No more episodes! Now thats peace!

The final episode had more humor, an element lacking in episode I and episode II, and the reintroduction of Vadar was cool. Friendly humor between Obi Wan and Anakin was refreshing. In the initial battle scene, the two Jedi are caught in the emerging galactic battle against the empire, top rescue the chancellor from general grievious. The group manages too survive mosquito druids, who when brushed off seem to be pushed back by a wind in space. There is no wind in space. The villainous count Dooku is sacrificed by Anakin. Anakin is secretly is initiated in as the new apprentice, as Dooku whimpers, at the betrayal and before beheading and the Chancellor screams, "kill him!". Anakin shockingly says, "this is not the Jedi way." Anakin is not a Jedi at heart. Anakin was not intend to lose. Anakin revives Obi Wan, who lies at the bottom of a pile of rubble and with the chancellor escape general grievous. The returning chancellor gains supreme power helping the republic isolate pockets of resistance and suppress them. Obi Wan finally discovers the whereabouts of general grievous and engages Grievous in a Jedi verse machine battle. Obi Wan is awesome as he rides a giant lizard like a cowboy.

In the meantime, the Sith are unleashing their plot too destroy the Jedi. The Jedi and the Sith clash and Sidious jumps up shouting "Are you challenging me Jedi?", as he draws his light saber. The duel between the Samual Jackson and Sidious is marvelous - full of whit and strategy, and kuddos to Yoda verses Sidious. The Jedi seem stronger, however, unexpectedly Anakin is persuaded by the Sith Lord to become his knight and rescue him. Anakin intervenes in stopping the execution of Sidious and afterwhich cries out, "What have I done?"

The Jedi are doomed, the power balance has shift away from the Jedi. The Sith were at the mercy of the Jedi, the true proectors. The storm troopers suddenly have their programming activated by a verbal command and they start destroying Jedi. Now, with the master Jedi out of the way the remaining Jedi are massacred without much resistence. Obi Wan discovers betrayal by his brother Anakin, sends out a Jedi warning message for other Jedi not to approach the temple gathering location and goes in search of Anakin. Obi Wan tracks Padmia to the lava world and finds Anakin. Anakin thinks Padmia has betrayed him.

Padmia has become the prize, as the two Jedi knight square off. Anakin is supremely confident, he will rule the empire; Padmia is accused by Anakin too have turned against him; Padmia is choked by the dark power and falls unconscious, the warriors start to battle. Instead of the three laughing, as they reflect on the escape from the evil Sith, in some remote solitude on some distance planet, the three must face tradegy: Obi Wan must cut down Anakin; Anakin must put on the suit of Darth Vader; and Padmia must die in childbirth. Yoda receives no awards, for valor, he quitely fades away, old Jedi don't die - they just fade away. Obi Wan does not join forces with Yoda in victory and he too must escape too a desolate planet to study the ways of the force. Padmia must witness the destruction of a peaceful republic. The sith have stolen all the golden wealth of the empire and stripped the previous government/trade organization of its glory and commerce. The birth of the death star emerges.

Anakin seems to be without feeling towards the Jedi, thinking them a threat to his empire. Anakin seem bitter about not being accepted on the Jedi counsel as a master Jedi. Anakin aspires to becoming the most power Jedi. Anakan sold out, the 1,000 generations of peace replaced with rebellion, war instead of commerce, and a single dictatorial power imposed will upon the republic rather than a representative government.

In Shogun, BlackThorne helping Lord Toranaga become shogun by helping him capture the black ship and its bounty that would be used to finance the army to overthrown Lord Ishida. BlackThorne would never leave Japan because Toranaga valued him too much, likewise was the fate of Anakin. The Jedi would become an extinct race until the birth of the twins. It was a tragedy to watch a man fall from grace, too sell out to power, and be so easily deceived. Too much violence and suffering.

"If your not with me, your against me"? Anakins pro argument for republic, an agreement with the Sith of peace through force, and a democracy politically charged statement.

What about the chosen one? "You were the chosen one", Obi Wan declares, "I loved you like a brother". Anakin was not the chosen nor did he keep his promise to liberate of the slaves, of his home world. Anakin did not bring balance to the force. There is no persuasion to think Anakin could or would bring balance or victory for good. Furthermore, Anakin had no father. Lucas never explained why Anakin was the chosen one. Sidious told Anakin he could teach him to have power over life and that this skill could not be learned from a Jedi. Anakin fell for the deception. Sidious never demonstrated this power over life nor did Anakin. Sidious (insidious - deceit) told Anakin he had learned how to control life and that only one other person had master control over the miticolerin bringing back life. Sidious claimed to understand this power and murdered his mentor in his sleep. "He could control life but could not save his own life, ironic isn't it?" Anakin fell for the lie that Sidious could save Padmia.

Anakin had no power over life. Anakin could not bring Padmia back to life. Anakin was the destroyer of the desert people. Anakin slayed an defenseless Dooku with the Sith stating, "he was just to evil to be allow to live." Anakin, the tormented visionary of his mother torture and the death of Padmia self fullfilled prophecy through his intervention against the Jedi. Anakin caused the fall of the Jedi temple and the extinct of the race. Anakin caused the death of Padmia.

Lucas seems too have lost the clear boundaries between good from evil. The definitions seem twisted. Good did not trumphet over evil. A constant dialogue between Anakin and Chancellor about good is evil and evil is good is really bizzare, twisted and evil.

Hopefully, we won't have to endure any more Lucas Star Wars episodes. Lucas has finally driven a stake in the heart of the vampire and hopefully it is dead.

Breathtaking and inspiring work

I am a huge fan of the artists in this book. I've loved the other two books in this series and believe Sith is the best of the trilogy. The sheer scale and breath of alien worlds Lucas has conjured up for Revenge of the Sith is amazing. The drawings in this book have totally inspired me to work on my sketching more and have set the bar for industrial design. The drawings are something you can study and absorb for years. Many kudos. I'd give my eye teeth to study art with Church, Tiemens, Fu, McCaig, Frame, Zu... - Way to throw it down guys!

Force is always with the "Star Wars" series art books

Packed with behind-the-scenes info, storyboards, early concepts, and the full shooting script, the "Art of" books have captivated Force Fans since the "episode 4" in 1977. The only flaw with this one is that there are script excerpts in this version and not the full version, as in other "Art Of" books. One hopes this will be rectified in future editions. Still, as captivating as the film version! Must-have for hardcore fans and film students!