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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Directed by George Lucas
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Overview
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power—and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Rated PG-13 | Length 140 minutes
Actors
Hayden Christensen | Ewan McGregor | Natalie Portman | Ian McDiarmid | Samuel L. Jackson | Jimmy Smits | Frank Oz | Anthony Daniels | Christopher Lee | Keisha Castle-Hughes | Silas Carson | Jay Laga'aia | Bruce Spence | Wayne Pygram | Temuera Morrison | David Bowers | Oliver Ford Davies | Ahmed Best | Rohan Nichol | Jeremy Bulloch | Amanda Lucas | Kenny Baker | Peter Mayhew | Rebecca Jackson Mendoza | Joel Edgerton | Bonnie Piesse | Jett Lucas | Tux Akindoyeni | Matt Rowan | Kenji Oates | Amy Allen | Bodie Taylor | Graeme Blundell | Trisha Noble | Claudia Karvan | Keira Wingate | Hayley Mooy | Sandi Finlay | Katie Lucas | Genevieve O'Reilly | Warren Owens | Kee Chan | Rena Owen | Christopher Kirby | Matthew Wood | Kristy Wright | Coinneach Alexander | Mousy McCallum | Michael Kingma | Axel Dench | Steven Foy | Julian Khazzouh | James Rowland | David Stiff | Robert Cope | George Lucas | Nick Gillard | Aidan Barton | James Earl Jones | Ben Cooke | David Acord | Paul Bateman | Ross Beadman | Jerome St. John Blake | Robert M. Bouffard | Jill Brooks | Gene Bryant | Josh Canning | Dominique Chionchio | Rob Coleman | Fay David | Caroline de Souza Correa | Eliana Dona | Malcolm Eager | Nina Fallon | Tim Gibbons | Roger Guyett | Chantal Harrison | Philip Harvey | Pablo Hidalgo | Ali Keshavji | Shaun R.L. King | Goran D. Kleut | John Knoll | Gervais Koffi | John M. Levin | Janet Lewin | Bai Ling | Dean Mitchell | Paul James Nicholson | Blake Nickle | Denise Ream | Anthony Reyna | Christopher Rodriguez | Hamish Roxburgh | Mike Savva | Jacqui Louez Schoorl | Lisa Shaunessy | Orli Shoshan | John Sigurdson | Christian Simpson | Paul Spence | Suzie Steen | Richard Stride | Marty Wetherill | Aaliyah Williams | Masa Yamaguchi | Matt Sloan | Paul Davies | Marton Csokas | Lawrence Foster
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/20/2018 | TV | Blu-ray | Library | 6.5 stars |
| 06/12/2005 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 7 stars |
| 05/19/2005 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 7 stars |
| (Average) 6.83 stars |
Viewing Notes
Can’t believe I haven’t seen this since release. It’s weird how much of this I remember and how those memories made it seem better than it was. After this viewing I’m not sure I ever want to see this again. I give it credit for most of the action beats (love all the Grievous stuff) but minus points for the drama and my biggest hangup: Anakin turns to the dark side so quickly, like in the same scene he’s “you are under arrest, Chancellor” to “I will do whatever you wish, master.”
I didn’t like that on the original release and I hate it even more now having rewatched CLONE WARS and the first CW cartoon and a few of the CW new series. In those it’s about building Anakin up to be this great Jedi warrior leading into REVENGE OF THE SITH. Yet in this movie, he’s nearly the same petulant child in ATTACK OF THE CLONES. And he’s so easily turned despite being the hero of the all the CW series. I get it; the whole thing with Padme dying in his dreams and that Palpatine put those nightmares in there to get him all fired up. But here’s the thing; sure don’t let Palpatine die when Mace Windu has him on the ropes (not really) but to stop Mace bc of the dream then immediately accept Palpatine as your master in the same beat is fucking absurd.
Literally “OMG what have I done???” to “I will obey you, Master.” in the same breath. It needed more time between reconciling killing Mace and Palpatine going to the Senate to allow Anakin to seep towards the dark side to make it more believable. Along w/more time w/Padme—which she never goes to the doctor and never learns she’s carrying twins??? This could’ve been used to support Anakin’s nightmare—she’s having twins and could have complications that put her more at risk—to drive home his desire to save her.
The end scene w/her saying “You’re breaking my heart” really gets me. It’s the most emotional beat in the film. It’s too bad there’s not more that. Also I love Obi Wan but he’s really a shitheel for lopping off Anakin’s legs then letting him burn without putting him out of his misery. Obi Wan is like “fuck you. die a tortuous, painful death, you who I once considered my brother and have all these great memories together.” what. that’s fucked up. he would not let Anakin suffer like that. he would have finished him.
Obviously he cannot to make this whole thing work but maybe throw something in there that removed Obi Wan like “oh shit this thing is collapsing into the lava so I gotta go” or “omg I gotta save Padme and twins” or something!!! Instead, he’s like “oh brother you did it to yourself so now I let you burn alive and walk away.”
This movie pisses me off.
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