It involves the actors Ewan McGregor, Haden Christenson, Samuel L. Jackson; and the actress Natalie Portman. The story was written and directed by Gorge Lucas. I believe that this is the best Star Wars movie of them all. I think this is a Fantastic movie because of the awesome fight scenes. Also the amazing sound effects and wardrobes of the actors. It was the most intense, epic, Star Wars movie of all time. I recommend this movie to everyone who loves action movies.
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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Common Sense says
Anakin begins his journey to the Dark Side.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–12
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that this episode is not for young children. (Lucas, in a somewhat mixed message, said he would take a nine-year-old but a mature eleven-year-old would be the youngest we think appropirate) Unlike the others, its content is darker emotionally and the action is more violent. Beyond the customary battle scenes, there are severe injuries -- a character is horribly burned. Children are slaughtered (although the massacre itself is offscreen.) There are beheadings and limbs hacked off. Childbirth is pictured in a scene that might be frightening for younger viewers. We recognize it's hard to say no to your younger kids who have been raised on Star Wars, and you are the expert on your own children. But don't underestimate the impact of a beloved figure going bad in a violent way.
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- Families can talk about why Anakin makes the decisions he does and what forces exist in the world that make people make destructive decisions. Families can also discuss the reasons for Anakin's unhappiness and ask their children how they feel when they aren't recognized by people they respect. Other excellent topics include asking about conceptions of good and evil, fairness and revenge. How can you deal with anger by talking with close friends or relatives, instead of lashing out? How are wars justified by two sides, both believing they are right?
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What’s the Story?
This middle part of the Star Wars saga has been foretold for nearly three decades. REVENGE OF THE SITH shows how young, ambitious, and idealistic Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen, still rather stiff) is convinced the Dark Side of the Force will benefit his community and Padmé (Natalie Portman). They have married in secret (as a Jedi, he's supposed to remain single); to make matters even dicier, she is now pregnant with the twins Luke and Leia. His desire to not to lose Pame (and oh yes, to gain power) leads him to the dark side, and his destiny of becoming Darth Vader.
Is It Any Good?
The origin story of the infamously heavy-breathing, black-caped, and very tall villain Darth Vader is not uninteresting, but neither is it innovative. Anakin's motivations are conventional (even if he doesn't bother discussing his decisions with her, not showing his very capable and intelligent partner much respect). In fact, the most compelling angle in the movie is that he is so young, that his thinking is so immature: afraid of loss, Anakin can't accept what happens, and so changes the shape of the entire galaxy, essentially to get his way.
Like the other Star Wars movies, this one is filled with great special effects: though the futuristic urban sets look rather flat, the space-fighting scenes are very video-gamey. Yoda is especially well rendered here, and a scene in which Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) rides a giant lizard and battles enemy in a multi-legged mechanical vehicle is lively and sometimes funny, but also involves violent fighting, which might worry some younger kids. As much as this story focuses on Anakin's dilemma, the secondary characters are often more compelling, especially Obi-Wan, again revealing patience, wisdom, and charisma and Padmé Palpatine is convincingly vulnerable just before he becomes utterly fearsome, but Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) and Senator Organa (Jimmy Smits) have very little to do, embodying the predominant problem in the Star Wars franchise -- too much emphasis on technical displays and "universal" plotting, and not enough attention paid to character details.
Movie Details
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Director: George Lucas
Run time: 146 minutes
Theatrical release: 5/19/2005, DVD release: 11/1/2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images
Run time: 146 minutes
Theatrical release: 5/19/2005, DVD release: 11/1/2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Good role models
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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Not good for Kids under 12
This is the best one out of the prequel trilogy Padme gives birth to Luke and Leia and dies some what sad like anakin in the beginning he is good untle the end he is bad.
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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1 Bad Part
Mostly OK. But the part at the end where Anikan gets burned to near death is pretty horrible.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Come on parents, it's not Dark Knight or anything!
Great movie, my son saw it when he was 9 years old, no problemo.
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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great movie!!! a lot of violence and brutal scenes (not for kids)
i love this movie because it has more violence than in any other star wars movie,after this movie comes clone wars because it has a lot of violence too. this movie is not for kids under 13 because it's pretty hard. you see for example how anikan cuts of somebody's hands and then he cuts of his head,or you see how anikan burns in lava , his left or right arm and his two legs are cut of and he is screaming because it hurts so much. or in a nother scene you see how yoda cuts of the heads of two clones(humans). sounds like a movie which is not for kids under 14 or 13 for sure!!!!
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
Know your tween.
Probably my favorite Star Wars movie. A lot of people hate the movie, and yes, it's really, REALLY, like major dark. Anakin makes terrible choices and turns against his friends. He also shows no mercy in the slaughtering of a bunch of force-sensitive children. Sexual stuff is kinda bad, cause he and padme are married and she is pregnant. Products for Star Wars are everywhere, so kids will wanna buy stuff related to the genre. There's explosions, lightsaber (laser sword) battles, and guns and tanks and war and what not. A cyborg warlord bursts into flames from the inside out, and a bunch of warriors get impaled and get their heads chopped off. (these are mainly robots, and people in suits who look a dang lot like robots) An evil traitor (not Anakin, although, yes, he is a crappy little traitor) is involved in Anakin's conversion, and his true form is revealed after his face gets mutated by lightning (the transformation is WAY uglier than the finished picture, but Darth Sidious doesn't look exactly handsome with those ugly wrinkles all over his face). At a final battle between two former friends, Anakin gets both legs cut off, and you get a lot closer to his leg bone than you ever wanted to. Then you get the pleasure of watching him burn to death (well, near death, VERY near it) and, not to be outdone by the rest of his body, Anakin's face turns black (from the lava-wait-well duh!) and he screams while his makeup job just gets BETTER and BETTER!!! Not for the queasy.
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Star Wars Episode lll: Revenge of the Sith
Good movie, not as good as lV and up but still did a great job with the Darth Vader transformation scenes.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Hmmm. Its a good movie, ill give it that. Its violent. but mostly just SAD. the climax of the movie consists of anikan killing children, his beautiful wife, and fighting against his master. then he burns alive. the resolution is padme dying, her children being sent away, and anikan becoming darth vadar, screaming "NOOO!!" it made my whole family cry. sad movie. but....good 4 ages 11 and up.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
VIOLENCE!!!
good movie but tons of violence!! somones head gets cut off, there are huge space and ground fights, the clones betray the jedi and shoot them. genral grevous gets shot in the heart, and anikan gets chopped up and burns in lava. some of my friends saw it when they were 5 or 6, and i dont know what there parents were thinking. i saw it when i was 8, and it was still pretty bad for an 8 year old.
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I rate this title off for age 5 and give it- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
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- Good role models
Yet Another Star Wars: Good for kids?
While the message isn't all-together negative, I don't reccomend this for kids under 12. Why? Firstly, let's start from the end. As we near the climax of the film, there is a very graphics scene of someone burning alive. In other areas, you have romance that may tend to be suitable for kids only 13+. Another great Star Wars movie, but plenty of villians, corruption in government, and other mature concepts unfit for younger kids.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
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- Good role models
This movie is dark and violent, it could pass for R!
This movie is amazing, but don't take your eight year old to see it! Maybe a nine of ten year old that is mature.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
10 and up.......... maybe
The vilonce in this movie is not overwelming.. well it can be to some kids. Letting your kids watch this star wars really depends on how mature they are. I would strongly suggest waiting till there atleast 10. Some 10 year olds will be able to handle it and some others will be scared out of there mind. so just make sure your kid is mature enough when there 10. And if there older than 10 then they will probably be ok with the movie.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Easily the most adult oriented of the Star Wars series
None of the other Star Wars movies are that bad, so this one isn't going to be either, right? Wrong. This is easily the darkest of the series and involved several things that could deeply upset children, such as when Anakin goes to the Jedi temple and slaughters all of the kids and when the clone troopers turn on the Jedi and kill them all. Since this movie is meant to end on a dark note, there is no happy ending and no uplifting plot. This movie is also fairly graphic. Since lightsaber wounds apperently don't bleed they just made Anakin get three of his limbs cut off and catch on fire. Not something I would let kids see.
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I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
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- Excessive violence
it is violent but 5 and up could probably see it
it rocks but it wasnt one of my favorite movies id give it 4 stars
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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The best (and most violent) of the prequels
George Lucas finally got it right with this one. However, it too violent for most tweens.
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I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
BEST IN THE WHOLE STAR WARS SAGA!!!!!!!!!!!
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
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Finally, George Lucas may have started the path back to redemption. An actually entertaining movie. My only disgust with this one are those stupid Buzz droids and the stupid droids with their pathetic jokes.
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
THE COOLEST PG-13 MOVIE EVER
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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Great movie, tame for PG-13
An excellent film, by far the best of the Star Wars prequels. After much pleading on his part, I finally showed it to my then-8-year-old and warned him of the harsher parts. He's since watched it several times (with others of his 8 and 9-year-old friends) and loves it. The two PG-13 parts (Anakin killing the younglings (all done off-screen) and his immolation at the end) should viewed by parents before showing them to kids younger than 11, but for a PG-13 movie, it's pretty tame.
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