the saga is complete

Rating: 7/10 (8 November 2005)

Having lived with Star Wars all my life and loved virtually every minute of it, I was thrilled with Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith. It is a great Star Wars film. Absolutely great. The best of the prequels, though Episode 1 is still very close in my heart. Episode 3 is certainly the most emotional of the three prequels, very dark and tragic. My praise is high, the effects are superb, the music is great and the performances range from good to serviceable. My only tiff is with the DVD release, why were certain scenes omitted? I remember the film running over 2 and 1/2 hours in the theatre and suddenly on DVD its only 140 minutes long. Why George? Also the reaction shot of Anakin getting the mask laid on him has been changed. His initial reaction of fear, burned in my mind when I saw it on May 19th, is now more one of acceptance and want. Why does George feel the constant need to tinker? He even changed shots from the original trilogy, replacing the original actors with ian Macdiarmid and Hayden Christensen. Uncessecary. at Least with 4,5, and 6 we have the original verisons, but the DVD release of "Sith" is somewhat disappointingly different. Other than that its a fantastic movie and a great completion to the Star Wars saga.