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

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

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👍 92%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 74%
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Director
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (14,744 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
68

Cast

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader · 68% avg
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi · 72% avg
Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala · 72% avg
Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious · 80% avg
Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu · 71% avg
Jimmy Smits as Senator Bail Organa · 73% avg
Frank Oz as Yoda (voice) · 78% avg
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO · 75% avg

Is Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith good?

Yes. 92% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 74%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#20 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#2 / 180 · 2005
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 6 · George Lucas

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, the final installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Set three years into the Clone Wars, the film depicts the fall of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force and his transformation into the iconic villain Darth Vader. Seduced by Chancellor Palpatine's promises of power to save his wife Padmé from death in childbirth, Anakin betrays the Jedi Order, participates in the massacre of younglings at the Jedi Temple, and is ultimately defeated and horrifically burned in a volcanic duel with his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Mustafar.

Revenge of the Sith was the darkest and most critically praised film in the prequel trilogy, as it delivered the tragic narrative that fans had anticipated since the original trilogy revealed that Vader was once a Jedi Knight. The Mustafar duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan was the longest lightsaber battle in Star Wars history, choreographed over months by stunt coordinator Nick Gillard and performed almost entirely by Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor themselves. Ian McDiarmid's performance as Palpatine, gradually revealing his Sith identity with theatrical relish, was one of the saga's most deliciously villainous turns.

John Williams's score, particularly the haunting "Anakin's Betrayal" cue that accompanies the Jedi purge, was among the composer's most emotionally devastating work. The film earned $868 million worldwide and was the only prequel to receive generally positive reviews. Its final image — Obi-Wan delivering the infant Luke Skywalker to the Lars homestead on Tatooine as twin suns set on the horizon — provided a perfect emotional bridge to the original 1977 film.

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