Lucas re-captures the power of the original Star Wars

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2005)

A long time ago in a childhood far far away, an eleven year old boy sat in amazement watching the new movie Star Wars. After that, all other movies had to deal with the fact that they were second rate.
Wednesday, May 18, that same boy took his sixteen year old son to the local premiere of Revenge of the Sith. For the first time since I saw episode IV, I left a movie with the same sense of fulfillment.
This is a movie that will NOT disappoint true Star Wars fans and non fans alike.
Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen both gave a stellar performance. Natalie Portman was far more than just a pretty face on the screen. I was even impressed with Samuel L. Jackson's performance (and I'm not much of a Samuel Jackson fan). Ian McDiarmid however stole nearly every scene he was in with a very calm, cold, manipulative, villainous character.
I probably don't have to mention that the special effects are in and of themselves remarkable.
Lucas did a wonderful job at leading Sith into the original (episode IV) movie. Ewan began to look and act more like Alec Guinness did in his role as Obi-Wan. Hayden's wardrobe became more like that of Darth Vader in episode IV. The fighters appear to be predecessors of the X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters. Everything begins to melt together. At the end you can even see the Death Star being assembled in the distance.
My only complaint lies with the end. Lucas seemed to have rushed the last bit of the movie. I think he could have easily tacked another 30 minutes of relevant scenes onto it.
All in all, the movie is top notch. I will be seeing it more than once at the theater, and can't wait for it to come out on DVD.
Don't miss it  you won't be disappointed!!!