Overall, a very good movie

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2005)

Unlike most of the people who have commented on this movie, I enjoyed the first two prequels, although the second one was a little too rushed to be logical.
I went to ROTS hoping that it would clear up some of the apparent plot conflicts between the prequels and the original trilogy. I was not disappointed in this. For example . . .
1. The mystery is solved regarding. C3PO of the original series. How could he have no knowledge of Darth Vader nor Princess Leia, even though Anakin Skywalker AKA Vader, built him in the first place? 2. A very believable explanation is given why the clones suddenly turn on their masters, the Jedi, and work for Palpatine and the Sith.
That being said, it also created a few questions in my mind that remain unanswered.
1. How is it that, with all his Sith powers, Vader never sensed that he had children? 2. If, as Yoda says, there are always only two Sith in existence, Master and Apprentice, where was Count Dooku when Darth Maul was Sidious' apprentice? And why wasn't he shown or at least mentioned in TPM? 3. Why in the universe would Luke be given to Anakin's step brother? It seems that Darth Vader would have checked on Tattoine long before he did.
4. As others have mentioned, why would it take 15 years to build the Death Star, as the movie would suggest? Equally mystifying is the fact that the Death Star shown in ROTS is in the exact stage of completion that it first appears to be in the original movie. Besides, in the original movie, the Rebels acted like it was a new creation of the empire.
Now on to ROTS itself. Frankly, I found the first part of the movie boring and having little to do with the overall plot. It looked like Spielberg just threw it in to show the special effects of space battles. But once the movie settled down to show the internal conflict of Anakin that we were all expecting. The movie was excellent. Anakin's descent into the dark side of the force happens gradually and with logic. Although turning villain in this movie, Anakin remains a a pitiable character, whose fall isn't entirely his own. In fact the Jedi have a large hand in it by the way they treat him, like not making him a Master instead of just a knight.
What isn't logical (and this is a spoiler), is why Anakin the Sith would try to kill Padme when protecting her was most of the reason he turned to the dark side in the first place? And why kill the children in the Jedi Temple. They couldn't be part of the so-called plot against Palpatine yet, and without the Jedi masters they would not be able to complete their training anyway. I also found it extremely hard to believe that someone as burned as Anakin is after battling Obi-wan could survive long enough for Palpatine to rescue and and for his medical team to repair and heal. Personally I was hoping that Palpatine would bring him back from the dead, as proof of his boast that the Sith have power over death itself.
Still, overall this was a fine edition to the Star Wars saga. Personally, I had no complaints about the acting or the dialogs. And I was overjoyed to find that Jar Jar is speechless in ROTS. Although you have to wonder why Jar Jar isn't present in the Republic's senate scenes since he was a senator in AOTC.
I would suggest, however, that you read the novelization of the film before seeing it. There are a couple of things in the movie that would have left me scratching my head and saying "Huh?" if I hadn't read the book and seen what was cut from the movie. Kind of like the scenes in AOTC involving Padme's sister that were cut from the final movie. Do that, and you will come out of the movie nearly completely satisfied.