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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005. Directed by George Lucas, written by George Lucas.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    22 women characters. 5 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 2 scenes out of 241.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The film

Nearly three years have passed since the beginning of the Clone Wars. The Republic, with the help of the Jedi, take on Count Dooku and the Separatists. With a new threat rising, the Jedi Council sends Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to aid the captured Chancellor. Anakin feels he is ready to be promoted to Jedi Master. Obi-Wan is hunting down the Separatist General, Grievous. When Anakin has future visions of pain and suffering coming Padmé's way, he sees Master Yoda for counsel. When Darth Sidious executes Order 66, it destroys most of all the Jedi have built. Experience the birth of Darth Vader. Feel the betrayal that leads to hatred between two brothers. And witness the power of hope.

Released
19 May 2005
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
7.7 / 10
Metascore
68 / 100
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 29 wins & 64 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Anakin 312 lines, man
  2. Obi-Wan 241 lines, man
  3. Padme 131 lines, woman
  4. Palpatine 110 lines, man
  5. Yoda 61 lines, man
  6. Bail Organa 39 lines, man
  7. General Grievous 27 lines, man
  8. C-3po 24 lines, man
  9. Mace 16 lines, man
  10. Clone Commander Cody 10 lines, man
Full cast, 110 people
  • Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader
  • Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala
  • Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
  • Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
  • Jimmy Smits as Senator Bail Organa
  • Frank Oz as Yoda (voice)
  • Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
  • Christopher Lee as Count Dooku
  • Keisha Castle-Hughes as Queen of Naboo
  • Silas Carson as Nute Gunray / Ki-Adi Mundi
  • Jay Laga'aia as Captain Typho
  • Bruce Spence as Tion Medon
  • Wayne Pygram as Governor Tarkin
  • Temuera Morrison as Commander Cody
  • David Bowers as Mas Amedda
  • Oliver Ford Davies as Sio Bibble
  • Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks
  • Rohan Nichol as Captain Antilles
  • Jeremy Bulloch as Captain Colton
  • Amanda Lucas as Terr Taneel
  • Kenny Baker as R2-D2
  • Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
  • Rebecca Jackson Mendoza as Queen of Alderaan
  • Joel Edgerton as Owen Lars
  • Bonnie Piesse as Beru Lars
  • Jett Lucas as Zett Jukassa
  • Tux Akindoyeni as Agen Kolar
  • Matt Rowan as Senator Orn Free Taa
  • Kenji Oates as Saesee Tiin
  • Amy Allen as Aayla Secura
  • Bodie Taylor as Clone Trooper
  • Graeme Blundell as Ruwee Naberrie
  • Trisha Noble as Jobal Naberrie
  • Claudia Karvan as Sola Naberrie
  • Keira Wingate as Ryoo Naberrie
  • Hayley Mooy as Pooja Naberrie
  • Sandi Finlay as Sly Moore
  • Katie Lucas as Chi Eekway
  • Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma
  • Warren Owens as Fang Zar
  • Kee Chan as Malé-Dee
  • Rena Owen as Nee Alavar
  • Christopher Kirby as Giddean Danu
  • Matthew Wood as General Grievous (voice)
  • Kristy Wright as Moteé
  • Coinneach Alexander as Whie
  • Olivia McCallum as Bene
  • Michael Kingma as Wookiee
  • Axel Dench as Wookiee
  • Steven Foy as Wookiee
  • Julian Khazzouh as Wookiee
  • James Rowland as Wookiee
  • David Stiff as Wookiee
  • Robert Cope as Wookiee
  • George Lucas as Baron Papanoida (uncredited)
  • Nick Gillard as Cin Drallig (uncredited)
  • Aidan Barton as Luke Skywalker / Leia Organa (uncredited)
  • James Earl Jones as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
  • Ben Cooke as Kit Fisto (uncredited)
  • David Acord as GH-7 Medical Droid (voice) (uncredited)
  • Paul Bateman as Meena TIlls (uncredited)
  • Ross Beadman as Sors Bandeam (uncredited)
  • Jerome St. John Blake as Mas Amedda (uncredited)
  • Robert M. Bouffard as Clone Trooper (uncredited)
  • Jill Brooks as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
  • Gene Bryant as Darth Vader (uncredited)
  • Josh Canning as Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • Dominique Chionchio as Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • Rob Coleman as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
  • Fay David as Luminara Unduli (uncredited)
  • Caroline de Souza Correa as Sheltay Retrac (uncredited)
  • Malcolm Eager as Naboo Officer (uncredited)
  • Nina Fallon as Stass Allie (uncredited)
  • Tim Gibbons as Aqualish Senator (uncredited)
  • Roger Guyett as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
  • Chantal Harrison as Elle (uncredited)
  • Philip Harvey as Female Nikto (uncredited)
  • Pablo Hidalgo as Janu Godalhi (uncredited)
  • Ali Keshavji as Fire Speeder Pilot (uncredited)
  • Shaun R.L. King as Naboo Guard (uncredited)
  • Goran D. Kleut as Lampay Fay (uncredited)
  • John Knoll as Fire Ship Pilot (uncredited)
  • Gervais Koffi as Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • John M. Levin as Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • Janet Lewin as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
  • Dean Mitchell as Cellheim Anujo (uncredited)
  • Paul James Nicholson as Senator Po Nudo (uncredited)
  • Blake Nickle as Senator Calek Kelbin (uncredited)
  • Denise Ream as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
  • Anthony Reyna as Opera Guest (uncredited)
  • Christopher Rodriguez as Gilgamour (uncredited)
  • Hamish Roxburgh as Naboo Guard (uncredited)
  • Mike Savva as Clone Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • Jacqui Louez Schoorl as Senator (uncredited)
  • Lisa Shaunessy as Senator (uncredited)
  • Orli Shoshan as Shaak Ti (uncredited)
  • John Sigurdson as Runway Worker (uncredited)
  • Christian Simpson as BD-3000 Luxury Droid (movements) (uncredited)
  • Paul Spence as Senator Ask Aak (uncredited)
  • Suzie Steen as Hand Maiden 3 (uncredited)
  • Richard Stride as Poggle the Lesser (uncredited)
  • Marty Wetherill as Magistrate Passel Argente (uncredited)
  • Aaliyah Williams as Jedi Knight (uncredited)
  • Masa Yamaguchi as Senator (uncredited)
  • Matt Sloan as Plo Koon
  • Paul Davies as Meena Tills, Mon Calamari Senator (uncredited)
  • Marton Csokas as Poggle the Lesser (voice) (uncredited)
  • Lawrence Foster as Blue Senate Guard (uncredited)
  • Mimi Daraphet as Bultar Swan (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 241

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 6021
7 to 12080
13 to 18015
19 to 24010
25 to 3008
31 to 3605
37 to 42034
43 to 4805
49 to 5409
55 to 6009
61 to 66032
67 to 721356
73 to 781832
79 to 84862
85 to 901789
91 to 961531
97 to 102031
103 to 1081319
109 to 114017
115 to 120343
121 to 126115
127 to 132042
133 to 138211
139 to 14404
145 to 15007
151 to 15609
157 to 162014
163 to 1681246
169 to 17407
175 to 180211
181 to 186325
187 to 1921619
193 to 1981334
199 to 204010
205 to 21009
211 to 216014
217 to 22213
223 to 228013
229 to 234429
235 to 24005
241 to 24100

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MON MOTHMA: That means those closest to you . . . even family ... no one can be told. They ALL nod their heads. PADME considers this for a moment. PADME: Agreed.
PADME: I'll be up in a while. MOTEE: Yes, my lady. C-3PO stands, confused, as the HANDMAIDENS turn and exit.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.

141 lines from women, 935 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

22 women and 54 men in the cast. 5 women and 46 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 279 of 1,105. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 278 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 9% of the words (1,785), men 91% (17,616). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
George Lucas (man)
Written by
George Lucas (man)
Produced by
Rick McCallum (man)
Shot by
David Tattersall (man)
Edited by
Roger Barton (man), Ben Burtt (man)
Music by
John Williams (man)
Production design by
Gavin Bocquet (man)
Costumes by
Trisha Biggar (woman)
Cast by
Christine King (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    4 women, 22 men, 4 not listed

  • Art

    2 women, 16 men, 11 not listed

  • Other crew

    2 women, 15 men, 9 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    1 women, 8 men, 7 not listed

  • Camera

    1 women, 8 men, 6 not listed

  • Directing

    3 women, 4 men, 7 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 6 men, 6 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    4 women, 0 men, 7 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 19 on average. Men: 53 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Keisha Castle-Hughes 15, Natalie Portman 23

Men

Hayden Christensen 24, Ewan McGregor 34, Jimmy Smits 49, Samuel L. Jackson 56, Anthony Daniels 59, Ian McDiarmid 60, Frank Oz 60, Christopher Lee 82

Exhibit H: the money

It made 7.5 times what it cost.

Budget
$113 million
Box office
$850 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 241 scenes and 1,105 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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