A good ending to the series.

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2005)

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Well, the series has finished. After 30 years, the most technologically advanced film series ever is over. Life will never be the same again. The action is great, the special effects fantastic as well, the story, well, everybody knew what was going to happen anyway. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable Star Wars episode. It was good to see George Lucas pay a little homage to Timothy Zahn, the writer of the first trilogy of books after permission was given to expand the Star Wars universe in paperback form, by using Coruscant as the main planet, and also Kashyyyk, the home planet of the Wookies. Both these names (and the description of Kashyyyk) were dreamed up by Zahn and used in the movie. Good stuff. Score 1 for continuity... Just 3 things bothered me overall in this movie. 1.. In Ruturn of the Jedi, Leia speaks to Luke about her mother. Leia says she could remember her mother 'just a little bit, she died when I was very young'. Obviously, baby Leia could not remember her mother as she was about 2 minutes old when she died. This is probably the biggest continuity fault of the entire 6 film series. 2.. The TERRIBLE line in the film "Don't worry, C3P0 will be there to protect me". Padme is in danger, and she turns down a guard for C3P0 who will protect her.. Ugh. 3.. You can only throw in so many lame battle robot jokes and one liners in 2 1/2 hours of movie before they start getting on your nerves. However, General Grievious was a great inclusion when he was fighting Obi Wan. Great look.
It is a much darker film with much more violence than previous episodes. There are many decapitations by lightsaber and even images of 'dead' child Jedi trainees, having been killed by Anakin. Also worthy of note is a person being burned alive, and surviving. If your young ones are sensitive, maybe this is not the movie for them. Yet. But it WILL be the movie for you.
Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable 2 1/2 hours and an absolute necessity if you are even remotely an Star Wars fan. Score 9/10.