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.

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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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Matt

Really liked the limited edition poster and ticket promotion that Fandang offered for $66! It was also nice to see the film in 4DX.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/25/25

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Antonio Gallegos

Best movie ever created like a beautiful art memorial

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/25

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Krista B

This was the first time we’d been out to a movie in months. That says something about the quality of the movies being released. Don’t want to pay the big bucks for bad movies. This one was definitely worth the money, and it was 20 years old!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/16/25

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Teddy

This is one of the greatest film ever made. It is a masterpiece that easily surpasses Empire Strikes Back.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/25

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Connor

Arguably the best Star Wars film. Disney ruined it, it’s refreshing to sit and watch the franchise as intended. Chronologically it’s part of the Prequil Trilogy, though it was released as a sequel trilogy (Yoda was on scheduling) which means it has relatively more modernized acting and effects. Yes the originals were reworked but ROTS was simply “it” and iconic viewing that even non Star Wars fans have at least heard of. Plus Mustephar is simply a gorgeous planet of magma and legend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/11/25

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cid

made me feel like a kid again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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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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