George Lucas finished his saga with a bang!

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2005)

Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Revenge of the Sith ranks right up there with "The Empire Strikes Back" as the best of the lot. Lucas had a lot of loose ends to tie up and did it all very well. I liked how the dark side slowly consumed Anikan yet he was still fighting it knowing deep down that what he was doing was not right. Like Luke had told him in "Return of the Jedi" "the is good in you father, I have felt it." As Anikan became Darth Vader there was still good him and the conflict between good and the dark side raged inside of him.
I think the jury is still out as far as Hayden Christianson's acting career goes. He is not a very good actor, however he was considerably better than he was in the previous film. I think the same can be said for Ian McGregor as well. Natalie Portman has grown into a very good actress and that growth came through here as well. She was very believable and she so beautiful. Portman was the perfect fit as Padme even though, after the first to Star Wars episodes I was not so sure.
The physical destruction of Anikan and how Vader became more machine than man was well done. I was always trying to put into my mind what kind of injuries could Anikan have endured to live like more of a robot than a human being. I believe that Vader was in constant pain from those injuries and it was his suffering that made him the monster that he was, that and the conflict of his past sins.
Lucas has defiantly redeemed himself from episode two's failure. Hats off to him for making all fans that have loved this saga over the years to finish with a bang.