The day the saga died.....

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2005)

Having seen the travesties that were Episodes 1 and 2, i was somewhat sceptical about seeing Revenge of the Sith. But in true fan boy style, i was there at midnight on opening night, ticket in hand, ready to say goodbye to the best saga ever to grace our screens.
Overall, i felt that Lucas had redeemed himself very well from the previous films. The script was far superior, and the film had a much darker feel, more akin to that of 'The Empire Strikes Back' rather than the pseudo-entertainment of 'Phantom Menace' or 'Attack of the Clones'. Writing this film can't have been an easy task, after so may fans were disappointed with Episodes 1 and 2, and having so many others looking forward to this as the final instalment of a great story. However, Lucas did well indeed, the only real thing that let it down was the acting, and the the final few scenes of the film.
Ewan Mcgregor was a serious let down, his acting was so rigid and unemotional, it was like he was just reading straight from the script. This disappointed me as I have seen him in some fantastic roles. Similarly, many of the death scenes in the film were somewhat of an anti-climax. Padme's death had been built up throughout the entire film, but seemed to just be brushed off as other more important events unfolded around it. And when Anakin (then Vader) found out that he had killed Padme, he let out a rather melodramatic 'nooooooooo!', which seemed a bit ridiculous. The battle that killed Grevious was a bit short-lived, and could have been extended to show some truly amazing lightsaber skills. The film seemed to have an extra scene unnecessarily tagged onto its ending. Whereas a perfecting ending would have been of Vader looking out over the skeleton of the Death Star, there was an extra scene showing Luke and Leia being separated and given up. I felt this was irrelevant as everyone was aware this happened anyway, it just gave Lucas another excuse to show the binary sunsets. A much more dramatic end would have been of Darth Vader.
However, i feel that this was the best of the new films, and should be included more in the legacy of the Holy Trilogy, rather than forgotten like its two predecessors.