Saturday, May 21, 2005

Rooting for the Sith

Well, finally George Lucas got it right.

After two rather mediocre films, with such asinine dialogue, George Lucas delivered a finale worthy of his original 1977 - 1983 saga.

Granted, that there were some rather cheesy lines (Anakin, you're breaking my heart) the action more then compensated for it. The purge of the Jedi order kind of reminded you of those that occurred during the 1930's in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, and the fall of Anakin Skywalker was slightly classic, despite the motivation leading to it seemed a little stilted.

Loose ends were tied up, and we all know that the baby boy left with his step uncle and aunt in Tatooine would one day bring back the good to his father, proving that he still had a soul, and thus fulfilled the prophecy that he would be the one to bring balance to the force, i.e. eliminate the Sith. We saw some characters who would play some roles in the original series, although briefly (Bail Antilles, Grand Moff Tarkin, Chewbacca) and we are treated to probably the best light saber fight since the battle Luke fought with his father in Return of the Jedi.

And like, yeah, as if Christopher Lee can jump that high and do acrobatics like that. Overall, "Revenge of the Sith" can be said to be "Revenge of the George". Thank you Mr. Lucas, you can make your small quirky movies now.

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