Miscommunications lead to the Dark Side

Just as I was on my to Bar Hill to pick up robinbloke and the_mendicant, when my phone rang and twentypence was on telling me we were seeing Revenge of the Sith tonight so I made my excuses and turned around.
Was picked up by twentypence and autumn_storm who looked like a pirate.
We were nice and early so found good seats. Spent the wait til the trailers started chatting about their holiday on Mallorca and other things. Trailers didn't include Serenity :o( but Batman Begins looks good. Stealth, War of the Worlds and Fantastic Four are missable, Mr and Mrs Smith could be quite fun. No trailer for Sin City but that might have been because of the rating.

And then it started. First off, I liked it, despite the weak acting and some of the glaring canon inconsistencies. However, I also liked quite a few things.
As with Constantine, nice film, shame about the acting.
( Bits and Bobs )

Now it has finally cooled down enough so I can sleep.

[Star Wars] Who is Anakin's "father"? and question about Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious

Just read something that could be right.
Allegedly, Anakin hadn't a physical father and was conceived by some Force malarky (or so Shmi claims and it's part of what makes the Jedi Council believe he's the Chosen One).
Now, ( minor spoiler from Ep3 )

We all know already that Chancellor Palpatine is Darth Sidious but how could such a powerful Force user escape detection from the Jedi, at their very doorstep? Some Dark Side power to mask his connection to the Force (like Obfuscate/Soul Mask)? They did detect Darth Maul in Ep1.
( spoiler from Ep3 )

Ah well.

Yet more Star Was

Episode 3 in 15 Minutes
(from various LJs)