Whereas Star Wars followers had been busy reacting to the Andor Season 2 trailer, which can be accessible to these with a Disney+ subscription on April twenty second, Lucasfilm additionally introduced the return of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith to theaters as a part of the 2025 Film Schedule. The information got here with a brand new poster commemorating the Twentieth anniversary that left even Samuel L. Jackson pumped for the re-release.
In contrast to the unique Revenge of the Sith poster *which featured Darth Vader’s looming presence behind floating heads of Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Natalie Portman, Jackson, and Yoda and gave away the epic lightsaber battle between McGregor and Christensen characters) the Twentieth-anniversary poster designed by Matt Ferguson is far easier. That poster options the identical looming Darth Vader presence and a smaller silhouette of the lightsaber battle, however as an alternative of floating heads, it’s Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker that takes heart stage. As well as, the background depicts the house battle and Mustafar.
The poster instantly grabbed the eye of Jackson, who performed Jedi Mace Windu within the Star Wars prequels, who shared the poster to his 8.8 million followers, captioning it with a trio of fist bumps. Have a look:
If Jackson is happy, then so am I! The Revenge of the Sith rerelease doesn’t come as an enormous shock as Lucasfilm and Disney have made it a behavior to offer the movies an additional theatrical run throughout massive anniversary years. Nevertheless, it’s a massive deal as a result of it marks the primary time the film can be launched in 4DX expertise each within the US and worldwide. I don’t find out about you, however experiencing Anakin Skywalker’s Darth Vader transformation on an enormous display screen in high-motion chairs would possibly give Disney Parks’ Star Wars-themed points of interest a run for his or her cash.
Episode III concluded the prequel trilogy when it was launched in 2005 and was the final Star Wars movie launched earlier than Disney acquired Lucasfilm and launched the sequel trilogy in 2015. The film takes place three years after the star of the Clone Wars (which started in Episode 2) and begins with Jedi Grasp Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker rescuing Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from Basic Grievous. As if Grievous escaping isn’t unhealthy sufficient, Anakin varieties a bond with Palpatine and activates the Jedi when requested to spy on the chancellor. This results in his embracing the Darkish Aspect and forces the remaining Jedi into hiding — even the highly effective ones.
Sadly, Jackson’s Mace Windu dies within the movie by the hands of Sith Lord Dath Sidious/Palpatine and Anakin. Nevertheless, he’s reprised his position within the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, which is ready within the three-year interval between Episode II and Episode III. He additionally made a vocal cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which could be heard when Rey is preventing a resurrected Palpatine. And there have been rumors that Jackson will come again as Mace Windu once more sooner or later, which the Pulp Fiction star is on board with.
Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith hits theaters on April twenty fifth, the place it’s going to run in numerous codecs for one week solely. As of writing, tickets are usually not but on sale.