Certainly on par with the first and second episodes.

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2005)

Just watched this today and still getting over it. Although I wouldn't call it a tear jerker just yet, the movie does leave one rather numb. I am a bit disappointed with Lucas over the treatment of Keisha Castle Hughes. A lot of hoopla over her appearance of about 5 seconds. I would have hope for some speaking. The main problem with Ep III... it's extremely rushed towards the end. The pace is clearly off. Not something I would have expected from Lucas. Who's attention to detail has irritated some fans (not me) by messing around with eps 4,5, and 6. Why he rushed the hyped parts towards the end... I'll never know. That is, Padme's death, Darth Vader's retrofit, and the exile of Yoda and Obi Wan. The book did a far better job with this. I almost expect some sort of massive redo when it comes to DVD. The rest of the movie did fairly well, although the reliance on cgi fakery shows it's ugly head every time. Including Yoda again. Which would be why 1, 2 and 3 can't match the realism of 4, 5 and 6. I will have to say LOTR did a far better job at subtle CGI than any of the Star Wars. I hope for a good explanation on DVD.
In conclusion though, yes see it at the theater. If for some chance someone gets a hold of a copy of the screener, I see no point to watching it. Such big movies like Star Wars show up poorly on the small screen.
7/10
Quality: 5/10 Entertainment: 8/10 Replayable: 10/10