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 
Episodes 4-6 Trilogy (widescreen) | 
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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* Great movie! ...
l liked this the best of Star Wars episodes l-lll. l was, honestly, disappiointed in Episode l, but they got better, and l believe this Episode is consistent with lV-Vl.
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Great way to end the film series and it really makes the series flow now.
For the people who think episodes l-lll are pointless, they would be wrong. l mean l don't comprehend why just because they are using more CGl then they are model kits does it make the series bad. True, l-lll doesn't have the meat and bones that lV-Vl have but l just think of it is a book. How many books have you read where the first three chapters are better then the later chapters. Episode lll really deals with Anakin's problems that began in the first two films. The ideas of him not wanting to let go of people in his life. l.e. his mother and Padme. But also coupling with other things as well. Distrust between himself and the Jedi, the idea that he feels guilty that he wants to be more powerful, even though he knows it's wrong. All these things show that evil, comes from human desires. Things that we all have to overcome. Anakin's struggles make it far more simpler for Darth Sidious (lan Mcdarmid) to convert him into Darth Vader. This film you really Darth Sidious acting chomps as "the puppet master." lan does such a wonderful jobs at the seduction scenes in the film. Ewan Mcgergor does such a great homage to Alec Guinness in this film. My favorite scene with him in the film is at the end of the film with his monologue about "the chosen one". Call me mad, but l like the scenes with Hayden Christen as Darth Vader pre-suit. My favorite scene with him, is the balcony scene where you see the "tear" in his eye. Which really does show that there is some good in him and that he really does realize what he is doing is wrong. But l believe it just needed someone that didn't know his past to show him that all this anger and evil is wrong. That's why l think it is kind of poetic that his son teaches him in episode Vl that he made the wrong choice and he needs to fulfill his destiny. All and all a great film and some wonderful extras. lt's worth every penny.
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Chilling end to this trilogy
l watched the first trilogy as a kid and these films are good for many reasons. You realize the complexity of the storyline and the special effects are just beyond imagination.
The plot is worthy of Star Wars and it is important to see Darth Vader's fall from grace to the dark side. This is darker and the open portrayal of Darth Vader as an assassin and child murderer show how far his character has fallen. This film definately earned its rating because of subject matter and the graphic way Vader's injuries are shown.
The only reason l have subtracted a star is the acting. The first trilogy had better actors. This trilogy either had mediocre actors in big roles or good actorsin scenes that were underwritten, especially relationship scenes, in some instances the computer generated characters are better actors than the human beings.
The most frustrating performance is Hayden Christensen's. l wanted to like him and to be fair his performance got better toward the end. l really believed him more in this the final film of the first trilogy.
What finally convinced me that his acting was off was that the most chilling moment in this film was hearing James Earl Jones say Vader's final line in the film. He caused more of an emotional chill in one line using only his voice than Hayden Christensen caused using his voice, facial expressions and body language in two films.
While this is a mild distraction it does not detract too much from the film and it is still a great ending to the trilogy.
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* DVD is great, Movie was somewhat disappointing ...
l saw this movie in the theatre and was a bit disappointed in the way it was accelerated at the end. There should be a Star Wars 3.5.
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Star Wars- lll Revenge of the Sith.
This episode is the darkest and possibly the weakest of the three. lf this movie is being shown to children, parents should preview it first and fast forward through some of the parts.
