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WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT EPISODE III SPOILER INFO...

After waiting on line outside for an hour, and then about another hour standing on line inside, and then finally 2 more hours sitting in the seat waiting, I watched Episode III last night at 12:01 am.

Actually, it was a bit after that because they now show us commercials before previews and then previews and previews and previews and previews. The low light of the preview's was that somehow "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" got shown twice, back to back. You can imagine the chrous of boo's when the second one started. Jedi and Droid heckled the screen in unison.

As for the movie, it was pretty great. Since I'm not an official movie critic, I think the phrase "pretty great" sums it up and I won't write some wordy Yoda-speak sentence like everyone else is doing.

However, I will do an impression of Yoday having sex...

"Going to come, I am!"

Moving right along, I think George Lucas should really feel good about how he was able to tie everything together in this movie. The Jedi being slaughtered was probably the biggest highlight, but the fact that you can see so many lightsaber battles over and over without them getting boring might be the most amazing feat of the series.

My friend Brian brought up a good point that perhaps another way that Anakin would fall into poor graces with the Jedi Council (and thus turn to the Dark Side), would be if they had found out he was married to Padme, and then forced him to choose between being a Jedi or being with the woman he loved.

Not sure if anyone else brought that twist up, but it's more impressive when I tell you that Brian is an actuary, which is a profession specifically known for their lack of imagination.

The overall graphic nature of the fighting; Count Dooku being beheaded, Mace Windu sucked out the window, and Anakin losing both his legs, all added to the overall feeling of doom that this movie was all about. Despite some corny dialogue from Padme and Anakin, overall the movie felt fresh and crisp and the last hour was as intense and action-packed as anything I can think of.

Good work George Lukas. Now please start working on Episodes 7-9. If you don't, I'm gonna have to make up some stuff, and it's probably gonna include Chewbacca being shaved. I don't think anyone wants to see that.