Who’s in it: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson.
What it’s about: In the final episode of George Lucas’ 6-part space saga we learn what caused Jedi-to-be Anakin Skywalker to cross over to the Dark Side and become Darth Vader.
Worth watching? (star)(star)
“Lucas still can’t write. His dialogue crashes and burns like an X-wing zapped out of the sky by a star destroyer. Shameless cliches … clank around with achingly awful love scenes …, while time-wasting minutiae … share script-pages with second-clause-first Yoda-speak … Christensen, for his part, undergoes the change from noble warrior to corrupted soul with clenched jaw and stony stare meant to speak volumes, and doesn’t say anything at all.”
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