Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Original title: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ) is an American science fiction film from 2005 and the third part of the Star Wars saga. Directed by George Lucas and starring Ewan McGregor , Natalie Portman , Hayden Christensen , Ian McDiarmid and Frank Oz . The film was released in theaters worldwide on May 19, 2005.
action
The Clone Wars have been raging in the galaxy for three years. The galaxy appears shattered and riddled with fights with the Confederation. Anakin Skywalker has risen to the rank of Jedi Knight in many battles because of his heroism. But distrust of the Jedi Order and his fear of losing Padmé , his wife, as he once lost his mother, lead him ever further to the dark side of the force. He jeopardizes both his relationship with his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi and his marriage.
The film begins with a gigantic space battle in orbit of Coruscant. The separatists, led by Darth Tyranus and the drug general Grievous , have succeeded in kidnapping Chancellor Palpatine from the capital of Coruscant. The republic's navy tries to stop the fleeing people and free the chancellor. Anakin and Obi-Wan lead the rescue operation. They manage to get on board General Grievous' flagship and fight their way to becoming the chancellor. When they want to free him, Darth Tyranus meets them. He incapacitates Obi-Wan so that Anakin faces him alone. He has become more powerful and experienced since the last duel with the Sith Lord. Anakin manages to wound Tyranus. At the command of the chancellor who is chained up, Anakin kills the defenseless, contrary to the Jedi's code of honor. Together with the Chancellor, the unconscious Obi-Wan and R2-D2, Anakin flies back to Coruscant with the flagship of Grievous, who has since fled with an escape pod.
Back on Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine appoints Anakin as his personal representative on the Jedi Council, but he is also supposed to spy on him. Anakin then receives a place on the Jedi Council, but the rank of master is denied him. Conversely, the Council unofficially gives him the task of monitoring the Chancellor and reporting to the Council on each of his steps. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan sets out to find General Grievous to eliminate him and end the war. Meanwhile, Chancellor Palpatine uses every opportunity to stir up Anakin's distrust of the Jedi Council. He tells him how similar the Sith and Jedi are and what power the dark side can bestow. Eventually he reveals himself to him as the dark lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious. Anakin is torn between the loyalty to the Jedi and the friendship with Palpatine, who had always promoted him and promises him the power to save Padmé from the death, which he always has in mind in his dreams. He can't bring himself to kill the Sith Lord, but he tells Mace Windu who the Chancellor really is.
Mace Windu and the Jedi masters Saesee Tiin, Kit Fisto and Agen Kolar want to arrest the Chancellor, alias Darth Sidious. As they enter his office, Sidious draws a lightsaber and kills Mace's escort. Only Windu can withstand Sidious, and he manages to disarm the Sith Lord in a fight. At that moment Anakin storms into the office. Sidious then attacks Windu with lightning bolts, but Windu can use his lightsaber to reflect the lightning bolts and hurls them back at the Sith's face, which begins to deform until it is visibly disfigured. Windu is now convinced that the Chancellor is too powerful and too influential to be left alive. However, the exhausted Darth Sidious asks not to be killed. Anakin tries to convince the Jedi Master to hand him over to court alive, but Windu is strongly against it. In his opinion, the Chancellor controls the courts, which is why a trial would be a farce. Since Windu wants to kill the Sith, Anakin incapacitates Windu, whereupon Sidious throws him out of the window with his lightning bolts. Anakin chose the dark side. Darth Sidious declares Anakin to be his new student Darth Vader. Only now does Darth Sidious reveal his true face: Palpatine takes off his chancellor's robe and from now on prefers to appear as Darth Sidious. As a token of his loyalty to Darth Sidious, Vader moves to the Jedi Temple on his orders and kills everyone present, including the youths who are not older than eleven years old.
Meanwhile, Darth Sidious issues Order 66, which includes the annihilation of the Jedi, to the clones who fight across the galaxy under the command of the Jedi. The clones then turn against the Jedi and kill them. First Obi-Wan Kenobi is shot at, but he can save himself and Yoda, who feels a shock of power, can get rid of the clones. Other Jedi are less fortunate, however. Master Ki-Adi Mundi is shot by the clones from behind on Mygeeto. Aayla Secura suffers the same fate on Felucia, while Master Koon is shot down by Cato Neimoidia in the sky. Immediately after the destruction of the Jedi Darth Sidious declared in a special meeting of his control Galactic Senate after he assumed the Jedi his actions and these declared enemies of the state, the transformation of the Republic into the first Galactic Empire and calls himself the Emperor of , whereupon the Senate welcomes the beginning of the New Order with thunderous applause.
Obi-Wan, who managed to eliminate Grievous, and Yoda , who managed to escape the clones with the help of the Wookies, manage to escape aboard Senator Bail Organa's ship. When they learn of the massacre in the Jedi Temple, they set out to warn the few remaining Jedi of the danger and to stop the Emperor and Darth Vader. Obi-Wan secretly follows Anakin with Padmé to Mustafar, where he went on the orders of the Emperor to kill the remaining leaders of the Separatists. Yoda poses a duel with the Emperor in the Coruscant Senate Hall. He lets his bodyguards collapse and fends off the attacks of the Sith, who attacks him with lightning bolts and then throws Senate seats through the air. But the tremendous force of the exploding energy tears Yoda from her legs and ends the fight in Palpatine's favor. However, Yoda manages to escape.
When Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé arrive on Mustafar, Anakin has already completed his bloody work and killed the leaders of the separatists. Padmé tries to convince him to turn away from the dark side, but Anakin doesn't want to listen to her. He believes Padmé trusts Obi-Wan more than him and led him to Mustafar to kill him, which is why he wants to punish her for this betrayal. He begins to strangle the heavily pregnant Padmé with the help of the Force, only at Obi-Wan's urging Anakin lets her go to the ground unconscious. Anakin tells Obi-Wan that he in no way wants to be forced to kill him, but since Obi-Wan testifies to his loyalty to the Republic and Democracy, Anakin sees him as his enemy. A life and death duel breaks out between the two in the industrial facilities of Mustafar, which are surrounded by lava. After a long fight, Obi-Wan manages to sever Anakin's legs and the remaining human arm, but he does not have the heart to kill his former student and friend, whom he loved like a brother, and leaves him, not without to pocket his lightsaber, his fate. While Anakin begins to burn in the hot lava sand, Obi-Wan leaves the planet with the unconscious Padmé. Anakin is still alive and shortly afterwards the Emperor's ferry appears, who finds him together with the clone warriors at the end of a lava pit. The Emperor takes the burned and crippled body to Coruscant. There this is technically restored and to the Darth Vader from the later episodes.
Yoda, Obi-Wan and Senator Bail Organa meet on Polis Massa, an inhabited asteroid belt, and try to save Padmé's life and that of their unborn children. Padmé manages to give birth to her children, the twins Luke and Leia . However, there is no longer any help to yourself. For reasons that the doctors describe as a lack of will to live, she eventually dies.
Leia is entrusted to Bail Organa. Obi-Wan brings Luke into the care of Owen and Beru Lars and retires in the Tatooines desert . Yoda retreats into exile on the planet Dagobah. Darth Vader hears the news of his wife's death and takes his first steps in his new suit. Angry and full of grief over Padmé's death, he kindles a powerful hatred, which the Emperor watches with satisfaction. The birth of his two children remains hidden from Vader. Meanwhile, work on the Death Star has already begun, which Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader and the later Grand Moff Tarkin are examining. V-wing star fighters, predecessors of Imperial TIE fighters, circle around Venator star destroyers and usher in the era of the Empire.
Classification in the Star Wars universe
chronology
The Revenge of the Sith is the conclusion of the prequel trilogy, the plot of which takes place about three years after the attack of the clone warriors and ends about 19 years before the events of Star Wars .
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Figures and places
backgrounds
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was continuously produced with the HDCAM -SR system. George Lucas confirmed his reputation as a pioneer in the use of digital cinema cameras after using HDCAM for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones .
- As in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clone Warriors , the armored clone soldiers were created entirely as computer animations. In scenes in which they can be seen without a helmet, Temuera Morrison's head was copied onto the computer-generated body.
- The Star Wars inventor and director George Lucas has a brief cameo appearance in the film : as Baron Papanoida, he stands in blue make-up, with a full beard and a turban on his head, indifferent in an opera foyer. Lucas' son Jett can be seen in a small supporting role: As Jedi student Zett Jukassa, he attacks a group of clone troops who storm the Jedi Temple, whereupon Senator Bail Organa escapes with his speeder.
- When Anakin and Obi-Wan flying to receive the politicians, you can see in the picture below the Millennium Falcon of Han Solo land. It is not yet known whether this ship is still Han Solo's ship after the appearance of Solo: A Star Wars Story , which takes place 10 years later and the Millennium Falcon has a changed appearance.
- The Death Star also makes a brief appearance as a hologram at the gathering of separatist leaders on Mustafar. At the end of the film it appears again as a scaffolding structure. This shot also shows a younger version of Governor Tarkin, who later became the commander of the space station. The actor Wayne Pygram was given a full mask so that he received the distinctive facial features of the original actor from 1977, Peter Cushing .
- In June 2005, the Chinese actress Bai Ling was the first woman from the People's Republic of China to appear on the cover of the American men's magazine Playboy . George Lucas denied Ling's own statement that because of these images, her scenes as Senator Bana Breemu were removed from the film. The cuts were necessary for technical reasons.
- At the cinema premiere who drove Formula 1 -vans of Red Bull Racing for the Monaco Grand Prix on May 22, 2005 at the Star Wars style. The team clothing has also been adapted accordingly. However, both cars retired during the race.
- A 3D re-release, which was planned for October 4, 2013 (Episode I was released in 3D in theaters in February 2012), was canceled by Lucasfilm on January 29, 2013. This was justified with the work on a new sequel trilogy of the Star Wars saga, which requires full capacities. After the 3D version of Episode II premiered at the Star Wars Celebration Europe in July 2013 and was only rarely shown afterwards, Episode III was shown for the first time in 3D on April 17, 2015 at the Star Wars Celebration Anaheim .
- There is a video game of the same name for the film, in which the film plot can be re-enacted.
- The film was preceded by the publication of James Luceno's novel Labyrinth of Evil ( ISBN 978-3-442-36226-4 ), the plot of which takes place before Episode III and represents its prehistory. The English-language audio book to Labyrinth of Evil (Labyrinth of Evil) is from Jonathan Davis read. However, this book is no longer part of the official Star Wars canon.
Different versions
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is the only Star Wars film that is unchanged from the theatrical version after its various releases. A different cross-fade of two scenes was used for DVD and VHS sales. However, this effect was discarded for the Blu-ray version and adjusted to the theatrical version.
For the video-on-demand -Publishing was the first time since the acquisition of Disney of Einspieler of 20th Century Fox removed.
synchronization
The Berliner Synchron took over the German dubbing as in other Star Wars movies. Tobias Meister wrote the dialogue book again and directed the dialogue. He also lent his voice to Yoda again.
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| Obi Wan Kenobi | Ewan McGregor | Philipp Moog |
| Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | Christopher Lee | Klaus Sunshine |
| Padmé Amidala | Natalie Portman | Manja Doering |
| Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader |
Hayden Christensen | Vanya Gerick |
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| Mas Amedda | David Bowers | Roland Hemmo |
| Ki-Adi-Mundi | Silas Carson | Norbert Gescher |
| Viceroy Nute Gunray | Joachim Siebenschuh | |
| Haako rune | Jerome Blake | Karl Heinz Oppel |
| Chancellor Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidious | Ian McDiarmid | Friedhelm Ptok |
| Mace Windu | Samuel L. Jackson | Helmut Gauss |
| Bail Organa | Jimmy Smits | Tom Vogt |
| Yoda | Frank Oz (voice) | Tobias Master |
| C-3PO | Anthony Daniels | Wolfgang number |
| Commander Cody | Temuera Morrison | Martin Keßler |
| Clone warriors | Bodie Taylor | |
| General Grievous | Matthew Wood (voice) | Rainer Doering |
reception
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Revenge of the Sith received mostly positive reviews. Accordingly, the American portal Rotten Tomatoes recorded 79% positive reviews, based on 253 reviews. The comparable website Metacritic had 68% positive reviews, 40 of which were evaluated.
Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars in its review by the Chicago Sun-Times . Ebert said: “George Lucas achieved what few artists do; he created and populated his own world. ” The summary read: “ The revenge of the Sith is great entertainment. ”
For the film service , the sixth part of the star saga “above all fulfilled the obligation to logically link the individual parts, leaving hardly any room for playful creativity and narrative independence.” The “visually highly impressive scenery” was praised, but it was only “for the striking discourses about 'good' and 'bad', fate and destiny. "
Gross profit
Star Wars: Episode III grossed around $ 849 million worldwide, including $ 380 million in the US and $ 47 million in Germany. The cost of production was approximately $ 113 million.
In the list of the world's most successful films of all time, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith currently ranks 73rd (as of August 8, 2020).
Awards (selection)
- Nomination for Best Make-up for Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
- Award in the category of best science fiction film for George Lucas and Rick McCallum
- Award in the Best Music category for John Williams
- Nomination for Best Actor for Hayden Christensen
- Nomination for Best Actress in the Leading Actress category for Natalie Portman
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Ian McDiarmid
- Nomination for Best Director for George Lucas
- Nomination for Best Special Effects for John Knoll , Roger Guyett , Rob Coleman and Brian Gernand
- Nomination for Best Screenplay for George Lucas
- Nomination in the Best Costumes category for Trisha Biggar
- Nomination for Best Make-up for Dave Elsey, Lou Elsey and Nikki Gooley
- Nomination in the category of best composed soundtrack album for film, television or visual media for John Williams
- 5 million moviegoers in 50 days
- Award for Worst Supporting Actor for Hayden Christensen
The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the title “particularly valuable”.
literature
An extensive literature list for the film series can be found in the article Star Wars .
- Jonathan W. Rinzler: The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith . Del Rey Books 2005, ISBN 0-345-43139-1 .
- Matthew Stover: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith. Blanvalet Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-442-36431-0 .
- Paul F. McDonald: The Star Wars Heresies: Interpreting the Themes, Symbols and Philosophies of Episodes I, II and III. McFarland 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7181-2 .
- Patricia C. Wrede: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith, teenage novel. Panini Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8332-2865-0 .
Web links
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith in the online movie database
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Discussion of the film music
- Star Wars III or The Revenge of Global Capital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Certificate for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2005 (PDF; test number: 102 372 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ The Complete Del Rey Books Timeline. In: Random House Books. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (English).
- ^ Emil Fortune: Star Wars: Galactic Atlas . Ravensburger, 2017, ISBN 978-3-473-49038-7 (Original title: Star Wars: Galactic Atlas . Translated by Wolfgang Hensel).
- ↑ Jamie Lovett: Lucasfilm Reveals Official Timeline of the Star Wars Saga. In: comicbook.com. August 24, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
- ↑ 'Darth Vader' as a tank man at Red Bull Racing (motorsport-total.com on May 20, 2005)
- ↑ Classification Monaco Grand Prix 2005 (motorsport-total.com)
- ↑ SWU: Lucasfilm is canceling all 3D publications (for now)! Accessed: January 29, 2013.
- ↑ World Premiere of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 3D - Souvenir Glasses Included ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on: December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Premiering at Celebration Anaheim: Revenge of the Sith in 3D! ( Memento of December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on: December 18, 2015.
- ↑ List of Audiobooks spoken by Davis in Audible
- ↑ Section Reports: The Revenge of the Sith ; Accessed: March 25, 2013.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Metacritic , accessed June 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). IMDb , accessed June 28, 2016 .
- ^ Collection of reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ metacritic.com
- ^ Roger Ebert's film review from the Chicago Sun-Times.
- ↑ The Revenge of the Sith Brief Review. Film service , accessed March 6, 2016 .
- ^ Boxofficemojo.com
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ FBW Movie Review - Revenge of the Sith
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