The best of the prequels, but still incomplete & lacking in parts

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2005)

In Episode III, George Lucas obviously has changed his game plan, and improved enormously from the wreck that Episode's I & II were. He still fails to recapture what he had 25 years ago, but this is definitely not a complete failure. It succeeds in filling most gaps, and finally adding some emotion and character development, and definitely is entertaining. Where Lucas fails, unfortunately is in some of the most important parts, which definitely effects the film as a whole, which is disappointing. ***SPOILERS*** ************** The biggest problem occurs halfway through the film, where Anakin fatefully turns to the dark side. Until this point, the film was doing very well portraying in a somewhat realistic way, exactly how Anakin started to fall. But then it drops. In one sequence with very little dialogue, Anakin betrays everything he has been trained to believe, commits himself to the emperor, and becomes Darth Vader. This was a surprise, since in the scene preceding it, he is sick to almost the point of vomiting, once finding out the emperor is evil, and tells Mace Windu this, so that the emperor can be brought down. This is the largest failing point. The ending was also equally unsatisfying, surprisingly when the suit is put on, and Darth Vader says only 2 words which the Darth Vader we know would actually say. After they are spoken unfortunately, he continues talking like the whiny Anakin from Episode II, which left me upset. So those are the two largest pitfalls the movie suffers. ***END OF SPOILERS*** ********************* In whole, the film is a success, and definitely the best of the new trilogy, but it still definitely does not measure to the originals, but is still as I said a success, and worth your time.