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I’m a Stars Wars fan. Not die hard or hardcore or anything, but I would say a true fan. My screenname from 8th grade is from Star Wars, for those who didn’t know. I’ve seen episode I and episode II on opening day. Not at the midnight showings but early in the day. I remember seeing Episode I with Chris. Scare it was going to sell out, we both tickets a week in advance for a 3pm showing opening day. There was like 8 people in the theater and we practically memorized the ads we saw them so long. Then for Episode II, I got there like 2 hours ahead of time. I was 5th in line, ready to save seats for all my friends but my friend with the tickets didn’t get there in time so I lost my spot and we had poor seating but aside, it was Episode II. Today, Episode III came out. My office took half a day to see it opening day, first showing during the day time, I’m not hardcore enough for a mid-night showing like some of my other friends. I got a good seat but not with my cowokers since there weren’t enough seats with them. I could have sat near them but it wasn’t a good seat so I choose a better seat further away. I know where my true alliances lie . . . on with the review!

Overall, I liked it. I was able to connect with the characters. It was a little drawn out but the action was intense and through out. No spoilers here since we all know Anakin kills the Jedi and becomes Darth Vader. We all know Palpatine is Darth Sidious and we know that Padame dies giving birth to twins Luke and Leia. If you didn’t know that, now you do. I like this movie but I wished Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman would talk less or George would write better scripts. There were just way to many cheesy lines. There were also some cliche’ shots. It would have been better if they didn’t talk. Nevertheless, the emotion showed through. Anakin makes a great conversion to the dark side, slipping, slipping, slipping away. With his conversion, you see how dark and manipulative Palpatine is. Cleverly engineering the war and the fall of the Replublic, rise of the Empire, and the demise of the Jedi. He manipulates, twists, and lies to Anakin, using his evil powers of persuasion to warp him into the Dark Lord Vader. I couldn’t help but despise him and his evil ways. I liked how both Palpatine and Anakin kept transforming, becoming darker and darker as they crept more and more to the dark side and their truth self showed. You feel the pain and betrayl Anakin causes Obi-wan and Padame. One thing I didn’t like was the attitude of the Jedi and the Counsel. They were just so clueless! Couldn’t Yoda and Windu sensed more? Honestly, if there are all light Jedi’s, don’t you think ‘balance of the force’ would be to increase the dark? or lessen the light? How blind and foolish! I really liked when the Emperor called Yoda blinded by his arrogance. The Jedi were clueless, very un-Jedi-like. I wished they added more references like this to give a reason why the Jedi couldn’t see this coming.

I did like how this parallels life. Often times sin and evil creeps up on us. It warps the way we see things, what we believe. Anakins was warped into thinging the Jedis were traitors and what he believed was a lie. The dark side came slowly and preying on what he loved. It turned his desire for himself and his pride, not others and what’s right according to the Jedi Code. How sin corrupts us, entering when we let our guard down and compromise our ways. We listen to lies that tell us what we want to hear instead of the truth. Oh how the dark side corrupts! This movie showed the power of the dark side and it’s absolute power to corrupt those who crave absolute power. This was definately the Dark Side’s day of triumpth. It’s a good thing there’s ‘A New Hope’ for the galaxy and us.

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