After I Binge-Watched Andor Season 2, Here’s Why My Revenge Of The Sith Theatrical Rerelease Experience Was Totally Worth The Ticket Price

The first half of the 2025 TV schedule has been a pretty glorious time to be a Star Wars fan. While most of the Disney+ shows set in the galaxy far, far away have had vocal detractors, Andor seems pretty widely accepted as the best of them all. The timing worked out that the second season of Diego Luna's series premiered shortly before Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith returned to theaters for a 20th anniversary rerelease.

Having seen the Sith getting that revenge of theirs many times on DVD and streaming with a Disney+ subscription, I wasn't originally going to shell out the cash to watch it again just for the sake of a bigger screen. Then I was able to binge-watch Andor Season 2, and that changed my mind about heading to the theater!

Yes, I Already Binged Season 2 Of Andor

If you caught that I said that I've watched all of Andor Season 2, that was not a typo. I was fortunate enough to have access to the full second season of Andor for review purposes, and you better believe that my intention to pace myself with the twelve episodes turned into binge-watching.

I won't drop any spoilers here, but I will admit that the exploits of Cassian and Co. had me physically tense more than once while watching. That's saying something, considering Rogue One's story has already predetermined some of what has to happen!

Fun In A Theater Full Of Fans

I'd heard that some showings of Revenge of the Sith for the 20th anniversary were full of attendees creating the Star Wars version of Minecraft's "Chicken Jockey" chaos, or just people who ruining showings by cheering at the moments that spawned memes. Luckily, that wasn't my experience. Were there some audible chuckles when Obi-Wan dropped down on General Grievous and said "Hello there" to a room full of enemies? Sure, but I wouldn't have that any other way.

So, less than a week after my Andor Season 2 binge-watch, I found myself sitting in a theater surrounded by people (mostly men) around my own age, including some dads who clearly brought their kids in the hope of hooking the next generation on Star Wars. There admittedly weren't a lot of other ladies, but who am I to judge? I once had a grudge against the movie for its treatment of Padmé. (More on that later.)

A standout moment of the whole experience had to be after the lights came up, and I heard two guys sitting near me start speculating about what was going to happen next in Andor Season 2 based on the end of Revenge of the Sith. They were wrong, but they were enthusiastic about it, and that's really what mattered for a bunch of people who bought tickets on a Saturday afternoon to watch a 20-year-old movie that's easily streamable from home. Money well spent!

What I Appreciated More About Revenge Of The Sith This Time

For as much as I've always considered Revenge of the Sith to be the best movie of the prequel trilogy – which is not exactly a scorching hot take – I've also always had some issues with the movie. Sadly, several of them had to do with Padmé and her pregnancy. Seeing the movie on the big screen didn't really make me love those moments any more, but I could appreciate Natalie Portman's performance a lot more.

Does it make sense that not even Padmé herself seemed to know that she was carrying two babies instead of one? Nope. Is there enough space hair product in the world to explain her using a brush on her curled hair? No. Is the explanation that her death is due to having "lost the will to live" ever going to sit well with me? Probably not, but I could enjoy the more nuanced moments of Portman's performance even if I couldn't love some of Padmé's story beats. I also have to give credit where credit's due – Padmé seemed to be getting through to Anakin on Mustafar before he. spotted Obi-Wan.

And I've been a Star Wars fan going back to when I was the target audience for Ewoks, so of course I'm going to appreciate a good lightsaber battle. Perhaps this is more due to the Obi-Wan Kenobi series than Andor Season 2, but seeing Anakin vs. Obi-Wan on Mustafar on the big screen really helped me notice why Obi-Wan was able to win.

I Can't Wait To Rewatch Rogue One

I've always loved Rogue One: A Star Wars Story more than any other Star Wars movie in the Disney era, and it's not even close. Before I started Andor Season 2, I figured that I would go back and rewatch the film that first introduced Cassian Andor once I was done. Instead, I detoured to Revenge of the Sith first, and I'm glad I did.

Andor obviously doesn't have strong ties to the Skywalker Saga like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, and even The Mandalorian to a certain extent, but seeing the grandeur of the fall of the Republic contrasted with the scrappy rebels who would beat astronomical odds against them was pretty great. After all, Luke Skywalker may have destroyed the first Death Star, but that never would have happened without all the rebels of Andor and Rogue One.

It should be interesting to see if Andor ties into any of the other shows that are likely converging for The Mandalorian and Grogu film, currently set to release in 2026. With its setting between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, Cassian himself will be long dead, but Mon Mothma was still active by the time of Ahsoka Season 1.

If you haven't started Andor just yet, be sure to catch up streaming on Disney+ before the next three episodes release on Tuesday, May 6. Revenge of the Sith is also available on the Disney streamer, if you're in the mood to watch the rise of the Empire, the fall of the Jedi, and Obi-Wan having the high ground without heading to the theater.