The biggest mistake of Revenge of the Sith is making it so self-serious. It wants to be a Shakespeare tragedy, which is odd for a series based on afternoon serials. The second biggest was Hayden Christensen. Granted, the actor never had a chance, But Ewan McGregor managed to elevate his poor dialog while Christensen drags it down from horrendous into a deep, dark pit. He is so relentlessly bad that it is almost some kind of weird victory. How could he have managed this level of ineptitude? No moment with Christensen/Anakin is good, and you canāt escape him. Of all the prequel films, this is the one truly about Anakin, which makes it even worse as his arc is constructed so poorly. Nothing about his character is human. People do not act this way, and his sudden (and it is ridiculously sudden) switch to being a villain comes off as funny. But thatās not the only unintentionally humorous moment. Killing children shouldnāt be a laugh-riot, but thereās no other way to take it.
Does this film have anything? Well, again, it looks good. The music is good. And all the lightsaber battles are nicely choreographedāeven if the one that is supposed to be dramatic has that stupid āIāve got the higher groundā moment.