The Saga is indeed complete

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2005)

When George Lucas announced over 10 years ago that he was going to make prequels to his original trilogy, this was the movie everyone was expecting. Everything that happens in this one chapter, ties together all the other 5 movies, completely. Starting with Episode I when Anakin Skywalker was a young child on Tatooine, a lot of what happens in that movie explains why he turns to the dark side. Anakins inability to let go of his past, and constantly worry about his mother, is a major factor that Sidious uses to turn him to the Dark Side of the Force.
The way that Skywalker deals with the struggle between good and evil in this film, and faces the decision that would destroy the Jedi and the Republic, is remarkable. There are moments when it looks like he wants to stay a Jedi, and turn Sidious over to his Masters, but in the end he succumbs to temptation, all to save the woman he loves, or so he thinks. Palpatine uses his attachment to Padme to his advantage in order to turn him.
We now know why Vader is unaware of his children until the time of Episode V.
All in all, this is right up there with Empire and A new Hope as the best of the series. Every question I had about the formation of the Empire, the fall of the Jedi, and the fate of Skywalker, is now answered. The circle is indeed now complete, and the saga will now live on forever!