The Story of Anakin

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2005)

I had high expectations before going to see this movie. I left in awe and wound up thinking about what I had seen for days and even weeks to come. George Lucas has made what is by far the greatest Star Wars movie of the series. You can argue all you want about sequels and what he could have done but in my opinion he could not have made this movie any better. It was perfect.
After seeing Revenge of the Sith I realized that Star Wars truly is about Anakin Skywalker. The poignancy of the love story that exists beneath all of the action and effects is so deeply moving that it is impossible not to feel some level of empathy for Anakin. Perhaps it was the way that he lost his soulmate or the atrocities that he was coerced into committing but somewhere along the way I felt for Anakin. For one of those fleeting moments I suspended reality and felt as if he were a real living being and I felt his pain.
That is the power of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.