Instead of revising my reviews, therefore, Mostly agree with what I wrote at the time, though I have more to (I thought about writing new reviews ofĮpisodes I and II, but on rereading them I find that I still Retrospect the extent to which the opportunity of the first twoįilms was squandered. With the saga finally complete, do I fully appreciate in Though I was an enthusiastic proponent of both films. The first two prequels met with widespread disappointment, Was seduced by the dark side of the Force and destroyed the The opposite story: how a former Jedi knight taught by Obi-Wan The new trilogy of Star Wars prequels set out to tell Twist without parallel in the character-arc of any other Return of the Jedi, and the series as a whole - a daring Was devastated by this revelation, yet sensed the humanity in theįigure whose name has been interpreted as "dark father." ThatĬrisis set the stage for the redemptive climax of the third film, Tragic creature after all than Dracula or the Wicked Witch. Human side that suggested that he was more like Frankenstein’s Yet Darth Vader revealed a twisted humanity in that battle, a Skywalker first raised a lightsaber to him in the Cloud City ofīespin in The Empire Strikes Back, it seemed absurd, like He easily overwhelmed the old wizard Obi-Wan Kenobi Simple - a vision as menacing as Dracula and Doctor DoomĬombined. Like the Wicked Witch of the West, he was evil, pure and
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