Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction • 2h 20m
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Silas Carson, Jay Laga'aia, Bruce Spence, Wayne Pygram, Temuera Morrison, David Bowers, Oliver Ford Davies, Ahmed Best, Rohan Nichol, Jeremy Bulloch, Amanda Lucas, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Jett Lucas, Tux Akindoyeni, Matt Rowan, Kenji Oates, Amy Allen, Bodie Taylor, Graeme Blundell, Trisha Noble, Claudia Karvan, Keira Wingate, Hayley Mooy, Sandi Finlay, Katie Lucas, Genevieve O'Reilly, Warren Owens, Kee Chan, Rena Owen, Christopher Kirby, Matthew Wood, Kristy Wright, Coinneach Alexander, Olivia McCallum, Michael Kingma, Axel Dench, Steven Foy, Julian Khazzouh, James Rowland, David Stiff, Robert Cope, George Lucas, Nick Gillard, Aidan Barton, James Earl Jones, Ben Cooke, David Acord, Paul Bateman, Ross Beadman, Jerome St. John Blake, Robert M. Bouffard, Jill Brooks, Gene Bryant, Josh Canning, Dominique Chionchio, Rob Coleman, Fay David, Caroline de Souza Correa, Malcolm Eager, Nina Fallon, Tim Gibbons, Roger Guyett, Chantal Harrison, Philip Harvey, Pablo Hidalgo, Ali Keshavji, Shaun R.L. King, Goran D. Kleut, John Knoll, Gervais Koffi, John M. Levin, Janet Lewin, Bai Ling, Dean Mitchell, Paul James Nicholson, Blake Nickle, Denise Ream, Anthony Reyna, Christopher Rodriguez, Hamish Roxburgh, Mike Savva, Jacqui Louez Schoorl, Lisa Shaunessy, Orli Shoshan, John Sigurdson, Christian Simpson, Paul Spence, Suzie Steen, Richard Stride, Marty Wetherill, Aaliyah Williams, Masa Yamaguchi, Matt Sloan, Paul Davies, Marton Csokas, Lawrence Foster
Best English-friendly & video release
High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip
Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.
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Best audio release
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mediocre upscale
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About the film
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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Video format: UHD Blu-ray
High seas for the recreated Theatrical Cut
Disney 4K Blu-ray is disappointing
Director: Ron Howard
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas. If not, Disney 4K Blu-ray
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D+97_V" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D_97_VI" on the high seas.
If not, the 4K Blu-rays are generally considered an improvement over the 2011 Blu-rays. (although both restorations are DNR'ed and have issues).
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes. 70mm six-track mix is included in 4K80 (taken from an actual 70mm print). There are 16mm rips of the mono mix.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Director: George Lucas
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K77" or "D+77" on high seas.
Special Edition: "4K97_IV" or "D+97_IV" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K83" or "OTD83" on the high seas
Special Edition: "4K97_VI" or "D+97_VI" on the high seas
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip
Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Video format: HD Streaming
HD Streaming with OAR
Director: Michael Bay
Video format: HD Streaming
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
4K possibly teased?
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
Directors: Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield & Wilfred Jackson & Ben Sharpsteen & James Algar & T. Hee & Hamilton Luske & Samuel Armstrong & Jim Handley & Norman Ferguson & David Hand & Ford Beebe Jr.
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
1991 CAV LaserDisc includes an approximation of the original Fantasound mix in Dolby Surround using the surviving magnetic mixdown, using Stokowski's original mixing notes as a reference. Original aggressive pans and dynamic range are left in tact.
The 2000 DVD uses this same mix in discrete 5.0, but with some unnecessary dynamic range compression + a redub of all Deems Taylor audio with Corey Burton.
The 7.1 mix on the 2010 Blu-ray sounds poor, having been hit with excessive noise reduction, dynamic range compression, original aggressive pans no longer in tact, and the channel usage no longer resembles Stokowski's original intended sound design.
Director: James Cameron
2013 MGM Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray if you MUST have the mono mix, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
Sources: vimeo.com (opens in a new tab) · facebook.com (opens in a new tab)
2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix
Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731
The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: Peter Faiman
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding
Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)
US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut
Australia Cut: Laserdisc
The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).
Director: George Cukor
Director: Joel Schumacher
Video format: HD Streaming
Director: Michael Apted
Video format: HD Streaming
Director: Michael Mann
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Director: George Lucas
Director: George Lucas
Original US cut, European cut, and Italian cut: 35mm scans
1977 reissue cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc
2004 George Lucas director's cut: Warner Bros Blu-ray
Original US cut, European cut, and Italian cut: 35mm scans
1977 reissue cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc
2004 George Lucas director's cut: Warner Bros DVD
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