The second gif made me think: does Obi-Wan not finish off Anakin because on some level he still believes he is the one?
And then juxtapose Obi-Wan’s feelings with Yoda’s comment that maybe they have been reading the prophecy incorrectly.
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Without Anakin the emperor would have killed Luke, so…
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Great review @MrKiddWint and great viewpoints everyone! There is some hope on the original cut being released soon!
I was watching clips of Revenge of the Sith at my movie theater, and I do have some positive viewpoints of it.
First, above all, Ian McDiarmid owns the role of Emperor Palpatine. He’s so charmingly evil, he’s always a joy to watch. However, his best performance is here. The character development for him is one the reasons that ROTS is more positively remembered among the prequels. Even though The Rise of Skywalker shouldn’t have brought him back, there was NOTHING wrong with Ian McDiarmid’s performance. He fits the role as much as any of the original trilogy cast does with their iconic roles.
The lightsaber fights are at their best here. The opening fight with Count Dooku and the Jedi alone is better than any of the lightsaber fights in the Sequels. Plus, it has Sir Christopher Lee, in a great cameo and story foreshadowing. Sure, the General Grievous fight is over the top in CGI, but it helped push movie tech forward. Also, while the Obi-Wan vs Anakin goes on for a bit too long, remember this was going to be the last SW movie at the time. I hope the lightsaber fights can come back to this style in future SW movies.
John Williams never disappoints with his music. ROTS is one of his best, in my opinion. It’s hard to pick a favorite for me. It saddens me that he won’t compose more SW music anymore, for various (but fair reasons).
The prequel trilogy leads (Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padme) are at their best acting here. The dialogue is a bit off at times. However, George Lucas has self-admitted that he isn’t the best at writing dialogue. He does however, know how to world-build (pun intended) for others to follow off of him. And make better stories and characters than even he has, at times.
The Chewbacca cameo is great fan service, and actually makes sense in the plot.
So, to make a long story short, ROTS is still great in many ways 20 years later. Hopefully this successful re-release will give us a Force Awakens re-release later this year.
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