Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) remains the Jedi apprentice of master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Battling dark forces that threaten the Republic, the duo quickly eliminates enemy Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), and Anakin proves--as he states more than once--that his powers have doubled. An intimidating warrior with superior knowledge of the Force, Anakin becomes the pet of Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who is connected to the dark side. Meanwhile, Padme (Natalie Portman), the senator and former queen who is secretly married to Anakin, is pregnant, and Anakin is tortured by dreams of her dying in childbirth. With Obi-Wan on Utapau battling

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Related Movies: sequel of Star Wars (1977) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [sequel] Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) [sequel] Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) [sequel] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) [sequel]

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External Reviews

If there's going to be a Wookie battle, why reduce it to just clips? I want to see Wookies charging into fields of battle, ripping arms off and beating droids to death with them. More Wookies would've been nice, however, Krshyyyk looked great. 9/10

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was lots of fun, suspense, excitement and yes, even drama. I just wouldn't bring the "younglings" to see it, or at least the final act. 

--Vic Holtreman

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I found myself groaning at the clunky expository lines; and I am still almost utterly unimpressed with most of the acting aside from Ewan McGregor. But it is a good film, an exciting one, and just the sort of rousing adventure, complete with a perfect ending, that Lucas needed to deliver to come full circle and to avoid going out like a chump. 

--Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Revenge of the Sith is reminiscent of both the virtues and the shortcomings of the original films: overtly hammy and po-faced on one hand, deliriously fun on the other.

--Luke Buckmaster

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And though it seems clear that younger viewers will have a hard time sitting through some of the more disturbing sequences, Revenge of the Sith is certainly the prequel everybody has been waiting for.

--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)

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Visually stunning over-all yet sporadically clever, this last addition to one of the most inspiring Hollywood sagas ever to be absorbed by popular culture is a definite must-see on the big screen for die hard fans and Sci-Fi cinephiles, but you're probably better off simply renting it as a secret guilty pleasure if you actually prefer appropriately lasting substance over a disproportionate wealth of otherwise astounding special effects and digital camera work.

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Sith easily surpasses the other prequels, and if people accept it for what it is will be remembered alongside The Empire Strikes Back as one of the most emotional and exciting fantasy serials ever made. 

--Carl Lazarevic (MovieWeb)

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I’m still not totally convinced that this is the result of good filmmaking, so much as it makes viewers nostalgic for the original trilogy. I suppose it doesn’t really matter, since the net effect is the same.

--Jon Popick

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For all its doom and gloom, Revenge of the Sith turns out to have a happy ending after all, giving Star Wars the send-off it deserves. 

--Rene Rodriguez

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Still, one leaves the theater with a 30-year sense of closure and satisfaction. That’s a pretty good feeling, one you don’t often get at the movies. 

--Marty Mapes

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In spite of its flaws, Return of the Sith eclipses both Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones on every level: it has decent storyline, dazzling action sequences, fleshed out characters, even pacing, and is far less annoying (just say no to Jar Jar). I predict that it will also hold up better to multiple viewings. Most importantly it provides a seamless segue into The New Hope and ties up the Star Wars mythos in a neat little package. Give yourself a pat George, the third time’s the charm. 

--Greg Ursic (eFilmCritic.com)

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... with the prequels finished and the series wrapped, there’s a definite edge missing in these recent films than the galaxy far, far away from 1977. And if one day Mr. Lucas could reissue the original, unaltered versions of the film to the home video medium, then we could return to that history that occurred a long time ago. 

--Jason Whyte (eFilmCritic.com)

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George, we get it. Light sabers are cool. Yoda is cool. Chewbacca is cool. You don’t have to shove it all down our throats. You get points for the quality performance from five-time villain Ian McDiarmid, but that’s being pretty generous. 

--Todd LaPlace (eFilmCritic.com)

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Directed by

George Lucas Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Written by

George Lucas Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Cast

Ewan McGregor Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Moulin Rouge! Natalie Portman Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Leon Hayden Christensen Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, The Virgin Suicides, Life as a House Ian McDiarmid Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Jimmy Smits Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Bless the Child, The Million Dollar Hotel Frank Oz Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi [more]

Long term Star Wars fans can finally relax because Lucas has unexpectedly delivered the film you've been waiting for - Revenge of the Sith is a dark, dramatic, action-packed climax to the trilogy of prequels that's almost good enough to make you forgive The Phantom Menace. Almost.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) Perhaps the greatest compliment that I can give Revenge of the Sith is that, as the last piece of the puzzle, it makes the other five episodes look even better than before.  --Jack Moore (The Movie Insider) Sure, it had great-ish moments, like the Luke/Darth Vader/Emperor finale, but nearly every character was completely wasted and the script was little more than a check-off series of things to wrap up. It's ironic that the first and last chapters in this tale are so uninspired. Moving up the ladder is Phantom, follow by Clones. --Dennis Willis Though flawed, Revenge of the Sith is powerful and flashy and the most enjoyable Star Wars movie of the recent batch. The running time of 2:20 is long, but never tedious, and when Darth Vader slips on the helmet and you hear James Earl Jones’s ominous voice, it’s appropriate and satisfying. --Jeff Quick Sadly, it seems our stargazer could have used a few fewer yes men and a few more talented collaborators to help polish this piece of the epic into gem unto itself.  --Leitha Matz (Tailslate.net) Episode III is basically at its worst during the scenes between Anakin and Padme. The dialogue is corny, the acting by both Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen is questionable. What saves these moments is the fact that they’re relatively brief, and scattered about the first half of the film. Everything else around them is so good that you quickly forgive and forget.  --Michael Sheridan (Tailslate.net) Again, not to say that Episode III is perfect, it isn’t. There is a battle scene where three Jedi are killed much too easily and the only reason that this could have happened is that Mr. Lucas needed to speed the scene up for expediency’s sake.  --Brian Milinsky (Tailslate.net)

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