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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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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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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Alex A

Now this is a Star Wars movie. Awesome action, great character moments, iconic battles, decent effect... this is truly a phenomenal Star Wars movie. The character moments are so well-done you really feel for all of them, the acting is improved, the dialogue is way better than the other 2 films, it has some iconic scenes from the saga, a wonderful score... all in all, it has all the elements to be the best Star Wars movie of all time, but it does have some big problems. Anakin's transformation feels way too sudden, the creation of the greatest film villain of all time needed to feel a little bit more organic and natural. The romance is still pretty sappy (though thankfully not as much as the last one), some of the acting is a little weird and there's still a lot of talking. But this movie still goes hard, it's still a fantastic adventure filled with amazing action, iconic moments and tearful scenes.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/24

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Audience Member

Sensational! The script and the overuse of CGI are the only bad parts. We get tons of action(Dooku vs Anakin, Yoda vs Emperor…do I need to go on?) And the last 20 minutes are epic!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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João Paulo M

O filme é bem construído e tem só a melhor luta da história dos cinemas

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Jason D

This is the best of the prequel trilogy what a blast from start to finish and very action packed The road to the acolyte

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

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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
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
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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