The final prequel to be released holds no real surprises, the fate of Anakin Skywalker has been pretty well documented. For all those who live on another planet, he's the bad guy.
As I've already said in the past, I think this chapter in Skywalkers history should've been covered already. Thankfully Hayden Christensen isn't half as bad as he was in Episode II, unfortunately he's still twice as bad as I'd have liked. The character has evolved enough in this episode to be acceptable, but frankly I'm not concerned with Anakin Skywalker. The less said about Anakin the better, just show how he becomes Vader and concentrate on the good stuff!
As with the two other prequels the action scenes are great, it's the depiction of Anakins struggle with his darkside which is overplayed and once again unneccessary. Fortunately Anakin goes bad pretty quickly in this film, even before his full transformation into Darth Vader he's quite a nasty rascal.
The plot continues around the galactic war nurtured by the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, and reaches it's conclusion with the treacherous betrayal of the Jedis
and the seperatist movement, which creates the evil Empire. Throughout all the prequels small changes are made to the whole look of the films, leading to the familiar appearance of the imperial rule.
More old favourites are introduced, including Chewbacca on the Wookie homeworld. The betrayal of the Jedi and their extermination is quite dramatic, and the final duel between master and apprentice, Obi-Wan and Vader, is visually superb. We at last get to see exactly why Vader wears that iconic suit.
This episode finally sets the scene for the original movies, the Republic is destroyed, the Empire created and all the characters are put in place. There is even an explanation given for Obi-Wan and Yodas future ghost-like abilities.
There is scope for more though, and the rumoured TV show set between this film and Episode IV will hopefully show the beginning of the Rebel Alliance and have a closer resemblence to the original three films.
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