 Star Wars Episode III – Super Bombad Death Stars (2005) I avoided watching the trailers, ran out of the room for every commercial, and averted my eyes at the mere sight of any other form of advertisement. I don't see why someone reading this would have not seen the film already, so I don't think anything will be spoiled. The opening scene was so cool. Slave-2 and the Emperor's party barge are set for ramming speed when none other than Baby Maul appears in space and slices both ships in half with his darksaber (I think it's very cool that Lucas called it this, because why would a Dark Jedi be using a LIGHTsaber?). As always, a great beginning heralds a great movie. In Episode III we finally get to meet the real Anakin Skywalker, as it is revealed that the Anakin from the previous two movies was really a kid named Lobot. One of the best-done parts came about a third of the way through the film, when they played the entire length of The Phantom Menace as a flashback to point out the foreshadowing. Then things really got rolling when the credits for TPM ended, when Yoda dropped out of a tree onto Jabba's hoverboard and flew UNDER a sandcrawler to win the race. They really made you think Amidala was going to win with her new R2-D2-compatible wheelchair. I thought it was an absolutely hysterical homage when Anakin and Amidala took Luke, Leia, Lobot, and Han Solo to see Star Wars: The Magic of Myth museum tour, and they got in for free because Luke used the Force to get past the stormtroopers tearing tickets. When you can make fun of yourself like that, that means that no one else is able to, so score one for George Lucas. There are a few things I didn't quite, get, though, but I'm sure they'll be explained in Episode IV. One thing was the 45-minute animated cartoon segment that had Darth Vader and Anakin sitting on a couch smoking weed through their saber hilts. I also don't see how the scene fits in where C-3P0 tries to cope with having a deaf son (though I'm guessing he'll grow up to have heightened Force powers, because that'd be a good use of irony). But the most incomprehensible part was when Orimaarko (Prune Face) coached the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup Finals and lost in five games. This will probably set up a rematch in the next movie because of the scene where the trade talks broke down for the rights to Johnny "Kessel Run" Muldoon, the fleet-footed forward who will surely sign with them as a free agent. The ending was as good a setup for a sequel as I've ever seen, with the Millennium Falcore chasing Kabe and Muftak through the Corellian bathhouse district in search of Boba Fett's tattoo artist, who knows where the plans to the Death Stars are. I cannot wait for Episode IV after seeing this, but I don't know if that'll be able to top this on my favorite movies of all time list.
Review by Illusion Master |
