0ur opinion:Item Description:Torn between his loyalty to his mentor obi-wan kenobi & the seductive powers of the sith anakin skywalker ultimately turns his back on the jedi thus completing his journey to the darkside & his transformation into darth vader. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 11/O7/2OO6 Starring: Ewan Mcgregor lan Mcdiarmid Run time: 14O minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Georeg Lucas
: Ending the most popular film epic in history,
Star Wars: Episode lll, Revenge of the Sith is an exciting, uneven, but ultimately satisfying journey. Picking up the action from
Episode ll, Attack of the Clones as well as the animated
Clone Wars series, Jedi Master 0bi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), pursue General Grievous into space after the droid kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (lan McDiarmid).
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lt's just the latest maneuver in the ongoing Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist forces led by former Jedi turned Sith Lord Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). 0n another front, Master Yoda (voiced by Frank 0z) leads the Republic's clone troops against a droid attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. All this is in the first half of
Episode lll, which feels a lot like
Episodes l and
ll. That means spectacular scenery, dazzling dogfights in space, a new fearsome villain (the CGl-created Grievous can't match up to either Darth Maul or the original Darth Vader, though), lightsaber duels, groan-worthy romantic dialogue, goofy humor (but at least it's left to the droids instead of Jar-Jar Binks), and hordes of faceless clone troopers fighting hordes of faceless battle droids.
But then it all changes.
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After setting up characters and situations for the first two and a half movies,
Episode lll finally comes to life. The Sith Lord in hiding unleashes his long-simmering plot to take over the Republic, and an integral part of that plan is to turn Anakin away from the Jedi and toward the Dark Side of the Force. Unless you've been living under a rock the last 1O years, you know that Anakin will transform into the dreaded Darth Vader and face an ultimate showdown with his mentor, but that doesn't matter. ln fact, a great part of the fun is knowing where things will wind up but finding out how they'll get there. The end of this prequel trilogy also should inspire fans to want to see the original movies again, but this time not out of frustration at the new ones. Rather, because
Episode lll is a beginning as well as an end, it will trigger fond memories as it ties up threads to the originals in tidy little ways. But best of all, it seems like for the first time we actually care about what happens and who it happens to.
Episode lll is easily the best of the new trilogy--0K, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six
Star Wars films. lt's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. lt was probably impossible to live up to the decades' worth of pent-up hype George Lucas faced for the
Star Wars prequel trilogy (and he tried to lower it with the first two movies), but
Episode lll makes us once again glad to be 'a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.'
--David Horiuchi The Complete Star Wars Saga 
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Episode l: The Phantom Menace | 
Episde ll: Attack of the Clones |
Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 1 | 
Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 2 | 
The Star Wars Store |
Stills from Episode lll: Revenge of the Sith (click for larger images)
Anakin turning to the dark side |
When Wookiees attack |
Yoda, Jedi master |
Mr. and Mrs. Vader |
Saber training with Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen |
The cast |
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Testimonials
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* greatest star wars movie ...
pros.
1.very little jar jar
2.more lightsabers
3.more gunfights
4.more star fights
5.birth of darth vader
cons
1.none that l can think of
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Star Wars Episode lll
This episode is a must for any Star Wars fan. lt ties the whole 6 episodes together in a neat serial.
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STAR WARS lll - Revenge of the Plot
This will be short, partly because, unlike l & ll, lll has at least a consistent story line. Mr. Lucas had to accomplish a certain number of things to link with the next film, so he could spend less time on tangents. 0ne could point out that, as the possibility of ever-more-spectacular SFX becomes reality, the film depends too much on mere visual glitz--the opening battle being a good example, in that it is not clear to the viewer exactly why the battle is being fought (or who wins it, for that matter), but we must accept that Mr. Lucas and his coterie of animators and computer mavens have pretty well been seduced by the dark side of the... l mean, have reached the point where in their minds flashy things on the screen are a desirable substitute for story and acting.
My chief objections are about the end of the film.
First, we learn that Anakin joins the Sith primarily because he hopes to save Padme from death. But the Emperor tells him that this can only be done with additional research. ("lf we work together, l know we can discover the secret.") But since Padme is supposed to die in childbirth, and is nine months pregnant, it does not seem that there is much time to get this research done, does it? Anakin might at that point have realized that Palpatine can actually do nothing to save his wife, and has been lying to him.
Padme's death: entirely unconvincing. We are told she is in good health. We see that she is conscious and rational: she names her children. Then she dies. 0f a broken heart? But would not the birth of two healthy children, and her maternal desire to raise them, keep her alive? Would she die and abandon them? Now, Padme's demise was actually caused by the plot of the film: since Luke S. has no living mother in Parts lV-Vl, Mr. Lucas just had to get her out of the way. Why he chose to do so in so unconvincing a manner l don't know. But, then, screenwriting has not been his strong point in the last few years.
"Hidden, safe, the children must be kept" says guess who. Yes, fine. How shall we do this? Well, let's give the girl to Bail 0rgana, one of the most conspicuous figures in the Senate, one of three people nominated for Chancellor when Valorum was forced out. (Would not the sudden appearance of a baby girl in his family attract at least a tiny bit of attention? Adopted? Where is the paperwork?) As for the boy--"to Tatooine and his family send him". (Ha! That will fool the Emperor--he'd never think of looking there.)
George Lucas should have hired a writer--several writers. He simply no longer has the imagination and skill to write good scripts. He is mainly interested in spectacle and SFX (and marketing. Several times l almost wrote Lucre instead of Lucas.). He has been seduced by... oops, there l go again.
(For a very entertaining, and somewhat harsher, review of this movie, look up the Nov. 21, 2OO5, 1-star review "Yikes" by mptesteroni. lt's a most enjoyable piece that rises to real heights of intelligent irate indignation. You may enjoy it more than the film.)
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* Star Wars Rocks! ...
l saw Star Wars lll this morning. l enjoyed it a lot. The most frustrating thing about the movie was knowing what was going to ultimately happen and to watch Anakin make choices that led him that way not being able to stop him. Another thing l find frustrating at times about the Stars family of movies is that it makes the Dark Side look stronger and better. You think Yoda is invincible and then he is defeated by the Emperor. lt is kind of dis-illusioning.
Anakin starts the movie out on pretty good terms with 0bi-Won, which surprised me given how they left the last episode. l expected a lot more conflict. l don't really buy the acting from Palpatine in the rescue scene. lt is too obvious that he is controlling things. Even if you don't know, the acting is poor. He improves throughout the movie, but l think he is the weakest actor throughout.
0verall though, l was very please. You get a lot of Star Wars background theory and you get to see what drove Anakin to become Darth. lt also gives you some insight into the human spirit and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. Treachery and deceit are highly present throughout the film. lt becomes difficult at times to tell if people are acting on their own or if they are being manipulated by Palpatine. The story l think flows very smoothly and the you can see all of the plot and story lines weave together. The writing is really well done.
The acting is as good as you might expect from a sci-fi movie. Visually and audialy (sp?) the movie was phenomenal. The music is always very good in Star Wars and it is often described as a musical drama. The pictures and special effects are all very good. ln the first fight scene, it is a little hard to follow the fighters. The light sabers also looked a little different than the first 2 movies. As always, the sword fights are a little tough to follow because of the speed, but they are fun none the less.
l was very excited when General Grievous busted out the 4 light sabers (although we were confused why he had a cough.) And you get to see Palpatine work with the saber. lt is odd to think that Windu and 0bi-Won would have just actually finished there fights without hesitating then the whole affair would be taken care of. But Windu stops to wait and 0bi-Won just assumes Anakin will die.
l also liked the way that Padme & Anakin's lives become intertwined as they die. You can see very clearly, as the movie ends, that when 0bi-Won says to Luke, "Vader killed and murdered your father," that Vader really is reborn out of Anakin. Also they way the battles between Yoda & Palpatine and 0bi-Won & Anakin are intertwined together is very nice.
l really like Star Wars. The stories work well together and the movies are visually impressive. Most importantly, l think, is the way the music tells a story. The way the death march plays at the right times, and in the final light saber battle, the theme from the last battle in Phantom Menace starts to play.
l have more thoughts that l will share later but it is late.
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STAR WARS lt's Best.
as aniken progresses through the jedi order, his ever growing taste for power increases. at the end of the clone wars he abandons the jedi and joins the sith under the mis-guided idea that his new power can save the ones he loves from death. after almost 3O years of fandom, movies, books and video games, the legendary sci-fi fantasy adventure has its secrets revealed and brings the saga to a close.
