chapter 3

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2007)

of the 3 prequels,this one is the best.Anakin is now a young man,very close to the dark side.helping him to get there is supreme chancellor Palpatine(Ian Mcdiarmid)a dark lord of the sith.Mcdiarmid clearly relishes his role as he brings an intensity and believability that must be seen to be believed.this is an Oscar worthy performance.the movie does a fairly good job of tying things up,as the saga concludes.there are,a few problems with the time line,of course,but despite that,the movie works.what everybody was waiting for was the reveal of Anakin into Darth Varder,and those chilling words:"Rise Lord Vader"(Palpatine)"Yes My Master"(voice of Darth Vader)so was the last scene worth the wait?for the most part yes.it treads close to being funny,but stops just short.as for the movie itself,the best of the prequels,and closer in quality to the original trilogy. 8/10