Ties entire saga together well

Rating: 9/10 (25 September 2006)

In a nutshell, Revenge of the Sith was a bridge between the original trilogy and the 3 prequels. It was without a doubt better than episodes I and II in almost all aspects. There were a few things, though, that dragged the film down slightly, but if you can look past that, this is one of the best films out right now.
Summary with commentary: The film starts off with the usual background story that fades into space, just like all the other SW movies. What happens after this is probably one of the best orchestrated scenes in movie history (of course this is just my opinion). The music quiets down, and suddenly you see a Republic cruiser fly by with accompanied by cool sounding war drums. Eventually the two heroes fly by in their Jedi starfighters, and Lucas unveils his masterpiece of a space battle. I'm not going to go into detail about this, because you just have to see it.
John Williams did an excellent job on the score, I really enjoyed the music for this.
So Anakin (Christensen) and Obi-Wan (McGregor) are on their way to rescue the chancellor (McDiarmid), where they meet Count Dooku again. This is where you get the first feeling of Palpatine's subtle intentions for Anakin to become a Sith. Anakin has Dooku disarmed and into submission when Palpatine says, simply "kill him." This is just one more step for Anakin towards the dark side.
The movie continues on with a lot of political stuff, plenty of light sabre duels, and BAD dialogue. I think the actors did well with the crap for dialogue they were given. Some of the lines just make your skin crawl...
Anyways, Lucas masterfully portrays Anakin being torn between his love for Padme, and his ambition to be a great Jedi. Palpatine uses his "weakness" for Padme to lure him to the dark side. This is where Ian McDiarmid steals the show; hands down the best acting of the movie.
Soon enough he gets desperate to save Padme (because of a dream he has that she dies in childbirth), and completely turns to the dark side because of Sidious(Palpatine) promise to help save her.
Order 66 ensues (another GREAT scene in the movie) in which the Jedi are purged. With the music and the cuts to different planets, you'd have to be non-human to not feel some sort of emotion at this scene. Obi-Wan discovers of Anakin's betrayal, and follows him to Mustafar, where the climax of the entire saga takes place. Lucas nailed this scene (probably because there wasn't much of his wooden dialogue in it). Again I won't go into details, you'll just have to experience it.
If you were disappointed in the first two prequels, I recommend seeing this one, as Lucas finally gets the job done here.