The Long Way To Episode VII: Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Just watched Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith this evening. So I better write this down now while my impression is still fresh.

The Galactic Republic headed by Chancellor Palpatine is in brutal war with the secessionist movement (publically) lead by Count Dooku, played by the brilliant Christopher Lee. It's clones vs. androids.

The movie starts with a fantastic space battle for which Star Wars is so famous for. An android army took Palpatine hostage and it requires the Jedi Obi Wan and Anakin Skywalker to rescue him from the clutches of Count Dooku. Quite early in the movie it comes to the death of Dooku by hands of Anakin. He was commanded by Palpatine to execute Dooku after he beat him in single combat. Anakin's passing to the Dark Side is getting accelerated in this movie. Matter of fact, this movie is less about the fall of Anakin, the annoying youngster, and more about the rise of Darth Vader, coolest villain in the history of science fiction.

Wookies, everyone loves them.

And there's more fan service: Yoda travels to the planet of the Wookies and fights alongside Chewbacca! The Deathstar is developed and build. Mace Windu with his ridiculous purple laser sword get thrown out of a Coruscant skyscraper!

The visuals and the story climax in this Episode released in 2005, three years after Episode II. I really feel that this was by far the best movie out of the prequel trilogy. Much is explained to make the smooth transition to Episode IV: A New Hope. Like the birth of Luke and Leia, the heroes of the original trilogy.

It's master vs. apprentice in The Revenge of the Sith

Episode II and III really put my mind at ease. While Episode I was too weird, II was a respectable Star Wars movie and III a good Star Wars movie with many emotional moments for fans. I look forward to watching the original trilogy in the coming days, which serve more romance and fairy tale and no diplomacy at all. And I am getting really intrigued to delve deeper into the Star Wars lore - I'd love to know more about the origin of the Jedi and Sith conflict. While Wikia is quite big I'd be interested in a kind of expanded universe reading list. 

Here's the trailer for the aptly title Revenge of the Sith.