{"id":3333,"date":"2005-05-20T02:41:55","date_gmt":"2005-05-20T09:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/20\/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:57:22","slug":"star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/20\/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got to get to bed soon, but first off, while it&#8217;s all still fresh in my mind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;finally.<\/p>\n<p><em>That<\/em> was worth watching.<\/p>\n<p>In brief and spoiler-free: I know Episode I stank, and Episode II was better, but still nowhere near what we&#8217;d all been hoping for. Episode III, while not perfect (it definitely still has its kludgy moments), is <em>far<\/em> better than either of the prior two prequels, and &#8212; believe it or not &#8212; stands as a worthy addition to the series.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll come back and expand on this later, I think &#8212; I&#8217;d actually love to now, but it&#8217;s edging close to 2am, and I&#8217;ve got to work tomorrow &#8212; but at the moment, I&#8217;m just happy to have walked out of a new Star Wars film that I actually enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Main Title%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Main Title' on the iTMS\">Main Title<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DLondon Symphony Orchestra, The\/Williams, John%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for London Symphony Orchestra, The\/Williams, John on the iTMS\">London Symphony Orchestra, The\/Williams, John<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"The Original Soundtrack Anthology on the iTMS\">Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology<\/a><\/em> (1977, 5:25).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief and spoiler-free: I know Episode I stank, and Episode II was better, but still nowhere near what we&#8217;d all been hoping for. Episode III, while not perfect, is _far_ better than either of the prior two prequels, and &#8212; believe it or not &#8212; stands as a worthy addition to the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,2732,1574],"class_list":["post-3333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-revenge-of-the-sith","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}