It's finally over

Rating: 3/10 (15 November 2005)

I saw Revenge of the Sith when it came out, afterwards I was speechless, it was such a let down, I felt despite their faults Episodes 1 and 2 were building to something. Not only was Episode 3 too violent and not just at the end, but it was numbing, how many light sabre fights can you see before it gets tired? Episode 1's climatic fight was really good, and redeemed the film to an extent (and it had a great theme song), Episode 2's climax had good novelty the first time. Where as what we get is an entire film building up to the most overlong, disappointing duel, the only moment in the entire scene with any resonance was Obi-Wan telling Anakin not to fight him when he has the higher ground. Poor Ewan McGregor: not given a character to work with but a list of mannerisms, poor Christopher Lee: wasted, poor Natalie Portman: badly written. Samuel Jackson could've have been a bit better, although he had three films with nothing to do.
Now that I've seen them all, Episode 1 seems to be the best of the three; at least it has a contained narrative, while 2 and 3 are a complete mess, even if I can see what Lucas was trying to do. Now it's all over I can stop being concerned, the prequels were awful but I still enjoyed them in places, and I was genuinely excited to see all three, even when I read a 1 star review of Revenge of the Sith.
If you're a fan you'll have made your mind up, if not, it's not really worth seeing.