That's the end of the story

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2005)

The third episode of the Star Wars saga is also the third in my heart. As a child I grow up as a fan, as a matter of fact, the first movie I saw at a theatre was The Empire Strikes Back at the early age of 4.
Since then I have been wondering how would Anakin become a Lord Sith. OK, that's the end of the story. Lucas has made it. It is an astonishing experience to watch this film in a Digital Cinema. The sound is great, the image impressive, the action perfect, but also the story. It is a pleasure to see how the Emperor seduces Anakin each time they are alone. Now it takes more sense to me the previous episodes (I and II). I wonder if Palpatine somehow is the intellectual father of Anakin, since it seems to me it is clear that he can "create life" by influencing the midiclorians. Anyway, the acting of Ian McDiarmid is excellent. He reminds me the impressive acting he made in The Return of the Jedi. I am looking forward to hearing the English version, since I think this time the guys which usually do a fine dubbing, have failed in some crucial moments as the fight between Windu and Palpatine. John Williams also deserves a congratulation, as usual.
For those who claim that they only like the first trilogy and hate this one, I would strongly suggest they should ask themselves this question: If the original trilogy had never existed and was presented today as a novelty, would I like them so much? I don't think so. Their minds have changed, what they like is not Star Wars, but the rememberings of their childhood and the imagination they had and have lost.
I give a 9 over 10 since 10 is reserved forever for ESB. Great job Lucas and thank you very much for this saga.