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What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a fun movies for any fans of the original films....there, enough said...........but I had to write here when i read some of the other reviews calling foul for not including in the film the alternative ending that they filmed, I mean seriously!!!!All it shows is how little these reviewers know about films, especially Lucas Film, who were never, never ever, ever, er ever going to allow a commercially produced film to include an alternative star wars ending.Enough said. Good film.......and that alternative footage will one day be worth a great deal of money....once Lucas Film decides to release a special edition version 1001.

The producers had a great idea: find an irrelevant person that is well known in disguise and sell lots of tickets to the freak show in which we reveal you "the real person". Unpleasant way of presenting a human being, but the makers of this movie have to make a living too. It turned out freak show was the only part the producers were interested into.Darth Vader is a character created by Lucas. The script was written by several script writers. The costume was designed by two other people. There were several people manning the costume even if we restrict ourselves for the sake of argument to the original series. The voice is someone different. The stunts are done by a totally different person. The sounds were made by the special effects team. And the dishonest producers want the audience to believe their guy IS Darth Vader. They even bring in talking heads to say something about the acting. Acting? A human clothes hanger moving a big costume around? Not only that, but the world owes him recognition for his what? The guy got paid for his work and it was not charity.Sure the man was upset for not getting a bigger part. It's human. And the ego in every one keeps pointing out "you're the main character". But in this spirit why not make a documentary called "I Am the Janitor on the Star Wars set". Oops! Even the Star Wars name was out of reach for this production team.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

I was previously aware of David's slips to the press and felt very little compassion for his having been ostracized from anything Star Wars since his portrayal. Having now watched this and realized the error that I had been exposed to, I can say I am very sorry for my error, and that I thoroughly enjoyed having my understanding corrected.Getting to know Prowse through interviews and snippets of his work was an experience I won't soon forget; nor the fact that I found the arguments that David wasn't responsible for the leaks as originally thought, and that David should have had the opportunity to be Darth Vader at the unmasking, both compelling and convincing. I saw Jedi at 13 and even then was never fully satisfied by Sebastian Shaw. He looked larger than Vader should have looked to my young eyes. It wasn't the face that I expected to appear under that helmet. This was solidified by the view of the bust in the movie of a younger David Prowse in the Darth Vader costume with the removed helmet. That person more closely matched my expectations and I'm sorry I haven't yet been able to fully enjoy that scene. As with others, I had hope that we might be allowed to view the re-shot scene where an older Prowse was unmasked as Darth Vader, but understand completely why I cannot at this time. For now, I am just happy that it is out there, that it exists, and that one day I will very likely get to see it, the world being as it is. I can wait, and I will love that moment when it comes.

First the good- -Great idea for a documentary. -David Prowse could have and possibly should have been the man behind the mask when the mask was revealed.-George Lucas is a jerk for blaming Prowse for info that was leaked by someone else on his crew. Good to oust George for that.Now the bad- To say at the beginning of the film, you intend to shoot the scene over with David rightfully playing Vader, and then never deliver said scene which you film, is a horrible horrible act. Horrible since you can now sit right next to George in the jerk chair, since not once but now twice were denied David acting that famous scene out, once by Lucas's, and two by yours, the guy making a film to right a wrong....which you failed miserably at.If Lucas says no, then don't shoot it, but of course you manged to get me to sit through the film which is far too long than it needs to be, only to be disappointed as I'm sure everyone dumb enough to sit through the film will be.All you had to do was say up front, we filmed it anyway, but only got to show it to a small audience in Spain and I honestly might have stayed through it, if for nothing else to listen to their emotional reactions.I was almost in tears at the respect this man was shown, so you as the director had me as a viewer in the palm of your hand, and you completely blew it!I'd give this movie a 1, except that wouldn't be fair to David Prowse since he acted well in this film, and as Vader in Star Wars.Don't stop making films, but do listen to your audience. The promise promise promise followed with the sound of crickets chirping isn't the way to go. Major fail-