So far Episode III has earned a 93% on the Rottentomatoes.com, which is one hell of a rating by any standards.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/
Try as I might, I just can't help geeking-out about this movie. IMO, the Phantom Menace was a disappointment, but a necessary plot build-up for the eventual turn of the Republic into the Empire.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Clone Wars as Ewan McGregor played a great young Alec Guiness in his developing portrayal of Obi-Wan and even the guy who played Anakin (I suck at names) was pretty good considering the pathetic dialogue he was given. (At this point I just write off the dialogue completely in a Lucas writen movie, as Lucas should have employed Lawrence Kasdan as a screenwriter again as he did for "Empire" and "Jedi") Lucas also seemed to knock off a lot of directorial rust in Clone Wars too, as his camera work and us of CG are much better in Episode 2.
And now the tomato meter has me giddy in anticipation of Revenge of the Sith. Hell, as long as they give me plenty of lightsabers flying around and don't screw up the the unscrew-upable, namely the transformation of Vader and the formation of the Empire, I'll be happy.
Quote:
How Not to Screw-Up Episode 3
by George Lucas
1) Anakin gets so evil and brutal that he makes Joseph Stalin look like Mother Theresa.
2) Kill a whole lot of people... I mean a whole lot... with, like, limbs and heads flying everywhere and stuff.
PS - Consider having Palpatine sear Mace Windu's butt-hole shut with his lightsaber, just to send the whole "evil" thing home to the audience.
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Oh yeah, and Ian McDiarmit is also supposed to be amazing as Emporer Palpatine/Darth Sidious in this one, too.