Well, finally got to see Revenge of the Sith this afternoon. One by one everyone around me was seeing it while I was busy, I was beginning to think I’d end up going to the cinema on my own to see it! Fortunately, David hadn’t seen it yet, so we went to the Vue cinema in Staines with the hope that George would adequately fill in the gaps between the prequels and the original series. To be honest, my expectations weren’t high after the first two prequels, although everyone who had seen the third one said it was good, even the ones who didn’t have that much interest in it.

As the closing frames of the deathstar loomed, I felt everything had fallen into place. Whilst Star Wars was an epic series of films, the story was not quite Shakespeare, so in its context, Episode III was a good film. To its credit, even though you knew what was eventually going to happen, sometimes what happened didn’t happen quite as expected. It successfully bridged the gap in the films, with plenty of special effects and the odd bit of philosophy and political comment thrown in for good measure. An entertaining film, which successfully immerses you in its universe for a couple of hours.