Variety also hailed the Vader reveal, and noted that the emphasis of the production was much more on the kinetic depiction of large battle sequences and full-on warfare, comparing it to Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.
Variety fremhævede også afsløringen af Vader og bemærkede, at der var lagt meget mere vægt på den bevægelige gengivelse af store kampscener og krig i fuld skala i stil med Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now fra 1979 om Vietnamkrigen.