Two trilogies make a saga

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2008)

Watching the movie on opening day, when I heard the familiar sound of the Star Wars theme nearly thirty years old I was in disbelief. I couldn't believe that I was watching the last of the Star Wars films. I must admit that afterward I didn't know what to make of the film. After watching it many times since, the movie has grown on me very much.
Of course there are things like Portman and Christensen's acting ability and chemistry which I thought could've been better. The fellow Scotsmen McDiarmid and McGregor are superb and work well as a foil for the lackluster and miscast Jackson.
The real star of the movie is, as with all of the Star Wars movies, the score. The score for Sith may be the best one yet. Aside from the familiar recycled material, the new melodies especially near the end are absolutely beautiful.
The only problem I have with the prequel trilogy is that they all seem to be very separate movies unlike the original trilogy. I like things left up to the imagination like any intellectual, but I wish they had added more to the story in-between Clones and Sith.