Wow, that was a long break between posts! For the conspiracy theorists, I'm afraid it has been nothing more sinister than the fact that I have been busy at home, and have had work to do at work.

Anyhoo, Karen and I spent the long weekend in Clare for the Gourmet weekend. I was going to write a long dissertation about the whole thing, but it turns out I don't need to because between Steve and Louise, you can work out what we got up to.

The big news this week of course was that I finally got to round off 28 years of Star Wars fandom at a midnight screening of Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. I can't be bothered making witty anecdotes about the other nerds that turned up at the midnight session, other than saying that if you have time to make home made jedi robes, you probably need to get out more.

What about the film? Wow. I mean, just Wow! Like other 30 something jaded Star Wars, I was vocally critical about the flaws in Episode 1, and while I liked Episode II, parts of it made me cringe.

But this film, Man oh man! I saw it in the very same cinema that my mum took me to see Empire Strikes Back in way back in '81, and I was just as wide eyed seeing this film as I was as an 8 year old. The magic is back!

It's not just nostalgia that carries this film though, it is a genuinely bloody good film. The action is nothing short of intense, and the way Anakin falls to the dark side is done very cleverly. I'd like to expand on this further actually, but I don't want to spoil it for anybody just yet.

I am going for another look on the weekend, I can't wait!