Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.

"This is how liberty dies - to the sound of applause." - Padmé Amidala, when Palpatine rises Emperor.

Exactly six years after Episode I the new trilogy has concluded. From 19th May 1999 to 19th May 2005 has passed a lot, and, since they saw it, fans of the classic films has been furious. I just disappointed. The new films, one after another did not fulfil their expectations. Not without reason, these new films cannot be compared with the others, although I enjoy them too much. I am not that kind of fan that stabs himself with a “lightsaber", because of the pain these new films produce to them. But with this last one, Lucas has changed tendency.

Last Friday, lightsaber in hand, we went to see it. Our fears soon were dissipated, the film before us could be called with pride a film from the Star Wars saga. Finally I felt "the force". And I almost cry, but don’t take it seriously, actually I cry for anything. Result, we all left the cinema happy.

It is possible that what I’m going to say can (surely) reveal something from the film, so pay attention to this spoiler warning and stop reading if you haven’t watched the film yet. Let it surprise you at the cinema.

The beginning is spectacular. What a destroyer. Image 10, Sound 10. Into a titanic battle, Obi-Wan and Anakin goes in a mission to rescue the chancellor. R2D2 has a great main action in this part with some unforgettable moments. We notice the things in a different way, everything looked better, nothing like the other two films. Now we can say that Obi-Wan is a true Jedi master. Anakin is no longer a stupid. And the hilarious scenes are made in the old style. What laughter when they were trapped in an energy field and Anakin said that R2 will come and will rescue them and he does not finish the phrase when the robot appears running away, as fast as possible, from a pair of Droidekas, whistling it’s characteristic sound. R2 charisma 10!

It was a pity that General Grievous passed without any remarkable part in the film, all the day coughing and soon defeated by Obi-Wan. In the cartoons we could see how terrible was and how he kill many Jedis without any help, although this shows how good Obi-Wan is. By the way, I do not like anything the sound of the reptile-chicken Obi-Wan mounted, if he wanted to remain hidden, with such noise, how it could be possible.

Anakin’s falling to the dark side seemed very natural. It can be understood clearly why he made that decisions although he knew that they were wrong. Freaks, like I, that have watched The Clone Wars, will recognize what Anakin saw in that hallucination in the cave. The power that he tried to use for good finished killing those he wanted to protect and in the end destroying him.

Finally the love between Anakin and Padmé exists beyond the script. Now it’s believable. I loved the videoclip while Anakin waits at the Jedi council room and Padmé in her home. What good expressed the doubts and the fears of the protagonists were.

From that point in the history things became terrible. Anakin protected Palpatine taking part in the death of Windu, somewhat strange scene. If Palpatine was frying himself, with rays, why he didn’t stop. We have seen better masks, the one of the chancellor looked to synthetic. But in addition Windu dies because he was idiot. If he didn’t trust Anakin why he gave an option to be killed. Well, Jedis makes mistakes.

Darth Sidius gave his new name, Darth Vader, to Anakin. He ordered to kill all the Jedis and raised emperor. The words from Padmé, which I have used at the head of this article, were really memorable.

The slaughter at the Jedi temple still hurts me. Poor children. Bastard, Anakin, it is not strange that you, you are scum. Darth Sidius demands more of him and he sends him to execute the treason against his allies giving them what they deserved. Anakin is now forged as an assassin.

From the Jedi slaughter, just Obi-Wan and Yoda escaped. A curious detail was the similarity between the goodbye scene of Yoda to the wookies and the end of E.T. Finally they discovered what has happened and Obi-Wan must fulfil his duty as Jedi knight.

The battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan is very good, although there is something "weak" to me. How important was the tactical difference of Obi-Wan being on top of a rock. Anakin is a Jedi, isn’t he? Then use the force. But hey, Obi-Wan’s words here are really moving, look me I am a crybaby. "You were the chosen one."

To be soft, Darth Vader, that guy with the black helmet, didn’t liked to me at all. Crying like a baby for Padmé, and shouting that "Noooooo" Although crushing the laboratory was a success. Perhaps the spanish voice actor (I watched the film in spanish) didn’t fit well in that part.

There are more things I could say, and these are just some that I have remembered. But I’m exhausted and this post is getting to large. When I think about this film, despite the amount of failures or things that I have not liked, I’m fascinated that, globally, I really liked it.

The force was with us.