I wish they would make episodes 7,8, and 9!

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

What am I going to do now I have no Star Wars to look forward to? OK, so I have Harry Potter (the book and the movie) - but Star Wars was my first big movie memory, and now George Lucas says it is over.
Shame on you George - we want episodes 7, 8 and 9 too - let someone else make them for goodness sake - we just want to see the end! I have to agree that Natalie Portman and Hayden Christiansen (spelling?) are really not the best choices for the two lead roles - but they do a good enough job, and the story does finish off the prequel series quite well.
I agree with other reviewers that some of the reasoning behind Anakin's move to the dark side is not quite believable - but then, have you ever read any true stories of how people became serial killers and other evil people? Well, most of their stories are totally incredible too so maybe we just have to realised that Anakin's character was weak minded and evil? I think I will believe that, it makes the whole movie experience that much more enjoyable.
Anyone who is a true Star Wars fan will find they totally enjoy seeing this movie - how can you not when you get such a sense of closure afterwards? My one piece of advice is - don't take little kids who scare easily or bore easily (we had some in our showing and they were very annoying!), also, don't sit too close to the screen as the FX are spectacular at times and need to be viewed in full to be appreciated.
I sense an Oscar coming for the music and the FX, and probably sound editing and film editing too.
I gave this 10 out of 10 for the sheer enjoyment of being in the movie theatre with so many fans, the anticipation, the great ad's and merchandising and yeah, the movie was sweet too!