Rate Revenge of the Sith *SPOILERS*

[Welverin]

JUDICIOUS use of Force jumps is a good thing. In excess, they complete kill lightsaber fights. I HATED the duel with Count Dooku because all he seemed to do was quadrupled backflip in place. BORING!

I don't mind the jumping and flipping about, what I do mind are the triple and quadruple flips, which are all over the prequels and look terribly cheesy.

Since when is R2 so mobile??? Aside from the rocket boosters, he seems to zip about with a speed and alacrity he never had in the other movies (even the other prequels).

As far as the original trilogy is concerned there are NINETEEN YEARS between Ep3 and Ep4. 18! That's plenty of time for major changes, including Vader's personality/disposition.

 

[drothgery]

I am shocked though, I thought you where a fairly big star wars fan, in the non-fanatical sense, and empire is listed as the 12 best movie ever made on IMDB.

Not really (and I've got to think Empire made the top 12 by monopolizing nostaligia and the geek vote). The only Star Wars that I've absolutely loved, and considered one of the finest examples of the medium, was the first Knights of the Old Republic game, which is the best RPG I've played on the current generation of consoles (Jade Empire may be better, but I haven't played it yet). KotOR 2 could have been better than KotOR, and for most of the game I thought it would be, but there was too much unresolved at the end. I've only read two novels, one of which was awful (can't remember what it was) and one which was pretty good (the first of the Admiral Thrawn trilogy), but both were read because I was bored and there wasn't anything else around that looked good. Played both KotOR games and a little bit of X-Wing. And I've got a lot of RPG stuff, but the RPG is more interesting than the movies, especially since AMG runs a pretty good PBP game.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Not really (and I've got to think Empire made the top 12 by monopolizing nostaligia and the geek vote).

That and firm critics love the film... Honest I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like the original movies.

Anyhow, I just got back from my second viewing and I think I liked it more this time then I did last time... It certainly deserves the nine from me that it got.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

That and firm critics love the film... Honest I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like the original movies.

They seem to be loving Sith, too. Yahoo's compilation of different critics from newspapers and such averages out around a B+ or so...maybe be a little higher, actually.

 

[Vocenoctum]

-- Anakin tallks about the Republic, then the Empire two sentences later (though he wasn't around for the ammouncement of the Galactic Empire).

The terms Empire and Republic were interchanged quite a bit towards the end, it was noticable to me and disconcerting.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

The terms Empire and Republic were interchanged quite a bit towards the end, it was noticable to me and disconcerting.

I'm simply chalking it up to similar thinking. Once Anakin fell to the Darkside he started thinking about overthrowing Palpatine and ruling himself. You'll note its a running theme among the Darths and among the movies

Palpatine killed his master in his sleep (one can only surmise that the story Palpatine told Anakin was about his own master), in order to take over. Darth simply started considering HIS eventual take over. The fact that both of them would want an Empire only makes sense.

Besides, its not too hard to consider that before Anakin left for Mustafar that off screen Sidieous told him he was going to save the republic from itself by raising himself to emperor.

Remember, in Ep 2, we already knew that the Republic would become the Empire. We knew this in Ep 4 when the Emperor, disbanded the senate. "The last vestigaes of the old republic are gone!" remember?

It fits, IMO.

 

[Psion]

Ah, if I heard it loud next to me I would have been pissed, too.

Normally that type of thing annoys the snot out of me, too.

But I gotta say, I couldn't restrain myself at some points. For example, when Anikan barks out "you're the sith lord!?" I couldn't help but audibly mutter "well, duh!"

 

[Vocenoctum]

I'm simply chalking it up to similar thinking. Once Anakin fell to the Darkside he started thinking about overthrowing Palpatine and ruling himself. You'll note its a running theme among the Darths and among the movies

Palpatine killed his master in his sleep (one can only surmise that the story Palpatine told Anakin was about his own master), in order to take over. Darth simply started considering HIS eventual take over. The fact that both of them would want an Empire only makes sense.

Besides, its not too hard to consider that before Anakin left for Mustafar that off screen Sidieous told him he was going to save the republic from itself by raising himself to emperor.

Any of that could be true, but it's not really referenced in the movie. Easiest explanation is just a slip of dialogue.

Remember, in Ep 2, we already knew that the Republic would become the Empire. We knew this in Ep 4 when the Emperor, disbanded the senate. "The last vestigaes of the old republic are gone!" remember?

I'm not sure how this has any bearing. I'm pretty sure Vader didn't watch Ep4, so couldn't draw on it for knowledge.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Any of that could be true, but it's not really referenced in the movie. Easiest explanation is just a slip of dialogue.

I think the easiest explanation would be that in a movie that had a number of scenes cut that it wasn’t looked upon as overly important to make sure that Palpatine and Vader talked about renaming it from the Republic to the Empire.

 

[Psion]

I couldn't stand Anakin in Episode I, and I really got annoyed with the angsty teen in episode II. Damn you Lucas for making me finally like the guy, right before you kill him off! (well, close enough)

Well, I don't exactly "like" him, but I can stand watching him as the brooding villain more than the whiny teen.

One thing, though. I had thought that lucas' intention was to cast him as a more "sympathetic" villain here. I just wasn't seeing it.