The end of the saga, or is it?

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2017)

Ah at last we have a decent prequel movie, probably the only one of the three prequel films you could actually label as good.
The new trilogy ends on a high note and wraps up all the loose ends established in the previous two films, setting sail for the nineteen year void that separates the prequel films to the originals.
Despite having a reasonable runtime (2 hrs 20 mins), the pacing was a little off, the story, the plot development, it all felt a little rushed to me, like they were trying to pack in as much as they could, knowing this was their last chance.
For example, Anakin finds out Padme is pregnant, this could have been a very in depth plot point that was actually shaved rather thin, Anakin had a lot of other things to do in 2 hrs 20 mins, save the Chancellor and fight both Count Dooku and General Grievous, get involved in Palpatine's dark dealings, run about like a madman throwing a paddy at the Jedi council, oh and the small matter of turning to the dark side, pledging his allegiance to his new master and turning on his old master Obi Wan, travelling across the galaxy to wipe out the separatists, this after killing off the Jedi in the temple and the kids (he killed kids too, that couldn't have been easy); hence forth, how on earth was there time to flesh out the romance and pregnancy angle with Padme? The guy was already working some serious overtime as it was.
And that exactly is my point, rather brilliant film, spectacular would be a good word, but it was rushed, a lot of scenes and angles had to be shortened or cancelled entirely to fit everything that needed to be in, in.
The special effects, well what do you say that hasn't already been said, otherworldly, ahead of their time even..., again here's an example of how you can have too much of a good thing, the CGI, special effects and the like dominated the film, every scene, every frame, everything was in some way CGI, even more so than the previous two films.
The most annoying thing about Revenge of the Sith, just like the other films, was the dialogue, every time someone, or something, opened its mouth, it was cringe inducing, oh George you still haven't learnt have you, you can't write for toffee, stick to what your actually good at please and leave the writing to the professionals. The dialogue just comes across as wooden, even when characters are trying to be serious. On the planet Mustafar, before Anakin and Obi Wan started to duel..., what an epic cinematic moment that was, something we'd all been waiting for, and yep you guessed it the shoddy dialogue reared its ugly head and ruined it.
But, at least no Jar Jar Binks, barring one cameo appearance in one of the last scenes of the film.
I was hyped up and beyond excited to go see Revenge of the Sith when it first came out, me and my friends went the first night it was released to the general public in fact, and to be honest, I was excited and totally buzzing coming out from seeing it, for all its faults of which there are many, it is simply a cool film that you can easily ignore or dismiss the faults and just let it flood your veins and pump you up.
The only one of the prequel films I have given top marks for, but it's so much better than the other two films and I really did enjoy it.