This latest Star Wars film is Better than Some of the Sequels and Prequels.

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2005)

The Galaxy, it is at War! When General Grievous (Voiced by Matthew Wood) is planning to destroy the capital planet of Coruscant and Kill the Supereme Chancelor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). Obi Wan Kenboi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywlaker (Hayden Christensen) are sent to stop General Grievous and find the mysterious Darth Sith, the dark side of the force. When Anakin finds out that his secret wife Padmé (Natalie Portman) is pregnant. When the Chancelor Palpatine offers Anakin to be a Jedi Master and also to be in the Jedi Concuil. When the Other Jedis are curious about the Chancelor Palpatine new plans, they send Anakin as a Spy to look what is Chancelor Palpatine up to. But Anakin discovers a dark secret about Chancelor Palpatine, who he really is.
Written and Directed by George Lucas made an entertaining and dark sequel to Star Wars. This Third Episode is actually darker than the Fifth Episode-The Empire Strikes Back. But not as memorable as Episode Five. Hayden Christensen is in most of the film. He is actually the lead actor in this film. Natalie Portman is barely in it, Her role is about 20 minutes in the film.
The real highlight is the strong performances by Christensen, McGregor and McDiarmid. CGI Performance of Yoda (Voiced by Frank Oz) is also strong. Samuel L. Jackson has some good moments as Mace Windu. Peter Mayhew appears in a bit role as Chewbacca, where we meet him in the Original Star Wars. The film has terrific Visual Effects by Lucas' F/X Studio-Industrial, Light and Magic. The film features wonderful music by John Williams.
This is a fast paced, dark sequel. This film is a improvement over Episode 2:Attack of the Clones and maybe Episode 1:The Phantom Menace. Episode 3 is certainly better than Episode 6:Return of the Jedi. Only flaw, it is just not memorable as the Original Star Wars or especially-The Empire Strikes Back. This is the first PG-13 film for Star Wars film for its intense violence situations and dark subject matter. This is an uneven sequel but this is some of Lucas' best work as a filmmaker since American Graffiti! Kenny Baker steals the show in the first act as R2-D2 and Anthony Daniels is back briefly as C-3PO. Christopher Lee reprise his role very briefly as Count Dooku. HD 24P Widescreen. (****/*****).