Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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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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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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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

The technical wizardry, the special effects, the ear-buzzing sound, the mind-numbing action and those magnificent light-sabres are all there.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 8, 2019

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Evan Williams

The Australian

The special effects, of course, are incomparably good and the digital photography achieves a dazzling clarity.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 15, 2015

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

It soon becomes obvious that there is no avoiding the burden of predictability: there is nothing, essentially, in the film's story that we don't know already.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 16, 2015

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Christian Eulinberg

InSession Film

This might come as a shock to most fans out there, but this is my favorite Star Wars story of all time.

Sep 26, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Given a hundred years of cinema language with which to make us feel Anakin’s turn, to make us experience his dread and suffering, Lucas decides instead to play in the sandbox of the future.

Rated: C-

Sep 19, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s a fantastic conclusion to the prequels and a satisfying segue to the classic original films.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Bryan

This is the best Starwars movie of all the time the cinematography was perfect everything about this movie is perfect the originals and sequels Got nothing on this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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BkdPotato

Best Star Wars film ever made

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/23

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Preston R

The Greatest Star Was Movie of all time, showcasing the fall of the Jedi, the light in the Galaxy, and the descent to the dark Empire we see in the Original Trilogy. Great effects, and story, and above all amazing music supplied by John Williams. Topping off the Prequel trilogy of films, George Lucas finishes off the less than well recieved trilogy with a true masterpiece that deserves its place in the halls of history as a showcase of the fall of man, and how darkness can so easily overcome. Luckily we have already seen how it ends in the Original Trilogy and the rise from the darkness back to light. For that satisfying conclusion however, we needed this trilogy and this film to show us how things got so dark and so bleak. I cannot say enough about this film, but hopefully this suffices

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Sam B

A brilliant chapter in the series, very dark & sad. One of my favorite Star Wars movies!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Tom G

Here we have it, the moment we all waited for, the first clash between Obi-Wan and Anakin... and it's just such a let down. What frustrates me so much about the prequels is how poorly Anakin's descent into Vader is done. He is completely obedient and loyal to the jedi, literally up until Windu is about to kill Palpatine, and then he switches. And here comes Vader and his atrocities. Though the fight choreography is amazing, it means nothing when the characters are not believable. Poor Hayden - you deserved more, man.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Best star wars movie of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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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
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
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $380.3M
Runtime: 2h 20m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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