George Lucas, (almost) all is forgiven

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

After the big disappointments of episode I and II, I had my hopes up for this one as it was going to feature Anakin Skywalker turning into Darth Vader, which would really tie the new trilogy together with the old one. Although the movie started 45 minutes later than expected, we got a bit of waiting-entertainment from Darth Vader who was walking around the theatre waving his lightsabre. When the film finally started, and the embarrassing Swedish translation of the text in the beginning had passed by, we got to witness a really well done mix of drama, humor, action and a bit of romance, and the scenes where the Jedi's are betrayed even made me feel sorry for them (something I probably wouldn't if it had been in episode I or II). If I was to rate this film compared to the old trilogy, I would probably say it's better than episode IV, no as good as episode V, but equal to episode VI. George Lucas, all is forgiven (except all the changes you've done to the original trilogy in the DVD-set. Hayden Christensen instead of David Prowse in episode VI? Pff!) Thank you George for a worthy ending to the saga.