Still The Best Star Wars Movie to Date

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2020)

Revenge of the Sith was the first Star Wars movie I ever saw, and immediately after watching it I fell in love with Star Wars. And for that I'm forever grateful for this movie.
To me Revenge of the Sith is the best out of the current 11 Star Wars movies. The movie is filled with amazing cgi, such as the heartbreaking battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan on Mustafar, the space battles are fantastic especially the opening battle over Coruscant. The movie is filled with memorable dialogue such as Palpatine's "Do it", General Grievous's "General Kenobi" and probably the most memorable of them all is Obi-Wan's "Hello there", which have all only expanded in popularity thanks to memes. The movie has an amazing story and no Star Wars movie from before and after has been able to top. The movie begins with Anakin Skywalker "The Chosen One" at the highest point of his life. He's got a wife who cares for him deeply, a child on the way (actually two, but he doesn't know that), he's a highly respected Jedi, and was granted a seat on the high Jedi Council. And from then on we see many factors that cause Anakin Skywalker, the arguably greatest Jedi who ever lived, become one of the most menacing antagenitis in pop culture. We see this transformation through the manipulation he went through from Palpatine, being denied the rank of Jedi Master even though he's on the Jedi Council, has the strength, respect, and knowledge of one. He's even already fully trained a padawan by this time. Lastly we see his identity crisis he has towards the end of the movie that turns him into Darth Vader. Although some people may criticise the acting of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker throughout this movie, I feel like its at it's best. George Lucus even has said that Hayden's portrayal of Anakin was perfect and I agree with him. Hayden was playing a broken character, one who was lost between good and evil, one who would do anything to stop his wife from dying and then eventually becoming the very thing that kills her.
Now that I've gotten older and have seen the rest of the movies I can see the beauty of how this movie turns into one of the most menacing villains and then when I rewatch this movie I feel a sense of joy knowing that Anakin will be redeemed by his son in Return of the Jedi.