Lucas has got it right.

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

The Force is with George Lucas, and he has saved the best to last.
I have just got back from a midnight session of Revenge of The Sith, and I was not disappointed. Lucas had delivered a movie that most fans will rank as the best of the six Star Wars flicks and the one he will be remembered for.
Six friends and I made our way into town on a cold Autumn evening to see the last ever star wars movie. We. enjoyed a pizza feast and a quiet drink before joining the queue outside the cinema at 11:20pm. The line was about 200 deep and we settled in for a long cold wait. A friend tipped us off that they had opened another cinema so we hopped across to the other side where there were only about 20 people in front of us. The Force was with us! There were lots of people there dressed up as various characters. One chap was showing us his $300 light saber and $400 Darth Vader Helmet. Other outfits looked like they were made by a mad housewife on crack cocaine. We made out way into the movie & it started with no ads at all, taking everyone by surprise.
Warning, some spoilers.
The movie kicked off with a real bang. A dogfight above Corasunt was just a visual overload, impossible to take in everything that was going on. The movie then settled in and we were re-introduced to the old characters and the new General Grevious. He is the only new character of note and was sadly a bit two-dimensional. The movie moved on with Anakin's gradual descent to the dark side of the force, mastered by the Machiavellian Emperor. Fair Dinkum, its hard to see how The Emperor had the lot of them fooled. To me it seemed like Anakin was so dumb that he should have had the word "MUG" tattooed on his forehead. The road he takes to the dark side is a dark one indeed, and he leaves a trail of dead citizens, politicians and even children in his wake.
The final and highly anticipated duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan lives up to the hype and rates as the best battle scene in any of the movies. The little green guy also has a few kick-ass moves of his own, putting his duel with Dooku in Episode 2 to shame. Yoda has a major part in this movie and Frank Oz & the animators do a terrific job.
Bugbears with the last 2 movies have been the poor acting and the painful dialog. I was glad to say that in general the acting in this movie was very good. The only exception was the lack of chemistry between Natalie Portman and Hayden Christansen. At least they had improved since the last movie. There was a large piece of cheese from the newly created Lord Vader too; a big NOOOOOO!!! That reminded me of Calculon from Futurama. One thing that did annoy me was that Padme lost the will to live when she heard that Anakin had gone to the dark side, despite giving birth to twins and naming them. Some mother she turned out to be, selfish bitch! Despite these small criticisms, I really enjoyed the movie and want to see it again, at least twice. Lucas has FINALLY got it right and I thought it is the most engaging, best acted and well written story of the six. The movie is violent, and it shows children being killed and Anakin combusting on the side of a lava flow. Leave the under 14 year old kids at home for this one.
Make sure you go see it, I doubt you will be disappointed.