If you like video games . . .

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2005)

A two hour and twenty minute explanation of how a fine young Jedi warrior could wind up as Darth Vader. The fable is told with an orgy of top grade special effects. It is a must-see for teen geeks, but for mature audiences it is like watching a teenager play a video game with the volume too high. If you saw the original Star Wars when it came out in 1977, you are too old to still be watching Star Wars movies.
The stylized dialog is especially annoying. Does not create wisdom, to alter syntax. Is still drivel, what you say.
The Star Wars world displaces itself from the present with futuristic technology, Renaissance chivalry, Medieval mysticism, and the politics of ancient Rome. To its credit, Episode 3 manages to wink at the present by jabbing George W.'s anti-evil rhetoric, and by offering a cynical view of the warfare that is by all six of the films otherwise glamorized and idealized.