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Just came back from RotS... had to wait to see it on a local digi screen.
I'll keep it brief for now:
Enjoyed it, flaws and all. I caught the "Emperor" continuity error, too. It bugged me for about 5 minutes, but I wrote it off as just a gaffe - some of the greatest films have 'em.

I got ready for this flick by watching all the OT (original letterboxed version, thank you), EP I & II, and the Clone Wars cartoon series - in that order.

In that context, I was reminded what a silly hoot Star Wars was when I saw it at 10 years old - that Empire was brilliant, and how disappointed I was by Jedi, especially the friggin' Ewoks. Episodes I and II were hardly better on DVD than they were in the theater...but a little time has taken the bitter edge off my disappointment and disgust. However, I admit that I loved the Clone Wars series. I know they're technically not any more canonical than, say, The Ewok Adventure, but they truly kick ass, and set up EP III perfectly. Heather and I watched Clone Wars just before going to the theater this afternoon, and with our heads in the "cartoon" state surely made us a lot more forgiving of some of the crap dialogue of Sith.

I've heard reviews that call Sith the best SW film since Empire - I'm certainly not going to go that far... but I will say it supplied good stupid SW fun I haven't seen since '77. So Lucas gets my thumbs up.