The Best Of The New Trilogy. It Ranks Up With The Originals.

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2005)

George Lucas finally got this one right. After the schlock fest that were Episode I: The Phantom Menace & Episode II: Attack Of The Clones Episode III : Revenge Of The Sith (Or ROTS as I refer to it as) arrives like a superhero out of nowhere and saves the day. Sure the dialog is still cheesy as hell at times (Padme : "Anakin, you're breaking my heart") and giving R2-D2 a fight scene the movie is still great. Unlike the last 2 films the light saber battles are long. And by long I mean Empire strikes back long. Plus unlike the last 2 films this one has a space battle dog fight that ranks up there with Return Of The Jedi's Death Star battle. The origin of Darth Vader is dark and almost painful to watch Anakin Skywalker go through the change. He resists and actually feels bad for carrying out his duties. Plus you feel bad for him because he's getting tricked by the Emperor to turn to the dark side as well as getting dogged by the Jedi council. The one scene that is actually a slight disappointment is actually when Darth Vader first appears on screen. It's a scene so right out of Frankenstien that i almost expected the Emperor to start screaming "It's alive, It's alive"! However I went into ROTS expecting to be disappointed. instead ROTS has done the one thing that I never thought possible again...It made me fall back in love with Star Wars. Well done George, Welcome back.