Nerds That Geek Movie Review - 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'

Written by Shae Rufe

Revenge of the Sith brought a whole new darker tone to the beginning of the series. Having started off kind of weak, we did get a bit of a stronger ending to the prequel trilogy. Of course, who could forget the iconic moment where Anakin finally becomes Vader? I'm still questioning how we went from madly in love with Padmé to slaughtering baby Jedi, but...this is the same franchise that thought Jar Jar was acceptable.

The darker themes in this film played more to that of my favorite original movie, The Empire Strikes Back. This film is filled with betrayal, crazy political moves, and really epic lightsaber battles. Which, seriously, Samuel L Jackson with a purple lightsaber? Still my favorite thing ever. Until he gets killed by Anakin that is. Which, okay, let's take another moment here. 

Say you're the Jedi. And there's literally a lot of you. The Sith always just have two, right? But there is this kid out there who will bring balance to the Force.....I'm not saying I'm really good at math, but a ton of you vs. two of them? I'd say forget the balance, get rid of the kid and go deal with the Sith. Then again, years later, I am still violently upset about what that bastard did to all those Jedi kids! Not cool!

On the subject of not cool, let's talk about Padmé's death scene in general. At least she lived long enough to name her little munchkins. There are debates about that scene and there have been many who speculate that the Emperor steals her life energy to give to our new Darth Vader. But, either way, it was a strange ending to her life, and really...she deserved way better than that.

Having the chance to see this film in theaters was a mix between awesome and strange. Easily it was the strongest of the prequels, since it plays a pivotal role in telling the story. Better yet, knowing just how we got to where we begin with Rogue One and Episode IV  and I guess... Solo​, is a nice way to wrap everything up when all is said and done. Still, it was the end of the franchise at the time, or so we thought.....

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