Sometimes we get into bad relationships. All of your friends try to give you advice. You know deep down inside that the relationship is broken. You know that you have tried to fix it, but you’re both at different points in your life and that you have grown apart. But you’re caught in a trap and you can’t walk out. I say this because I went to the theater to see Episode I. I refused to see II in the theaters. But Episode III promised me so many things that I was looking forward to. This film would be when I could reunite with my beloved Star Wars and it would feel right again. So I went to the theater with my buddy Bob to see Episode III.
Before I get to it, I should say that this had to be better than Episodes I & II, it was simply a question of how much improvement there would be. I was expecting this to be the fourth-best film in the franchise. In that regard, I didn’t set myself up with too high of expectations. But what if this was somehow worse? We may not have had another trilogy. Simple as that. This film had a checklist of things to accomplish in a somewhat satisfying manner. Did it fulfill its destiny? Let’s find out together and then maybe listen to some Elvis afterward.
One last thing. There aren’t many significant additions to the cast here. But there is one name that stands out: Peter Mayhew. And you know him as the man who played Chewbacca, and he died in 2019. While I was on Reddit, I found that his wife, Angie Mayhew, is still working on his foundation, which supports children’s hospitals. I felt that it was important to share that before I get to my incoherent ramblings. If you’re a Star Wars fan and have an extra $15, you may want to consider this.
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Per the opening scroll of text, the Republic is getting F’d in the A by Dooku. I find it interesting that it says “There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.” The droid leader, General Grievous has kidnapped Palpatine….leader of the Senate. Enjoy your drink. Obi-Wan and Anakin are going to attempt to rescue Palpatine. That’s a good setup.
We start off with a lot of ships in space firing at each other because that makes you feel at home. It’s good homecooking. Anakin looks and sounds much better already. YES, closeups of people in the cockpit! Maybe I should drink. Anakin already has been told no by Obi.Obi has R4 and Anakin has R2. I felt that is important to know. R4’s head just got ripped off. Obi’s ship is getting ruined by buzz droids and Anakin is gonna save him. The back and forth between Anakin and Obi is much more palpable here. I’m digging Obi’s hair more too.
There’s Grievous and he’s chatting with Viceroy. The droids are putting in solid effort. The elevator is stuck so R2 goes to fix it and Anakin has other ideas, naturally. R2 is found by two taller, bully droid. R2 just doused them in oil and lit their asses on fire. That was nice. Obi and Anakin find Palpatine and Dooku enters the room right on schedule. Obi and Anakin are both sporting blue lightsabers and Anakin is really cocky. Obi is tossed and has a platform forced down upon him. Now we get the one on one that I wanted. Anakin just cut off Dooku’s arms and Palpatine tells Anakin to kill Dooku. He’s making an X with his lightsabers and it makes me want to say X Gon Give It To Ya. RIP DMX. Anakin decapitates Dooku and Palpatine is very proud of him. Palpatine tries to convince Anakin to not worry about rescuing Obi. Naturally, the elevator isn’t working properly. The ship is now nosediving and R2 is having hardships too. Now the ship levels itself out.
I am digging the elevator scene. Obi has woke up and the elevator is coming at them quickly. They escape, because this film kinda relies upon that. Grievous activates the ray shields and traps Obi, Ani, and Palpatine. R2 for the rescue, but that failed. The comedy is subtle but improved from the previous 2 films. The group is trapped, trash talk for a couple of minutes, then they’re free and Grievous channels his inner Rusev and says “Crush them”. I wanted to like Grievous more, and that just did it for me. The droids with the purple weapons are awesome. Grievous says screw this and breaks a window in the ship and flies out and latches onto the ship because that is physically possible. I’m just saying, there’s no way that grappling hook is firing fast enough to catch on the ship as Grievous is getting sucked out into the space vacuum. Also, why does Grievous cough? Also, with Dooku’s beheading, does this follow Highlander rules? Did Anakin become stronger? Anakin is flying this ship with little issue. And they made that landing easier than it was to land a plane in Top Gun the video game on NES.
Wow, almost 24 minutes and none of that bored me. I know that the whole film can’t be exciting but that was a great start. Hey Jimmy Smits, how you doing? Anakin spots Padme and it’s what you expect. Padme is still trying to hide their relationship. Ohhhh shit, Padme is pregnant. So how are you gonna hide that one? Does Portman ever look bad in a film? I just had some frosted animal crackers. They were tasty. I prefer the ones with icing, they go better with Slim Jims. Don’t question it until you get drunk some night.
Palpatine tells Grievous to move the separatist leaders to Mustafar. Damnit, I have been misspelling Grievous’ name. Thankfully, I only had 8 mistakes to fix. Palpatine tells him that he will soon have a newer, younger apprentice. Typical man, always wanting newer, younger apprentices. Even the romance has been cut down a nice amount. Anakin has a dream about Padme giving birth. Thankfully, it wasn’t like 8th-grade science class. Padme has some significant added curls to her hair. I think I preferred her Episode II hair. Anakin is worried that his dream could indicate Padme’s death because of the dreams he had about his mom. So in Star Wars times, she will lose her role as Senator and Anakin will be kicked out of the council because he got her pregnant. What about maternity leave?
Anakin seeks out advice from Yoda. Yoda warns him to be careful about being Miss Clio and predicting the future. A fear of loss is a path to the Dark Side. He must train himself to let go of that fear. The Senate is going to give Palpatine even more power and has requested Anakin’s presence. He wants Anakin to be his personal representative on the Jedi Council. Anakin says the council won’t have it, but Palpatine assures him they need him. Mace says that he can be a representative but they won’t grant him the rank of master. Anakin has a typical outburst and Mace puts him in his place. They can’t find Grievous and there has been an attack on the Wookies. I am fucking outraged at this news. Don’t go attacking the Wookies! Mace wants someone to go help out the Wookies and Yoda volunteers. Yoda and some clones will go to Kashyyyk. That’s a hell of a word.
Anakin whines to Obi, and Obi tells him that he has received such a great honor at such a young age, but the Jedi don’t like it when Palpatine interfere with Jedi affairs. That makes sense. As a matter of fact, the council wants Anakin to report on all of Palpatine’s dealings. This just got complicated for Anakin. Since this is treason, this order can’t go on record. At this point, I’m just saying no to everybody so I can stay the hell out of it, but that wouldn’t make for a good film. Mace lacks faith in Anakin. They discuss the prophecy and how Anakin will bring balance, but Yoda warns that the prophecy may have been misread. So if that is the case, why don’t they stop this?
Anakin is whining to Padme and she questions if they are on the right side and perhaps the Republic is the bad guys in this. She asks Anakin to speak to Palpatine about withdrawing his power. She wants things to go back to a pleasant time.
Palpatine reveals to Anakin that Grievous is hiding in the Utapau system. He says that he would question the Council if they don’t select Anakin for this assignment. Palpatine is so damn good. Palpatine says that the Council plans to betray him. Anakin admits that his trust has shaken. Palpatine asks if they asks Anakin to spy on him. “All who gain power are afraid to lose it. Even the Jedi.” Anakin says that the Jedi use their power for good. Palpatine strikes back with “Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.” They could have said this same thing in The Walking Dead and it would have held true. Anakin talks about how selfless the Jedi are. So Palpatine asks him if he ever heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. It’s a Sith legend. So Darth Palgueis was so wise and strong, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians (God damnit) to create life. He could keep the ones that he cared about from dying. Anakin asks about this power. Plagueis became so powerful that his only fear was losing his power, which he did. He taught his apprentice everything that he knew and then the apprentice killed him in his sleep. Anakin asks if it is possible to learn this power and Palpatine gives him the look like “I never thought you’d ask.” He says “Not from a Jedi.”
Okay, I gotta pause for a moment. That is one of the best scenes in Star Wars history and was acted brilliantly by both men, especially Palpatine, but Anakin played it perfectly too. We knew that there would be a reason that would push Anakin. But there had to be a reason and an offer that was too tempting. This delivers and makes all the sense in the world.
Oh, there are some Wookies. There’s Chewie. Anakin wants the assignment but they want a master instead, so it is Obi’s assignment. So many Wookie warriors. I’m excited. They are being invaded by the water on the coast. Anakin apologizes to Obi about how he has been acting, and Obi is proud of him. He suggests that Anakin continue to be patient and soon, he will be a Jedi Master. And Obi leaves and Anakin has this fake sincerity about him. Obi is gonna do some flying mission, so that pleases me.
Anakin has visions of Obi trying to help and encourage Padme. Padme visits Anakin and she is showing. Some time has passed. Anakin wants more power. He tells her that he has found a way to save her from his nightmares.
I think Obi is now at Utapau. You know, with all of these different places, it wouldn’t kill them to show the name of the place in the bottom corner. Even before my memory problems keeping track of this stuff was problematic. Obi asks for fuel and to use this city as a place to look for Grievous. The leader tells Obi that Grievous is here and watching them. On the tenth level, there are thousands of battle droids. Obi suggests that the people seek shelter and if they have warriors, now would be the time. It feels like a damn trap to me. Obi sends R2 back to the main ship while he remains behind.
Obi is on some large beast. Grievous is sending Viceroy to Mustafar. It is a volcanic planet. Viceroy doesn’t feel safe now that Dooku is dead and doesn’t trust in Grievous’ abilities. Obi disrupts this meeting. That is just asking for problems. Obi kills 4 droids and now wants to take ob Grievous who can wield 4 lightsabers. He has 2 blues and 2 greens. I feel like orange and yellow need to be represented at some point. Grievous is down 2 lightsabers and then Obi’s help arrives. I just can’t take Grievous seriously. He escapes on a vehicle so Obi whistles for his beast.
Mace tells Anakin to give Palpatine the news about Obis attack. He sense a plot to bring down the council and how the dark side surrounds the chancellor. So why in the blue hell are you allowing this kid who supposedly will change the balance of power anywhere near Palpatine? I cannot even think of an apt analogy. I’ll try a sports one. Imagine the year before free agency, a young Michael Jordan is injured. Imagine the Bulls saying, you should go hang out with the Boston Celtics this year and train and get insight on how they do things. Then free agency comes and Jordan switches teams and joins the Celtics because they have a winning culture. Do you blame Jordan? Do you blame the Celtics? No, you’d blame the Bulls. Fucking common sense! Mace says that Jedi will have to take over the Senate if Palpatine won’t give up his power after Grievous is defeated. I don’t feel like I am overreacting to how dumb they are being in this situation.
Anakin delivers the message to Palpatine. Palpatine hopes that Obi is up to the challenge. Palpatine asks why Anakin wasn’t more involved and Anakin feels left out. Palpatine says that the Council is lying to him and don’t trust him. He wants to help Anakin learn more about the force. How does Palpatine know about the Force? Good fucking question. Well, Palpatine’s master taught him. Palpatine makes a great point that if one is to truly study the Force, one should know all aspects of it, not just the narrow perspective of the Jedi. Damit, Palpatine is good. Palpatine reminds Anakin that if he learns the power of the Dark Side, Anakin will be able to save his wife’s life. Anakin gets pissy about that and pulls out his lightsaber. Palpatine knows that he has him right where he wants him. Anakin wants to kill Palpatine and he likes that. Anakin says that he is going to turn Palpatine over to the Jedi council. Palpatine is like, well you could do that or you could side with me and save Padme.
Grievous is still trying to escape but Obi catches up. This scene is admittedly silly. They wrestle themselves off the vehicle. Obi-Wan has the upper hand momentarily. The fight is on. Grievous has a heart or some organ in his chest. Typical human, always assuming it to be a heart. Obi shoots Grievous in the chest multiple times and appears to have killed Grievous.
Anakin talks to Mace. He tells him about Palpatine being a Sith Lord. Mace says that he will take care of this and tells Anakin to stay out of this since Anakin has a lot of confusion. Right there, I think that was the proverbial straw. In that moment, if Mace tells Anakin that he really could use his help and make him feel appreciated, is that just enough to keep Anakin from going cray cray? I truly don’t know. I think it guilts Anakin to stay on the Jedi side, even at the risk of losing Padme. I think that would have been enough. But Mace wanted to go the safe route.
Anakin is in the Council chambers and he thinks about losing Padme. Anakin cries and knows what he must do. He gets a ship. Mace and 3 other Jedi’s approach Palpatine and place him under arrest. Palpatine takes out the red lightsaber and quickly dispatches the 3 Jedi. Like, they put up no fight whatsoever. Now we get the big fight. Are you cheering for Palpatine because of inevitability, or are you still cheering on Mace despite his bad decisions? In the theater, I admit, I still all in on Mace. I love Samuel L and his purple lightsaber. I wish I had grape soda.
There’s nothing fancy initially aside from a corkscrew jumping attack at the very beginning by Palpatine. Smart not to go crazy too quickly. Now we get some flips. The window is broken and they are on the window ledge. Mace has the upper hand and kicks the lightsaber out of Palpatine’s hand and Anakin arrives. Palpatine knew that he had to wait for this moment to make his prophecy sound accurate. Mace says that the Sith will die and Palpatine goes into fucking rage mode. Here comes the force lightning. YES! Palpatine reminds Anakin that he can save Padme. Palpatine loses his lightning. Anakin says that Palpatine should stand trial. Mace is like, hell no. Mace goes to strike Palpatine down and Anakin slices off Mace’s hand and Palpatine unleashed lightning hell and kills Mace. Anakin immediately questions what he has done. Palpatine tells him that he is fulfilling his prophecy. Anakin accepts. Palpatine says “gooooood”. The best part is that Palpatine doesn’t even know how to save Padme’s life and Anakin is still on board. “Goooooood”. Henceforth Anakin shall be known as Darth Vader, and cue to Imperial March. Yoda senses it.
Palpatine says that once the Jedi knows what has happened, they will be killed along with all of the senators and Vader just goes on agreeing without rhyme or reason. Palpatine says that all Jedi are an enemy of the Republic and if they aren’t destroyed, there will be a civil war. So Palpatine instructs Anakin to go to the Jedi Temple. Wait, this can’t be good. There are kids there! “Show no mercy.” Why not just ask him to sweep the leg while you’re at it? Palpatine orders him to kill everybody at the Temple, then go to Mustafar and kill Viceroy Gunray. That’s his name…..Gunray? Viceroy sounds much better. Then once the SIth is in control, they will have peace. At this point, the movie has absolutely lost me on a logical scale, but that is a rant for after the film. I have so much to critique.
Anakin leads an army to the Temple.
Obi now is back in control of his beast. Commander Cody meets with Obi and gives him a lightsaber. Palpatine contacts Cody and tells him to execute Order 66. That is the order to take out Obi. The Jedi with the tall grey head is the surprised by his army turning on him He gets got. Then another Jedi taken out. Yoda can sense it. ANother Jedi is taken out in a fightership. Then another on speeder. All the Jedi are just getting fucked from behind with no lube. Then this guy goes after Yoda and that shit wasn’t happening. Yoda decapitated those fools. Chewie approves.
At the Jedi Temple, it is just an absolute massacre. Anakin approaches the kid’s room. The kids ask him what to do. He kills all 7 of the kids. At this point, I admit to mentally checking out in the theater. I know I watched the remainder of it, I know I comprehended it, but I wasn’t fully there. C3PO checks on Padme. She knows that things have gone awry.
Senator Organa (Jimmy Smits) shows up and asks the troops what is happening and they inform him that there’s been a rebellion. They tell him to leave…at gunpoint. One kid comes to the rescue but is taken out and Organa does all he can to escape. Obi is climbing.
Almost all of the Wookies are dead except Chewie and Tarfful. Yoda must escape in his little escape pod and says he will miss them. Organa is trying to contact any Jedi to keep them alive. The troopers can’t find Obi, but they assume that nobody could have survived that fall. Dude, are you serious? Obi makes it back to his ship. Kenobi gets in contact with Organa. He tells him that Yoda escaped.
Anakin checks on Padme and tells her that the Jedi tried to overthrow the Republic. Really, that’s what you’re going with? At least C3PO and R2 are reunited. Padme calls bullshit. She asks Anakin what he’s gonna do and he says that his loyalties lie with Palpatine and her. Regarding Obi-Wan, it depends on where his loyalties lie. Anakin is going to Mustafar to end this war. C3PO bids adieu to his little buddy.
Yoda, Obi, and Organa are together in a ship. They got a message from the Temple to return.
Mustafa looks like Hell. So much lava. Palpatine assures Viceroy that when his new apprentice arrives, he will take care of Viceroy. That seems legit. Palpatine is requesting Organa’s presence. Organa will go so that Yoda and Obi can get to the Temple.
Anakin shows up to Mustafar. R2 is a bit worried. Viceroy welcomes Vader and Vader closes all the doors. Yoda and Obi take out all the troopers at the Temple. Palpatine tells the Senate that the Jedi takeover plot has been foiled. Palpatine is gonna hunt down the remaining Jedi and Organa and Padme look on in concern.
Yoda recognizes that the younglings and padawans were taken out by a lightsaber, not troopers. Anakin is fucking shit up and killing everyone in the room. Palpatine gives a rousing speech. Palpatine says that the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire. That sounds very reasonable. A way to unite everyone. It will be a safe and secure society. Good job Jar Jar. And Padme now realizes it. Finally, Viceroy gets got.
Yoda warns Obi to not look at the security tapes, but Obi insists. Obi would rather fight Palpatine and not Anakin. Yoda tells him that he is not strong enough to take on Lord Sidious. I would agree with that. Yoda insists that Obi take on Vader.
Obi asks Padme for info and reveals to her that Anakin turned to the Dark Side. She’s in denial. Obi reveals the full story. She still won’t believe him. Padme realizes that Obi seeks to kill Anakin and she can’t betray Anakin. Obi knows that Anakin is the father and then says that he is so sorry. Nice mic drop moment.
Anakin is still crying. I would like to hear Godsmack’s “Cry Like A Bitch” right now. Good song. I once made that my ringtone for one of my staff when working at the ARC. The guy was…well he was a little bitch.
Padme and C3PO are getting on a ship now. Obi is stowing away on it without her knowledge. I like how Anakin is such a little obedient bitch now. All droid units are to be shut down immediately. Padme has landed and there’s Anakin. She tells him what Obi told her, and she tells him that Obi just wants to help. She just wants Anakin’s love, and he says that his powers will save her. She doesn’t want that. She just wants her man. Anakin is like, no need to run away. He claims that he is more powerful than Palpatine and overthrow him. Hahaha. Padme is having her moment of realization and this is pissing off Anakin. She can’t follow him down his path. He calls her a liar when she tells him that she loves him. He claims that Obi is with her to kill him. There’s the force choke on Padme. Nice.
In the whiniest voice possible Anakin lets go of Padme and says “You turned her against me.” There’s the whiny Episode II Anakin that we’ve been missing. Obi is being reasonable and Anakin is just whiny and power hungry. He has a bit of little man complex. The best part is that Anakin believes his own bullshit. Anakin doesn’t want to fight, but if Obi isn’t with him, then he’s against him. The NWO used to say that in WCW. Anakin clearly was a fan. He’s wearing black now. He’s paranoid. Oh yeah, now they fight.
Yoda approaches Palpatine in his office. This is the more intriguing fight, at least to me. Palpatine unleashes the lightinng. Obi and Anaki are gonna do their thing for a while. Palpatine gloats and Yoda ain’t having it. Palpatine says that Vader will become more powerful than both of them. Yoda is such a delight. Anakin and Obi do some old fashioned fighting for a bit. Yod and Palpatine end up in the middle of the Senate going crazy. Obi and Anakin are taking the fight outside in Volcano land. Palpatine is now hurling Senate pods at Yoda. The old guys are killing it in their fight. Palpatine is laughing, even when he’s losing. I respect that.
I want to like this fight with Obi and Anakin more than I do. Yoda contacts Organa to come track him. Palpatine senses Vader is in danger. See, in an alternate world, I would have really enjoyed seeing Palpatine and Anakin taking on Yoda and Obi at the same place. I can see the negatives of that, but I still want to see it.
This place is just melting away. The set-piece is cool, but also lacking in some ways. Yoda tells Organa that he must go into exile because he has failed. I imagine in Lucas’ mind, this fight with Obi would look cooler. Obi tells Anakin that he is lost, but they ar least shared their viewpoints. Obi flips onto some rocks and has the high ground. Anakin thinks that Obi is underestimating him again. Anakin jumps and loses both of his legs. Obi thaengives him the business about being the chosen one. Anakin is all whiny again, surprisingly. Anakin is getting set ablaze by the lava. He is bald. Terrible look. I hate bald people. Obi walks away.
Obi and R2 find C3PO and Padme on the ship. Padme doesn’t look good. She’s worried about Anakin’s safety. They fly away. Anakin is still crawling up the rocks and he is found by Palpatine. Palpatine watches over his fallen apprentice.
Organa tells Yoda that Obi has made contact. They bring Padme into the medical center. Palpatine has Anakin on a sled. Padme is healthy but they are still losing her. She has lost the will to live. They need to operate to save the twins. So both Padme and Anakin are getting operated on simultaneously. The first baby is Luke and the second baby is obviously Leia. They fix up Vader and lower his helmet onto him. This moment is pretty cool. Padme says that she knows that there is still good in Anakin and then she dies. Vader rises. Palpatine checks on Vader. Vader asks if Padme is safe. Palpatine reveals that Vader killed her. Vader erupts in anger. “Nooooo!” Palpatine smiles at Vader’s pain.
Yoda, Obi, and Organa decide to split up the twins. Organa will take the girl. Yoda suggests sending him to Tatooine to his family. Obi will watch other him. And then they all must disappear until the time is right. Yoda has some training for Obi while he is in solitude. A path to immortality. Qui-Gon has returned from the netherworld of the Force, and he will teach him. Organa has the droids cared for and will have the protocol droid’s mind wiped, that would be C3PO. R2 laughs.
Padme has a very big funeral. Jar Jar ad Boss Nass are there among others. Vader and Palpatine look at the construction of the Death Star. Organa and his wife look happy with Leia in their care. Obi-Wan visits Beru and hands-off Luke. Owen is there too and Obi-Wan wanders off. Owen and Beru both look content and optimistic.
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No matter how you look at it, this film had a lot of things that it had to do to fit the original trilogy. Not everything was going to be perfect. I think it got things right more often than not.
Really, they got most of this right. The last 15 minutes were pretty much perfect and what you would expect. I can’t complain because they couldn’t do much differently. But they also didn’t try to change things. Sometimes simply doing the expected thing is the right thing. I was really happy to see Jimmy Smits have a bigger role in this one. I felt like Padme did what you’d expect a female character in this film to do. The Yoda and Palpatine fight was fun as hell. When everything started going to hell, I thought that they filmed it at just the right speed so it seemed all so sudden. Initially, I wanted it to go a bit slower, but this speed made more sense.
I felt that Hayden grew as a performer between Episode II and III. He gets a lot of shit, but I feel that has more to do with how his character was written or perhaps how he was directed. He definitely improved. Ian McDiarmid, who played Palpatine, put on an excellent performance and should be commended. Sometimes it felt like people were going through the motions and he was killing it.
I need to address 3 things that really bothered me about the film. 3 is a small number compared to the previous 2 films. First, I hated how Mace Windu went out. I was so mad after watching the movie. We walked out of the theater surrounded by people chatting. Bob and I remained silent. We don’t speak until we get in his car. He then asks me what I thought. And I paused and I let it out. I liked it but Mace went out like a bitch. And the bigger problem is that he deserved it based on how dumb his character was. And it really upset me. And he said that was his biggest gripe too. Fast forward 16 years and it is no longer my biggest gripe, but at the time, I was pissed.
Secondly, I just couldn’t get into the Obi-Wan vs Anakin fight at the end. And I know that they tried hard. It made sense for it to be fiery. It really did. But it was distracting and I felt that it lacked much originality. I may be nitpicking, but I have never been that excited when watching that showdown, which is probably 5 times now. I acknowledge the effort, but I wasn’t Kentertained.
Thirdly, and you know where I’m going here, is how quickly Anakin turned to the Dark Side and how stupid it was. The whole, hey Anakin, I can teach you how to save Padme. Okay, well you and I can learn together how to do it. And Anakin doesn’t question it. And while he is pissed about Padme’s death, he didn’t do anything. He just let out a stupid Nooooo and moved on. The whole point of this film was Padme’s pending death was making Anakin choose between his wife and his life. AND he also had no issues slicing up the kids. Are you fucking kidding me? At that point, even after betraying Mace, I would have said no to cutting up kids. Maybe I’m crazy, but that’s my line in the sand. I would have said fine, we carry out your plan but we keep the kids as prisoners or move them elsewhere. But nah, Anakin just gave in. And in some ways, it ruined my perception of Darth Vader. I really wish that they hadn’t done that. I know, I care about these 7 kids more than a whole planet that he blows up, but there’s a principle to it that early in his transformation and it matters.
This may still be my fourth favorite Star Wars Episode. I really enjoyed Episode VII and I think these 2 films will cause a lot of inner debate in my mind. Both have their pro’s and con’s, which I will cover more extensively when I get to it. Every other film clearly has a pecking order in my mind except III and VII.
Final Rating – 7.8 – The beginning 24 minutes and the final 30 minutes or so are really good. Palpatine’s interactions with Anakin are great. I wanted to give this an 8. But those 3 problems that I have really do make a noticeable impact. Plus, a 7.8 is really high on my list. Some may have it rated lower, but I am basing it on numerous factors, including my enjoyment level.
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