Which isn’t to say that the film is perfect. (Keep hiring those Scotsmen George they do good work.) Lucas understands how to deploy their villainy to maximum effect, and John Williams’ score delivers the searing emotional beats missed by the still-awful dialogue. Lucas delivers a sterling trio of bad guys – Count Dooku, General Grievous and the Emperor himself, who almost redeems the whole trilogy single-handedly thanks to some terrific work from Ian McDiarmid. The image shakes the glassiness dogging Parts I and II, and the storyline corrects a lot of glaring problems that troubled earlier prequels. It also looks the best on Blu-ray as well, with sterling clarity that makes those lava fields really pop. Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor deliver solid material as well, and McGregor’s thoughts on following in the footsteps of Alec Guinness are quite sweet.Ĭopious “NOOOOOO!!!” notwithstanding, most fans agree that Sith represents the best of the three prequels. The best comments come with sound designer Ben Burtt, who talks about the methods he used to develop each audio effect. It’s pure gold, full of enough insight and tidbits to make even the biggest Menace hater to finish a screening with a smile on his face.
The second one holds the real juice: archived excerpts from just about every person associated with the production (including George Lucas, Dennis Muren and most of the principal cast). The first is identical to the one on the older DVD: good, but nothing worth rushing out for.
The real selling points here are the two audio commentaries included on the disc. Binks with his own earflaps – but we’ve all made our peace with that (or not) long ago. It’s a pity the wizardry can’t address the film’s more serious problems – or at least lower the urge to strangle Mr. It works quite well: making the film more of a kind with Episodes II and III, while eliminating the distracting contrast between real-world animatronics and the CGI scenery surrounding it. The biggest change here is the insertion of a digital Yoda to replace the old puppet.