two Jedi Knights battle their way to victory once again over the besieged skies of Coruscant.

It's at this time when Chancellor Palpatine (the hugely talented Ian McDiarmid) starts making his boldest moves in pushing Anakin towards the Dark Side. With carefully dropped remarks about a certain Senator (who's pregnant, by the way), the Chancellor assures that he has young Skywalker's full attention as he reveals that he knows more about the Jedi and the Sith than he's been letting on.

Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is sent after the Separatist Army's General Grevious (Matthew Wood) in an attempt to cut off the remaining leadership so that the war can finally be brought to an end. It is while Kenobi is away from his former protégé that Anakin falls and the Jedi are wiped from the face of the Republic.

In a climactic battle to the death, Obi-Wan confronts his former friend and sets into motion the circumstances that will bring forth, from out of the ashes of Anakin Skywalker, the dreaded Sith Lord, Darth Vader.

Likes:

Wow. Just, wow. Nice job of tying off loose ends, even if it felt a little forced in some circumstances. Was greatly relieved to see that the "love" scenes between Anakin and Padme were short and far and few in between.

Some great, heart-wrenching moments in there as well, so if you're the crying-type, bring kleenex.

A couple of nods to original trilogy ship designs as well as a cameo by the Millennium Falcon (blink and you'll miss it!). You can't go wrong with Blatant Foreshadowing!

Dislikes:

Uh...hrm. Seeing it once won't help me decide what I didn't like. I was just overwhelmed by the Ohmygodloud! And the glowy lightsabres. Can't forget those. Once this hits video, I'll be sure to update this!

In Closing:

If you're a fan who felt that Lucas dropped the ball on the Prequels, then this one makes up for it. It was a good movie, though not spectacular. Warrents at least a visit to the theatre to see it, as the space battles are second to none and the lightsabre duels are just...yeah, go see this.

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