Alright, so "Episode I" was a bit of a let down and "Attack of the Clones" just plain sucked.  But does that mean that George Lucas has completely lost his touch?  After watching "Revenge of the Sith" in a crowded theater at 1:00 a.m. in the morning, I can say that Lucas has just redeemed himself for all of his wrong doings.

"War!" is exactly how this installment's opening scroll begins and "War!" is the common theme throughout this third prequel.  Anakin goes from A whiny pussy to the mean-spirited enemy of good that we all know him as.  Obi-Wan stops with the philosophical gibberish and finally becomes the light saber wielding badass we all know him to be.  And the Emperor is finally revealed to be the soul source of treachery in a galaxy far, far away.

I almost fucking cried during a "Star Wars" film.  Yeah, I know.

We finally see why Vader is who he is (not to mention he gains a whole new sense of sympathy that will now carry on forever throughout the rest of the classic trilogy).  As shown in the preview, there is a scene that takes place on a lava-covered planet that is filmed so well and performed so powerfully that it alone gains this one an extra 1/2* point.

"You were the chosen one!" bellows a sobbing Obi-Wan as a dying Anakin stares back at him with lifeless, evil eyes.  This of course takes place after the fact that the Clone army has turned on the ones they are sworn to protect and Skywalker slaughters a class of "younglings" (which, if you didn't know, are Jedis in training, some of which look no older than eight years old).

I can't say enough about this one.  Though, it is not perfect.  Stilited dialogue and boring stretches of nothingness still haunt this prequel as it did the other two.  Then again, as a mega plus, Jar-Jar doesn't say a single God damn word.

If you want to see great light saber action, immeadiately check this one out.  If you want your hope restored again in "Star Wars" and George Lucas, see this movie right away!  And, surprisingly, if you want to cry, you may just one to see this, the third and without  a doubt, the best of the "Star Wars" prequels.

"Star Wars" has returned and left all within the same movie.  It's been one hell of a saga, and it is nice to see it end on a fantastically dark note.

***1/2 out of ****

And, just so you know where I'm coming from:

"Episode I": **1/2 out of ****
"Episode II": *1/2 out of ****
"Episode III": ***1/2 out of ****
"Episode IV": ***1/2 out of ****
"Episode V": **** out of ****
"Episode VI": ***1/2 out of ****

I enjoy episodes one and two, and I love Jar-Jar.  Still, having read the script online, I know enough to agree that episode 3 is amazing.  I just hope Jar-Jar gets a prominant role in the upcoming live-action TV series.        

So was Aniken Darth Vader? I heard he was. And does Natile Portman die? if these are true Im not seeing the movie someone please send me a pm letting my know

I thought this movie was pretty damn great.  While nowhere near up to the par of the OT, it featured some nice dark violent action and the best damn saber fight ever filmed.  

All I need to say is that it was worth standing outside for nearly four hours in the rain (from 8:00 to nearly midnight, when we were let inside) dressed as Lando Calrissian to see this movie.  

Oh, and you can see the Millenium Falcon flying around right after the first action scene.  Also listen for Chewbacca's Tarzan yell.  Those were the only in-jokes that I noticed on the first viewing.  

The action scenes'll blow your damn pants off.  

i just saw this movie too, and it blew me away. i DID cry during it, so much Jedi death man, it gets you. man did Hayden shut all the critics up with this one, from being a little stale in Episode II, he was amazing in this one. Really good work. but again. Ewan Mcgregor takes the stage as the star role, he put on an amazing performance.

The way it all happened, it seemed to happen so fast, and the transformation from anakin to vader was amazingly quick, but really well done, and the ending shot of Uncle Owen holding Luke while looking off into the 2 suns of Tatooine, just like the shot at the beginning of episode IV, that was very touching.

And who knew? Samuel L. jackson being the bad ass that he is is the one who made the Emporer so damn wrinkly! (Does anakin have a thing for chopping hands off?)

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

It's the curse of the blue saber. Whoever has the blue light saber loses a limb or loses the climactic battle.

Ep 1: Obi Wan won with the green saber after Darth Maul kicked his away.
Ep 2: Anakin was using a blue saber when he lost his arm.
Ep 3: Blue vs. Blue: Anakin gets everything chopped off.
Ep 4: Obi-Wan uses a blue saber and gives in to Vader
Ep 5: Luke has his hand chopped off using the blue saber
Ep 6: No blue saber. Green saber wins.

Hey, maybe Anakin does have a thing for chopping off hands...Dooku, Windu, Luke...I'll bet he would've chopped off Obi-Wan's if he'd had the chance.

As for the movie, I felt it tied up the old and new trilogies very well. Sure, Lucas works on grand planetary vistas before perfecting his dialogue, but at least everything was bluntly explained. I will have to say I left with a mixed feeling. Movie was awesome, but it sure has a depressing ending, huh? But what a great tie-in with Ep 4. You see the blockade runner all over the place in Ep 3, and it's the first ship we see in Ep 4. Boom. Instant identification.

Well done, Lucas. Before your next movie, learn how to write dialogue (or get a good editor) and we'll be happy with your future projects.

probably hands coz the hands carry the lightsabres and out of the hand comes the force powers (i think, correct me if I'm wrong)

Does anybody else think that perhaps the emperor could have killed Windu all along (just look how quickly he took out the other Jedi accompaning Mace), but he just wanted Anakin to walk in on Sammie L. holding his saber to his neck?  Just a thought.

Well, it is said that Darth Vader is unable to do the force lightning or defend against it due to his cybernetic hands.

And I'd like to think that Windu is just stronger than the others he took with him. He is supposed to be #2 to Yoda.

Saw it twice love it, even more the second time. The only thing i really don't like is Sam Jackson, he is really miscasted.

sam jackson is, and CAN, be in everything, haha. he rules.

the thing about lightsaber hands/force powers isnt true i dont think, after all, most jedi's fight with two hands on the saber or flip it back and forth.

i cant stop saying good things about this movie, very, VERY good. and who agrees with me and kevin smith? didnt hayden C. put on an awesome performance in Sith?

Hayden Christiansen gave a really good performance, especially in the last 40 mins of the film.

I loved episode III .. in the beginning I thought it was just going to be ruled by special effects but it turned out to be awesome. The lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin was really well choreographed. The last half of the film was the greatest. Just loved it.

One word:  AMAZING FILM!`

Quoted from AmericanSyCo Does anybody else think that perhaps the emperor could have killed Windu all along (just look how quickly he took out the other Jedi accompaning Mace), but he just wanted Anakin to walk in on Sammie L. holding his saber to his neck?  Just a thought.

duh, how he was faking and overacting ... I thought it was pretty obvious :p

Spoilers herein.

I don't know if I agree.  I like to think Windu would've pwned Palpatine if Anakin hadn't stepped in and acted like a little bitch.  I think Palpatine was pretty close to death if his face was becoming horribly disfigured.  Plus, Sam J can pwn anybody.  

Although it's odd..Windu defeats Palpatine and Yoda loses to him?  Palpatine probably was faking.

Oh, and, low points:

-Obi-wan's lizard was lame and badly rendered.  
-Yoda's battle with Palpatine was boring and anticlimactic, and it distracted from the best saber battle I've ever seen.
-Yoda really shouldn't say things like "Not if anything to say about it I have!"
-Closeups on Yoda, the CG was a bit weak.
-Lucas didn't bother to build a single piece of armor for the movie.  Maybe he should have.  Heads bobbing on CG armour don't look so good.  
-Sure, it had to happen this way, but Obi-wan is in tears yelling that he loved Anakin like a brother, and then he leaves him limbless to burn to a slow horrible death on lava-blasted rock?  He would have finished him...

Ah well.  The movie was awesome.  

Yoda didnt exactly "lose" to Palpatine, i forget exactly how it happened, but iremember thinking, "if yoda just went back up palpatine would be done for" ...i liked that fight myself. but maybe this: IF yoda really couldnt beat him, maybe it WAS just a charade with Windu and Palpatine, although I like to think windu had Palpatine right where he wanted him, too. Samuel L. Jackson is officially the coolest person to ever live.

"-Obi-wan's lizard was lame and badly rendered.  
-Yoda's battle with Palpatine was boring and anticlimactic, and it distracted from the best saber battle I've ever seen.
-Yoda really shouldn't say things like "Not if anything to say about it I have!"
-Closeups on Yoda, the CG was a bit weak.
-Lucas didn't bother to build a single piece of armor for the movie.  Maybe he should have.  Heads bobbing on CG armour don't look so good.  
-Sure, it had to happen this way, but Obi-wan is in tears yelling that he l ..."

-Obi-Wan's lizard WAS a little "iffy" but it didnt take away from the movie at all.
-It did interrupt the BEST by far saber battle, but I liked it nonetheless.
-Yoda rules, enough said.
-I remember thinking at least twice with Yoda close ups "wow, he looks stunningly real there!" ...I thought the CG used in this movie was a lot more believable then the other prequels.
- Yeah, I fully agree with you there. Why make the clone troopers CG? Stormtroopers were bad-ass as real people in the originals, why not make the clone troopers real?
- I thought the performance between the two on this part was amazing, it brought me to semi-tears. And like Obi-Wan said I think to Yoda, "I can not kill Anakin" ..he was hoping that the mass amount of flames on Anakin would kill him before he had to.

again, I love this movie. haha, i really cant stop saying that.

Yoda could have made pancake out of Palpatine, but the little dude fell on his 700 yo back
he "lost" coz he was unlucky.

Well, my only reservation to the Emperor faking is the fact that he let his face get all burnt up.

yeah thats what i thought too, but of course, if he didnt plan this, why did he seem not to care whatsoever once it happened.

Same for anakin, dont you think hed be in at least a little pain after almost being burnt to death? He gets robotic limbs put on and the first thing he asks is "wheres padme?" ...come on, id be screaming at the pain.

Maybe anakins just stronger than me. hahaha

STAR WARS RULES!

So, I just got finished watching it at like 12 15 and came home... It was okay, it has it's high points and many low points but I don't need to get into it.

One thing I'll note is that the Episode 3 that Don mentioned some time ago as July 2003 draft or something like that does seem to be a bad retyping of the actual movie script including a lot of deleted stuff. This movie could have been 30 minutes longer easily. For instance, no talk of the Rebellion was in the movie, but it's all over that script. There is a sequence in the video game where Anakin and Obi-Wan end up in the ship's fuel chamber. This is not in the movie, but it is in that script.

Just thought I'd mention that. It's probably still under the movie board of the main site.

I wonder if those Jedi I seen at the theatre were fanboys, hmm... It's a little pathetic to wear a Jedi cloak and carry a childrens lightsaber (Purple) On the 4th day of release or so, these guys looked to be over 20.

All I'm saying is if they get beaten up they aren't very strong Jedi, where was the force when they needed it?

I think that just being dressed up and over the age of twenty is pathetic.


Phil

I was a geek and went to the 12:01 showing on May 19th (my ticket says 18th). I saw a couple Jedi and a Stormtrooper, but a friend of mine snapped a pic of a fat guy with a Darth Vader helmet and the color-changing red/blue lightsaber attacking some little 10-year-old dressed up like a Jedi. He was cringing behind his little kid lightsaber.

Might I see this picture?

I'll see what I can do.

revenge of the sith was awesome. The two main light savers are red and blue you know.

See look at this


Episode 1: Red vs. blue. But he killed darth Maul with a green. So he never fighted with it.

Episode 2: Red vs. Green. Yoda and Dooku.

Episode 3: Blue vs. Blue. Hey it had to happen.

Episode 4: red vs. Blue.

Episode 5: red vs. Blue,

Episode 6: Red vs. Green.

So basically the main light savers is blue and red.

lightsabers.... not light savers, and i wouldnt really look at them as the "main" lightsabers, just the ones who barely had more fights then the others

and the word would be "fought" not "fighted" im a stickler for these corrections, haha, sorry

Quoted from CoronaExtra04 So was Aniken Darth Vader? I heard he was. And does Natile Portman die? if these are true Im not seeing the movie someone please send me a pm letting my know

I'm sorry Corona, but you seriously need to watch the original trilogy. I thought everyone knew that Anakin was Vader and that Padme died.


anyway epsiode III is my second favorite Star Wars right behind Empire Strikes Back. The only thing was that there shouldve been some air battles! The entire new trilogy doesnt show any air battles except for that small air battle with anakin in the first one and the small battle in the third one. I want anothe r battle like the one in a new hope.

I was extremely disappointed at the last episode. The acting - I must say was just rubbish. I was laughing my head off when Padme (Natalie Portman) died - it was just so fake. And that creature that was like 'Lulabell!' lol

Aniken or however you spell it just GOT on my nerves. Disobident fool. Palpatine was cool though - and I'm glad Mace Windu died because he annoyed me from the beginning of Episode 1 - he's so moody. Lighten up.

Really, just special effects - what George Lucas does best really. I saw a bit with a house that looked like a Doll's House. - What was ging on there?

The War! bit was really the only cool bit.

When Plo Koon died it was pretty sad - but there was nothing in that film to cry about! God!

1/10

Have to disagree...I thought Ewen MacGregor has been fantastic throughout the series, even with all the stiff dialogue.

He did Sir Alec Guiness justice.

Let me say first off: I don't want to argue about the movie, or even talk about the movie beyond this post. I hated this movie. I am going to rant on and on about what I hated about this movie and why. I just want to leave it at that.

God has forsaken humanity. There is no hope left for us, if this, THIS is considered to be in any way par with the original trilogy. This wretched, vile piece of cinematic excrement, spewed from the hackneyed mind of a 'man' by the name of Lucas. The classic trilogy, already brutalized more times than a skinny guy in prison who drops the soap, now has this to add to its list of shame.

As this movie has already been discussed to death, I will simply list what I didn't like about this movie. Presenting AWeskers 10 Things I Hated About Episode III:

1. Terrible, overwrought CGI dominating every scene. You think I get uppity when they use CGI for bullet hits in the latest zombie movie? Now, image that only when the entire movie is CGI. I swear... no, that's it. I swear. A lot. You should have heard me. A drunken sailor with tourettes and a serious anger management problem would have trouble keeping up.

2. Wooden, stilted acting as a result of wretched writing. I couldn't believe it. There is no acting here whatsoever. "Anakin, you're breaking my heart." Yes, and I'd like fries with that. Your one true love and father of your children has just become the ultimate evil. EMOTE, DAMN YOU! EMOTE! A group of wandering retarded dyslexic minstrels with no tongues could act better than you! I COULD ACT BETTER THAN YOU!

3. Needless scene changes every five minutes. George Lucas made this movie with 13 year old ADD suffering males in mind. CUT! CUT! CUT! CUT! CUT! The editor is having a seizure! Good... good...

4. A lack of any editing flow and continuity whatsoever. A lack of any type of flow whatsoever. Just when something gets going, it cuts. The final climactic scene has no tension whatsoever. Obi-Wan and Anakin begin to fight, hey! I know what we'll do! We'll cut to Yoda and Sidius bickering like two crotchety old men sitting on a porch. A battle has just begun? Let's cut to Anakin and Padme over under acting.

5. Pointless transitions between every scene! WHO NEEDS SO MANY BLOODY TRANSITIONS?! Square wipes, box wipes, clock wipes. All I have to say is this: If you're going to oversaturate a movie with wipes, then where in the HELL is my star wipe?

6. Lucas has turned one of the darkest tales of good and evil in cinematic history into a two and a half hour movie about teen angst. Anakin broods, some stuff happens. Anakin broods some more. More pointless stuff happens. Anakin complains he's not treated fairly and wants to be equal. More pointless stuff happens. Anakin cries and mopes. More pointless stuff happens.

7. Every... single... scene... has... flashing... BUTTONS! Every scene! In every single scene there is something in the background doing something with no purpose! Ugh. Again with the ADD people in mind.

8. Yoda fighting should never have been committed to film. It is a crime against all we have come to know and love about the little green guy. It looked terrible in Episode II, it looks even worse here.

9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Moving on.

10. Order 66. In Episode I (By that I mean Star Wars, the REAL episode one) Obi-Wan sits fondly remembering the days of the republic, his memories broken by the past. The slaughter of the jedi. This one scene holds more power than the entire prequel trilogy. You know how dramatic an execution can be when done properly? Yeah, Lucas knows. And he went the complete opposite direction. It's handled with about as much grace as me in a social setting. There's shooting, screaming, and a whole lot of destruction, but no real meaning to it. Hell, one character doesn't even show any emotion. She turns, sees the troopers, and turns away. Nice try and running there, lass. Hey, did you know the jedi can throw things with the force? And block lasers with their handy dandy light sabers? And JUMP HIGH! Wow, some of the most powerful jedi brought down by a few clone troopers. And these same troopers would go on to have so much difficulty bringing down a smuggler and his hairy friend trapped on a space station full of nothing but said troopers.

I was glad when it was all over. When that last wipe raped the screen and this movie ended I cheered. I let out a cry of "Finally!" loud enough to be heard next door. I just... I hated this movie. It wasn't the build up that killed it. I've heard tons of good stuff about this movie, and I still hated it. Even more than Episode II, even more than Episode I. And I HATED Episode I.

I don't know what to do now. No, wait, you know what I'll do? Tomorrow I'm going to go out and buy a dozen of the cutest kittens I can find. Then I'm going to go to an orphanage. Then, in front of the orphans, I'm going to snap those kittens necks one by one. Then I'm going to cut them open and spread their blood on my body while eating their eyeballs. That should pretty much guarantee me a place in hell, which will give me a whole eternity to help make Lucas' existance even worse.

And now, the only questions which could possibly follow up a post of such overbearing negativity...

If you hated 1 and hated 2, why did you watch 3? And furthermore, if you were hating it so early on, why sit through it? I always wonder about people going to watch something they know they'll hate...

Because, just because I hated 1 and 2 doesn't mean I automatically hate 3. I always give a movie a chance. And, no matter how much I hate a movie, I NEVER stop it part way through.

Episode 2 is much better the second time around.  Can't wait to pick up this DVD!

Quoted from George Willson And now, the only questions which could possibly follow up a post of such overbearing negativity... If you hated 1 and hated 2, why did you watch 3? And furthermore, if you were hating it so early on, why sit through it? I always wonder about people going to watch something they know they'll hate...

I thought Episode I was only all right and I thought Episode II was a pile of crap, but I still managed to very much enjoy Episode III.  And, also, ditto to Freak's comment: no matter what, I never leave a movie half way through.  No matter how fucking awful, I always stay until the end.  Who knows?  Maybe some really, really great part will present itself within the vast waste of celluloid (I.e.: the re-introduction of the room in "Saw 2").

And, Freak, it is your opinion, and I am not here to sway it.  As a matter of fact, I agree with many of your points, I just don't think they effected me as much.  My only real problem is that you mention an annoyance with the constant wipes.  The only thing is that the original trilogy also contains constant side swipes and diaganol swipes and vertical swipes and all.  Then again, it is possible that those annoyed you in the originals as well, so my point may be invalid.  Oh, well.  Just wondering.

How feel you? afraid are you?

Lots of anger i sense in you.


Fear leads to anger,anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.


Ok enough with the yoda quotes.


Most Star Wars Fans,nerds,whatever-would dissagree with you. ep.3 is the best of the new  movies and olny 4th overall, IMO anyways. it does have it's problems but what flim doesn't? the worst part IMO is Anakin and Padme on the balcony with that stupid "No it's cause im so in love with you" crap, but it is still a good movie overall.

also an movie with less Jar Jar is a good thing.

anyone that likes star wars should get it.

I have always not enjoyed the 6 films but Star Wars is a good idea just not written by George Lucas.

It's like a chocolate enema, it's good for awhile but than it just gets really ugly.

I think the prequel trilogy would have been much better if he had followed the route of the original trilogy. Bring in other writers and directors, and just watch over the production on a whole. Of course, he took over control of Return of the Jedi, so I suppose it was inevitable. Unlimited dollars and ultimate control of three major motion pictures? I expect he nearly shat himself.

I agree with you there. If Lucas had allowed someone else to write the scripts (or at least edit what he had), the prequels would have been much better. I didn't really have a big issue with his direction. Would it have been better with someone else at the helm? They probably would have redone his dialogue. They might have tried to get more acting out the new actors. But we'll never really know. I find that unlike the original trilogy, the prequels were presented as a more continuous storyline with time breaks. This means the Episode 2 started where 1 left off and ended before closing its loose ends. Movies like that never leave a good taste with most moviegoers (Back to the Future 2 being a solid example of this).

Personally, I love sequels and overly enormous plots that have a lot of stuff going on and a lot of stuff to do. I was disappointed that subplots were cut from Ep 3 for time since they worked more for the big picture than that one film. But I enjoyed the prequel trilogy for what it was: backstory. We'll never watch the original trilogy the same way again. Subconsciously, we'll be reading into the characters' actions and wonder how much backstory Lucas discussed with Alec Guiness...

I've gotta say, when everything else is working right (and I thought, for the most part, it was in Episode III), I kinda like Lucas' laughably awful dialogue.  I dunno about others, but I think the writing in alot of the original trilogy is a little laughable, but I also think that that really turned out to be a good thing.  I've always found Star Wars interesting in that I can laugh hysterically at it, yet still enjoy it more than almost anything else, and think of it as an excellent trilogy (I'm talking about the originals here).

I liked most of Episode III, and therefore, I thought lines like "No, it's because I'm so much in love with YOU!" only made it all the more enjoyable.  I don't take Star Wars too seriously, and I don't think you're supposed to, so frankly, I like Lucas' bad writing and quick cutting.  

"Let them pass between us" and "It's over Anakin, I have the high ground" are two of my favorite lines out of all six films.