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      Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

      2005, Sci-fi/Adventure, 2h 20m

      305 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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      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. Read critic reviews

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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.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Some Intense Images|Sci-Fi Violence)

      • Genre: Sci-fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: George Lucas

      • Producer: George Lucas, Rick McCallum

      • Writer: George Lucas

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $380.3M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: 20th Century Fox

      • Production Co: Lucasfilm Ltd.

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS

      • Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

      • View the collection: Star Wars Saga

      Cast & Crew

      Ewan McGregor
      Natalie Portman
      Hayden Christensen
      Ian McDiarmid
      Christopher Lee
      Jimmy Smits
      Frank Oz
      Ahmed Best
      Temuera Morrison
      Silas Carson
      Jay Laga'aia
      Bruce Spence
      Wayne Pygram
      David Bowers
      John Williams
      David Tattersall
      Roger Barton
      Ben Burtt
      Gavin Bocquet
      Ian Gracie
      Trisha Biggar

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      • Jul 23, 2020

        Far and away the best of the prequel trilogy, I actually do just kind of overall enjoy this one in the larger Star Wars pantheon. Don't get me wrong though, it still has serious problems. While the CGI is way better than Episode I or II, there's a lot of times when it's still awkward and obvious. Obi-Wan on a giant lizard will never look cool, as much as I really want that series of words to be awesome. Padme in this entry is absolutely useless. At least in Episode I she was headstrong, and in Episode II she had some action hero in her. Here, she's just reduced to a pathetic woman sitting on the sidelines while the boys figure crap out around her. There are also major issues with the story as a whole. The action scenes are kind of forced in, and Anakin's ultimate turn to the dark side happens jarringly fast. There's also some things that I know are expanded in the larger universe but here just happen way too fast, like Order 66. But there are still enough improvements to make it warranted. Anakin is a little better here. His dialogue is awful, and he still whines too much, but when he doesn't have to talk and just has to give that Dark Side glare he can actually be a little intimidating. The directing and pacing actually feels a lot better. There's some sequences, like the end with the parallel hospital imagery, that are definitely on the nose in symbolism but they still work. The action is great too. Did we need an army of Wookies? No, but I still liked it. And the final battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan is still incredible. What makes it so good too is the brutality of it. The Darth Maul fight was sleek, two opposing sides who knew what they stood for. Here, there's so much raw emotion and power between the two and you feel it. I actually noticed this viewing you can see how Anakin is trying to kill, but Obi-Wan very much plays defensively most of the fight, and little touches like that make it all the more effective. And yeah, even when scenes are a little forced or underinformed, they can still work. The Order 66 sequence for example, even if it is abrupt, is still effective. So overall, yeah, I actually like this one. It's far from perfect, and its flaws stick out like a sore thumb, but I still enjoy it enough to have had a few viewings in the past and probably a few more in the future.

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      • Dec 30, 2019

        Truly the best of the bad Star Wars movies, Revenge of the Sith doesn't make a whole lot of sense, both when viewed as self-contained, and when seen as a part of the Star Wars whole, but at least Lucas bothered to put a whole movie in here.

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      • Mar 26, 2016

        While it may stumble in some departments, Revenge of the Sith is much more emotional and powerful film then we have seen before in the Star Wars saga. The action is intense and spectacular, the scope massive in scale and epic in it's execution and the ending bittersweet. A return to form on many levels.

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      • Jan 29, 2016

        "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" (2005) tells the story of the rise of the Dark Force, the Sith, and the fall of the Galactic Republic. Our hero Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) along with the other Jedi Knights are working to overthrow Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). Meanwhile, they are neglecting the real leader behind the Dark Side of the Force, Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) who is secretly betrothed (a no-no for a Jedi Knight like himself) is given to ever greater feelings of insecurity about losing those closest to him. We see Chancellor Palpatine begin to exploit this insecurity to turn young Anakin to the Dark Side. The film concludes with an epic battle on a lava planet that is not to be missed. For fans of the series, or those newly interested, because of battle scenes like this finale and the ultimate transformation for young Anakin to the Dark Side, this is one of the better films in the total Star Wars saga, not better than "Empire Strikes Back" (1980) or the newest installment, "The Force Awakens" (2015), but perhaps tied with "Return of the Jedi" (1983).

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