Revenge of the Sith ties it all together

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2005)

After seeing The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, I knew that Revenge of the Sith would have to be better by leaps and bounds, and I was right. Don't get me wrong, the first two were necessary for plot development, and I did like Attack of the Clones, but Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was a great movie unto itself, regardless of the fact that it was the last, and most important piece of thread tying the entire saga together. And that it did - seamlessly I might add. I came out of the theater extremely pleased with the movie I had just seen and with the clockwork fashion in which George Lucas had wrapped up his epic space saga. I am not writing any spoilers, because everyone knows (who has yet to see Episode III) what is going to happen ,in a nutshell, but it's the details, and the way Lucas tells the story, that makes it fresh, after 30 years, and all the hype, the last movie in the saga remains what it set out to be from the very beginning, from it's very, very humble beginnings as a screenplay, an idea of a fantastic story in the imagination of one of the 20th century's greatest producer/directors. A story. An epic saga. And the last installment in this story will be like the perfect ending (or should I say beginning) for old fans, new fans, and generations of them to come. Star Wars is a phenomenon unto itself. It is a great story that could be told even without movies. I see it as our civilization's contribution to the legends and myths that are and have been passed down and along down the geneological line for eons. Star Wars will live forever in this fashion. I'm just glad that I'm part of the generation that was privileged enough to grow up with it.