The End of the beginning...

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

...and it ends not with a whimper like Matrix :Revolutions ..but with a bang...this movie is a stunning visual and plot based roller coaster..a joy for fans..it easily beats Return of the Jedi but comes short of Episodes 4 and 5..
It is also one violent and powerful movie..the backdrop of plots and intrigues all come together in a spectacular way. People will probably critique how easy Anakins switches over, but that gripe aside this movie pulls no punches. Die hard fans will pick up many spaceship designs and words used which are essential themes in the subsequent episodes.
Ewan Macgregor does a spectacular performance as a very believable Alec Guiness as well as a mentor and friend betrayed by Anakins switch..the actor who plays Palpatine also plays the role with a level of menace and I have to say the Samuel Jackson Sequence was excellent. The political intrigues as a backdrop make this movie also very interesting, the conversion from a Republic to an Empire of how Liberty ends and the end of the civil war...
All in all the best movie of the year thus far...and the end of the Star Wars saga..