100/100

It's all so tragic, isn't it? "War!", the opening crawl proclaims, but Lucas captures battles in multiple spaces besides the physical, evoking primal feelings through ancient tragedy and the void of conflicting ideologies haunted by personal agenda. While the conclusion of Attack of the Clones - highlighted by a smash cut from the early Empire to Anakin and Padme's secret wedding - sings to where our heart lies, Revenge of the Sith orchestrates a symphony of broken, corrupt civilization and shattered relationships around a protagonist who we cannot help. His arc - the inevitable shift into Darth Vader - is set in stone, a myth passed down by the fans of its creator, but it isn't celebratory or portrayed…

Spellbinding, bursting with operatic emotion, and fully deserving of the Star Wars title; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is a fantastical masterpiece that weaves both a layered story with incredible set-pieces. To say that its underrated is a massive understatement.

Finally coming up with material that is both influential and important to the Star Wars universe; George Lucas tells Anakin's descent into utter despair as if his reputation depended on it. Oh wait, his reputation DID depend on it. If this wasn't anything less than satisfactory, fans would have flipped their shit, and even though this installment was mostly liked by many; It still got panned by many fans. I just don't understand them sometimes.

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A familiar story of how democracies crumble and evil ends up winning - but civilization doesn't crumble, instead it transitions from Republic to Empire. It remains a democracy.

Lots to go on about here in this film, but look at how Lucas crosscuts through the entire film (usually he saves crosscutting for the final third) between Anakin's emotional narrative/journey and the more conceptual political discourse. The goal here, is for us to understand the political dynamics of this world and how it collapses, while reacting to it on an emotional level. We don't view the politics objectively but rather have emotional consequences as a viewer because of the responding narrative. Therefore, when we see Padme's funeral, we realize it is…

Some musings:

- Who else rated this film higher than they should have because 'it was the least shitty of the prequels'?

- Don't you wish the entire film had been as cool and brutal as that final battle between that guy from Trainspotting and Whiney Vader?

- Speaking of that final scene: very appropriate for a kids movie, Mr. Lucas!!

- Go here and answer me this: Why does Yoda look like a peacock in the background picture?

- And how come Yoda didn't sense any of this evil plot the Sith (Siths? Sithsess? Sithsis?) are brewing? He seems to be able to sense farts before they fly, so why not this?

- Christopher Lee. Why?

- Do you…