When Episode I came out we lined up on opening night for a midnight show. That was before kids. This time we had to wait to go until we could have Sabrina come out to watch the kids.
Even though it was 2nd night the audience still erupted into applause when the yellow outlined words ‘Star Wars’ appeared on the screen. The music, the screen credits rolling off into the galaxy all take you back to a familiar place long, long ago.
So much was done well in this movie.
The forming of Darth Vader was almost Shakespearean. The Chancellor/Emperors dark whispering to Anakin was like Iago to Othello. It was thoroughly convincing.
Many of the beloved details were there – the huge flying space ships, the way the scenes change with the soft wiping of the screen, the funny named characters, the music, the theatrical acting, the double rolled side hair buns on the women, the sensing of the Force.
The details that tied Episode II to Episode IV were all in all satisfying.
There were a few thinks that bothered of course – In Episode III Chewbacca is a general helping Yoda – so why is that never mentioned in later movies? When does Darth Vader learn that he is a parent so that he can reveal himself to Luke? Why do C3PO and R2D2 never mention that they were once great in later movies.
All that aside this is a great series of movies.
