Film américain (2004).
Action, Science fiction.
Durée : 2h 10mn.
Date de sortie : 18 Mai 2005
Avec Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson...
Réalisé par George Lucas
La Guerre des Clones fait rage. Une franche hostilité oppose désormais le Chancelier Palpatine au Conseil Jedi. Anakin Skywalker, jeune Chevalier Jedi pris entre deux feux, hésite sur la conduite à tenir. Séduit par la promesse d’un pouvoir sans précédent, tenté par le côté obscur de la Force, il prête allégeance au maléfique Darth Sidious et devient Dark Vador.
Les Seigneurs Sith s’unissent alors pour préparer leur revanche, qui commence par l’extermination des Jedi. Seuls rescapés du massacre, Yoda et Obi Wan se lancent à la poursuite des Sith. La traque se conclut par un spectaculaire combat au sabre entre Anakin et Obi Wan, qui décidera du sort de la galaxie.
(L'avis exprimé par les rédacteurs de cette rubrique est indépendant du travail et des choix du Jury oecuménique.)
17 mai 2005
Yes, it is a pleasure to say that I found this episode worked perfectly. All the questions are now answered. It is worth congratulating George Lucas in bringing his epic to a satisfying conclusion.
Revenge of the Sith moves right into action. There is quite a lot of ‘whizz whizz bang bang’ in the opening battles. Special effects are much bigger and better than they were. We then move into the personal drama : Padme is pregnant and Annakin in happy anticipation of being a father. The other aspect of the drama is that Obi-Wan Kenobi is finding Annakin restlessly ambitious, still repeating the Jedi code, but increasingly resentful that, though he is a member of the Council, he is not permitted to be a Master.
The Jedi rescue Chancellor Palpatine and he soon reveals his true self as he fulfils his ambition to be emperor of the Galaxy. In a more convincing psychological screenplay than for the previous films, Lucas is able to show how the Chancellor introduces Annakin to the Dark Side, the temptation of power. Shrewdly, he promises that Padme will not die in childbirth. He promises that when Annakin destroys the Jedi and the separatists in the outer boundaries of the galaxy, he will have achieved peace. This means that Annakin does the wrong thing for the right reasons.
The consequences are devastating for the Jedi, especially Windu and Yoda. The consequences are also devastating for Annakin himself. His cruelty foreshadows his evil as Darth Vader. As anticipated, there is a climactic duel between Annakin and Obi Wan Kenobi, leaving Annakin burnt and disfigured.
Ewan McGregor continues as Obi Wan Kenobi. Hayden Christensen does very well as Annakin and makes his choices for evil and his transformation believable. This time Ian McDiarmid as the Chancellor become Emperor has a much bigger and more important role. The effects are very effective and John Williams score is as rousing as ever.
