The Republic and the Separatists are engulfed in civil war. Obi-Wan's impressionable student, Anakin Skywalker is being lured to the Dark Side by the evil Chancellor Palpatine.

The film opens with something the previous add-ons lacked--a full on, large scale space battle--and it is a visual stunner. As is the rest of the film. Lightsaber duels Shakespeare never dreamed of and a hard hitting Wookie battle scene will keep you on the edge of your seat. But you were expecting all that, right?

You are probably also expecting to hear corny, lifeless dialogue between Anakin and his secret-wife Padame. Well, you get that also. It actually is not that distracting this time around, in fact, if we weren't over-aware of Lucas' failure in writing dialogue of this sort in the last two films, we may easily forgive the shortcoming here.

All the characters grow in Sith, another aspect missing from Episodes I & II. We really feel for Anakin's struggle, Obi-Wan's failure, Yoda's worry and Palpatine's manipulation.

Clearly Sith is the best among the prequel series and can stand with the original series as well. Lucas has managed to recapture most of the magic of Star Wars and had done something we haven't seen since Empire--made evil fun again.

Directed by George Lucas.