No good reason ...

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2005)

... could possibly explain Anakin's turn to the dark side and Lucas consequently is unable to give us one. Unfortunately, he still tries.
Bad dreams about his wife? Mistaking them for visions of an impending future? 15 years of Jedi training and he does not realize this even when Yoda tells him so? And the Chancellor explicitly tells him he does not have a plan to rescue Padme but 'together we can unravel the mystery' based on some old legend he could have invented? That is all it takes to turn Anakin? Give me a break!
Lucas should not have tried to explain Anakin's flip. He should have shown a few more scenes like when Anakin wiped out the Tuscan raiders after they killed his Mom - Anakin simply getting more and more psychotic. All the way up to the scene where he kills Mace Windu.
After that there would have been no turning back for him and they could have actually shown a conflict in him to go all the way to finally destroying any loyalty he may have had to the Jedi. He just could not go from being a good Jedi to killing 8 year old Jedi young-lings in the 30 seconds time he had in the movie.
Aside from this annoying plot hole, this will certainly become one of my favorite Scifi flicks this year. It fulfilled my expectations and made a great turn over to the original first part, episode IV.
An absolute must for any Star Wars fan, and highly recommended for any SciFi fan.