Revenge of the Sith, I have seen.

Only about a week later than planned, but Mom and I scooted off to the movies for a 10:30 am showing this morning of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. That was one powerful movie even with the typical Lucas dialog. Revenge answered open questions. Dark, very dark. There were a few pieces of the Star Wars puzzle that I've known for years. Apparently the books (or maybe they were graphic novels) were already written on how things came to be. I never saw them myself, just heard about how it would happen (and it did).

The one thing I really wanted to know (and was answered) was how the ships from the original movies would mesh with the ships from the new movies. (I figure I can discuss this piece without giving anything really away.) Let's face it. The new movies had nicer looking ships - sleek and shiny. The original movies had ships that would remind you of battleships - clunky and boxy. They were not the sleek ships of Episodes 1 and 2. (Yes, I know these movies were done YEARS ago.) Anyway, during the opening sequence Revenge, you saw (nicer renditions) of the boxy, battleship looking Star Cruisers and Star Destroyers. I always figured you would write-off the loss of the "pretty" ships to an age of darkness, a "dark ages" of sorts. With the Emperor at the helm, pretty was no longer a priority. Lucas definitely did a good job at bridging the gap between the original movies and the prequels. Well done Mr. Lucas. Now if I could just get it on DVD... soon enough.

Here's the real question. If I want to do my own movie marathon, what do I watch first? Do I watch it in episode order or release order? I think I've always done release order. I'll have to try episode order at some point and see how it all works out.

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