Easily the best of the Star Wars Prequels!

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2005)

Revenge of the Sith was an excellent movie which I saw in the cinema last night. In this chapter of the Star Wars stories the director Geogre Lucas tells us the part of the tale to which the evil Sith villain Darth Vader had first came into being. Hayden Christensen takes the main roll in the film as the confused young Jedi warrior Anakin sky-walker who due to fear for the well fare of his loved ones but particularly his girl the beautiful Padme(Natalie Portman), becomes rapped up into a strange series of events which leads him to realise just what sort of part he will play toward the future of the democratic republic. This movie also stars Ewan McGregor as Skywalker's brave Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi who tries very hard to stop him from turning to the dark side throughout the movie. These two do a great job working together. However they are both completely over shadowed by the great Ian McDiarmid who is simply outstanding as the evil Chancellor Palpatine. He is a very experienced actor and understands his role well due to already staring in some films of the classic original Star Wars trilogy namely the Return of the Jedi. I also loved the Yoda Vs Palpatine/Darth Sidious light sabre battle I thought it was breathtaking. However even though this episode of Star Wars is still not quite as spectacular as the three original episodes from the 1980's which along with The Lord of the Rings are two of the greatest fantasy trilogy's ever to be made, this is still a extremely worthy addition to the series by the talented writer and director George Lucas and has still became one of my favourite films. Revenge of the Sith is a very Superior film compared to the other two previous Star Wars prequels. This one brought back the dark fell to the movies atmosphere of all the older ones which was needed. Although I must admit that I did really enjoy episode one The Phantom Menace quite a lot, I now it was a little light hearted compared to normal Star Wars but Liam Nesson was excellent in his role as Obi-wan's Jedi master(I thought so) and Darth Maul was a pretty cool character. I thought episode two Attack of the Clones wasn't the best or as gripping when you compare it to all the other Star Wars films. However I still found episode two very much watchable and it certainly wasn't all pointless. Overall I think the prequel's were still very much necessary to the series and I'm glad Lucas made them in order to reveal to us what caused the future events in the older episodes. If Darth Vader had have featured more in the newer ones maybe they could have been as stunning as their originals. Revenge of the Sith was without doubt the strongest of the new Star Wars movies and I think it will always be remembered for that reason. The Empire Strikes Back shall always be my favourite Star Wars film though. I overall give Revenge of the Sith a very well deserved 10/10 stars.