Star Wars 3 Best in Prequel Trilogy

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

Last night I sat with hundreds of people awaiting the best movie of 2005. We weren't disappointed. George Lucas has done it again! Star Wars: Regenge of the Sith promises a heartbreaking ride and great saber duels. Straight from the opening, Lucas has us trapped again in his world. The movie starts with a daring space battle against the evil General Grievous. Artoo wins once more with his cheeky attitude and daring bravado. Christopher Lee as Dooku does a great job with what little he has and 15 minutes into the movie, Anakin has started once more on the path to the dark side. As he debated over whether or not to kill Dooku in an unfair fight, my heart broke when he forgot his teaching momentarily and let anger rule him. As a rule, the acting in Star Wars is what drags it down, its mundane script not giving any help to the actors. However, in Revenge of the Sith, Hayden Christiansen gives his best performance in the series yet. Finally he leaves behind the annoying immaturity. Chemistry between Natalie Portman and Hayden Christiansen has escalated and becomes far more believable now that he has stopped whining about things not being fair. Obi-Wan absolutely shines, Ewan McGregor finally having lines he can work with. But by far, the best is still that three foot tall, digital green alien that we love to call Yoda. The wise leader of the Jedi gets his fights again. As for the baddies, Ian McDiarmid has rekindled the spirit of his former evil in the original trilogy to make the Emperor once more the most feared of beings in the galaxy. Even General Grievous, the droid terror, gets his turn with the light saber. Four in fact. By far, the best part of the movie is the epic light saber duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan, it's thrilling climax with the lines, Anakin: "I hate you!" Obi-Wan: "You were my brother! I loved you!" My heart broke 15 minutes into the movie, yet time and time again, my heart would re-break until the end when the twins were delivered to their new homes, Beru and Owen watching the twin suns set on Tatooine, then the end music plays and you realize that the movie of Star Wars is finally completed. If I have one gripe, it is this. Darth Vader's anguish over what he has done to Padme is terribly played and horribly melodramatic. They could have stolen the show with that part and people in my theater were laughing. And, can we say Halleluia for JARJAR NOT BEING IN THE MOVIE?!!! I don't know what he was thinking, but Lucas has finally wised up over how we feel about him.