Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (video game)

"At last&hellip; a test for my training!"

- Serra Keto

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was a 2005 video game based on the movie of the same name. It centers around Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as the Clone Wars come to an end. There are seventeen levels, interlaced with over twelve minutes of footage from the movie. It was released on May 5, 2005, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Additionally, a version was made available for mobile phones on April 2, and a version for the PlayStation Portable was cancelled and never released.

Storyline
The game follows the movie storyline very closely, incorporating footage from the movie into the game and blending it well with the game portion itself. It involves playing through the events as either Anakin Skywalker or Obi-Wan Kenobi, with radically different events taking place in either. As Obi-Wan, much of the game is centered around destroying General Grievous, while the Anakin levels chronicle his fall to the dark side and extermination of the Jedi Order, including the attack on the Jedi Temple, which culminates in a duel with Cin Drallig. The Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions of Episode III are much the same to the console versions, except as a side-scrolling action game. The DS version also features uses for its touch-screen capability.

Differences between the movie and the game


Most differences are about character deaths. Due to the fact that the game was released prior to the movie, many of the most important character deaths were changed so as to not spoil the movie. For example:
 * Count Dooku was killed when Anakin impaled him. In the movie, he was killed when both of his hands were cut off and Anakin scissors both his and Dooku's lightsabers to his neck and beheads him.
 * Obi-Wan and Grievous ended up in a room overlooking the sinkhole; concluding the chase with the General on his wheelbike, being pursued by the Jedi Master on Boga. This was instead of the chase concluding on Grievous's landing dock with his starfighter as in the movie.
 * Grievous was killed when Obi-Wan stabbed him in the chest, and Grievous's armor short-circuited. In the movie, Obi-Wan used the cyborg general's own blaster to incinerate him with his gut sac exposed after Obi- Wan lost his lightsaber.
 * Mace Windu, instead of getting his hand cut off by Anakin Skywalker and having Palpatine throw him into the depths of Coruscant with Force Lighting, dueled him and lost, being stabbed through the chest and kicked out of the window.
 * In the game after Anakin defeats Mace Windu he has a victorius smile on his face. But right when the level is complete he is seen kneeling and crying "What have I done?"
 * Cin Drallig was killed with a saber impale variation of performed by Darth Vader. In the movie, he was killed the same way Obi-Wan Kenobi killed Darth Maul.
 * On his mission, Vader kills Poggle the Lesser by using a piece of the door and a force push to squish him like a bug.
 * Nute Gunray escaped Darth Vader's slaughter. He tried to escape in his ship, but Darth Vader destroyed the ship, sending it plummeting into the lava, and then exploding, killing Gunray.
 * When Darth Vader was defeated on Mustafar, Obi-Wan picked up his lightsaber and left without saying anything.
 * In the bonus level when Vader confronts Obi-Wan on the Death Star, Vader is able to cast Force lightning. That was not possible because of Vader's mechanical arms. Anakin, in the game, can also use Force lightning as soon as he turned to the Dark side, but in the film, he didn't learn that power at all.
 * Palpatine's robe turns red to black to red again during the fight with Mace Windu. This is because in the movie clips, it's red, but in the game parts, its black - the same one he wore while captured by Grievous.
 * Mace Windu and Anakin both wear Jedi robes at the start of their fight, then they lose them, and at the end Anakin has his back on.
 * Padmé is never seen and barely mentioned in the game.
 * Yoda was never shown dueling with Palpatine.
 * Nute Gunray and the others don't know they are being betrayed until Darth Vader arrives in the room, but in the game they realize Sidious' betrayal as soon as Vader lands, when he kills Neimoidian Guards and fights his way through the whole base to get to the council room.
 * Since Grievous got stabbed by Obi-Wan of course in the game he did not drop his lightsaber like in the movie. Also, in the movie Commander Cody handed Obi-Wan's lightsaber back to Kenobi seconds before Cody received Order 66 and tells troopers in turrets to fire at Obi-Wan. Instead, Obi-Wan Kenobi tells the clones to continue to higher levels. The clones reply by saying they no longer serve him and start firing at the Jedi master.
 * Little explanation is given as to why Anakin joins the dark side. Padmé and trying to save her in child birth, why he's frustrated with the Council, and why he needs Palpatine aren't shown in the cutscenes.
 * The in-game dialogue and cinematic cut-scenes were written by Dark Horse assistant editor Jeremy Barlow.

Bonus levels
In addition to the story levels, there are bonus levels and characters the player can unlock and play as, such as Yoda, General Grievous, an IG-100 MagnaGuard and Darth Vader. Most of these levels consist of the player mainly fighting wave after wave of enemies. An added bonus level is the player taking on the role as Darth Vader as he had his final encounter with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

DS Starfighter
In the DS version there are 3D starfighter battles incorporating the touch screen to manage your shields and view Radar and scores. There are three missions for each Anakin and Obi-Wan in single player, and a multiplayer providing 6 maps and 17 ships:
 * Jedi Interceptor
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor
 * Darth Vader's TIE Advanced
 * TIE Fighter
 * Droid tri-fighter
 * V-Wing
 * X-Wing
 * Geonosian Starfighter
 * General Grievous's Belbullab-22 Starfighter
 * Techno Union Interceptor
 * Anakin Skywalker's modified Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter
 * Anakin's Jedi Interceptor
 * ARC-170 starfighter
 * Vulture Droid Starfighter
 * Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter

GBA Version
Main Article: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith GBA

Levels

 * Rescue Over Coruscant
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-battle droids, droid snipers, super battle droids
 * Allies- Obi-Wan Kenobi


 * An Explosive Development
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-Battle Droids, Grapple Droids, Super Battle Droids, Buzz Droids, Sentry guns
 * Allies-Anakin Skywalker


 * Peril In The Elevators
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Buzz Droids, Grapple Droids, Destroyer Droids, Sentry guns, Air Battle Droids
 * Allies- Obi-Wan Kenobi


 * Settling The Score
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Count Dooku, Super Battle Droids
 * Allies- Obi-wan Kenobi


 * It's Not Over Yet
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids, Destroyer Droids, Sentry guns
 * Allies- Obi-wan Kenobi


 * The General's Right Hand
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-IG-100 MagnaGuards, Grapple Droids, Battle Droids
 * Allies- Obi-Wan Kenobi


 * Investigating Utapau
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-Battle Droids, Droid Snipers, Super Battle Droids, Grapple Droids, laser cannons, Crab droid, Air Battle Droids
 * Allies-None


 * The Cavalry Arrives
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-IG-100 MagnaGuards, Battle Droids, Red Grapple Droids, Crab Droid
 * Allies-Clone Troopers


 * Showdown With Grievous
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * EnemiesGeneral Grievous
 * Allies-None


 * The Dark Side Of the Force
 * Jedi-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Mace Windu
 * Allies-None


 * The Hunt Begins
 * Sith-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Jedi Padawans, Jedi Knights, Jedi Snipers, Jedi Brutes, Jedi Interceptors, Jedi Temple Security System
 * Allies-Clone Troopers


 * The Final Lesson
 * Sith-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Cin Drallig, Serra Keto
 * Allies-None


 * Attack Of The Clones
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-Clone Troopers, Clone trooper heavy weapons specialists, Clone blaze troopers, AT-RT, LAAT/i
 * Allies-None


 * Assassination on Mustafar
 * Sith-Anakin Skywalker
 * Enemies-Neimoidian Guards, Neimoidian Snipers, Neimoidian Brutes, Neimoidian Shuttle (With Nute Gunray in it),(Weaponless)-Rute Gunnay,Rune Haako,Wat Tambor
 * Allies-None


 * Aftermath In The Temple
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-Clone Troopers, Heavy Weapon Specialists, Blaze Troopers, Republic Gunship
 * Allies-Yoda


 * Friendship In Flames
 * Jedi-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Enemies-Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader)
 * Allies-None


 * Revenge Of The Sith
 * Sith-Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader)
 * Enemies-Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Allies-None

Playable characters

 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Count Dooku
 * Darth Vader
 * General Grievous
 * Grievous's Bodyguard (IG-100 MagnaGuard)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Serra Keto
 * Cin Drallig
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi ("Ben" Kenobi in 0 BBY)
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda

Non-playable characters

 * R2-D2
 * Air battle droid
 * Battle Droid
 * Super Battle Droid
 * Droideka
 * Buzz Droid
 * Buzz droid generator (Only as concept art)
 * Crab droid
 * Grapple droid
 * Grenadier droid (Only as concept art)
 * Clone Trooper
 * Blaze Trooper
 * Clone Assassin
 * Heavy weapons specialist
 * Clone sniper
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Padawan
 * Jedi brute
 * Jedi sniper
 * Neimoidian Guard
 * Neimoidian Sniper
 * Neimoidian Brute
 * Commander Cody
 * Palpatine
 * Stormtrooper (Glimpsed in Episode IV mission)
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Separatist leaders (Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, Rute Gunnay, Wat Tambor, and Poggle the Lesser)

Trivia

 * Some scenes from the game were originally intended to be in the movie, but did not make it, but, being good material for the game, made its final release instead. For example, the scene where Anakin and Obi-Wan run into grapple droids for the first time, just before cutting their way down into the tunnel filling with fuel. Other missions are alternate and/or expanded versions of scenes from the film.
 * While some enemies are not in the film itself (grapple droids), others may be out of place (Buzz droids are normally space-borne droids that wreak havoc on starfighters). This is probably due to game mechanics, though.
 * The game makes no mention of Padmé Amidala save one line of dialogue during the Mustafar battle, despite her importance in Anakin's transformation into Darth Vader.
 * Anakin Skywalker has the ability to use Force lightning after he turns to the dark side in the game, although he would technically not be able to project lightning from his mechno-arm due to the risk of electrocuting himself.
 * There are multiple Neimoidians that look just like Rute Gunnay on the Mission to Mustafar level.

Non-canonical ending
The mission "Revenge of the Sith" gives the player the opportunity to play as Anakin during the duel on Mustafar, with the objective of defeating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The duel plays out the same until the very end, where Anakin avoids Obi-Wan's blade in his leap to the lava river bank and stabs Obi-Wan with his lightsaber, killing him. Anakin then greets Palpatine as he disembarks from his shuttle.

After being presented with a brand new red Sith lightsaber and hearing Palpatine say that he has "brought peace to our galaxy", Anakin kills Palpatine, declaring the galaxy now his to rule, with the clone troopers aiming at Anakin for killing Palpatine, then lowering their weapons. Anakin then says "No...the galaxy belongs to me!"

It is unknown if Sidious killed Yoda in this non-canonical ending, or if Yoda survived the duel. There is also no mention whatsoever in the game of the confrontation between him and Sidious. However, it is possible Yoda was killed by Palpatine as he (Palpatine) declares that "There are none left to oppose us."

Music
No original music from the film is used, since recording of the soundtrack had not been completed when the game's production ended. This is also the case in Lego Star Wars: The Video Game. As a result, music from all of the other five movies is used. The cutscenes also use music from the other media. In the levels "The Final Lesson" and "Assassination on Mustafar," music from Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is used. Music from Episode III was not added in the 2006 "Greatest Hits"/"Platinum Hits" release of the game on PS2 and Xbox.

Voice cast

 * James Arnold Taylor &mdash; Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Mat Lucas &mdash; Anakin Skywalker
 * Terrence Carson &mdash; Mace Windu
 * Matthew Wood &mdash; General Grievous
 * Nick Jameson &mdash; Palpatine/Darth Sidious/Ben Kenobi/Neimoidian Sniper, Neimoidian Aide
 * Corey Burton &mdash; Count Dooku/Flying Battle Droids, Jedi Sniper, Rune Haako, Jedi Brute, Jedi Pilot
 * Kari Wahlgren &mdash; Serra Keto
 * Andrew Chaikin &mdash; Clone Trooper/Clone Captain/Commander Cody/Battle Droid Commander
 * David W. Collins &mdash; Battle Droid/Wat Tambor/ Poggle the Lesser/Nute Gunray
 * Tom Kane &mdash; Yoda/Cin Drallig/Neimoidian Guard/Neimoidian Brute/Jedi Leader
 * Scott Lawrence &mdash; Darth Vader
 * Alethea McGrath &mdash; Jocasta Nu
 * Scott Menville &mdash; Jedi Padawan
 * Jarion Monroe &mdash; Grievous's Bodyguard

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