A fitting end to an amazing legacy

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2005)

I was fortunate enough to get to see the midnight showing in my hometown last night and it was *amazing*. The fighting scenes were incredible, the action kept me on the edge of my seat, the emotion just flies off the screen from every character (though some of the lines are a bit cheesy), and Hayden Christensen is so very hot...especially when he's evil...
This movie is a lot more political and psychological than the other Star Wars films, especially the old ones. There is deception, confusion, conflict, every element of good drama, between every one of the characters. You can't guess who will live and who will die (except for the people you know are in the old ones). The special effects are classic Lucas work, in other words: awe-inspiring.
The robots I think are the same little models from the old movies, because they look exactly like them. R2 is absolutely hilarious through the whole movie. You don't see 3PO very often, he's always with Padmé who thankfully isn't in the movie for any long stints. She's a large part of the plot but she doesn't have to be on screen. When she is she is very prying and whiny and annoying, but she goes away quickly so Anakin can kill something without her watching.
Ewan McGregor is amazing as always, and has a beautiful emotional scene towards the end. Samuel L. Jackson actually left a bit to be desired but he and Hayden have a few good moments. Hayden is just an awesome actor and definitely holds my attention to the screen. There's even a shirtless scene ladies, don't miss the big screen showing of this! I actually was a little disappointed with Ian McDiarmid's performance. It was good at the beginning but as he degenerated he just got melodramatic.
The best part of this movie is knowing what's going to happen but still being excited about watching it happen. It takes a talented writer and director to take a story with a predetermined ending and make people stay on the edge of their seat to watch it happen.