Disclaimer: Contains spoilers!
Plot Summary: Amidst the Clone War, Anakin Skywalker seeks to save his wife and unborn children only to turn to the darkside and give rise to the galactic Empire.
Review: This is definitely the best of the prequel trilogy, but while I love many moments from this film, there are many I hate. The good: the action is amped up and fastpaced. There are so many great lightsaber duels it's fantastic; I also love me some clone on battledroid action! The visuals and music are great as usual with this franchise. There are some touching moments like when the jedi are being executed or when we see some beloved characters die. And while the story is still inferior to the original trilogy, it is a vast improvement over the last two installments. With that said, I must address the biggest weakness in both this film and the prequels: Anakin's transition to the darkside. I would have rated this film so much higher had his turn been better planned and more evil. While I understand the approach that Lucas wanted him to be tragic...in a hope to save Padme he ended up killing her, but it just doesn't cut it. Why would he believe some lame story by Palpatine, especially knowing that, behind the scenes, he was who they've been fighting all these years? In fact, Padme has been put in danger by Palpatine technically so come on Anny! And even if we are led to believe he would turn against the jedi just for the "hope" of helping Padme, would he really start to kill the younglings? I wanted an Anakin so arrogant with his powers he felt he could destroy the jedi single handedly. Have him corrupted, not even caring about Padme, make him Vader! Instead we get an emo bitch boy screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Other than this huge annoyance, most of the lame dialogue and cheesy scenes can be forgiven. I did also lower points for Jar Jar not being killed; that's just not forgivable Lucas. At the end of the day, this movie is the high point of the prequel trilogy and showed some good ideas. I wish they would have done things more refined, but it was nice to have closure to the series after waiting nearly 30 years.
Notable Moment: The lightsaber duel between Yoda and Palpatine in the senate chamber is both epic and one of the highlights of the entire franchise.
Final Rating: 7/10
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