"so this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." shit, this rules. the grimmest, fullest, most cogent and expressive realization of lucas' anti-war sentiments (a president starts a war with a rebel group he funded to trick the population and consolidate more power? sure hope that never happens) and interest in the tragedy of good people trapped in political institutions. the fatalistic plotting that on previous watches read to me as simple franchise mechanics play with far more dread and regret than i remembered and the pure open-wound, operatic mood of the final hour—the apocalyptic anguish and heartache of mustafar in particular but also the horror gestures that lace anakin's paranoia/wielding of political power—is easily his finest achievement as a director.

more like obi-wan canboneme

Anakin's character arc slaughters me
& wondrously wild world-building too.

Ridiculously, ruthlessly & rivetingly
deserving of its recent reappraisal;
a masterwork of the highest order
(and no, I am not, in the slightest,
being hyperbolic and/or facetious).

My favorite Star Wars film of the
eight that have been released thus far.

you were my brother Anakin

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I loved you 
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the only ok prequel trilogy movie still not very good tho

Criminally underrated.

this entire movie is a comedic goldmine but every time i finish it i sob for a solid hour

It’s pretty good

Am I biased? Yes. Was it a defining moment in my life for my love of cinema? Yes. Did my brother not let me get up and pee so I didn’t miss Anakin becoming Darth Vader and therefore pee my pants in the last 20 minutes? Yes...

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

In preparation for Clone Wars S7, my favorite prequel film and one of my favorite SW films in general

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.

breathes in agony that is this film