Review of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) by Jacob B — 24 Dec 2017

Using the PG-13 rating to its advantage, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the best Star Wars prequel to date...unless you include Rogue One. It's still occasionally uneven and still can't match up to the cultural phenomenon that was the original trilogy but it still manages to remain dark, action-packed and visually dazzling.

The visual effects look amazing here, some of the best effects in the entire Star Wars franchise, not that the ones in The Force Awakens are bad or anything. As I said earlier, the film is darker as it deals with a good man who becomes corrupted by the dark side thanks to a prophetic vision/dream.

George Lucas does a good job of explaining how Vader came to be with the execution providing a suitable explanation for a certain plot twist in The Empire Strikes Back. In this film, Anakin finally grows up following all those tantrums Hayden Christensen threw back in Attack of the Clones.

The action sequences are engaging, it feels poignant and yet, although I knew what was going to happen as the fact that this is a prequel would suggest, I still hoped that the good guys would win. To provide a summarized version of this review, Revenge of the Sith provides a dark, poignant, visually dazzling, action-packed and surprisingly satisfying conclusion to the prequel trilogy.