One of the greatest Greek Tragedies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2006)

At 12.01 a.m on the 25th of May, 2005, I witnessed what could arguably be the greatest movie experience of my life. Being a child of the "new" Star Wars, the special editions as a child followed by being 13 years old by THE PHANTOM MENACE and 16 by ATTACK OF THE CLONES and now 19, my entire teenage years had been marked with Star Wars. And I will never stop defending the new films. Never. It is a shame beyond words to endure the critique of narrow-minded "fans" with warped minds, obsessed with an utterly impossible idea of Star Wars and angry at Lucas for the very same reasons spoiled kids hate their parents. I still to this day have no clue as to why people hated THE PHANTOM MENACE. I will always be amazed over Episode I, it is a rich and wide story with eye-popping action and deep emotional resonance. ATTACK OF THE CLONES is nothing but a war movie, thunderous and heart-stopping, not spoiled by the so called bad acting. Corny is Star Wars middle name. People have always been looking for things that aren't supposed to be there, when it comes to Lucas and Episodes I-III.
But I was completely blown away with Episode III. I had been waiting my entire life for this film and it delivered with a force that was beyond my strength. The emotional power was so ingeniously launched and the plot was so unbearably tragic that I still cringe in my seat at it's most powerful moments, even though having seen the film numerous times since. Actors, dialogs and special effects are mere tools, it is in the imagery (and the score by John Williams) that the essence of Lucas and Star Wars lies; This is a space opera. A Greek tragedy, presented with such awe-inspiring beauty and force that it ends up in an utterly satisfying catharsis.
The prequel films have turned Star Wars into a unique cinematic chronicle, an epic of unusually wide proportions. Apart from EMPIRE, the original trilogy was merely swashbuckling films in space (and JEDI was not inspired with Palpatine being nothing but a silly comic book villain). The prequels have given fulfillment to Star Wars and honor to all of the genius, philosophical threads that have always been there. And Episode III is arguably the best film in the series.