The end of the beginning

This is merely a philospohical discussion... In no way, shape or form is this a spoiler...

Last night was the end of an era for me. Like so many others in my age bracket, I grew up with Star Wars being an pretty large part of my childhood. I have faithfully stood by the films over the years, despite all the criticism on George Lucas and all of the amazing amounts of geekness that manages to smother the commonality of the theme that the film is trying to deliver.
I am also going to go out on a limb and say that every one of the films that Lucas did had its own level of greatness to it, but again the media and those that think they are Star Wars experts wanted to do nothing more than compare all of the films to the one that each thought was the best.
What this last installment of the Skywalker side of Star Wars does it fit each one of the films in its right place, making the entire series a well done piece of craft that will be remembered throughout time. I think that their are some redeeming themes in the series that people too often forget-strength, compassion and most importantly, the Buddhist nature.
This film does what it is supposed to do, awe us and at the same time hold true to the tradition of Star Wars by telling a story of a not so distant future where the line between good and evil is so thin it becomes transparent, in the confusion of what is just.
The thing about the film (I am trying not to give away too much if you havent seen it) is that the finite line between good and evil can be seen by you and I because we know what the end has in store, but Lucas does a good job in making sure that the characters do not have a sense for what is to occur. There are many times where if Anakin were just communicated with a little different, we may have seen something different.

However, it is Anakins destiny. This Star Wars is a step back into the other films, it has the look and feel of the classics, even with the new technology. The reason for this is the transistion begins into the darkness that the other two films were in when they were introduced. This film serves as a good balancer between the two not as much liked films which had a lot of bells and whistles attached thanks to the advance of technology, but this film has enough one on one battles with lightsabers and samuri like jedi-mind shit that it all seems to make perfect sense when considering all the films together.

I am going to add more to this as more people see the film, but if I read a friends blog and it gave all the shit away, I would be pissed. If you liked any of the films, this is the one to go see.