Best of the Newer Ones - puts this 4th

Rating: 6/10 (10 November 2005)

This final episode stands pretty well on its own. Palpatine is definitely stand-out as the villain which creates for a evil disturbing atmosphere. McDirmand (sp?) brings back his old familiar character as really the true survivor from the original series. Problems from the prior 2 are still evident here - although they've been masked over with significantly better editing - those being stilted hollow dialogue here and there, and poor direction; in most cases one seems to cause the other. The scenes with Anakin and the Queen are often this way. The fast paced story helps to let forget these stilted scenes. Also in some cases the full creation of outworldly creatures and settings remind of "Hercules" cheese effects in television, but only here and there. You'll have to be willing to forgive the smaller inconsistencies. Otherwise this is a decent movie, one that I wouldn't buy probably just like the first 2 new ones - but one that at least gets closer to the adventure of the originals, but again hollow of the spirit and character of those for the most part.