Hundreds of Star Wars fans showed up last night at the Cinerama in downtown Seattle to watch the charity premiere of Star Wars: Episode 3: Return of the Sith... and I was among them! As a huge Star Wars fan, I have been looking forward to this movie for three years now, and it was amazing. This might just be the best Star Wars yet!
The story contains every element that fans were expecting and hoping to see, and answers a lot of the questions we hoped to one day get answers for: Why do Obi-Wan and Yoda disappear when they die and why didn't Qui-Gon do the same? How does Anakin become Darth Vader? What happens to Padme? Why doesn't Anakin know Luke had a twin sister? Why did Luke and Leia grow up separately?
Fans won't be disappointed with this movie. Jar-Jar is a non-mentioned background character you can ignore if you want and Artoo gets to be the comic hero instead (yay!). Also, the style of directing for the sad scenes could possibly be tear-jerkers to the more sensitive audience members, and it capture emotion better than when Anakin lost his mother in Episode 2. Hayden Christiansen's acting has improved, and though Natalie Portman's talent goes to waste in her role as Padme - a role in which her beauty is more important that her dialogue - she does a good job with what she's given and looks fabulous, as always. How many movies has Portman been pregnant in now? At least three...
Anyway, my intention was not to spoil the movie and I hope I did not give anything away that you didn't already hear from the prequels and other interviews, but really, you won't be disappointed with this movie. Episode 1 and 2 were all exposition and character development... this is the REAL backstory to how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader.
I'll predict one thing that will come out of this though... people will be spreading around a new catch-phrase: "Execute Order 66!" I wonder if someone has already made the T-shirt.
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It's the best Star Wars movie EVER. :) I saw it last night... will see it again on Opening night.
Hundreds of Star Wars fans showed up last night at the Cinerama in downtown Seattle to watch the charity premiere of Star Wars: Episode 3: Return of the Sith... and I was among them! As a huge Star Wars fan, I have been looking forward to this movie for three years now, and it was amazing. This might just be the best Star Wars yet! The story contains every element that fans were expecting and hoping to see, and answers a lot of the questions we hoped to one day get answers for: Why do Obi-Wan and Yoda disappear when they die and why didn't Qui-Gon do the same? How does Anakin become Darth Vader? What happens to Padme? Why doesn't Anakin know Luke had a twin sister? Why did Luke and Leia grow up separately? Fans won't be disappointed with this movie. Jar-Jar is a non-mentioned background character you can ignore if you want and Artoo gets to be the comic hero instead (yay!). Also, the style of directing for the sad scenes could possibly be tear-jerkers to the more sensitive audience members, and it capture emotion better than when Anakin lost his mother in Episode 2. Hayden Christiansen's acting has improved, and though Natalie Portman's talent goes to waste in her role as Padme - a role in which her beauty is more important that her dialogue - she does a good job with what she's given and looks fabulous, as always. How many movies has Portman been pregnant in now? At least three... Anyway, my intention was not to spoil the movie and I hope I did not give anything away that you didn't already hear from the prequels and other interviews, but really, you won't be disappointed with this movie. Episode 1 and 2 were all exposition and character development... this is the REAL backstory to how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. I'll predict one thing that will come out of this though... people will be spreading around a new catch-phrase: "Execute Order 66!" I wonder if someone has already made the T-shirt.