Ticks all the boxes.

Rating: 6/10 (9 October 2005)

The final installment of the saga is now with us and due to previous disappointments our expectations were quite low, but we could still hope.
My final impression of the film is that all the boxes were ticked but not for plot or characterisation reasons. For example why was Chewbacca in the film when he has no role other than carrying Yoda and his name is mentioned once ? It is almost as if Lucas had a wish list and put everything in regardless. In my opinion a more intriguing concept would have been to see a young officer in the Republican Navy, Ensign Solo.
Anakins final fall to the dark side seemed too fast. Now that we see the whole story I believe that the break between Episodes 2 and 3 should have been Padme revealing her pregnancy, therefore we could have had a longer time-line of the fall and the birth of the twins.
We can only compare this film to Episodes 1 and 2, not 4, 5 and 6. from this relatively low base the film stands up well. However I am left with a feeling that I am glad that the saga is complete as this means that I know that there are no more disappointments out there.