Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2005)

The final episode of both the prequels and the entire saga (28 years since the release) is the darkest of them all, from writer/director/creator George Lucas. It was also the most anticipated with the revelation of how Anakin Skywalker (Razzie winning Hayden Christensen) joined the Dark Side, and became Darth Vader. It is war, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) was kidnapped by Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), and Anakin listened to the Chancellor's order to kill him, which is not the Jedi way. Obi-Won Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is on the search for General Grievous, the other person suspected as being the Emperor's servant. Anakin meanwhile is having complications with his wife, Padmé (Natalie Portman) who is pregnant, and eventually, as he turns, starts dying, because of his anger. He is also assigned to keep an eye and spy on Chancellor, but when he finds out he is the Emperor he does not do what Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) said and kill him, and he ends up striking him, and letting the now disfigured Emperor killing him with his lightning power. Anakin was seduced by it, and now he gives in to the Dark Side and is now named Darth Vader, and he follows all the Emperor's orders to kill all Jedi threat, even the children! Towards the end, Obi-Won discovers his turn to the Dark Side, and their light sabre fight on the volcanic planet is extraordinary, and when it is concluded Anakin is burned, and Obi-Won just leaves him. This is the pinnacle moment when (after found by the Emperor), Padmé gives birth to the twin babies, Luke and Leia, before dying from Anakin's anger, and Anakin has become Darth Vader with the mask and helmet, because he couldn't breathe properly. Also starring Jimmy Smits as Senator Bail Organa, The Muppets' Frank Oz (aka Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear) as Yoda (now computer generated), Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, Kenny Baker as R2-D2, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader. This film basically explains everything about the future and ends all questions for the original trilogy. This along with the other two are never going to be as good for story, dialogue (which is ridiculous) or 'magic' as the originals, but the special effects are never disappointing. Samuel L. Jackson was number 11, and Ewan McGregor number 9 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, and McGregor was number 2 on The 50 Greatest British Actors, and Star Wars was number 24 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Worth watching!