A Dark Tour De Force

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2005)

I was really surprised. Finally Lucas had abandoned all the muppets, dispensed with the cuteness and made a down and dirty sci-fi flick. The fight scenes were great. Although I think General Grievous and Count Dooku could have put up better fights. Anakins transformation was believable and this is arguably the best of the series. Clearly the best hands down in the new series and possibly even of both series. Yes, maybe even better than Empire. The first two films of this series were sub-par. Its a shame they couldn't have been summarized in a Clone Wars cartoon, this would have saved some people a wait in long lines and brought us all straight to the main course instead of two poorly executed desserts. This film along with the original Star Wars and the Empire Strikes Back clearly belong in the Sci-Fi cannon.