Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

PG-13

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.

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

05/02/2025

4.5/5

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

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

04/28/2025

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

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

04/25/2025

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

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Jul 23

In this regard, what I find so fascinating about Revenge of the Sith is that it offers us a meditation on how these authoritarian regimes well and truly begin — not politically, but on a human level.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Jul 6

3/4

...this film finds its footing, giving the audience what it desires, a picture full of winks and nods and which effectively ties in all the elements of the first Star Wars trilogy without finding a way to exist on its own.

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Marcelo Paredes

Cinencuentro

05/02/2025

...[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]

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Mason

May 3

Best Star Wars Movie

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Sean

May 1

I was about 7 years old when this movie came out and my dad didn't want me or my brother to go see the movie with it being the first PG-13 Star Wars movie. When I tell you that I got emotional finally being able to say I've seen the best Prequel in the theater as soon as the opening sequence began.

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Derrick

Apr 10

The best of the prequels and being able to have it in 4dx pushed it over the top!

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Crystal B

Feb 2

PEAK CINEMA WITH A MOODY ATMOSPHERE

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Mycah

Jan 7

I had the high ground for this viewing

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Caleb

Dec 19

No review needed. This is the best Star Wars has to offer

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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: Rick McCallum
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)