Awesome!

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2005)

I loved this final episode to the Star Wars saga. It connected everything so flawlessly. I went home and watched the original "Star Wars: A New Hope" afterward and could definitely see the continuity and relations made throughout the prequels-especially in Episode III. I must say, in my opinion, Hayden Christensen did an excellent job of portraying the conflicted Anakin. His transformation into Darth Vader was both remorseful as well as gruesome. I found myself rooting for Anakin in the beginning, when he had the nightmare about Padme dying in childbirth. Anakin was willing to do anything to save and protect Padme, which I sympathized with. Of course, by the time Anakin/Vader fights Obi-Wan on the lava planet, I am thoroughly in Obi-Wan's corner. I also thought the insinuation of Anakin/Vader's slaying of the Jedi children was disturbing, though I understood why it was included. Overall, I felt Christensen's performance was stellar, along with the performance of Ian McDiarmid who portrays Palpatine. Definitely worth the wait!