The Last Truly Great Star Wars Film

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2019)

Say what you will about Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Menace seemed boring to me as a child, and I never really cared for it. Clones is a fun, imaginative blockbuster hampered by a somewhat stilted romance, which takes up enough of the run time to ruin it for many. However, the prequel trilogy definitely ends on a high with Revenge of the Sith; the darkest, most high-stakes Star Wars film yet, and the only one to come near the quality of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, in my humble opinion. The worlds, the aliens, the villains, the battles, the soundtrack, the story... everything comes together to make a satisfying conclusion to the prequel trilogy, and I do feel that this may be the last truly great Star Wars film we'll ever see, especially considering the franchise's current trajectory.