Every godforsaken, clumsily-plotted, thrills-deprived scene in this is mere filler leading up to, wait for it, [] And it's literally the easiest scene for the makers to get right. Revenge of the Sith was the best prequel because of how closely it leads up to A New Hope. What they don't get right, what they should have gotten right is most everything prior to the big fight. That was the challenging part, that was the part that required actual inspiration and strong writing. Oh there are some good bits, like the casting of young Leia, and some of the nods to the original trilogy are cool like when the star destroyer is chasing the good guys, the music seems a carbon copy of a similar scene in the Empire Strikes Back. Although that's lazy too in a way.
It's truly hilarious how Obi-Wan manages to [] And not because that scene in itself couldn't be plausible, but because about 10 minutes earlier, when our heroes are discussing options, the base is made out to be some absolutely impregnable, insanely-difficult-to-invade stronghold. Compounding matters is that at 2 separate locations the character called Tala is appealing to the ridiculous dumbness of the bad guys and succeeds. []
Christensen's return to the franchise? Oversold. He adds to that final duel, no question, but it's the lighting, MacGregor, the make-up, the decision to criss-cross Vader's voice with Anakin's that lends that scene an eerie, somewhat haunting quality.
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