Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith [Steelbook] [Blu-ray] [2005]

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From the opening onslaught of the now over-familiar theme to the poignancy of the film's emotionally silent finish, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a guiltlessly enjoyable sci-fi romp, encompassing the now familiar Lucas themes of Love, Regret, Responsibility and Greed. From the iconic use of original dialogue ("This is where the fun begins!") in the oddly calm opening battle, to the poetic justice of Obi-Wan's tainted victory over the corrupted Anakin, ROTS is unique, the end of a dynasty, a film saga that is truely timeless, despite all the criticisms of the new prequels ("Too many SFX", "Pathetic dialogue", "irritating characters"). Fortunately, ROTS manages to address many of these problems (except the FX, still billions of those). Yes, the dialogue is still occasionally cringe-worthy, but who cares when it looks this good? The film that Star Wars fans have always wanted to see, with all the things we wanted to see. Clone Wars. Check. How the Jedi got wiped out (and SO cunningly!). Check. How Palpatine ended up like a prune. Check. Obi-Wan V Anakin/'Vader'. Check. Yoda V Emperor Palpatine. Check. Kids being born. Check. What happened to Mum. Check. How Anakin became the asthmatic poster boy of the Empire. Check, check and check mate. ROTS is everything you could possibly want, minor quibbles aside: 'What? He had 28 YEARS to write the opening crawl, and he came up with "War!"? Oh, Bra-VO!', 'Why are the Clone Troopers all random colours like Red, Yellow and Green when they all look the same in the future?', 'That's our lot for Kashyyyk? After waiting for that for 28 years too? Utapau is better!', 'What? He turned to the Dark Side just like THAT? Jeez...', and the best one, 'DARTH VADER DOESN'T TALK LIKE THAT!!!' But it dies away. While the opening space battle isn't quite as billed, it is intriguingly shot, showing the calm serenity that the Jedi can exude in the most turbulent atmosphere, further exemplifying the cruel sadness of their unbeknown fate. Also, Lucas moves the action along at a cracking pace, with some terrificly boys-own set-pieces, as well as freneticly gruesome lightsaber duels, the standout obviously being the duel between the two Jedi on the delectably designed Mustafar, with a quite ghastly coup de gras, fully deserving of the 12A certificate bestowed upon the film (the common Star Wars mythos still doesn't quite prepare you for Anakin's horrifying destruction). To further complement it, Ian McDiarmid is outstanding, compensating somewhat for the slightly wooden Ewan McGregor (who almosts seems disbelieving in some of his deliveries) and the woeful Natalie Portman, whose transformation from strong individual to pathetic floozy is startling over three films. The scenes between McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen (a real star turn this time), especially in the the Opera sequence, are among the best in all six (!) Star Wars films, although, as noted, Anakin's final capitulation to his dark inklings is woefully underplayed, but that should be contributed to Lucas, not his cast. All without mentioning John Williams' masterful score, fully embellished in the tragic segment following the murders of the Jedi Order across a far-flung array of war-torn planets. To call it a minor triumph is like saying how relieved fans were to see that Jar Jar Binks only managed a single line, "Excuse me", which is, incidentally, unnoticeable. Tying up loose ends, being loud, and proud with it, ROTS is popcorn fun all the way, just as Star Wars always has been, even in the much-maligned prequels (I saw The Phantom Menace no less than 3 times at the cinema and enjoyed it every time. Hell, I even liked Jar Jar.) And I challenge you not to get AT LEAST a lump in your throat when Yoda chokes on his words: "Failed, I have". Only when I stop watching. Only then.

I first saw this film in the cinema on it's first release night. I came out quite disappointed, it did not seem to reach my standards. However I had to get it on dvd, the first day it came out - I needed to complete the trilogy. When I watched it in the comfort of my own home - without the busy cinema surroundings - I loved this film. It felt like quite a long film when I originally at the cinema however with the bonus of the pause botton for the DVD for toilet breaks and drinks etc it seems to fly by. In the first week of owning this dvd i found time to watch it 3 times within a very busy time schedule. I just had to rewatch, noticing more and more everytime I watch it. The DVD quality is great. It is a fantastic salute to the success of the original films. After watching the film on DVD I want them to redo the old films. The use of special effects is great, especially the use of light and dark. The fight scenes are thrilling and Padame's last scene rings in your ears for the next week. Darth vader's physical change is quite unexpectedly gruesome but when you watch the great array of special features on the two discs you understand why this ending is like it is. Oh and I have read that somewhere on the dvd is a hidden special feature of Yoda dancing and rapping. Such perfection to detail!! Definately get this DVD and book the whole day for the whole saga, you wont be disappointed!!

Ian McDiarmand shows why he is such a superb Shakespearian actor with a master class performance as the devilish Chancellor / Emperor . Yes it is a violent & depressing film but given the fact that Darth Vader finally turns up what else can one expect ? The suspense , drama and twists & turns keep the viewer gripped untill the powerful conclusion when the New Trilogy rejoins the continuity of the old one as filmed between 1977 & 1983 and we see it all as pattern of a story . The tale is about the rise , triumph , fall and redemption of Darth Vader . As a film the writing is not too bad - the dialogue could have been worse . It avoids being poor like Independence Day whereby special effects are relied upon while the scripting and acting is poor . But in Revenge Of The Sith the cast rise to the challenge very well and as a tragic warning about the perils of greed & fear driving a person to make mistakes it works very well . Unlike The Phantom Menace this more recent Star Wars film does manage to live up to the hype . I really enjoyed seeing it again the other day - an absolute must for sci-fi fans ! Well done George Lucas !

Maybe more 3.5 actually. Bought simply as I wanted to re-watch 1-6 in the cheapest combo possible and this was one of the parts. Bizarrely Phantom Menace was the most expensive (haha!). This is quite a good film although obviously somewhat hindered first time round by the fact we all knew what would happen in the end. It needed to be sold through emotion, character and decent dialogue really to make us care in spite of knowing where it was going - a bit like a tragedy we know is coming but can't stop and this still doesn't do that for me. Possibly because I don't really buy the romance, the ages seem off to me still and I don't really think there's enough reasons for the turn to the dark side to be really sold for me. Very good end though. Glad I re-watched them all and enjoyed picked up on discrepancies and googling for the "explanations" too! Cheap enough to add to permanent DVD collection.

Wow is simply all I can say! after the star wars does spy kids episode 1 and the so so episode 2 we have the greatest star wars film since the empire strikes back. The film workson the most part due to Steven Spielberg having an input into the action set pieces which makes the film far more fun and shows what a jedi and sith can really do in a fight, the battle between the palpatine and yoda is amazing. I can only dream of what the first two films would have been like if Spielberg had looked after the action instead of the boring plot and same action we have seen before, to be fair though the pod race was cool in episode 1. Episiode 3 is a sci fi version of macbeth, the heartbreaking cruelty of what palpatine puts anakin through and the unyealding ethics of the jedi order, it puts the original trilogy in a new light. If only anakin had a friend like han solo then the sith plans would have been stopped. the effects are top notch while the script could have done with a little more work but all in all an excellent film.

Si eres fan de Star Wars, es una edición excelente. Esta edición vale la pena, no solo por la película, si no por el arte de la edición. En la parte frontal se encuentra el rostro del General Grivius (“hello there”); mientras que en la parte posterior se encuentra el arte del póster con el que fue anunciada la película. Además, aunque el arte del Blu-ray es sencilla, por dentro se encuentra la escena más característica de la película: el enfrentamiento entre Anakin y Obi-wan. De igual manera, tienes la opción de activar el audio comentario de George Lucas al momento de ver la película. Puedes disfrutar de la película con audio DTS-HD en Inglés con salida a 6.1 canales o en DTS en español latino y francés a 5.1 canales.

Filme excelente já tinha visto outras vezes mas em UHD realmente espetacular.

Die, in Episode II begonnenen Klonkriege sind fast vorüber, da wird Kanzler Palplantine von Count Dooku, dem Anführer der Seperatisten entführt. Anakin und Obi - Wahn haben den Auftrag ihn zu retten und Dooku zu verhaften, doch Anakin, der seine Wutausbrüche immer seltener kontrollieren kann, tötet ihn auf Befehl Palplantines. Dieser weiht ihn im späteren Geschehen in die Künste der dunkelen Seite der Macht ein. Zwar versucht Obi - Wahn, als Anakins bester Freund alles, um ihn auf den Pfad des Lichtes zurückzuführen, doch als Anakin nur in Palplantins Hilfe eine Chance dafür sieht seine Frau Padme zu retten, kippt die Situation und Anakin wird zu einem Machtwerk des Bösen (Darth Vader) Gemeinsam vernichten sie einen großen Teil aller jedi und Palplantin reißt die Macht an sich und verwandelt die demokratische Republik, in sein diktatorisches Imperium. Schließlich kommt es zum Showdown zwischen Obi - Wahn und Anakin, sowie zwischen Yoda und Palplantin. Wow ! Also mit diesem Meisterwerk hat George Lucas sich selbst übertroffen. Hier stimmt einfach alles: Charaktere, Story, Schauspieler, Musik, Regisseur, Technick, und, und, und, ... Diesen Film muss man einfach gesehen haben. Meiner Meinung nach übertrifft er hiermit auch den Klassiker "Das Imperium schlägt zurück" Selbst Menschen, die "Star Wars" nicht so positiv gegenüber stehen (soll es ja angeblich geben) werden zugeben müssen, dass das hier großartig ist. Die Geschichte von Anakin zu Vader ist genauso wie man es sich vorstellt. Er trifft Entscheidungen (zb. das Töten der kinder, erwürgen von Padme usw.) die ihn unwideruflich zur dunkelen Seite führen. Am Ewnde funkeln seine Augen Gelb wie einst bei Darth Maul in Episode I. ! Nicht nur ein "nettes DetaiL": Gelb sit die Farbe des Neides ! Schön sind auch die optischen Darsteklllungen. Lucas erzählt alles anhand von sehr einprägsamenen Bildern. So ist zb. Der Planet auf dem Anakin zu Vader wird ein Lavaplanet, dh alles brennt, selbst der Planet auf dem sie sich befinden. Das macht Sinn, denn Vader bzw. Anakin steht für das männliche im Menschen, die Aggression – in jeder Hinsicht ! Und diese wird eben ducrh die Farbe rot symbolisiert. Er verliert am Ende sein Gesicht, wortwörtlich und wird zu einer gesichtslosen Maschiene: Darth Vader. Anakin will Macht und Einfluss und die kann er durch die Religion der Jedi nicht finden. Das wird ihm klar, er muss den Schritt zur dunkelen Seite gehen und er weiß dass er mit dem Feuer spielt. Der Imperator Palplatin ist der Teufel in Person und zeigt hier sein wahres Gesicht. Anakin glaubt bis zu Letzt er könne ihn stürzen, mächtiger als er werden. Der Preis dafür ist seine Menschlichkeit. Diese stirbt in der letzten Szene mit einem lauten Schrei. Und der Imperator…lacht ! Anakin weiß dass Palplatin lügt als er die Jedi beschuldigt. Er schließt sich ihm dennoch an. Er weiß dass das was er tut falsch ist, dass er seine Seele verkauft und tut es dennoch. Er bleibt auch bis zum Ende hin und hergerissen. Padme die in allen Filmen für das Weibliche, das lebendige stand (sie war immer mit Blumen, Kindern, Tieren umgeben usw.) stirbt am Ende des Filmes. Symbolisch heißt das dass diese ganze friedliche Welt mit ihr zusammen stirbt. Alle Jedi sterben, alel Rassen werden versklavt oder ermordet. Das Imperium, die Diktatur ist geboren. Interessant ist auch die Figur Obi Wahn. Er ist praktisch am Ende ein gebrochener Mann. Er hat seine Vaterfigur, Qui Gon in episode I verloren, in Episode II verliert er stückweise seinen Glauben an die Demokratie, bzw. an das an das er vorher glauben konnte. Er erfährt dass sein Lehrmeister Qui Gon auch zu den Seperatisten wechseln wollte von Count Dooku. Sein Schützling Anakin den er wie einen Sohn behandelt, will ihn am Ende töten und hasst ihn. Padme zu der er immer ein gutes Verhältniss hatte stirbt, alle Jedio die er kannte und schätze außer Yoda sterben und seinen eigenen Klontruppen fallen ihm in den Rücken. Der Kampf zwischen Anakin und Obi wahn ist fast biblisch. Da kämpfen zwei Brüber, zwei Freunde, Vater und Sohn gegeneinander und…zwei ebenbürdige Gegner ! Obi Wahn ist der weise von beiden. Er scheut sich nicht davor auch mit „unfairen“ Tricks zu überleben das konnte man bereits bei Darth Maul sehen, nur hier weiß er dass Anakin sein Gegner ist. Er warnt ihn. „Tu es nicht !“ Obi Wahn ist clever und kann sich aus vielen brenzligen Situationen befreien. Er ist defentiv der Weisere von Beiden. Anakin hingegen ist stärker in der Macht. Er ist defaktor der stärkere und auch skrupelosere von beiden. Er hat bewiesen, bereits in „Angriff der Klonkrieger“ das er wenn es sein muss über Leichen geht. Aber auch der Kampf Yoda Palplatin ist biblisch. Außerdem hat hier Han Solos treuer Begleietr Chewbacca seinen „ersten“ nachträglich ersten Auftritt sozusagen ;) Herrlich ist hier vorallem wie der Imperator sein düsteres Spiel reibt und Anakin aber auch den Jedi Orden gekonnt verführt. Der Moment in dem die gesamte Republik kippft und fällt, als der Imperator zb. die Order 66 ausruft und alle Jedis ermordet werden packt den zuschauer emotional. Auch anakin der hier schon am anfang mit dem Tod an Count Dooku weit über die Grenzen eines kämpfers für das Gute hinaus geht überzeugt und Hayden christchensen spielt hier seine Schauspieerische Meisterleistung. Der Zuschauer leidet regelrecht mit Anakin mit. Er weint, schreit, ist wütend, verzewifelt. Man fühlt regelrecht wie er innerlich zerbricht und am Ende als er als Darth Vader seine letzte Menschlichkeit verliert hört man den Imperator dreckig lachen. Der Film besitzt sogar Anspielungen auf geschichtliche Ereignisse und Filmklassiker, so ist z.B., laut George Lucas, die Szene in der Anakin zum Jedi - Tempel geht an Mussolinis March auf Rom angelegt oder die Geburtsstunde von Darth Vader im Anzug an den Filmklassiker "Frankenstein". Dieser Film zeigt die Wandlung eines Helden zu einem Schurken und ist düsterer und packender als jeder andere star Wars Film. Es geht auf tiefste psychologische Weise um die Angst in jedem Menschen die ihn zu Gräultaten verleitet und den Sieg des Egos über jede menschlichkeit. So fühlt man sich hier auch zb. bei der Machtübernahme des Imperatorss stark an einen Hitler oder Mussolni erinnert der gekonnt die Angst der Masse für seine ziele nutzt. Faszit: Der beste Star Wars Film bis jetzt Hier die Bestenliste: 1. Episode III: Die Rache der Sith 2. Episode V: Das Imperium schlägt zurück 3. Episode VI: Die Rückkehr der Jedi - Ritter 4. Episode II: Angriff der Klonkrieger 5. Episode I: Die dunkele Bedrohung 6. Episode IV: Eine neue Hoffnung PS: an alle Fans auf meiner homepae gibt es mehr Infos zu Star Wars mit Fotos, erklärungen usw: [...]

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For those of you who are new to the Star Wars universe(What planet are you from?!) here is a brief story on the films. Originally conceived as one film (supposedly) by George Lucas, Star Wars was thought by the studio to be too big for one movie, so George divided his story into episodes and decided to do Episode IV - A New Hope in 1977 because it worked as a single movie. He then named it Star Wars, but kept the episode's title on the beginning scroll. He figured if it doesn't work, it will be just one movie, but if the public liked it and it made money he'd do the rest of the episodes. Well, the people liked it alright. It became the top grossing movie of all time, until E.T. came along, but then after the re-release in `97 it regained the top spot again with $460.9 million. That is until Titanic came along with $600.8 million. But anyway, its still # 2 and if adjusted because of inflation, it's the 2nd highest grossing film ever at $1026.7 million, after Gone With The Wind $1187.7 million. Anyway, even though it was his creation and it made tons of money, George didn't have a pleasant time directing that movie due to the limitations at the time. So he passed the directorial reigns to other directors for Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi both of which continued the success of the original. Many fans consider The Empire Strikes Back (which at the time was considered dark and didn't quite match the originals box office) to be the best of the trilogy and even the whole saga. This is because here we learn who Luke Skywalker's father is and the story line gets elaborate and we have a few twists and turns that are later resolved in The Return of the Jedi. Anyway after Return of the Jedi he decided to call it quits, since the trilogy ends in a happy note. One thought remained in George's brain, originally the movie's story line revolved around Darth Vader, his childhood and his seduction to the Dark Side. In these three movies, you only get to see his redemption and also Luke Skywalker comes off as the main character. So George put off making any sequels and actually decided to scrap his idea to make it into 9 episodes. He thought that if he did all episodes, he'd be well into his 80's and too tired to take on such projects. So 6 episodes was his final decision. He felt he needed to tell the beginning of the story and luckily for us started making Episodes I, II & III which show us Anakin Skywalker before he became Darth Vader. So in 1999, after decades of waiting, Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released and then in 2002 Episode II - Attack Of The Clones. He directed both of them and that is probably the weakness of these movies. Now don't get me wrong I love all these movies, 5 stars to all, but George is a storyteller and a special effects director, he is not good in the Drama department or the screenplay dialogue. Some fans felt a bit disappointed with the last two movies, even though they still flocked to see them. I wasn't disappointed, it is all one big movie and even though some of the dialogue was boring and some of the love story seems childlike (mostly in Attack of the Clones), I have a good imagination and go with the flow. Had I been the director I would have eased on the quick editing and elaborate more on some of the feelings and characters scenes, I always feel that he cuts away right when there could be some more emotion showed. In my opinion when I view each movie individually my favorite is still 1.) The Empire Strikes Back, then my second believe it or not is 2.) The Phantom Menace, it's the beginning of the story and I love the setting, everything seems light and pure, before the Dark Side starts messing things up. I was not bothered by the dialogue, it explains all the politics at the time, I liked it. I liked the Qui Gon character played by Liam Neeson and of course Darth Maul, the best Sith warrior in the movies in my opinion. And everybody's favorite Jar Jar, the most hated character ever, who just happened to be digital, did not bother me at all. I thought Boss Nass was more annoying, but it's a small price to pay for such an awesome movie. Many disagree with me and consider this one to be the worst of the bunch, oh well. My 3rd favorite is now 3.) Revenge of the Sith (see below) then 4.) Return of the Jedi and finally I'm tied for 5.) & 6.) with Star Wars A New Hope and Attack of the Clones. Some days my least favorite is the original and some days Attack of the Clones, this is because I find the beginning of A New Hope a bit boring, only picking up when Han Solo is introduced. But I still love them both. Now we are BELOW. Ok I loved Revenge of the Sith. I can't review a lot of it because I don't want to spoil it for you. Here's what I thought. It is awesome, mind blowing and dizzying at some points, maybe cause I was close to the screen or maybe because its jammed packed. I did feel it was a bit rushed for me, hence my comment above of adding some of this story line to Attack of the Clones. Also I hated the childlike tone in some scenes and the stupid little noises the droids make, it's supposed to be funny. Anyway most of my demands were met. Not entirely to my liking but they were explained or hinted at, specially the whole father issue with Anakin (watch the Phantom Menace). I thought the love story was better handled here and Natalie Portman did a great job in all her scenes (she was given very little) This movie makes the original 3 more poignant, you feel sad when you start seeing the repercussions of Anakin turning to the Dark side and you see what a jerk he becomes, you feel the betrayal. I thought some parts were very well acted by all, some were ok, like Samuel L. Jackson's screaming, a bit overdone. Yoda is cool, you get to see Chewie again and the movie just moves along quickly. SEE IT. The Force is with you!