Better than Episode I and II

Rating: 7/10 (11 June 2005)

I had some reservations about seeing the third installment, but being a Star Wars fan and standing in line for the original (that's in 1977) this was of course a "must see", even if it was going to be a pile of dog droppings like Episode I.
The best part is that Jar-Jar has but about 15 seconds of screen time. Of course you don't need a "spoiler alert" to let you know how this one turns out, it's like someone saying: "Don't ruin the ending of Titanic." The journey lies in what paths are taken to get to the final conclusion(s). My friend in Australia complained that some of the actors gave more wooden performances than a tree, and with that I agree. Special effects have of course come a long way since the very first installments, but you also lose something using nothing but CGI instead of miniatures. Overall though, it was a decent way to end the series, not spectacular, but pretty good.