I thought the whole scene with General Grievous went on too long and I also felt it was borderline unnecessary. The funniest part of the movie is when Yoda uses the force to knock out the Imperial guards. He kind of made up for it in a small way by inserting additional scenes in the 2004 enhanced edition DVDs of episodes IV, V, and VI that showed Coruscant and even Cloud City and Naboo, all very briefly. George Lucas couldn't show Coruscant in episodes IV, V, and VI at the time they were originally released in the theater because it was not possible to create such a planet without high quality computer generated images, something that was unavailable back then. I think it's one of the strong aspects of the prequels. I've always liked the planet of Coruscant. Then they were topped by a mile in Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002). I thought when The Phantom Menace came out that the scenes on Coruscant, with the flying vehicles, the various sky and weather conditions, etc. Everything in this movie was outstanding - the special effects, the atmosphere, the story, and the acting. The movie is what a Star Wars movie should be. Since my favorite character in the entire six-movie Star Wars saga is Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious or "Emperor Palpatine", I was excited when Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith was about to be released in May 2005. What a disappointment!! Still worth a view, for the rest of the film. Rumor always had it that Padme was one of the founders of the Rebellion, and I was really looking forward to how that played out. How pathetic and unrealistic is that? Add to that the fact that adult Leia is already established as remembering her mother as a young child, and this is clearly one of the biggest and most ridiculous blunders in the entire prequel trilogy. Then Padme, a woman strong enough to be queen and serve in the inter-planetary senate, is somehow too weak to bear the evilness of her husband, even for the sake of her children. Instead, they devoted what felt like an hour to a battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan which dragged on for so long it honestly became boring (at least to me). All but Mace Windu were killed off in just a few moments. (SPOILERS FOLLOW) The battle between Palpatine and four jedi (or was it five? they killed them off so quickly I can never remember) was woefully short. Most of the story was essentially believable. Ian McDiarmid was delightfully villianous as Palpatine becoming the evil emperor. most of the film was interesting, and well done. The largest problem with this movie is at the end.
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