Lucas does good !

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2005)

As a lifelong Star Wars fan since I was eight years old back in 1977, I was disappointed by the previous two efforts (Phantom & Attack) But I was thinking maybe I'm a bit too old now for this and its aimed at todays younger generation or maybe I just miss all the original actors playing all our favourite characters. Anyway I had the pleasure of sitting in on Revenge of the Sith's classification screening yesterday and to my surprise I was really impressed by it.
Lucas does his best storytelling with this entry, the transformation of Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader is really well executed, won't reveal any spoilers by saying this but his turning to the dark side is believable taking into account his ambitions of becoming a Jedi master and his own personal emotions towards his pregnant wife.
It was great to see Chewbacca again even though his appearance is short and brief (2 scenes) and of course Darth Vader himself is always a kick. You should all be pleased to know that about half way through the film I was wondering where that Jar Jar Binks guy was, he's nowhere in sight until near the end, he gets himself a medium shot and the bonus of keeping his mouth shut in his whole five seconds of screen time.
Anyway, I highly recommend Revenge of the Sith to not only Star Wars fans but to movie lovers of all ages. It maybe just under two and a half hours but hey, what a ride !