my personal review

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2005)

After viewing the latest and final installment of the Star Wars saga, The Revenge of the Sith I found myself contemplating what I actually thought of the film. I have come to a number of conclusions, both good and bad. First, from an entertainment perspective, I found the film to be really enjoyable. By far, the action and fight sequences were better than episode one and two. The film did also answer some of my burning questions as to why certain things happened in the original series.
Now on to the negative aspects of the film. My biggest beef was the fact that Anakin's turnover to the dark side was very sudden. I felt that Lucas should have depicted more raw emotion other than the occasional tear from Anakin. I felt that he did not contemplate his decisions, he just decided to turn once he said "what have I done" in response to Mace Windu's death.
I also found Padme's death unnecessary. Although Anakin does have a premonition, I found that the "lost the will to live" aspect quite dumb. Why did she lose the will to live when she knew Anakin still had good left in him. Upon discovering the passing of Padme, Darth Vader does the worst "nooo" in the history of Star Wars. I found that to be unnecessary and he should have depicted more emotion. To me, he turned to the dark side for nothing because Padme died anyways despite his effort to save her from death. So what now? Something should have been said about that.
I enjoyed the parallelism between Yoda and Sidious and Obi-Wan and Darth Vader's fights. I also liked the parallel between the birth of Luke and Leia and the transformation of Darth Vader unsuited to Darth Vader suited.
Overall I enjoyed the episode and I am sad to see the saga come to an end. I can't believe after almost 30 years it is all over.