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Release Date: May 19th, 2005

Running Time: 2 hrs. 22 min.

U.S. Box Office: $380,262,555

Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images.

Director: George Lucas

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson

Critics Reviews: 9 out of 10

Reelviews Revenge of the Sith exhibits its writer/director's strengths and weaknesses for all to see. Lucas, who can at best be described as a journeyman writer of dialogue, delivers plenty of clunky lines. And the romance between Padme (Natalie Portman) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) is as forced here as it was in the previous installment, the sincere efforts of the actors notwithstanding. Nevertheless, although weak in specific areas of screenplay-writing, Lucas is a masterful storyteller. James Berardinelli

Chicago Sun-Times The lesson, I think, is that special effects should be judged not by their complexity but by the degree that they stimulate the imagination, and "Episode III" is distinguished not by how well the effects are done, but by how amazingly they are imagined. A climactic duel on a blazing volcanic planet is as impressive, in its line, as anything in "Lord of the Rings." And Yoda, who began life as a Muppet but is now completely animated. Roger Ebert

USA Today The Force is definitely with it this time. Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ... fulfills the promise of the series and rises far above its two most recent predecessors. It's the darkest of the six-film opus, but it just may be the best of the lot. Claudia Puig

Cinema Blend Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith begins at a torrid pace and never lets up. Obi Wan and Anakin appear in the midst of a stunning space battle, on a mission to rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) being held prisoner aboard Count Dooku’s ship. There’s no need to pause for character development, as Lucas’s exceptionally well crafted script melds deeper growth and personality right in with the action. Joshua Tyler

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