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Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2005)

Visually stunning, this is a story that wraps up the saga in a nice, neat package and answers all questions. George Lukas has outdone himself with this one. Hayden Christenson has gone from a whiny teenager to an angry, twisted man with a deep weakness. This weakness allows evil to twist and destroy all semblance of humanity in Anikan and turn him into the Dark Sith Lord. One thing I really enjoyed was that Darth Vader has been glamorized by the public, turning him into this really cool, evil character worthy of costumes worn by children wanting to be Darth at Halloween. Everyone knows Darth Vader is one of the most enigmatic evil figures in all of cinema history. However, this movie really illuminates the lonely, ugly decline of this husband and father and what he had to do and sacrifice to be the dark lord we all glamorize. The only issue I had with this movie was a few lines of Republican bashing, which I think had no place in this movie. Whatever your political leanings are, we could all use a break from socio-economic commentary. I understand the connections Lucas was trying to make, and they were blatantly obvious in this movie. Other than that this movie was darn near perfect in my opinion.