In short

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2005)

Opening - spectacular, alternates between silly and bloomin' fantastic. Christopher Lee - wasted. Grievous - underdeveloped. Ian McDiarmid - marvellous. Love story - less embarrassing than feared. Acting - see Love story. Chewbacca's appearance - welcome but wasted. Dialogue - dire-logue. Windu vs Palpatine - tense; climax superb but horrible. Anakin's acceptance of the Dark Side - weak. Order 66 - well realised. Yoda vs Palpatine - better than expected. Obi-Wan vs Anakin - starts incredibly well, loses it, regains it at the end. Birth scenes - touching. Vader's noooooo! and rest of ending - criminally rushed. I'm off to watch the Eurovision Song Contest, where I expect to experience similar highs and lows to those I felt watching ROTS.