The Best of the Prequels, but could be better.

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2017)

Better than Phantom, and way better than Attack of the Clones(Drones), Revenge delivers on quite a few levels, and ties the ends of the story leading up to A New Hope, but is still plagued by the same atrocious script/actors in places as the other prequels, and relies too much on CGI and clumsy catastrophe.
Perhaps the worst parts of the movie are (just like the last film)Natlie Portman's "Oh Annie" scenes, General Grievous's silly banter with Obi Wan(who jumps stupidly into the middle of a circle of enemies that even a Jedi couldn't defend against), and the cringe-worthy scenes of Vader yelling "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" after Padme's death. Oh, and the scene with Palpatine killing everyone and Anakin betraying Samuel L. Windu-- that all seemed a bit fake and contrived, with very lame reasoning behind it.
They brought a much darker feel to this one, overall, that returned some of the grit and nostalgia of the originals, but I think the CGI is just overdone in all these films today, to make up for a lack of excellent script writing, original ideas, and good chemistry with the cast, and to keep up with the Jones's, so to speak, in modern action films.