Fresh
A grave and vigorous popular entertainment, a picture that regains and sustains the filmic Force [Lucas] dreamed up a long time ago, in a movie industry that seems far, far away.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Every story has a hero. Every hero has a destiny. Every saga has an end.
2005 · 2h 20m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
George Lucas
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.
Director and cast
- George Lucas Director
- Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
- Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala
- Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine
- Frank Oz as Yoda (Voice)
- Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
- Jimmy Smits as Senator Bail Organa
- Anthony Daniels Cast
- Christopher Lee Cast
- Keisha Castle-Hughes Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Lucas is a brilliant technician but a poor philosopher, and his lurchingly thought-out rendering of futuristic politics prevents the entire series from achieving the greatness to which it aspires.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
.. even though Revenge is a better experience than Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones, it doesn't add anything that satisfying or compelling to the big picture.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
McGregor, Portman, and Christensen have all been brilliant elsewhere but the bonds between their characters are all in the dialogue, never between the lines. (And the less said about the lines themselves, the better.)
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Rotten
Although the stiff theatrics are part of the design, they're no longer excusable.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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