Just more of the same!

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2005)

Saying "Revenge Of The Sith" is the best of the prequels is like saying losing a finger beats losing the whole hand. Once again George Lucas has managed to come up short. He's tightened up the editing a bit and trimmed the fat so apparent in Episodes I & II, but he still can't manage to convince his actors to deliver their lines with any believability. Hayden Christiansen and Natlie Portman have the on-screen chemistry of a ham and cheese sandwich and Anakin's pivotal fall to the dark side fails to deliver. Lucas once again over-does the CGI (do we really need a live action head on a CG Clone Trooper) and with a single "Noooooo!" manages to water down Darth Vader in the same manner he did Han Solo in his Special Edition release of the first Star Wars. We finally get a bona-fide villain this time around and Ian Mcdiarmid certainly shines but even he can't save this faltering franchise. The Force is truly DEAD!