Lucas improved on episodes 1 and 2 in the newer trilogy by making "Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith" stylish, but a bit too stylish

Rating: 7/10 (9 November 2005)

Lucas is a fantastic film maker. He started with the original Star Wars trilogy, and continued with the high-flying adventures of Indiana Jones. The Star Wars movies were probably the more popular of his two series, and they're still up and running. The storyline is finally complete, and with a solid ending.
Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith combines dazzling special effects, top-notch stylish action and a story full of twists. Lucas completes his story as Anakin, father of Luke, strays toward the Dark Side while Obi-Wan and the others fight in various wars.
While the action is nice, it is not fully necessary. It is even perhaps the main flaw in the movie. The movie is completely over stylized for its own good. I mean, George Lucas manages to create a battle between just about every single character in the movie. Let's see: Obi-Wan versus Anakin, Mace Windu versus General Grevius, Yoda versus the Sith Lord and Wookies versus Droids. There are so many battles, I can't even keep track! I think Count Dooko might have been slipped in there somewhere. Any more battles might consist of something like Padme' versus R2-D2 or CP3O versus Jar-Jar Binks, but I believe that Lucas is that desperate to put in action scenes. He does seem like he is that desperate, though. More than half of the movie consists of stylish action scenes. The story, while taking a few twists, seems comparatively simple.
Here's an example of the first ten minutes or so. There are spaceship battles happening. Lots of lasers and shooting. Then, Anakin and Obi-Wan land on the ship, and kill a couple of droids. They enter the hallway, and kill more droids. They run around for a bit, and get trapped in a Ray Shield. Then, Anakin and Obi-Wan are taken captive by General Grevious. They escape by taking their light sabers, and destroying the droids. Then, we have a battle sequence between the jedis and the bodyguards. After the bodyguards are destroyed, we get another battle sequence between the two jedis and General Grevius. As you can see, at least 3/4 of the first ten minutes are taken up by fight scenes. How's that for over-stylizing?
The sad thing though, is that Lucas seemed to forget about the old trilogy. Sure, the newer one was boring, and Lucas improved on that, but I believe the old trilogy was supposed to have some magical quality hidden in it. It IS a good film, but calling it the best of the Star Wars movies means you probably have not seen the originals.
7/10