Movie review – “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith” (2005) ***1/2

I would classify this as the third best in the six movies, better than Jedi because of its powerful finale when the sh_t goes down: Anakin goes evil and kills Samuel L Jackson then all the young Jedi (but stop saying “younglings”), the Jedi are wiped out, democracy ends, Obi Wan has to kill (or nearly kill) his apprentice. It is great stuff, even if Hayden Christensen’s acting remains crappy, Natalie Portman is rendered a wimpering cipher (watch the thing that covers her up when she gives birth – there are no vaginas in space). Ian McDairmind is very good, Christopher Lee probably should have been killed off in the previous film and the gimmick of Yoda fighting is a bit tired second time round.