

These sometimes-gruesome scenes are essential in portraying the wages of certain characters' sins.Īnakin, despite his new unruly hairdo, has become more mature and responsible since Attack of the Clones.
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Beheadings, severed limbs, third-degree burns … if there's a bright center to the universe, you're in the film that it's farthest from. While Sith is still lacking in the dialogue department, it's a significant improvement on its predecessors.Īnd second, Lucas warned us that Sith wouldn't be kid-friendly-and he's right. Critics have rightfully opened fire on the prequels for lacking the snappy dialogue and the high-stakes action of Episodes 4-6. He also tends to turn tail and run when facing a real threat … like Skywalker.įirst, Sith is not another patience-trying episode in which heroes stand around and bicker ad nauseum about politics. Part monster, part machine, Grievous looks like a junkyard Transformer and sounds like a Russian war veteran with smoker's lung.

In the thick of things, young Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and his bearded mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) strive to rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who has been kidnapped by the snarling General Grievous. Hayden Christensen returns in the role of Anakin Skywalker
