The Best Of The Prequels

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 2005)

May Contain Spoilers! After the Phantom Menace & Attack Of The Clones (Fell asleep 2nd time I watched in cinema), I was looking forward to Revenge Of The Sith with more than a hint of concern. After IV, V & VI I wanted to see the conclusion of the story. I'm glad I did! A number of the story lines that link Attack & New Hope together are resolved. We all know that Anakin becomes Darth Vader. We all know Luke & Leia are Anakin's children.
One thing that does feel wrong. Leia said she remembers her mother just images but (SPOILER) Padme dies at the end of Revenge, so how can she remember her mother, unless she was never told that she was adopted and her adoptive mother died when Leia was young.
Again Lucas gives us an entertaining film with his story telling skills and laden with special effects from ILM (my fav special effects company). The fight scenes are great, light sabres galore. Yoda with his little LS is great in this film. R2D2 moves like he was on Fast Forward than in the other films.
I was very impressed with the amount of sets used, IV V & VI used only 3 per film, and General Grevious. We finally know the identity of Darth Sidious, as if we didn't know. But most surprising is how Master Windu dies, but who really kills him Sid or Annie. Could Windu survive if Annie hadn't cut off his arm.
Also Obi-Wan has a white LS not a Blue as he had in Phantom, I can't remember what he had in Attack, if he had a white or blue.
James Earl Jones is the voice of Vader again, but not credited in the end titles. Why? He was in IV, V & VI. Anyway I don't think that Hayden would do it as well as James, probably not menacing enough.