Empire Strikes Back Reborn

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2012)

After the wooden(but enjoyable) Episode I and the CGI love story(not enjoyable) Episode II, Episode III comes forth as probably the best SW movie. The dialogue has returned to original trilogy level, the CGI is better than ever and Ewan McGregor has finally finished his journey from wooden mannequin to awesome character. There are still about 3 awful Anakin/Padme scenes but once you get over that, it's great again. The performance of Ian McDiarmid was masterpiece, finally the dark Emperor from Episode VI returns. In a different makeup but still.
Now the bad parts: first of all, Dooku. He was the villain of Episode II and he just gets quickly killed off at the start of this movie(and Anakin quickly forgets murdering him unlike the wonderful book version). Of course it was fun to have a duel at the start, something that breaks the usual duel-at-the-end from every other SW movie but Christopher Lee deserved better.
Secondly, why is Mace Windu so mean? He's a Jedi, aren't they supposed to be friendly? Samuel L. Jackson clearly shouldn't be on the Jedi Council. He's just not the peaceful Council material and is largely what made Anakin go evil in the first place.
Thirdly, not enough Qui-Gon Jinn. He had one scene in this movie(where he talks with Yoda) but that was cut. I understand that it's impossible for him to return to main character status, but he was soooo great. I wish they would've added his conversation(once again, check the book version).
Btw, to ruin the day of the people who read this, Jar Jar Binks does appear in this movie and even gets a line. He appears amongst Senators shortly after Palpatine is rescued and says something like "sorry" to Mas Ameddaa(Palpatine's secretary guy). He also of course appeared on Padme's funeral, sad(Boss Nass and Bibble were there too btw).
Fourthly, the duel between Yoda and Palpatine needed a wee bit more lightsabers. And why the heck was Palpatine fighting with his big cloak on, won't that get in the way? Overall, GREAT MOVIE. 10/10.