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It will be opening on May 19. The final episode of this saga has an M15+ classification suitable for over 15 year olds. The film has been described as dark…

So how dark is Revenge of the Sith?

The first reviews suggest intense themes as well as events, with Jedi knights being slaughtered, a scene featuring children’s corpses and a character left to burn alive beside a lava river. The classifiers call it “moderate science fiction violence” in their advice to consumers.

Rick McCallum, the producer, said the movie centered on Anakin’s downward spiral.

“The film really just answers the how and why he makes the choices that lead to him turning to the dark side … But it’s not Bergman, really depressed. It’s a darker story in the sense that he gets to the gates of hell and decides he kind of likes the look of it and jumps in.”

Lucas told Associated Press the filmmakers have been getting flak from parents.

“A lot of people saying, ‘How can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?’ ” he said. “But I have to tell a story. I’m not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I’m making them because I’m telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended.”

Well, I’m glad he has decided to tell the story and not do another episode with characters like Jar Jar Binks in it!

For those of you who can’t remember who Jar Jar Binks was, he was the cartoon looking character with the big floppy ears and weird accent. He single handedly made a credible sci-fi film into a cartoon.

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith however, seems very promising indeed.

Haven’t posted anything for a while, since I’ve been busy writing a ‘live preview’ plugin (you can see it working in the comments section), updating various other plugins I’ve written, while furthermore modifying plugins written by others to fit into my site the way I like it.

Actually, I’ve spent most of my spare time coding WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) scripts or Wordpress plugins, with a few online games thrown in here and there. I haven’t even had time to go climbing lately. What a life eh?

Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I’ll get a source code page up, and post up some plugin updates, as well as source code (ASM, VBScript, JScript, etc…), I’d like to release to the public that I’ve written in the past (some code is even from the bad old DOS days!).

Stay tuned.

After eagerly awaiting the new Star Wars episode “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith”, I went to see it last night. Even though I had high expectations of the movie, I was not disappointed.

The story continues from where the last episode left off, with Anakin Skywalker maturing as a character. In this episode many things were explained that helps tie the whole Star Wars story together. If you’ve ever wondered why Darth Vader dresses the way he does, then all is explained in this episode.

I’ve always wondered about the scene in the original Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi fights Darth Vader, then mysteriously disappears the split second before Darth Vader lands the killing blow with his light saber. Obviously, later on down the track, Obi-Wan Kenobi reappears with Anakin Skywalker, although both are quite insubstantial and ghostly.

What I’ve always tried to figure out was this: was Luke thinking “I see dead people…”, or were his Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his Dad, Anakin Skywalker really there, reunited as friends…albeit in the ether world? As a kid, right up till last night, I’ve wondered about this. All I can say is this: now I know I can sleep nights.

So, what about the action? I’d have to say in this category, it was not lacking. What’s a sci-fi movie without talking about the effects? As usual George Lucas productions don’t disappoint when it comes to special effects. Scene after scene, there’s always something to keep you entertained or make you think.

Talk about making you think, I couldn’t help but pick up the underlying theme in this episode about war and it’s ugliness. Here are some memorable quotes from the movie…

• “What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?”
  —Senator Amidala (Padme)
• “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.” (Oops wrong quote…didn’t mean to quote Dubya).
• “If you’re not with me, then you’re my enemy.”
  “Only Sith deal in absolutes. I will do what I must.”
  —Exchange between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi (respectively), just before Anakin loses his marbles.

Is George Lucas trying to get the message across in a more tactful manner than Michael Moore did with his ‘FAHRENHEIT 9/11′? I don’t know. You decide.

Whatever you decide, there’s no denying “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith” will be one of the all-time greats. (Rated: 5/5)

Here’s some poster art (click to enlarge)…

I think the new header design looks pretty cool. The Star Wars poster gave me the inspiration. Lucky for me the colours of the original photo are perfect, since they blend in with the current theme colours.

Worked out well I think.

I just need to tinker a little more with the navigation tab colours, but am happy with the rest of it…for now.

The original photo I used for the new header image is by Stewart Butterfield (Sunset from the plane).