Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It stars Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker and Frank Oz. The sequel to The Phantom Menace (1999) and Attack of the Clones (2002) it is the sixth film in the Star Wars film series the final installment in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and third chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". The film was the final movie in the Star Wars franchise that George Lucas worked on with subsequent films being made without Lucas' involvement following his selling of Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company.