Excellent - probably would have an 8.5 rating if not for Lucas haters

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2005)

This is certainly the best of the last three movies. Lucas did a great job as usual. It's the darkest of all the star wars movies of course because it deals with Anakin's decent to Darth Vader. Lucas didn't sugar coat this one, thankfully.
When deciding whether to see a new movie I scroll through the IMDb index of comments and get a feel for what most of the people think.
For this movie I didn't because it was a forgone conclusion that I would see it. Out of curiosity I just scrolled through the index of comments and continued scrolling through first 30 pages or so. The comments on most of those pages were so mean spirited I was shocked. After the first 25 pages or so, the comments settled down.
I noticed that the hatred/jealousy for George Lucas colored many of the most negative comments. I wonder if many of them are not even sci-fi fans to begin with. Even so the average vote is 8.0! Frankly, I think a lot of the negative comments are sour grapes for one reason or another. Many people are jealous or envious of other people's success.