"Revenge of the Sith" is pretty good fun. After the shaky start of "The Phantom Menace" and the abysmal mess that was "Attack of the Clones", the third installment of the prequel trilogy finally comes along and gives us the story we had been hoping for all along: the origin of Darth Vader and the Empire.
Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Evan McGregor) are Jedi knights fighting in the Clone Wars, as a separatist movement attempts to secede from the Republic. Unbeknownst to them and the rest of the Jedi council, the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) is the puppet master, secretly conducting both sides of the war in his attempt to form his own Sith Empire. As Obi-Wan is sent on a mission to take down General Grievous (Matthew Wood), Anakin is tasked with spying on Palpatine and ensuring that he returns his emergency powers once the war is over.
"Revenge of the Sith" is still covered with a thick layer of prequel trilogy goofiness, but the story this time is much tighter-knit and focused, and we are actually shown a story that ties in perfectly with the original movies. Ian McDiarmid is extremely goofy and plays everything up, but he's also just really hilarious as the Emperor. The two lightsaber duels at the end go on for a bit long. I feel like this movie could have been cut at least half an hour shorter and it would have been an even faster and more fluid pace. The beginning battle above Coruscant sequence drags, as do some of the montages in the middle of the film.
Overall this is the best "Star Wars" prequel, and you could honestly probably skip the other two and not miss a thing; this one has all of the good bits in it. My only real major gripe with it is that the Darth Vader stuff happens way too quickly, it just feels really abrupt that Anakin is provoked into falling to the dark side as fast as he does in this one.
Watch this one if you're a "Star Wars" fan. As with the other prequel movies, it isn't completely necessary for your enjoyment of the franchise, but if you were to watch any film out of this trilogy, "Revenge of the Sith" would definitely be the one.
Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Evan McGregor) are Jedi knights fighting in the Clone Wars, as a separatist movement attempts to secede from the Republic. Unbeknownst to them and the rest of the Jedi council, the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) is the puppet master, secretly conducting both sides of the war in his attempt to form his own Sith Empire. As Obi-Wan is sent on a mission to take down General Grievous (Matthew Wood), Anakin is tasked with spying on Palpatine and ensuring that he returns his emergency powers once the war is over.
"Revenge of the Sith" is still covered with a thick layer of prequel trilogy goofiness, but the story this time is much tighter-knit and focused, and we are actually shown a story that ties in perfectly with the original movies. Ian McDiarmid is extremely goofy and plays everything up, but he's also just really hilarious as the Emperor. The two lightsaber duels at the end go on for a bit long. I feel like this movie could have been cut at least half an hour shorter and it would have been an even faster and more fluid pace. The beginning battle above Coruscant sequence drags, as do some of the montages in the middle of the film.
Overall this is the best "Star Wars" prequel, and you could honestly probably skip the other two and not miss a thing; this one has all of the good bits in it. My only real major gripe with it is that the Darth Vader stuff happens way too quickly, it just feels really abrupt that Anakin is provoked into falling to the dark side as fast as he does in this one.
Watch this one if you're a "Star Wars" fan. As with the other prequel movies, it isn't completely necessary for your enjoyment of the franchise, but if you were to watch any film out of this trilogy, "Revenge of the Sith" would definitely be the one.