20 years after it first arrived in theaters, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is returning to theaters. The release celebrates the 20th anniversary of the premiere of the film. Episode III returns to theaters on April 25, 2025. It will run in select U.S. theaters and international territories for one week only.
During the one-week run, the film will be available in multiple formats. This includes for the first time, 4DX. Viewers will get to see the incredible battles over Coruscant and the epic lightsaber duel on Mustafar as they relive this third chapter of the prequel series of the Skywalker saga. The 4DX experience features high-tech motion chairs that are synced to the movie. It has over 21 effects. All of these are designed to complement and enhance the story being told on the screen.
A new poster has been revealed by StarWars.com ahead of the arrival of Episode III in theaters. Created by renowned graphic artist Matt Ferguson, it is his most complicated work to date. The poster features the foreboding mask of Darth Vader. It is enveloping Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as he marches to execute Order 66. In the center of the poster, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin’s duel is seen. The Coruscant skyline with warships over it, as the Jedi Temple burns, is on top.
“The space battle and Mustafar elements are all really complicated, with way more ships and explosions than on my other Star Wars posters,” Ferguson told StarWars.com. “It’s the movie where it all really unravels for Anakin.”
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Official Description
Set a few years after the onset of the Clone Wars, Revenge of the Sith is the final film in the prequel trilogy, highlighting the fall of the noble Jedi Order, which forces a handful of survivors, including Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda, into hiding. In a time when the Jedi Knights have become generals leading a massive clone army in a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists, the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy. And as the Republic crumbles and the evil Galactic Empire rises from the ashes, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become Emperor Palpatine’s new apprentice — Darth Vader.
The film stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz as Yoda, Jimmy Smits, Peter Mayhew, Ahmed Best, Oliver Ford Davies, Temuera Morrison, Anthony Daniels, Silas Carson, and Kenny Baker, with Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu and Christopher Lee as Count Dooku. The film was written and directed by Star Wars creator George Lucas.
