Incredible Bow for a great story string

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2005)

This movie not only ties together the events of the first two, but manages to lead us into A New Hope with a fuller understanding of the forces that drive the events in the initial three films. I cannot remember how old I was when I first saw Star Wars, but I was 2 when it came out, and I do remember faithfully seeing ESB and RotJ in the theaters when I was growing up. I had a large collection of the toys, and have resisted the urge, for the most part, to read any of the multitudes of fiction out there based in this universe until I knew the whole story. Now I know, and what a great series Lucas has made. The thing that shocked me was that parents had their sub-13 children in this movie, despite having heard personally from a number of places that this was the most violent of the series and that it was a "bloodbath" as well. The movie definitely played into that, but how else can you eliminate the large Jedi population without it. I think personally the darkest part of the entire series was always ESB, which made it the best for me, but it might have just been replaced by Revenge of the Sith. This movie is sure to affect anyone who's a fan of the series, and perhaps might even cause those are not fans of the series to take a second glance. The critics who cite stilted dialogue might have a point, but points to consider in that realm are the situations involved. Who hasn't felt after a particular conversation that some of what they said was awkward and stilted?