The Force is Strong With This One
- Title: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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George Lucas’ much-loved franchise has taken some hard criticism over the past few years with his “improvements” to Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Add to that a less-than-rousing support for the first two movies in the prequel trilogy, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, and you honestly had to wonder whether Lucas could deliver on this, the final Star Wars prequel.
We needn’t have worried. Aside from a couple of painful scenes between Padme (Natalie Portman) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) awkwardly expressing their love in rather stilted dialogue (which are both mercifully short), the movie is a largely successful addition to the “Skywalker Saga.” It’s notable that many of the elements used in the film were originally intended for Episode VI (the volcano planet, the Wookiee battle, and of course obviously, the title Revenge).
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I can’t think of any movie that’s left me so completely incapable of looking at it objectively as Revenge of the Sith has done. I’m that kid that grew up with nearly every single Star Wars toy. I read the Marvel comics, I bought the books, hell…I even have the Star Wars Christmas Special. This is a movie that I’ve waited for 21 years to see. It’s entirely possible that no film could ever live up to what I want from the last Star Wars film, no matter how it was handled, but my expectations have been tempered by the lackluster elements of Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
