Barely better than episodes 1 and 2 does NOT make it a good movie!!!

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2019)

Here is the end of the "fall" of Anakin Skywalker, which actually took place long before he became Darth Vader! As I said in my Attack of the clones review, Anakin is a morally bankrupt little bonehead, and they take it a step further by having him murder a defenseless old man by chopping off his head in the first 15 minutes of Revenge of the Sith. Instead of having an actual emotional reaction to what he just did, Anakin just plainly says "I shouldn't have done that".
See, here's the thing, in having Anakin being this way, the prequels rob us of our ability to emotionally identify with Anakin! Had he actually been a good man and legitimately seduced by the dark side, his fall might have actually been interesting, tragic and heart-breaking! But I think I can say with all honesty his "fall" is none of those things!
Between Anakin and Padme being so poorly written(yet again), the movie has barely any impact, any resonance, and as a result I feel nothing for any of these characters. Obi-Wan has a dual with an asthmatic unintimidating villain named Greivous. I guess there was a lot about his character in the Clone Wars TV show but I'll never know what that information was because I don't care about seeing the show. All I care about is the movie and Greivous was and is... one of the least intimidating villains in film history. I've seen frosted mini-wheats that are scarier than him.
In any case, Revenge of the Sith yet again reveals nothing interesting about Obi-Wan Kenobi! Going back to A New Hope, we saw a charismatic and endearing old man! In the prequels, Obi-Wan is just... Bantha Poodoo. I'm sorry Prequel fans, but it's true.
I'd like to take this opportunity to point something out. If you love the prequels, good for you, it's good somebody can get joy out of those movies. Just don't expect that you're ever going to change my mind about them.
So the empire rises, and Padme says "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." Ummm, Padme you do remember you were in part responsible for the Empire rising in Attack of the Clones, right? Padme just strikes me as somebody who makes terrible life choices, between marrying Anakin and handing control over to Jar Jar, Padme's legacy is in my opinion one of absolute shame and embarrassment. I find it a HUGE insult that this terribly written character should be the mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.
Had Leia or Luke known of their mother's legacy they might have not been so inspired to fight against the empire!!! I mean, forget the fact that they both remember her despite Padme dying shortly after childbirth, Padme being their mother was just... very bad writing.
Oh, also Anakin flips out and becomes Darth Vader... even though he was already an evil little moron in Attack of the clones.
Revenge of the Sith is surprisingly beloved by the Star Wars fan community, something that disturbs me very, VERY greatly. Again, between terrible characters, awful writing and a story that again in my opinion fails to engage... the prequels as a whole are a complete waste of time.
If you want a true Star Wars experience, I say just stick with the original trilogy and all the latest Disney films. The Rise of Skywalker is bound to be thrilling and exciting, unlike Revenge of the Sith.