<ul type="square"><li>I love that C3P0 gets his mind wiped but R2D2 doesn't, meaning R2 basically knows the whole story but is just holding out on 3P0 in Episodes IV-VI.
<li>I love General Grievous. I was actually expecting to see more of his blatant badassery on display <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba01.gif">as</a> <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba02.gif">seen</a> <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba03.gif">in</a> <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba04.gif">the</a> <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba05.gif">Clone Wars</a> <a href="http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/ggba06.gif">series</a>, but as long as he had those four lightsabers in full effect for even one scene, I was happy.
<li>I love Wookiees. And no Ewoks in sight.
<li>I'd forgotten how much of a creepy bastard Anakin is when he grabs his woman by the head and stares into her eyes like some kind of mouth-breathing serial rapist.
<li>Ewan McGregor was stunning was Obi-Wan. I could easily have believed that was a younger Alec Guinness playing the part.
<li>Yoda's assassination attempt. You know the only reason he didn't come out on top there was because it would have caused a paradox.
<li>The scene where Mace was at odds with Palpatine and Anakin had to decide to whom he'd give his allegiance broke my heart. I mean, that was the crucial moment where, if Anakin had decided differently, everything would have gone differently. Watching everything go down the drain in that one instance was almost unbearable, and Palpatine's deception of Anakin--with that "I'm so <i>weak</i>" garbage, plus all his Force lightning and gummy cackling--instantly made him the most dastardly villain of all time in my book.
<li>I hadn't really thought about it beforehand, but as the movie was getting towards its end I began to think about what it would have to show in order to perfectly lead into Episode IV--Yoda on Dagobah, Ben on Tatooine, the construction of the Death Star, and the twins on Alderaan and Tatooine. There was no Dagobah scene, but they set up Yoda and Ben's exile well enough, and it showed the other things just as I was expecting. Besides being great in general, the movie really did its job of tying the saga together. No loose ends to speak of.
<li>All in all, I was happy to see Lucas and company got their act together after Episodes I and II and finally made a classic Star Wars prequel; I'd certainly put it up there with Episode IV and Episode VI. Of course, nothing could ever equal The Empire Strikes Back, but it came close.</ul>