Saturday, June 25, 2005

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Wow!

Today I saw the final installment of Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Despite the brief non-speaking appearance of my least favourite character in all of cinema (Jar Jar Binks) I thought it was brilliant in the way it ties up all the loose ends and brings us full circle to the original movie. It's an impressive achievement for George Lucas to have imagined such an epic story to begin with and to have stayed true to his original vision over a period of nearly 30 years.

I was less than convinced by Hayden Christensen in Episode II. He seemed more the sullen teenager than someone who could become the evil and all powerful Darth Vader. In this movie he showed a great deal more depth and his manipulation by the evil Chancellor Palpatine and seduction by the dark side was completely believable.

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