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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
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68 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 916 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman
  • Summary: The final entry in the prequel trilogy chronicles that downfall of the Republic as the Clone Wars rage on and Anakin Skywalker makes the transition to the dark side of the force.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 40
  3. Negative: 1 out of 40
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    A pop masterpiece.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    What a shock when George Lucas finds his footing and the saga once again takes hold.
  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    10
    The general opinion of Revenge of the Sith seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones." True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 400 out of 577
  2. Mixed: 47 out of 577
  3. Negative: 130 out of 577
  1. grandpajoe6191
    8
    Finally Lucas manages to create the final epic conclusion to his SF saga with a dark morale and splendid acting from Mcgregor with high tech CGI.
    • 10 of 10 users said yes
  2. JB
    5
    [***SPOILERS***] Touted by Star Wars fans as the redemption of the prequel series, Revenge of the Sith is rather the final gasp of a dying legacy. RoS introduces several inconsistencies into the Star Wars universe, such as Leia remembering her mother in the original trilogy even though her mother, by film's end, dies giving shortly after giving birth to her. Far worse, it actually makes clowns of both Palpatine and Yoda (during their duel, which was a shameful mockery of both characters) and thereby reduces the forces of good and evil in Lucas' universe (via their closest representatives) to clowns whose comedic sparring just happens to cost people millions of lives. The only good thing about this film is Anakin's duel with Obi-Wan, a duel that was brought about by circumstances wholly unconvincing to anyone with some degree of common sense. Just pretend that the prequels never happened. You'll be better off for it.… Expand
    • 0 of 6 users said yes
  3. w00kee
    2
    George Lucas can't direct or write to save his life. All of these most recent films are gobbling turkeys and this one is no exception. The acting is stiff, Obi Wan is a complete bore and kind of a goofball, Yoda has been turned into a Mexican jumping bean, the mystical aspects once so enchanting are now totally absent, every frame has to have something amazing that you've never seen before, robot dialogue just doesn't work, there's a plethora of toys everywhere, the dialogue is so bad it reaches new levels of sheer banality, the love story doesn't feel at all real, how the Jedi order remains unaware of Anakin’s love is totally absurd, and the lava fight was totally ludicrous and appears done for the mere effect. I was left with the impression that all that George wanted to do was to just get to the special effects without letting the bloody script and annoying actors get in the way. I gave it a 2 for the nice little jabs at contemporary political deceit.… Expand
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