the 2nd best Star Wars movie ever

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2005)

Having heard so many people say that Return of the Sith (ROS) is better than the previous prequels, I said to myself that maybe it was. And they were right. In fact I think it's probably almost as good as Empire Strikes Back(ESB), which is one of the greatest movies of the modern era, if not the greatest. I think what keeps ROS from taking the top spot is the fact that it's not yet 20 years old and that unlike in ESB, George Lucas has got the technology and special effects to produce the marvelous show that we saw. ESB made up for it with a very strong and meaningful storyline, working wonderfully well as a dark tunnel than The Two Towers did for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
(WARNING: SPOILERS) Best actor? Ewan McGregor, by far esp with his elegance and aura as Obi-Wan. Jackson, Christensen and Portman were also superb in their roles. I think that Senator/Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious could have been a bit more evil, although you cold say his looks might have come from some rock from Hades. Yoda was awesome too esp when he walked into the Emperor's loom and knocked down those guards, and after his "surprised" reaction was the best tagline in any movie..
The strength of ROS is prob the killing of the Jedi order.. That's the key event that sets it out from the rest of the Star Wars trilogy.. the change from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader was important too but i felt it may have gone a bit too quick.. but i guess that was always gonna be hard on George Lucas.. maybe we were expecting a bit too much from that bit? Any complaints? Well getting Darth Vader to kill the younglings was prob a bit too gruesome.. in a time when we've witnessed the horrific events of Columbine and Beslam, this was a tad insensitive.. but then again i guess evil is evil and there needed to be some sort of realisation of the "dark" side of Darth Vader..
RATING: 8.9/10