Last Friday I went to watch the new Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith. Twice. And it was worth it. There were couple of moments that didn´t really work, like Anakin´s turn to the dark side - he succumbed too easily - but as a whole I liked it. In fact I liked it much and intend to go see it again soon. In many ways this movie is superior to Return of the Jedi and in this Lucas has achieved what the didn´t in the first two movies of the prequel trilogy: Anakin´s fate really touched me, imaginary character that he is. Of course he did bad things after his fall to the Dark side, but totally good guys don´t make good tragic heroes. They make good martyrs.

As I watched the movie first time, I didn´t want to see him change to the suited Darth Vader, which surprised me somewhat as in the past I have viewed the suited Vader as a "cool villain" - as he is most often described. But as I have now watched the original movies again after seeing Revenge of the Sith, his character has immensely more depth, feels far less threatening and in fact quite a sad man. Not a cool villain, but a victim. OK, victim of his own actions, his own ambition, his own fears, but still a victim. And as I left the movie theater the first time, I really didn´t want to see the movie again, even when I had the ticket already bought. Because the movie was that good - I felt sad for Anakin, and in lesser extent, Padme - and the end was so sad. Of course I went to see it again, and it felt as good and sad as the first time I saw it. And also it felt quite short. Some of the cuts made to the movie, like the beginning of the Rebellion, would have fit well in the movie. And would have tied couple of open threads.

A surprisingly good end to the prequel trilogy - and a good starting point for the original trilogy.