They're back again, Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), and all your other favorite wildcats. This time they even premiered on the big screen in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. That's a long way to come for something that started as a made-for-TV movie!

If you've ever seen High School Musical or High School Musical 2 then you're already familiar with the cast and the location. They have managed to keep all of the main characters throughout the series, which is a relatively impressive feat if you ask me. It's always nice to see a sequel with the same cast because then you don't have to sit through nearly as many character set-up scenes, leaving more time for the actual plot.

So in the previous two movies, the wildcats have had to deal with a new girl (Gabriella) coming to the school and shaking up not only the musical, but the whole social scene as well. Then the wildcats had to deal with summer time and working at a country club at Sharpay's beck and call. Now in High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Extended Edition they've got to deal with a much more serious issue, graduation and what to do afterward.

As normal high school seniors already know, graduation is a serious issue. Some of us just want to get out and get away from there as far as we can. Others though, like our wildcats, don't really want to leave each other. They all know they have to go to college and continue the next phase of their lives, but they don't want to go and leave each other. Couple that with the fact that their parents are pushing them one way towards specific universities, but they don't necessarily want to go that place. To help deal with the fears and do one last thing together, they decide to do the school musical and make it about their senior year.

I still like Sharpay best. Maybe it's just because she has the same initials as me and I love seeing my initials all over everything, or maybe it's because she acts the most like what I remember high school being like. Either way she's my personal favorite character. They're all really great in their roles though. To find that many teens/young adults that can sing and act is a really terrific thing. Also they added a few new characters this year. They're new freshman to the school and are looking to follow in the footsteps of their idols. I'm definitely wondering if they're going to use Rocketman (Matt Prokop), Donny (Justin Martin), and Tiara (Jemma McKenzie-Brown) to restart the series with a new class.

Although High School Musical 3 contains less comedy, more seriousness & drama, I think that it's an appropriate ending to the current cast. Their lives have become more serious with high school ending so it's just a fitting conclusion.

The DVD also contains lots of extras such as deleted scenes, bloopers, sing-a-longs, and many more. If you've been a fan of the series, I highly recommend you go buy High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Extended Edition today. You just can't miss the conclusion to the trilogy!

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