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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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

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.

Jul 23, 2025

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

...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.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 6, 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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Anthony

No comment just straight masterpiece

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/25

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Stephen A

I wish that the newer Star Wars movies were this good. None of them can compare. 10/10 wouldn't ever go to Mustafar ever again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Edward T

The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Robert E

I don't care. Still my favorite Stars Wars movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Alex G

The best Star Wars movie hands down!!! I wish it was longer.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Alex G

Retook second place off the best starwars films

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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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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