Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

PG-13

Released May 19, 2005

2h 20m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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It has been three years since the Clone Wars began. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from General Grievous, the commander of the droid armies, but Grievous escapes. Suspicions are raised within the Jedi Council concerning Chancellor Palpatine, with whom Anakin has formed a bond. Asked to spy on the chancellor, and full of bitterness toward the Jedi Council, Anakin embraces the Dark Side.

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Critics Consensus

With Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas brings his second Star Wars trilogy to a suitably thrilling and often poignant -- if still a bit uneven -- conclusion.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Is it a great Star Wars movie? It’s certainly the greatest prequel.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 2, 2025

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

The saddest and sincerest of all the Star Wars epics, the mad work of a man desperately trying to understand his own creation.

Apr 28, 2025

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

I don't think George Lucas is a great director. I think he's a poor script writer, although he's a good plotter.

Apr 25, 2025

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Marcelo Paredes

Cinencuentro

...[Revenge of the Sith is] a film that holds up for the way it correctly handles both the visual epicness and its ideas about betrayal and the triumph...[Full review in Spanish]

May 2, 2025

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

Revenge of the Sith really delivers on what the best of Star Wars can offer.

Rated: 9/10

Apr 30, 2025

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

This is the End of America writ large in blockbuster font, connected to the end of empires past.

Apr 29, 2025

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Jeff M

just as bad as when I saw it originally in theaters, first and second go around. bad acting, plot holes, I shouldn't have paid to see this a 3rd time. it sucked when it first came out and still does. wish they'd re-release some actual good movies

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Ben G

Everything about this movie! The rise and fall of the chosen one.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Hunter

First time I’ve seen this in theaters since I was a little kid in 2005

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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David

Favorite movie absolutely ruined by heat was sweating and miserable during the majority of the movie couldn’t even breathe was so excited for months for this complete and utter disappointment from amc 20

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Manuel

great to see in theaters

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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Brandon Lopez

Cinema at its finest… aging like a pristine fine wine.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Synopsis

It has been three years since the Clone Wars began. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from General Grievous, the commander of the droid armies, but Grievous escapes. Suspicions are raised within the Jedi Council concerning Chancellor Palpatine, with whom Anakin has formed a bond. Asked to spy on the chancellor, and full of bitterness toward the Jedi Council, Anakin embraces the Dark Side.

Director: George Lucas
Producer: George Lucas, Rick McCallum
Screenwriter: George Lucas
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Rating: PG-13 (Some Intense Images|Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2005, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.5M
Runtime: 2h 20m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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