The Best 'STAR WARS' Chapter of the Prequel Trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2005)

They say the conclusion ties all the loose ends and brings everything together. That's exactly what George Lucas did with his third (and sadly final) epic film. Even when this movie first came out, I knew it was going to be bigger, better and above all: far more physical than the other 'Star Wars' films. Now there's really no comparison to the original trilogy to this chapter, but when you think about it this really is the episode that sets the stage for "A New Hope ('77), "The Empire Strikes Back ('80)" and last but not least "Return of the Jedi ('83)" What made this the best prequel was the story, the emergence of the continuing saga of the battle between good and evil and most of all: the lightsaber duels including the one between friends turned enemies Anakin (now Darth Vader) and Obi-Wan. Although that ended in a tearjerker finale when a good person turns to evil and of course is told who he was and what he was supposed to do since he was "the chosen one!" How it begins seems like just another fight amongst the galaxy, but how it ends completely sets up for what's bound to happen next which was depicted almost 30 years ago. For those of you who have not seen this, see it when comes out on DVD on 11/1/2005 or better yet: BUY IT! This is the definite Star Wars film in Hollywood cinematic history along with A New Hope which began "a long time ago... in a galaxy far, far away".