The Force is Very Strong with this one...

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2005)

For the first time since Return of the Jedi you actually feel like you are watching a space opera. Even though Attack of the Clones was a good movie and The Phantom Menace did have some good qualities,they didn't have the feel that made the originals feel so great.For the first time in these prequels you feel for the characters.Walking in you all know what is going to happen because of the original trilogy but this makes the story all the more tragic.By the beginning of Revenge of the Sith,Anakin Skywalker is now a Jedi Knight,and the Clone Wars have been raging on for 3 years.The winner of this war will be decided over Courscant,the capital of the Old Republic.Chancellor Palpatine(better known as Darth Sidious the evil Dark Lord of the Sith) has been kidnapped by General Greivous and Count Dooku,leaders of the Sepratist party.After an amazing space battle,Anakin,and his former mentor Obi-Wan battle the Sith Lord Count Dooku.Anakin beheads the Count in front of the smiling Palpatine.Anakin feels uneasy about his act.Palpatine assures him revenge is natural and reminds him of the Tusken Raiders in Attack of the Clones.You know Anakin wouldn't tell that to hardly anyone,you know that the evil Palpatine is someone he trusts. Greivous escapes and heads to Utapu.Anakin is named a Jedi Council member by Palpatine,and the role of the skeptical Jedi is now filled by Mace Windu.Mace says Palaptine is a part of a plot to destroy the Jedi.Obi-Wan's relationship with Anakin is much much better than the one he had with him in Attack of the Clones,you know for sure that they love each other in a father/son relationship.Anakin is Palpatine's close friend,and he is interested in what the sly man has to say.Palpatine tells Anakin the Sith Legend of Darth Plagueis,who used his evil power towards immortality.This story interests Anakin because he is afraid he will lose Padme like he lost his mother.He has had horrible nightmares of Padme dying since Padme told him she was pregnant with Luke and Leia.He is afraid he these nightmares will become reality,and when Palpatine tells Anakin his true identity he gives in and embraces the Dark Lord.He helps him kill the Jedi,and Palpatine's separatist enemies.The finale of the film shows us why Vader must be put behind the dark helmet in a battle to the death between Obi-Wan and Vader on the Volcanic Planet called Mustafar.
****Huge Spoilers**** ROTS is now my third favorite of the saga.It is brilliantly acted.Ian McDarmid shines as the sinister Palpatine.Ewan McGregor gives the performance of his career as Obi-Wan Kenobi.Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen also shine in their roles.ROTS has the best special effects for ANY movie ever made.The story of Anakin's fall is brilliantly and carefully told. And is all the more tragic because he joined the Dark Side to save Padme but ends up killing her in the process.In the end he has nothing and no one,so he hates life it's self and becomes the Vader we know and love.Geogre Lucas has out done himself.
A Very Very high 10/10 or 4/4!