Boy, I am counting the days until the release of the Sith:

The last installment in George Lucas’ space opera about the Skywalker family, “Revenge of the Sith” completes the story explaining how a brash young Jedi knight was seduced by an evil mentor and became the venomous Vader.

After landing the role of Anakin Skywalker as a lovesick, discontented teen in episode two, “Attack of the Clones,” Christensen finally got to the moment he — and every other “Star Wars” fan — has been waiting for with “Revenge of the Sith.”

“I just really wanted to put the costume on,” Christensen told The Associated Press in an interview at Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. “Who wouldn’t?”

The new film follows Anakin’s descent into evil and lust for power, which lead him to near-fatal injuries and a rebirth as the part-flesh, part-machine Vader behind the black helmet, mask and cape made famous in Lucas’ original “Star Wars” trilogy.

Christensen, 24, appears only briefly in the Vader get-up near the movie’s end, but those scenes electrified even those working on the film. The day he appeared in full costume, the whole team turned up on set to “bear witness to Darth Vader for the first time,” Christensen said.

“It was absolutely overwhelming, just from the aspect of getting to act behind a mask,” Christensen said. “That is a very freeing position to act from, and to have that mask be the mask of Darth Vader is extremely empowering.

“I almost got this sort of beastly sense when I was in it. What was really cool was watching everyone else sort of look at me, people I knew and was friends with, you know. Their eyes would light up with sort of a glimmer of fear, or there was a respect that needed to be paid. They had to step back and sort of lower their heads. It was a day I’ll never forget.”…….source