A thoroughly enjoyable movie going experience

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2005)

I was nervous as I sat down in the theater on opening night. Nervous that this Episode would be as lame as the one before it. After the catastrophe that was episode 2, I had begun to lose faith in George Lucas. How wrong I was. This is by far the best film of the newest trilogy. It is a long movie but it doesn't feel like it. The script is decent, the acting, while still wooden at times, is vastly improved (especially by Hayden Christensen). The action scenes are breath taking and John Williams is tremendous as always, but that wasn't what made this film. The high point for me was the way it lined up so perfectly with the original trilogy. Every little detail was arranged so neatly. Lucas even brought in James Earl Jones to be the voice of Vader once Anakin's transformation is complete. All in all it is a very enjoyable movie that is good for almost all ages.