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The new installment is certainly the best of the prequels and is probably a bit better than "Return of the Jedi", IMO. Anyway...
Highlights:
"Jar Jar" has ZERO dialogue, and zero story involvement.
Christiansen's acting as Anikin is slightly improved over the last installment.
A fairly good depiction of Anikin's seduction by the dark side & Palpatine.
Palpatine gets plenty of screen time, he helps hold the film together.
Anikin's transformation into the Vader we know at the end was pretty harrowing and well done.
A few nice nods to Episode 4, like the cameo of Peter Cushing's character, General Tarkin.
Lowlights:
An opening battle sequence so frenetic and video-gamey that you can't tell what the hell is going on half the time.
For some reason, in this episode, R2D2 is unbelievably agile - jumping and bouncing and flying. How the hell did he get to be such a slow, clumsy clunker in Ep 4?
Some of the most laughably bad diologue ever Ani: "You look so beautiful" Padme: "That's because you love me". Ani: No, it's because YOU love ME."
and Ani: "If you're not with me, you're my enemy!" (obvious,much?)
But overall, it's an enjoyable, but long, 2hr 26 min. movie.
Have fun!
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