The End Is Here

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2005)

Wow. All I can say is "Wow." When I went to go see Revenge of the Sith yesterday, I was expecting another dud like Attack of the Clones. Boy was I wrong.
As soon as the 20th Century Fox Fanfare started playing, the audience cheered. I grabbed my friend's hand as the familiar "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..........." appeared on the screen. I watched with anticipation as the words died away to reveal excitement already at the beginning of the movie.
For the first half of the movie, I laughed. Obi Wan-Kenobi now has a nice sense of humor, and Anakin has at least matured slightly. I could definitely see why this movie was given a PG-13 rating, because there were a lot of classic battles that were very well done. The first half has many classic battles against our new favorite bad guy, General Grievous.
And then came the part that we were all waiting for. When our beloved Anni goes bad. And that's when I started to cry. The final half of the movie is so tear-jerking, I had to cover my face for most of it. The battles fought between Anakin and Obi Wan, as well as one between the evil emperor and several Jedi, make you want to place your head in your hands and wonder how something so wonderful could go so wrong.
The conclusion is probably one of the best I've ever seen. It leads up to Episode 4 very well, and I wanted to watch the original trilogy all over again.
With lots of action, lots of battles, and a classic ending, I highly recommend this movie, though I would suggest that the little Star Wars fans should wait until their mom and dad have seen it because there are some parts that the kids probably don't want to see.
In this final film of the Star Wars trilogies, we can cry because it is over, or rejoice because there are no more trips to the theater. We can watch the movies as much as we want, and rewind it back to a part that we want to watch over and over again. I love proudly saying that I saw the third film, because now I have a story to share of my experience and my love of that galaxy far, far away.