Absolutely Amazing and for me could just about be the best Star Wars Movie

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2005)

Just saw this tonight on its opening day and let me just say it is absolutely amazing. As stated in my summary it possibly just edges it as the best Star Wars film for me past Episode IV. It is definitely the darkest Star Wars film by miles surpassing The Empire Strikes Back enormously in my opinion. Everything about the film is perfect- the Acting, Writing, Direction, but most of all the Special Effects. Every single actor does a brilliant job in this movie, but the one that I'm surprised to say impressed me the most has to be Yoda voiced by Frank Oz who is particularly outstanding. However he is almost matched especially by Ian Mcdiarmid who is brilliant as the evil Emperor. Ewan Mcgregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Samuel L Jackson and the rest of the cast though are also terrific.
The special effects, most notably in the first 20 minutes are breathtaking and continue throughout the film brilliantly in particular in the final 2 battles between Yoda and The Emperor and Obi-Wan and Anakin, which are both breathtaking, especially the Yoda and Emperor one which I thought was the best in the movie. General Grievous is a excellent new villain and has a great fight with Obi-Wan midway through the film. Its also great to see Chewbacca again, who although has a very small role is exactly how we remember him- loving and devoted. Also great to finally see the birth of Darth Vader which is both shocking tragic and emotional at the same time and George Lucas really is a masterful storyteller. We are also be able to understand the importance is Episodes I and II and the development of his character and all those people who heavily criticsed these 2 movies should now be able to understand their significance to the saga.
I could go on and on about how great this film was and be here all day but to sum up this movie in my opinion is the best Star Wars film out of the whole 6 film saga. Its wonderful to watch all the pieces to fall into place and was really emotional in the last hour and towards the closing scenes.
Thank you George Lucas for giving us a series of truly unforgettable classics that'll I'll never forget.
A definite 10/10