An enjoyable ending to the Star Wars Franchise

Rating: 7/10 (29 August 2012)

So Star Wars has come full circle, with this final instalment of the Star Wars saga, Anakin's final transformation into the Dark Lord, Darth Vader. Much like Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith has some very good acting from the main characters and really does capture the emotions of our heroes as they turn against one another in a daring battle between good verses evil. However, many scenes are rather spontaneous and for the uninitiated, the opening scene of the massive battle above Coruscant is explained in the 2003 Cartoon Series, Star Wars the Clone Wars, where the final 3 or 4 episodes cover the story involving the battle and the capture of Chancellor Palpatine by the Droid Leader General Grievous.
As mentioned, the opening to this movie begins above Coruscant with a vicious and brutal battle taking place. Recently returning from another mission, Anakin and Obi Wan are assigned to rescue the Chancellor from General Grievous' flagship 'The Invisible Hand'. After making it aboard, the pair fight their way to the main observation tower before confronting the evil Count Dooku. After removing both of his hands, Anakin avenges himself upon the Sith Lord under the persuasion of the Chancellor. However, the trio are captured and brought before the General, after a quick battle in the Bridge, the ship plummets from the sky, eventually crashing down onto a landing platform where the trio make it from the battered hull pretty much unscathed. After taking the Chancellor back to the Senate, Anaking and Padme reunite where it is revealed that she is Pregnant with his child. However he begins to have frightened nightmares about losing her and he slowly begins to fall to the other Dark emotions such as anger and frustration. He also begins to question the loyalty of the Jedi Council to the Republic after he is assigned to spy on the Chancellor. Invited to an Opera Performance, the Chancellor plays on his fears of loss and tells Anakin a story of how a Sith Lord was able to stop those he loved from dying using the force, which plays on Anakin's mind. Meanwhile, Obi Wan is called away to Utapau where it is revealed that General Grievous and the Seperatist leaders have been hiding out. After a long and complicated battle and chase through the Utapau caverns, Obi Wan eventually kills the General by blasting his internal organs with a gun. Back on Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine reveals himself as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, and Anakin grants him mercy due to his mixed emotions. However, Mace Windu and a few other Jedi Master's confront the Sith Lord and after a brutal fight in the Chancellor's apartment, Mace Windu has the dark lord cornered. But Anakin arrives and saves the Sith Lord from Mace Windu by slicing off his hand before he is blasted out of a window with Force Lightning. With no other choice, Anakin pledges himself to Darth Sidious and is thereby dubbed Darth Vader. His first order of business is to destroy the Jedi Council by invading the Jedi Temple and slaughtering all inside. Meanwhile an order is given to Clone Legions across the Galaxy to kill any Jedi they come across, including Obi Wan and Yoda. However, the pair escape and rendezvous with Senator Organa on his ship the Tantive IV. Unaware of the events on Coruscant and Anakin's conversion to the Dark Side, the group attempts to sneak into the Jedi Temple to send out a message to any remaining Jedi to stay away from Coruscant, in the meantime finding out that Anakin has become the sinister Darth Vader. Meanwhile, Vader has travelled to Mustafar to slaughter the Seperatist Leaders whilst Darth Sidious proclaims himself Emporer Palpatine and thereby creates the Galactic Empire. After telling Padme that Anakin has fallen into Darkness, she desperately goes to Mustafar to find him, with Obi Wan stowing aboard. Believing her to have betrayed him, Vader chokes her half to death before beginning a long and complicated fight scene with his former master and friend. Meanwhile, Yoda attempts to face the Emporer head on in a vicious fight scene within the Senate. However, Yoda is defeated and after escaping Corsucant, goes into exile. Meanwhile, our two heroes find themselves riding the rivers of Lava as they battle to the end and after attempting to slice down on Obi Wan, Vader has his arm and legs cut off before falling down the slope. In the immense heat, he catches fire and is badly mutilated, Obi Wan leaving his fallen friend to burn on the slopes. However, Vader uses the force to save himself from death and the Emporer arrives in time to take him back to Coruscant, where he is rebuilt and placed into the Black Armour. Meanwhile, Padme gives birth to Anakin's children, Luke and Leia before passing away. It is then decided amongst the group that Senator Organa will bring up Leia as his own whilst Obi Wan takes Luke to Anakin's brother and sister-in-law to be brought up by them before they all go into exile. All the while, Darth Vader and the Emporer preside over the construction of their Ultimate Weapon, the Death Star...
As mentioned, some great acting and some incredible special effects, in my mind a great way to end one of the most famous Film Franchises ever to hit the cinema's. There are many depressing scenes within the movie which I wouldn't recommend for younger kids but apart from that, its quite a good film for all sorts of ages and definitely worth a viewing.