a good film but Palatine has lost his evil side

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2018)

Episode III depicted Anakin's final descent to the dark side, the culmination of Palpatine's plans for the previous two films (maybe not the intended plot of the film but I think Palpatine is the best character of the Original and Prequel series)
It was a good film up to point, I can't say I care for the gushy romance scenes with Anakin and Padme.
The fight scene at the start with Dooku was very good.
As in Episode II Obi-Wan was very feeble against Dooku as he was too easily bested by the Sith Lord and pinned under the fallen platform (which curiously did no damage?)
The fight against Anakin was again perfectly choreographed and Dookus defeat did not seem at all staged or implausible as in Episode II when Anakin lost his hand.
Anakin and Obi-Wan are then separated by their roles in the ongoing Clone Wars, and Palpatine makes his final moves to turning Anakin. He slowly reveals himself to be a Sith Lord, first by introducing Anakin to the idea of studying the dark side - using Anakin's insecurities in his social life to confuse him further (specifically his dreams about Padme's death).
If Anakin had had his wits about him, he'd have caught the hint at his own heritage.
A Sith Lord capable of influencing the medicloreons to create life, and since Episode I it was known that Anakin was conceived by medicloreons - but he's too self-centred and sees only his own uses for the powers being described.
Then Palpatine fully reveals himself as a Sith Lord, which Anakin reports to the Jedi Council as Palpaine knew he would. However Anakin interrupts Mace Windu as he was about to kill Palpatine, (as Palpatine expected, knowing the temptation of the dark side powers was too irresistible) Anakin saves the Sith Lord and in doing so causes Windu's death.
For a toughened Jedi Master, Windu did make a scene about loosing his hand - we have seen a lot of people losing limbs in Star Wars (Darth Maul was completely sliced in half an Episode I, Anakin lost a hand and part of his arm in Episode II, Dooku lost both hands earlier in this film, Anakin looses his other arm and both legs later in this film, Luke lost a hand in Episode V, and Anakin/Darth Vader's robotic hand is cut off in Episode VI)
But no-one made as much noise about it as Windu did.
But back to Anakin and Palpatine. This too was part of Palpatines plan to turn Anakin; knowing he would be too distraught to turn to any Jedi after that betrayal, making Palpatine his only choice.
Anakin then helped Palpatine destroy the Jedi Order as he had wanted all-along, thus allowing him to reorganise the Republic into a Galactic Empire. Palpatine then even turns the Republics army, the Clones, against the Jedi while continuing the war.
As he has been playing both sides, Palpatine brings the war to a sudden end and to ensure there's no uprising he sends Anakin to kill the other leaders of Dookus Confederacy.
Not to the Jedi.
Having escaped the 'Jedi purge' Yoda faces Palpatine, however is defeated and chooses to go into exile. Meanwhile Obi-Wan faces Anakin.
And here's where the film fails in my eyes:
Anakin and Obi-Wan fight in a long battle which ends with Obi-Wan cutting Anakin's arm and legs off and abandoning him to burn to death on Mustafar. That bits fine.
But then Palpatine then comes to Mustafar and saves Anakin from an otherwise certain, and painful, death and outfits him with a life support suit.
By this point Anakin had fulfilled his role in Palpatine's plan, therefore like Dooku and Darth Maul before him, Anakin should have been thrown aside - yes this would mean that as Obi-Wan and Yoda where the only other force-users it is unlikely Palpatine could get a new apprentice, but the Empire is his and the Jedi are defeated, so why would he need another apprentice anyway?
Palpatines compassion for Anakin weakened his character and showed him to be not as evil as he should be for a Sith Lord.
Palpatine then tells Vader that Padme has died because of him. Saving Padmes life had been the underlying reason for Anakin turning to the dark side, so his despair at her death sealed him to Palpatines side.
Palpatine then goes ahead with turning the Republic into an Empire and reforms the Clone army into an Imperial army with Vader at its helm.
Palpatine had shown in the past two films, and again here, that his true strengths were in politics so giving Vader command of his military, thus free himself to manage the Empire, was a smart decision.