Those that did buy the Star Wars Revenge of the Sith soundtrack. The soundtrack came with two CDs. The first CD was music from the third prequel and the second CD was, essentially, the entirety of what you saw at Star Wars in Concert. The entire collection of videos during performance as well as the symphonic portion were heard and seen on the second CD. The only difference was the strange and stupid addition of a weak laser light show.

For those that did NOT buy the soundtrack, I can see why this performance was pretty damn entertaining. They summarized the entire movie saga pretty well and seeing the symphony behind it all was awesome. The addition of Anthony Daniels, the voice of C-3PO, was great. His narration between each section of the story was quirky, funny and altogether a crowd pleaser.

The video performance on the soundtrack disc 2 and in this performance was the weak point. The saga was presented in disjointed and seemingly unorganized scenes from the entire collection of films. In particular, a section of the saga devoted to the Battle of Endor included battle scenes from Episode I's Gungan and Trade Federation showdown which took away from what the point of the section was. It seemed like a shotty editting job where scenes that might have had the same keywords to them were pasted together regardless of how well that would flow with one another. In some of the dialogue scenes, the audio was drowned out by the loudness of the music.

The audience seemed at the end of the performance satisfied with a great attraction, but as a Star Wars fan you might want to research this and judge for yourself.
Altogether I thought it was a good time, but I couldn't escape the glaring fact that I had seen the entire thing before on the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack disc 2.
I was thinking as I left the arena, "I spent $65 on a concert I had seen 3 years prior for $20 on a disc."

Also, calling the it the "Forest Battle" on the Endor Moon, but then having battle scenes from Episode 1 battle??? Please!!

When they showed the pod race, it was cut up so badly as to not resemble the actual race!! Final laps were cut to look like the first lap, first lap was most of the second lap, and most of the second lap was the final lap??? Ridiculous!! I haden't even watched the movies for years and I know it was all screwed up.

My recomendation is to go and shut your eyes and enjoy the orchestra.

I would like to add, that it would have been nice to have had additional smaller LED screens to stage left and right that were consistantly panning The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in synchronization to the movemnent and movie clips. This would have added to the musical experience for those who appreciate not just the movies but the amazing original scoring by composer John Williams.

Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wachovia Arena
17 November 2009

I just got home (1.5 hour drive) and had a lot of time to think about the concert and the environment.

While I enjoyed the music, the special effects and Mr. Daniels – this show is not for 10 and under unless they are very mature, theatre savy and/or have very strict parents.

Just because you plop your kids down in front of the Tele to watch DVD's of Stars Wars, buy them action figures and bed sheets does not mean that they will appreciate this performace. This is not a movie with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing along to the LED screen. The clips from the movies are not full length and are edited and joined together to set the tone of the musical movement.

What did I experience for $125? Surrounded by poorly behaved children who only were interested in playing with the toy light sabres they sold in lobby…kicking seats…potty breaks and spilled sodas and popcorn…talking during Mr. Daniels naratives…just general rudeness and lack of parenting. And adults (I don't use the word parents) because they acted like children as well when asked to mind their children.

Please, do not bring your children to this perfomance!

The professional musicians in the The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir have spent countless hours and years perfecting their craft. The tech (Design and Production) staff have also spent many hours perfecting the visual experience and cordinating the visual effects to the musical movements and edited movie clips/montage.

While I did view some well behaved children under 10 they were few and far between.

I will be using my airline miles to travel to the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, ON on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 07:30 PM

I will report to as my experience there.

I have floor seats 9th row 3rd seat in from center.