As good as Empire Strikes Back!

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2005)

I just saw Episode III and had to write a few words about it. I want to begin by saying that I hated Episode I and had given up hope after the slightly better but still mediocre Episode II. Now after seeing Episode III I am so excited that I am having trouble sleeping! I would even go so far as to say that it is as good as "Empire Strikes Back".
I reckon that George Lucas must have secretly hired Peter Jackson as a "silent" director because Episode III has that same lump-in-the-throat epic greatness as The Lord of the Rings films. I even felt intense emotion watching a Star Wars film for the first time since Han Solo got frozen in carbonite. The final duel on the lava planet was beautiful, dark, tragic and so incredibly powerful. Oh god I'm starting to sound like Harry bloody Knowles!