Sort of a spoiler; we all know what happens

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2005)

George Lucas' challenge with Epidsode III, was to force me to forget what I know, by pushing my emotions around and all the while keep the continuity of the rest of the films intact. I wanted to feel Anniken Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader, not just see it. The guy's world as he's known it for the past twenty some odd years, is crumbling. I wanted him to get mad, sad, insane, sweet, etc. His two powerful moments were when he killed the younglins and when he roared: "I hate you." Lucas didn't even dare me to go to the dark side. I wanted to know why Anniken became Vader; what made him crack. I'm introduced to this new idea that the most potent power of the dark side is preventing death. So, Vader goes to the dark side to save Amidalla from dying in childbirth. When Amidalla dies, Lucas makes you feel horrible for Vader. Vader never achieves this crazy new power of keeping people alive, and it made me question the purpose of bringing it up in the first place. And Amidalla dies! In an emotional discussion in Episode VI, between Luke and his sister, Leia says she remembers her being beautiful and she remembers her smile. How is that possible if Amidalla dies! I wanted to see an even bigger uprising then there was in Episode II, and instead all the Jedi's around the entire galaxy got bitch slapped. Except for Yoda, Obi-One and the guy from L.A. Law. The only part of that sequence that moved me was when Yoda clutched his heart and dropped his cane in agony. I almost cried. But Lucas quickly altered my emotions toward another "tie-up" scene. Lucas got lazy. He new he had to tie everything together, so he threw everything into this last movie, battle after battle, sequence after sequence, in an attempt to give the viewers some closure. But I feel no closure. I feel as though we the audience were cheated. Lucas earns $20 bil and we go home unsatisfied.