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Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Widescreen Edition)
Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Widescreen Edition)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(based on 1472 reviews)
Sales Rank: 68
Category: DVD

Actors: Hayden Christensen, Ewan Mcgregor, Natalie Portman
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
Label: 20th Century Fox
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 140 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.6

UPC: 024543203094
EAN: 0024543203094
ASIN: B00005JLXH

Release Date: November 1, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

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Ending the most popular film epic in history, Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is an exciting, uneven, but ultimately satisfying journey. Picking up the action from Episode II, Attack of the Clones as well as the animated Clone Wars series, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), pursue General Grievous into space after the droid kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid).

The Star Wars Family Tree (click for larger image)
It'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). On another front, Master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) 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 III, which feels a lot like Episodes I and II. That means spectacular scenery, dazzling dogfights in space, a new fearsome villain (the CGI-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.


Star Wars Time Line (click for larger image)

After setting up characters and situations for the first two and a half movies, Episode III 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 10 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. In 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 III 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 III is easily the best of the new trilogy--OK, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six Star Wars films. It's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. It 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 III makes us once again glad to be "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." --David Horiuchi

DVD features
Say what you will about the new Star Wars films--and plenty has been said already--but the DVDs continue to set the standard for technical excellence. From the opening of the first scene, the Dolby 5.1 EX sound is thrilling, and the picture, transferred directly from the digital source, is fantastic. A commentary track is again provided by a combination of people, including George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Roger Guyett. Lucas admits that the film is political and that he was influenced by Vietnam, but makes no mention of the Bush administration, as is widely speculated.

The main documentary on the second disc is probably the most granular DVD feature ever. "Within a Minute: The Making of Episode III" takes 67 minutes to deconstruct one minute of the film, an excerpt of the duel on Mustafar. The idea is to cover all the aspects that go into creating that minute, from writing to set construction to accounting. Fortunately, many of the concepts such as costumes apply to the movie as a whole, but having producer Rick McCallum tell us the importance of food seems a bit overkill. Two other featurettes are "It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III," an 11-minute discussion focusing mainly on the lightsaber duels, and "The Chosen One," a 14-minute examination of Darth Vader's evolution over the six films.

The six deleted scenes were no great loss from the film but are all worth watching. Natalie Portman in particular gets some much-needed screen time as one of the co-plotters of an anti-Palpatine movement, and an early action scene ties in to the Clone Wars animated series. There's also a 15-part series of 5 to 7 minute Web documentaries on topics such as the creation of General Grievous and Ewan McGregor, and an Xbox sampler of Battlefront II (if you're lucky, you can play as Obi-Wan Kenobi cutting through an army of droids) among other supplements. --David Horiuchi

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Customer Reviews:   Read 1467 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Best of Them All   June 29, 2006
  1 out of 2 found this review helpful

First off, I am not a Star Wars purist.And, secondly, I am probably one of the few who enjoyed the second trilogy before the first trilogy. And Return of The Sith is the best of the six movies due to character development and overall drama -even though everyone knew how the movie would end. Sith actually had me feeeling sympathetic to one of the greatest villains in cinema history. And that is no easy feat!!!


5 out of 5 stars The Devil in Mrs. Jones   June 28, 2006
I disagree because I really liked the way Lucas made us feel all the evil involved when Anakin chooses to use his great wisdom for evil and selfish purposes. It didn't make me cry. It made me think Lucas was no so bad a director. I mean it's hard to show evil like that on the screen. I think the duel vs. his friend and former master Obi Wan Kenobi was a lot of fun too.


5 out of 5 stars "Execute Order 66!"   June 27, 2006
  1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith concludes the WONDERFUL "new" trilogy by having Anakin Skywalker make the transformation into Darth Vader.
Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, it allows for a highly entertaining movie that can be watched over and over again!
The setting, the plot, the dialogues and the music are out of this world!
In short, Revenge of the Sith is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection (if you haven't done so already)!



5 out of 5 stars I thought it would be fun to Watch his fall to the dark side   June 27, 2006
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

When I first saw the movie, I figured thatI would be smiling the whole way through, watching Anakin turn evil. That didn't happen. I cried when he turned. But that doesn't take away from how great this movie is! It is one of the very best movies ever. You cannot die and say you lived a full and wonderful life until you see this movie.


3 out of 5 stars I see your Schwartz is as big as mine, lets see if you know ow to use it.   June 26, 2006
  3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Unlike the rest of my reviews, I will rank the Star Wars six against each other. It's hard to effectively rate the Star wars films against others like. Even if you compare the new three to its previous three films, they comes up a bit short. If the first three films were never made, viewers would likely be as floored as they were when the first Star Wars film was released over twenty years ago. Was I disappointed? A little. Will I watch it again? Sure.

Unfortunately, Revenge of the Sith doesn't know how to use its Schwartz. It is a darker affair than the other two, but it also puts the trilogy into context: whereas Phantom Menace(2) had a childlike quality to it, and Clones(1) was a coming-of-age film, Revenge of the Sith is a more mature work that examines the philosophical questions that have given the saga such a universal and long-lasting appeal.

Sith begins in typical fashion with an elongated battle sequence as Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) attempt to dodge the Clone wars and rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from the clutches of General Grievous, the leader of the Droid army. Once their mission is accomplished - and after a hand-to-hand battle with Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) - the heroes return to Coruscant.

But all is not well on the home of the crumbling Republic and the Jedi Knights. The Jedi Council, and in particular Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) are suspicious of Palpatine's motives and charge the young Anakin to keep an eye on him. Anakin is puzzled by the request, and simultaneously worried by the news that his secret wife Padme (Natalie Portman) is expecting their first child.

The crux of Revenge of the Sith is the relationship between Palpatine and Skywalker, and thanks to an effective script and some notable acting from McDiarmid it raises the level of the trilogy considerably. As Anakin ponders the difficult situation he finds himself in and the various solutions to it, the plot becomes Shakespearean in tone, and Macbeth-like, Anakin must decide whether his personal situation should take priority in the battle between good and evil. This is the only part with redeeming qualities. I would turn to the dark side for Natalie Portman. Anyway, this film could have been a contender. The script is well-written but the acting is horrendous. The best actor in the movie was a four-armed robot. The poor acting really sinks this film early, but it does manage to achieve its goal.
1) It makes you want to watch the original Star Wars films.
2) Merchandising, merchandising, merchandising. You have Space Balls...err...I mean Star Wars the video game, Star Wars the cereal, Star Wars the toilet paper. I really wanted to rate this movie higher, the acting is that bad. Also, if you don't have a hi-def system, this movie is even worse. It ranks a three compared to the other Star Wars as it is the best of the new three, but can't hold a light saber to the original three.


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