This is the Darkest of the Star Wars movies

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2005)

With out a doubt this is the darkest of all the movies in the Six part Star Wars movie series. The movie starts off light hearted enough, there are plenty of laughs within the first huge action sequence which brings back a small space battle though complex and wonderful and as good as the original trilogies space battles, it just isn't enough. Not after spending nearly 2 whole movies before this one not in Space at all. The movie moves very quickly which is a good thing, though there are parts after the rescue of Palpatine that kind of drag along, namely the scenes between Padame and Anakin, though they aren't all that bad at all and do add tension to the rest of the film. How the emperor turns Anakin is inspiring and wonderful, he uses Anakin's weakness against him, a weakness that by now after two movies and most of the third we know fully, his love for those that he cares about and does not wish to loose.
Hayden is wonderful in this movie and when he becomes Darth Vader you can see it within him, the conflict that later in the sixth movie will cause him to turn on the Emepror and throw him down a pit in the death star to save his son. Palpatine does not let Anakin know that his child survived, which could mean one of three things: Palpatine does not know, or Palpatine knows that Vader would betray him if he knew, or that he knew one day he would have to use the child to destroy the father.
Its all very complex but the third movie in the new trilogy DOES tie together the trilogies to each other. In fact this movie redeems and makes the first two movies make sense. This movie is without a doubt the second best star wars film, it has everything that you would need in a star wars film. It is pivotal and it does bring everything together. Some say that Lucas has lost his touch, but I disagree this movie proves everything with Lucas is just fine. He knows what he's doing and he is still one of the great visionaries of our time! So sit back and relax...enjoy the third film for it is without a doubt the best of the new trilogy and it shows EVERYTHING about Anakin's fall from grace.