Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

"The long night has begun."

- Novelization of the film

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced). It was released on Thursday, May 19, 2005, and premiered (out of competition) on the 2005 Cannes Festival May 15th. The film was generally positively received by critics, especially in comparison to the two previous prequels. It broke several box office records in its opening week, and went on to earn over US$800 million worldwide, making it one of the top grossing movies of 2005.

Three years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights have been leading a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. The Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic reveals his true nature as a Sith Lord as he unveils a plot to rule the galaxy by transforming the Republic into a Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become Darth Sidious' new apprentice&mdash;Darth Vader. The Jedi are all but eliminated with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy is Anakin’s own offspring – the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.

As the final film to be released in the series, it bridges the gap between the original trilogy and prequel trilogy of the Star Wars epic.

Battle over Coruscant
"This is where the fun begins!"

- Anakin Skywalker

It is three years after the events of Attack of the Clones. The Galactic Republic is in the midst of an epic war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems under the leadership of the Sith Lord, Count Dooku. The Confederacy's cyborg military leader, General Grievous of the Separatist Droid Army has infiltrated Coruscant and captured Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.

As the Droid Army attempts to escape Coruscant, a massive space battle erupts, into which race Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, leading a mission to rescue the Chancellor. The Jedi fight through the Separatist armada. In the process, Obi-Wan's interceptor is damaged by buzz droids and his astromech, R4-P17, is destroyed. Anakin attempts to shoot the droids off, though succeeds only in blasting apart the wing of his former Master's vessel. Anakin ultimately manages to save Obi-Wan, with help from R2-D2, and the two Jedi crash land into the hangar of the Trade Federation Cruiser Invisible Hand, the Separatist flagship.

Anakin and Obi-Wan make their way through the flagship, fighting through an army of droids. Meanwhile, R2-D2 aids them from the hangar bay while simultaneously fending off a pair of super battle droids.

Rescuing the chancellor
"I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate. You have anger. But you don't use them."

- Dooku to Anakin Skywalker

The Jedi reach the General's Quarters, finding the captive Chancellor Palpatine. They are confronted by Dooku himself, and a lightsaber battle ensues. During the battle, Obi-Wan is rendered unconscious when Dooku uses the Force to hold him in mid-air before hurling him against a railing.

Anakin continues the battle, winning the duel by giving in to his anger, cutting off Dooku's hands and taking the Sith Lord's weapon. With Dooku on his knees, Anakin scissors the lightsabers to Dooku's neck, and, with encouragement from Palpatine, beheads the helpless Count.

An explosion occurs deep in the ship, brought on by the attack of the Venator-class Star Destroyer Guarlara, causing the Invisible Hand to begin an uncontrolled descent into Coruscant. Despite Palpatine's persuasions that he should leave him, Anakin carries the unconscious Obi-Wan on his back, and maneuvers through the ship with the Chancellor. Obi-Wan later regains consciousness.

Confronting Grievous
"That wasn't much of a rescue."

- Grievous to Obi-Wan Kenobi



After Grievous has the bridge crew regain control of his flagship by firing the emergency booster engines, he makes certain the two Jedi and their ward are captured. Having fallen foul of a ray shield trap, the three are brought to the bridge under custody, but Artoo successfully creates a distraction, allowing the Jedi to retrieve their lightsabers and break free.

Grievous then sends his powerful IG-100 MagnaGuards after the Jedi. Obi-Wan quickly beheads IG-101 with his blade, but the droid continues the fight, forcing Obi-Wan to slice the warrior apart before it deactivates. Anakin finishes off IG-102 and destroys the battle droids attempting to drag Palpatine from the bridge. The Jedi close in on Grievous, though the wily General smashes a window with his fallen guard's electrostaff, and is swept outside. Using a tow cable, Grievous latches himself to the ship and heads for the escape pods. Launching all other escape capsules, Grievous speeds for the safety of a Trade Federation battleship. Once again, the flagship begins to descend in a free-fall into Coruscant, but Anakin takes the controls and pilots the ship into a hard landing, aided by emergency firespeeders, on one of Coruscant's industrial landing platforms.

Happy reunions
"Another happy landing."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

On Coruscant, Anakin is praised for his heroics. He meets secretly with Padmé Amidala, and they share a kiss in the shadows of the Republic Executive Building, keeping their love secret. She reveals to him that she is pregnant with their child. Later, Anakin awakens in a panic, covered in sweat. He reveals to Padmé that he has been dreaming about her dying in childbirth, and he vows not to let this dream come true.

Chancellor Palpatine requests Anakin's presence, and they meet in the Chancellor's office. The Senate has granted the Chancellor further emergency powers, giving him direct control of the Jedi High Council. Palpatine confides in Anakin his fear, distrust, and contempt of the Masters. He appoints Anakin to be his personal representative on the Council.



The High Council begrudgingly accepts Anakin's appointment, but does not grant him the rank of Master. Anakin reacts angrily at this perceived slight. Ignoring his outburst, the Council goes on to discuss matters concerning the war. It is decided that Anakin will be assigned to protect the Chancellor, and Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookiees on Kashyyyk. Anakin is angry and disappointed.

Obi-Wan later tells Anakin that the Council wants Anakin to report on all the Chancellor's dealings, essentially spying on him. Anakin is confused and upset, feeling torn between two friends and loyalties. Obi-Wan himself is unhappy with the situation.

The tragedy of Darth Plagueis
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?"

- Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

At the Galaxies Opera House in the Uscru District, Anakin joins Palpatine in watching the Mon Calamari Ballet performing Squid Lake. Palpatine continues to seduce Anakin to the dark side, making him mistrust the Jedi by telling him that the Order wishes to overthrow the Republic. He also tells him of Darth Plagueis, a Sith Lord who had such a control over the Force, he could use it to save people from death, but who was killed by his apprentice in his sleep (the Sith apprentice in the story, as implied by the film and explicitly stated in various Expanded Universe sources, is Palpatine himself). When Anakin asks if it is possible to learn the power to stop death, Palpatine simply replies with, "Not from a Jedi," further alienating Anakin from the Jedi Order.

Palpatine also informs Anakin that his sources have discovered the location of General Grievous: the planet of Utapau, to which Grievous retreated following the battle. Anakin relays this information to the Jedi Council, who decide to send Obi-Wan to investigate. Anakin expresses his interest in going, but the Council insists that someone with more experience is needed to confront, and defeat, Grievous.

Obi-Wan vs. Grievous
"Army or not, you must realize&hellip; you are doomed!" "Oh, I don't think so."

- Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi



Obi-Wan arrives in Pau City on Utapau, and begins his search for General Grievous, riding a varactyl named Boga. He finds Grievous on the Tenth Level, and the two engage in personal combat, with Grievous using four lightsabers at once. Obi-Wan quickly cuts off two of the General's hands, helping to even out the odds a little. During the battle, the Third Systems Army arrives under the command of CC-2224 (Cody). Obi-Wan manages to catch Grievous off guard and uses the Force to push the fiendish droid general into the ceiling. Grievous drops his remaining two lightsabers and attempts to flee on his wheel bike, while Obi-Wan pursues on Boga. During the chase, Obi-Wan drops his lightsaber, which Commander Cody happens to find during the fighting.

On Coruscant, Anakin tells Palpatine that General Grievous has been found on Utapau. Anakin insists he should be on Utapau as well. Their conversation shifts to Palpatine's knowledge of the Force, and it is revealed that he is the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. Upon realizing this, Anakin ignites his lightsaber and threatens to kill Palpatine, but then decides to expose him to the Jedi Council. He is still concerned with saving his wife, and believes only Palpatine's knowledge, learned from the late Darth Plagueis, will ensure this.

Obi-Wan continues to chase General Grievous on Utapau. He catches up with the General, and jumps onto his wheel bike. Using Grievous's electrostaff, he manages to destabilize the speeder, and it goes into a spin. Both Obi-Wan and Grievous are thrown off as the speeder topples over the edge of Grievous' secret landing platform. Grievous then draws his Grievance Striker blaster, though it is knocked from his hand by Obi-Wan, now wielding the electrostaff. He knocks Grievous down, and a brawl ensues, during which Kenobi tears open the General's stomach plates, revealing his living organs. Enraged, Grievous picks up the helpless Jedi and throws him over the edge. Obi-Wan manages to hang on, and uses the Force to retrieve the General's blaster, and fires at Grievous's organs. He hits, and they burst into flames. Grievous falls to the floor, dead.

Sidious revealed
"In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor."

- Mace Windu to Palpatine



Anakin tells Mace Windu that Palpatine is the Sith Lord they have been looking for. Anakin offers to help in Palpatine's arrest, but Windu urges him to stay out of it. Masters Windu, Fisto, Kolar, and Tiin board a gunship and head to Palpatine's office.

Sitting in the Council Chambers, remembering Palpatine's promise of stopping death and the dreams of Padmé dying in childbirth, Anakin ruminates over his decision. Finally, he leaves and rushes after the four Jedi.

Mace Windu and the three other Jedi Masters arrive at Chancellor Palpatine's office and declare their intent to have the Chancellor arrested in the name of the Republic. Palpatine screams in rage, pulling a lightsaber out of his sleeve and lunging towards the Jedi. Agen Kolar is distracted and gets stabbed through his stomach. Seconds later, Saesee Tiin is slain, and a few seconds later, with more effort from Sidious, followed by Kit Fisto, killed by a slash across the gut. Only Mace Windu remains, alone against the Dark Lord.

Rise, Lord Vader
"The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth&hellip; Vader."

- Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker



Palpatine and Mace continue the fight, leading out of the Chancellor's antechamber and into the office proper. Meanwhile, Anakin arrives at the scene just as Windu disarms Palpatine, both combatants balancing on the edge of the large window shattered during the duel. As Mace threatens Palpatine, the Sith unleashes a torrent of Force lightning. However, Mace deflects it with his blade, casting much of the energy back into Palpatine's body. His face distorting, Palpatine ends his assault, claiming he is too weak to fight. Mace is not taken in, though just as he is about to deliver the killing blow, Anakin intervenes and cuts off Mace's hand. Palpatine, cackling with glee, blasts the shocked Mace out of the window, and to his death hundreds of stories below.

Anakin is horrified by his actions, yet he knows now there is no turning back. He pledges allegiance to Palpatine, in return for the Dark Lord's power. Palpatine takes Anakin as his Sith apprentice, bestowing upon him the Sith name Darth Vader. Palpatine then gives Vader his first assignment: to launch an assault on the Jedi Temple, ensuring the so-called Jedi Rebellion is quashed.

Vader invades the Temple at the head of the 501st Legion. Vader brutally makes his way through the Temple, striking down every Jedi that crosses his path, including swordsmaster Cin Drallig and even a clan of Younglings hiding out in the Council Chamber.



Order 66
"It will be done, My Lord."

- Commander Gree to Palpatine

Meanwhile, from his office, Palpatine broadcasts a command to the many clone trooper commanders spread throughout the Galaxy; to execute Order 66, an action that effectively sets into motion the Great Jedi Purge and the Galactic Civil War.

Across the Galaxy, clone troopers turn against their Jedi Generals. On Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi is flung off a cliff by a blast from an All Terrain Tactical Enforcer; on Mygeeto, Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi is gunned down by CC-1138 and the Galactic Marines; on the lush, tropical planet of Felucia, Jedi Knight Aayla Secura is slain by CC-5052 and his 327th Star Corps; on Cato Neimoidia, Plo Koon's Jedi starfighter is fired upon by ARC-170 starfighters, sending it smashing into a clone staging area; and on Saleucami, Stass Allie's 74-Z speeder bike is destroyed by her wingmen, riding BARC speeders. On Kashyyyk, Yoda is overlooking the ongoing battle as Commander Gree receives the order. He and his lieutenant attempt to sneak up to Yoda, but the aged Master senses their deceit and beheads both clones with a slash of his lightsaber.

Senator Bail Organa arrives at the flaming Temple to witness the slaughter of a young Padawan named Zett Jukassa, by a squad of troopers led by Commander Appo. Organa, horrified, flees the scene and departs Coruscant in Tantive IV, in an attempt to make contact with any surviving Jedi.



Both Obi-Wan and Yoda survive Order 66, and are picked up by Senator Organa, having evaded pursuit. The Jedi decide to return to Coruscant to recalibrate the Jedi beacon calling for all Jedi to return to Coruscant, and into Palpatine's trap. Instead, Kenobi hopes to warn any surviving Jedi to stay away from the Temple.

Following the raid on the Jedi Temple, Vader returns to Padmé at the Senate Apartment Complex, from where the smoke rising from the wrecked Temple can be seen. He tells her the Jedi have tried to take over the Republic, and there are traitors in the Senate. He asks for her loyalty to the Chancellor, then tells her that he will go to the Mustafar system, where the remaining Separatists have gathered, to end the war.

Birth of the Empire
"So this is how liberty dies – with thunderous applause."

- Padmé Amidala



On Mustafar, Vader is greeted by Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, but quickly begins his slaughter of the Separatist Council, trapping them in their own fortified bunker. He leaves Gunray until last, slicing the Neimoidian across the chest even as he pleads for his life. It is at this point that the first physical manifestation of the Dark Side in Vader begins to show itself, as his irises turn a pallid yellow, the rest of his eye taking on a bright crimson hue.

The Senate holds a special session where Palpatine tells them of the "plot of the Jedi to overthrow the Senate". Amidst thunderous applause, he announces that the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire. Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa are not fooled, however.



In the meantime, Obi-Wan and Yoda go to the Jedi Temple, slaying clone troopers and walking in disbelief through the carnage. They recalibrate the Temple's signal to warn all Jedi to keep away from the Temple. At the Temple's control center, Obi-Wan looks into the security recordings. In disbelief, he watches Vader's slaughter of the Jedi. Yoda says they have no choice but to destroy the Sith&mdash;including Vader. Obi-Wan begs Yoda to let him take the Emperor, however, Yoda refuses, stating that Obi-Wan cannot win that fight&mdash;that Obi-Wan must instead fight his former apprentice; his "brother".

Obi-Wan, seeking information on Anakin's whereabouts, arrives at Padmé's apartment. He meets Padmé and tells her that Anakin has turned to the dark side and killed the Younglings in the Jedi Temple. Despite her anguish, Padmé will not reveal where her husband has gone. Obi-Wan leaves, though not before expressing his regret to Padmé, whom he knows is carrying Anakin's child.

Later, Padmé leaves Coruscant in her star skiff, departing for Mustafar to find her husband, and the truth. Unknown to her, Obi-Wan secretly boards the ship just before it takes off.

Battle of the heroes
"You were my brother, Anakin! I loved you!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader

The skiff lands on Mustafar, and Padmé is greeted by a smiling Vader. Padmé reveals her conversation with Obi-Wan. When she begs him to run away with her to raise their child in peace, though Vader tells Padmé that he has brought peace to the Republic, and he can overthrow Palpatine so the two of them can rule the Galaxy together. Backing away in horror and sorrow, Padmé tells him he is breaking her heart and he is going down a path she cannot follow.

Vader sees Obi-Wan emerge from the skiff. Enraged, he Force chokes his wife, thinking she brought his former Master to kill him. She loses consciousness, and Vader releases his grip on her. Obi-Wan and Vader break out into a ferocious duel.



In the Chancellor's holding office within the Senate Building, Yoda confronts Darth Sidious. They engage in an intense battle using their Force abilities. The duel brings them to the Grand Convocation Chamber, the heart of the Senate. Sidious hurls Senate pods at Yoda, and the effort to avoid them exhausts the Jedi Master. Yoda is defeated, blasted to the chamber floor by Force lightning, while Sidious cackles manically from above. With Bail Organa's help, Yoda flees the Senate Building in disgrace, intending to go into exile.

The epic duel between Obi-Wan and Vader leads them through the Separatist stronghold on Mustafar. A missed slash from Vader's lightsaber damages a computer console, resulting in the deactivation of the bunker's shields. The duel continues as the entire facility is bombarded by lava, and both combatants ride down a lava river atop a collection arm severed from the main structure. Kenobi and Vader leap from the arm and continue their intense duel atop floating platforms.

Though on the defensive throughout the fight, Obi-Wan eventually gains the high ground by leaping to the safety of a black sand bank, and in doing so, the upper-hand. Snarling with rage and shouting, "You underestimate my power!", Vader foolishly leaps up to meet his old Master, but in the blink of an eye Obi-Wan cuts off both of Vader's legs at the knees, as well as Vader's left arm. Vader tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop at the edge of the sand bank. Vader's robes ignite from contact with the lava, and his entire remaining body is set aflame, scarring even his face.

As Obi-Wan watches in despair, Vader tries in vain to pull what is left of himself up the embankment with his remaining mechanical hand. Obi-Wan cries out to him in his sorrow, but Vader can only scream in rage. Obi-Wan stares for a moment at the the badly charred heap, then takes Anakin's lightsaber and turns away, unable to watch his former best friend die. He then leaves with the badly injured Padmé and her droids on the star skiff.

Birth and rebirth
"Obi-Wan, there is good in him. I know there is&hellip; still&hellip;"

- Padmé Amidala to Obi-Wan Kenobi

Darth Sidious arrives at Mustafar with a group of shock troopers. They rescue Darth Vader from the edge of death using a stasis-pod and Sith medicines held in Sidious' shuttle.

On the isolated asteroid Polis Massa, Yoda meditates and hears the spirit voice of Qui-Gon Jinn. The voice tells him that there is a way to merge with the Force and retain consciousness after death. In order to learn this power, Yoda declares himself an apprentice to the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn.

Obi-Wan arrives at Polis Massa with Padmé, who is given emergency medical treatment by the facility's droids. She is dying, having lost the will to live. The medical droids work to save her babies&mdash;she has twins, much to the surprise of Bail Organa, Obi-Wan, and Yoda. A boy and a girl are born. In her last few dying breaths, Padmé gives them the names "Luke" and "Leia."



As his children are born, Vader is placed into his life-support suit. At the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center on Coruscant, Vader is given new legs, a new arm, mechanized lungs, and other "replacement parts". He is dressed in black armor, a face mask is sealed tightly, and his helmet is fitted. Darth Vader begins to breathe through his mask. Most, if not the entire surgery is carried out with Vader wide-awake, and with no apparent anesthesia, making him moan, scream and writhe in excruciating agony.

With Padmé's final breath, she maintains that there is still good in Anakin. She dies still believing in the man she loved.

Vader is raised to a standing position at the EmPal SuRecon Center, his surgery complete. Vader begins to speak through his voice amplifier. He asks what happened to Padmé. Darth Sidious, having witnessed the proceedings, tells him that in his anger, Vader killed her. In Vader's rage he calls upon the Force to destroy everything around him, including Palpatine, though he can no longer touch the Force the way he once did&mdash;only droids and equipment implode around him as he cries "Nooo!"

A New Hope
"Hidden, safe, the children must be kept."

- Yoda

Onboard Tantive IV, docked at Naboo, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail Organa sit at a conference table. They agree to keep Padmé appearing pregnant, thus faking the children's deaths. For their own safety, Luke and Leia will be split up in hopes that the Sith would not sense their presence. Leia will be adopted by Bail Organa and Luke would be sent to his father's step family on Tatooine. Obi-Wan and Yoda will watch and wait until the time is ready for the Skywalker children to do their part. Yoda tells Obi-Wan to study the technique Qui-Gon learned to achieve immortality.

Bail Organa leaves R2-D2 and C-3PO in the care of Captain Raymus Antilles of the Tantive IV. He orders a memory wipe of the talkative protocol droid.



On Naboo, Padmé's funeral takes place in a solemn ceremony in Theed. Her hands clasp the japor snippet given to her by Anakin following his departure from Tatooine some thirteen years previous. To protect her children, her body appears to still be pregnant.

Yoda heads to Dagobah to begin his self-imposed exile, which he partly owes as penance for his failure to defeat Sidious.

On the bridge of a gray-hulled Venator-class Star Destroyer, Vader, the Emperor, and Governor Wilhuff Tarkin oversee the construction of a certain moon-sized battle station.

On Alderaan, the infant Leia is brought by Bail Organa to his wife, Queen Breha.

On Tatooine, Obi-Wan brings Luke Skywalker to his new family: his uncle, Owen, and his aunt, Beru. Obi-Wan leaves on an eopie, heading to his exile in the Jundland Wastes. Owen and Beru, holding the infant Luke, look out to the horizon and watch the setting of Tatooine's twin suns, waiting for the return of the Jedi.

Memorable quotes
"This is where the fun begins."

- Anakin Skywalker

"Always on the move."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Who? Who could've done this?"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

""My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count!" "Good. Twice the pride, double the fall!""

- Anakin and Dooku

"I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate, you have anger, but you don't use them."

- Dooku to Anakin Skywalker

"Good, Anakin, good. Kill him. Kill him now."

- Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

"Army or not, you must realize... you are doomed."

- General Grievous to Obi-Wan Kenobi

"I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi. The dark side of the force surrounds the Chancellor"

- Mace Windu

"The dark side is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."

- Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

"Execute Order Sixty-Six."

- Darth Sidious

"Every single Jedi – including your friend, Obi-Wan Kenobi – is now an enemy of the Republic."

- Palpatine to Darth Vader

"So this is how liberty dies – with thunderous applause."

- Padmé Amidala to Bail Organa

"Destroy the Sith, we must."

- Yoda

"From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!"

- Darth Vader to Obi-Wan Kenobi

"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader

"I hate you!"

- Darth Vader to Obi-Wan Kenobi

"You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

"I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend."

- Palpatine to Yoda

Cast

 * Obi-Wan Kenobi .... Ewan McGregor
 * Padmé Amidala .... Natalie Portman
 * Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader .... Hayden Christensen
 * Supreme Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious .... Ian McDiarmid
 * Mace Windu .... Samuel L. Jackson
 * Senator Bail Organa .... Jimmy Smits
 * Yoda .... Frank Oz
 * C-3PO .... Anthony Daniels
 * Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus .... Christopher Lee
 * Queen Apailana .... Keisha Castle-Hughes
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi/Nute Gunray .... Silas Carson
 * Captain Typho .... Jay Laga'aia
 * Tion Medon .... Bruce Spence
 * Governor Tarkin .... Wayne Pygram
 * Commander Cody .... Temuera Morrison
 * Mas Amedda .... David Bowers
 * Sio Bibble .... Oliver Ford Davies
 * Jar Jar Binks .... Ahmed Best
 * Captain Antilles .... Rohan Nichol
 * Captain Colton .... Jeremy Bulloch
 * Terr Taneel .... Amanda Lucas
 * R2-D2 .... Kenny Baker
 * Plo Koon .... Matt Sloan
 * Chewbacca ....Peter Mayhew
 * Breha Organa .... Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
 * Luminara Unduli .... Fay David
 * Owen Lars .... Joel Edgerton


 * Beru Lars .... Bonnie Maree Piesse
 * Zett Jukassa .... Jett Lucas
 * Agen Kolar .... Tux Akindoyeni
 * Senator Orn Free Taa .... Matt Rowan
 * Saesee Tiin .... Kenji Oates
 * Kit Fisto .... Ben Cooke
 * Aayla Secura .... Amy Allen
 * Clone Trooper .... Bodie Taylor
 * Ruwee Naberrie .... Graeme Blundell
 * Jobal Naberrie .... Trisha Noble
 * Sola Naberrie .... Claudia Karvan
 * Ryoo Naberrie .... Keria Wingate
 * Pooja Naberrie .... Hayley Mooy
 * Sly Moore .... Sandy Finlay
 * Chi Eekway .... Katie Lucas
 * Mon Mothma .... Genevieve O'Reilly
 * Fang Zar .... Warren Owens
 * Malé-Dee .... Kee Chan
 * Nee Alavar .... Rena Owen
 * Giddean Danu .... Christopher Kirby
 * General Grievous ....Matthew Wood (voice)
 * Moteé .... Kristy Wright
 * Whie .... Coinneach Alexander
 * Cin Drallig .... Nick Gillard
 * Bene .... Mousy McCallum
 * Cellheim Anujo .... Dean Mitchell
 * Tarfful .... Michael Kingma
 * Darth Vader .... James Earl Jones (voice) (uncredited)

Characters

 * 7EX
 * Cellheim Anujo
 * Apailana
 * Appo
 * Koffi Arana
 * Fema Baab
 * Bacara
 * Sors Bandeam
 * Bene
 * Bly
 * Boga
 * Baron N. Papanoida
 * Ulfor Bombaasa
 * Serra Keto
 * Bana Breemu
 * Brookish Boon
 * Tanner Cadaman
 * Cat Miin
 * Chi Eekway
 * Olana Chion
 * Commander Cody
 * Coleman Kcaj
 * Jeremoch Colton
 * Neb Creip
 * CT-0000/1010
 * CT-307
 * CT-3423
 * CT-57/11-9048
 * Giddean Danu
 * Led Daragon
 * Davijaan
 * Opula Deget
 * Deviss
 * Lushros Dofine
 * Ivor Drake
 * Cin Drallig
 * Eeusu Estornii
 * Ellé
 * Ejai
 * Eugroothura
 * Lampay Fay
 * G21
 * Janu Godalhi
 * Grakchawwaa
 * Gree
 * Ottegru Grey
 * Guanta
 * Rute Gunnay
 * Son Halliikeenovich
 * IG-101
 * IG-102
 * Jai'galaar


 * Zyn Javeb
 * Jikesh Valia
 * Kagi
 * Onara Kuat
 * Lachichuk
 * Malé-Dee
 * Whie Malreaux
 * Koyi Mateil
 * Tion Medon
 * Meena Tills
 * Merumeru
 * Corla Metonae
 * Moteé
 * Nee Alavar
 * Neyo
 * Barrow Oicunn
 * Breha Organa
 * Notluwiski Papanoida
 * Darth Plagueis
 * Pont Edisser
 * Shadday Potkin
 * Tannon Praji
 * Qymaen jai Sheelal
 * R4-G9
 * R4-P44
 * R77
 * Delva Racine
 * Sheltay Retrac
 * Salporin
 * Osh Scal
 * Senin Vant
 * Silya Shessaun
 * Roan Shryne
 * Sitros
 * Sweit Concorkill
 * Terr Taneel
 * Tarfful
 * Duke Teta
 * Thire
 * Travvis
 * Romeo Treblanc
 * Maneeli Tuun
 * Veedaz Awmetth
 * Sateen Vestwe
 * Quinlan Vos (Mentioned only)
 * Waks Trode
 * Dznori Xam
 * Selif Xam
 * Solipo Yeb
 * Fang Zar
 * Zittaasabba

Sapient species

 * Aleena
 * Human
 * Kaleesh
 * Kallidahin
 * Mustafarian
 * Pau'an
 * Sarrish
 * Utai
 * Wroonian
 * Wookiee
 * Zeuolin

Locations

 * Alderaan
 * Aldera
 * Aldera Royal Palace
 * Boz Pity
 * Cato Neimoidia
 * Coruscant
 * Galactic City
 * Senate District
 * Ambassadorial Sector
 * 500 Republica
 * Senate Apartment Complex
 * Legislative Borough
 * Senate Plaza
 * Senate Building
 * Temple Precinct
 * Jedi Temple
 * Uscru Entertainment District
 * Galaxies Opera House
 * Dagobah
 * Felucia
 * Jestefad


 * Kashyyyk
 * Wawaatt Archipelago
 * Kachirho
 * Mustafar
 * Fralideja
 * Klegger Corp Mining Facility
 * Separatist Council Conference Room
 * Separatist Council War Room
 * Mygeeto
 * Naboo
 * Theed
 * Polis Massa
 * Polis Massa Base
 * Polis Massan medical facility
 * Saleucami
 * Tatooine
 * Lars' homestead
 * Utapau
 * Pau City
 * Utapau 7

Ships and vehicles

 * 74-Z speeder bike
 * Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighter
 * ARC-170 starfighter
 * All Terrain Attack Pod
 * All Terrain Open Transport
 * All Terrain Recon Transport
 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
 * BARC speeder
 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Coruscant air bus
 * CR70 corvette
 * DC0052 intergalactic airspeeder
 * Death Star I
 * Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * E3-standard starship lifeboat
 * EasyRide passenger airspeeder
 * Emergency firespeeder
 * Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor
 * Firefighter's platform
 * Free Dac escape pod
 * HAET-221 assault gunboat
 * HAVw A6 Juggernaut
 * Homemade evacuation pod
 * Jedi shuttlebus
 * Infantry Support Platform


 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/carrier
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Lucrehulk-class battleship
 * Lucrehulk-class LH-1740 core ship
 * Mankvim-814 light interceptor
 * Medical capsule
 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * Mustafarian lava skimmer
 * N-1 starfighter
 * Naboo star skiff
 * Oevvaor jet catamaran
 * Porax-38 starfighter
 * Providence-class carrier/destroyer
 * Raddaugh Gnasp fluttercraft
 * Recusant-class light destroyer
 * Rian-327 airspeeder
 * Sandcrawler
 * Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery-Turbolaser
 * Theta-class T-2c shuttle
 * Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike
 * Unstable Terrain Artillery Transport
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * XJ-2 airspeeder
 * YT-1300 light freighter

Other items

 * Blaster
 * Lightsaber

Creatures

 * Can-cell
 * Dactillion
 * Dagobah dwarf can-cell
 * Dagobah ground beetle
 * Felucian ground beetle
 * Fire-eyed pillbug
 * Gualaar
 * Gummy peko peko
 * Mustafar lava flea
 * Nos monster
 * Utapau cave spider
 * Varactyl

Droid models

 * BD-3000 luxury droid
 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 battle droid
 * Chroon-Tan B-Machine
 * CLL-M2 Ordnance lifter
 * DD-13 medical assistant droid
 * Droid tri-fighter
 * FA-5 valet droid
 * Forklift droid
 * FX-6 medical droid
 * GH-7 medical droid
 * HL-444 Hover loader
 * Heavy Missile Platform
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard


 * IW-37 pincer loader
 * LM-432 crab droid
 * MSE-4 mouse droid
 * NR-N99 Persuader-class Droid Enforcer
 * Octuptarra droid, antipersonnel model
 * Octuptarra droid, antivehicle model
 * Panning Droid
 * Pistoeka
 * Prowler 1000
 * Q7 astromech
 * Q-series Droideka

Release and box office performance
Revenge of the Sith premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) on May 15, 2005. It was released in most other countries on May 19. It was predicted that the premiere of Revenge of the Sith would cost the US economy approximately $627 million USD because of employees who would take the day off or report in sick.

A copy of the movie leaked into p2p file sharing networks just hours after opening in theaters. The movie was a time-stamped workprint, along with a much higher fidelity Internal Xvid rip version nearly a month later (although it was still pre-telecined and was flawed with vibrations and frame-skips) suggesting it may have come from within the industry rather than from someone who videotaped an advance screening. It is widely spread and available in popular p2p networks.



The film earned an estimated $16.5 million from 2,900 midnight screenings in North America upon its release. In total, it earned a record $50 million on its opening day. Sith has since been bumped to the second highest grossing opening day. The film that beat Sith was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest which earned $55 million on its opening day. Pirates eclipsing Sith's records would become a trend except for two specific records.

Revenge of the Sith broke another couple records on its opening day, including:
 * Midnight screenings. Previously held by The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which earned $8 million from 2,100 midnight screenings.
 * Thursday gross. Previously held by The Matrix Reloaded with $37.5 million.

Sith added $33.5 million on the second day from 3,661 theaters. At $83.5 million in two days, the movie was the highest grossing two-day movie, well on its way to becoming the highest three-day grossing movie in history.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith crossed $100 million and tied Spider-Man and The Matrix Reloaded as the only movies at the time to make $100 million in three days. Being that Sith grossed the highest amount in the three day period, it was given the number one rank as "fastest movie to $100 million." This record would also be broken by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest which would reach the $100 million mark in just two days.

Revenge of the Sith totaled $158.5 million in its first four day period, surpassing the previous four day record held by The Matrix Reloaded ($134.3 million) and making it the second highest grossing movie of 2005 after just four days in release (Hitch, $177.6 million). The four day total by Sith is one of the records that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest did not beat. Sith also still holds the five day record.

The movie was so popular in the UK, that in the second week of release Revenge of the Sith sold more tickets than the next twenty movies released would combined.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released in over 100 countries.

As of October 21, 2005, the movie had grossed $380,270,577 in the US and $469,727,028 Internationally, giving it a total of $849,997,605 worldwide.

Critical reaction
The film garnered mostly positive reviews, especially in comparison to the last two prequels. Many critics have noted that they view it to be the best of the prequels, and some critics said the same as they did about earlier prequels.


 * Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times recommends the movie because he claims it to be a successful entertainment, with its point being the visuals, imagination, and action. This is contrary to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, where Roger Ebert claimed the point of the movie to be the dialogue and love scenes, which he wrote were flat and banal.
 * Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times hailed it as the best since Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
 * A.O. Scott of the New York Times hailed it as even better than Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

While many critics noted George Lucas's continued weakness with dialogue, Hayden Christensen's depiction of a more mature Anakin Skywalker and his slow descent to the Dark Side was praised, and Ian McDiarmid's talents and performance as Palpatine and the Emperor received raving reviews. Various critics have made note that they feel that the actors did a better job in general; though they, like in earlier prequels, have been displeased with Natalie Portman's performance, and find that Ewan McGregor did not give his full performing skills, with the same emotions conveyed in his face, as if he were bored, unlike his praised appearance in the first two.

Ratings
Due to its dark undertones and violent nature, Revenge of the Sith is the first and only Star Wars film to receive a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. All previously released films in the series were rated PG. In contrast, A New Hope was originally rated G, but its rating was deliberately pushed up in order to attract a broader audience.

This is a listing of existing ratings for the film:

Political connotations
Since early viewings, many have stated that there is a critique of President George W. Bush in the film. Examples cited included Darth Vader's line to Obi-Wan Kenobi "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!", mirroring a quote Bush made about terrorism after the September 11, 2001 attacks (although Vader had a similar line in The Empire Strikes Back). Kenobi's reply is an accusation that "Only the Sith deal in absolutes." Some observers have commented that this line of dialogue seems like a none-too-subtle political jab at Bush, since in fact, it is not the Sith, but Jedi who deal in absolutes; the Light and Dark sides of The Force and Kenobi's line seems forced in that way. The sentence "Only the Sith deal in absolutes," is itself an absolute. However, the key word to keep in mind is the word deal. This Sith only "deal" with joining the dark side or death (ex. Episode VI dialogue b/w the Emperor and Luke Skywalker). The Jedi, though absolute in their beliefs, do not "deal" with the "join us or die" idea.

The anti-Bush connotation goes one step further in the novelization, with Mace Windu speaking saying that the new laws decrease liberty in the name of security, but he doesn't feel safer (not so long after the Patriot act was voted).

But in interviews, George Lucas said that Bush was no influence in writing the movie. Rather, he wrote the basic story outline in the 1970s during the Vietnam War, thinking of President Richard Nixon. He stated at Cannes, "The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we're doing in Iraq now are unbelievable." Lucas added that in more general terms, his story represents how any democracy can turn into a dictatorship with the consent of the people, like Caesar Augustus and Napoleon I of France. It could also be likened to how democratic freedom can be taken away using fear, much like Adolf Hitler. A line given by Senator Amidala upon Chancellor Palpatine's reorganization of the Republic as the First Galactic Empire reflects Lucas' observation: "So this is how liberty dies—with thunderous applause."

Death Star I
In the DVD commentary for Revenge of the Sith, Lucas makes an offhand comment regarding the first Death Star. He explains that it was the exact same one as seen in A New Hope. He goes on to say that it would be "a bit of a stretch," but explains that due to "union disputes and supply problems," it took 19 years to build. However, Kevin J. Anderson's novels Jedi Search and Champions of the Force explain that a prototype Death Star was built in preparation of construction of the first Death Star in A New Hope, which would give another explanation for why the first Death Star took so long to build, in contrast with the second Death Star from Return of the Jedi. These sources explain that what was seen in Episode III was a prototype Death Star to the one in Episode IV. This was retconned in The New Essential Chronology, where it is stated that the latter was a testbed prototype for the superlaser to be installed on the former. However, the Death Star shown at the end of Episode III is in fact the first Death Star. There is also speculation regarding Darth Vader's line in "A New Hope". Vader proclaims "There will be no one to stop us this time" in regard to the Death Star and its plans. Could something have happened between Episodes III and IV where an early Rebel Alliance may have halted the construction or destroyed what was to become the first Death Star through sabotage?

Cameo appearances
George Lucas makes a cameo appearance at the Galaxies Opera House. He is the blue faced being, named Baron Papanoida, seen just outside Palpatine's private box. It marks Lucas's first and only appearance in any of the Star Wars films. His three children also play cameos: Jett as a young Jedi-in-training called Zett Jukassa at the Jedi Temple, his daughter Amanda as a senator called Terr Taneel, and Katie as blue-skinned alien senator called Chi Eekway, visible when Palpatine arrives at the Senate after being saved by the Jedi.

Much of the crew make cameos in the film, for example Nick Gillard, the stunt coordinator, plays a character named Cin Drallig (his name spelled backwards). Rick McCallum's daughter Mousy plays one of the Padawans killed by Darth Vader, named Bene. Visual effects supervisor John Knoll played the Coruscant fire fighter pilot. When Palpatine, Anakin, and Obi-Wan are falling down the elevator shaft in the beginning of the movie, it is John Knoll's hand that grabs the wire, not Hayden Christensen's. Also in the movie was Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in the Original Trilogy), who played Captain Jeremoch Colton, the pilot of the Rebel Blockade Runner Tantive IV. This was a speaking role. A number of Lucasfilm and ILM employees also made cameo appearances on the balconies of the Galaxies Opera House, while on the steps Anthony Daniels reprised his Episode II cameo as Dannl Faytonni.

References to the original trilogy

 * The title is a reprise of an early working title of Return of the Jedi, "Revenge of the Jedi", altered by Lucas with the rationale that Jedi do not take revenge (since revenge is a path to the dark side of the Force). Attack of the Clones shows a hint of this rationale, as Anakin Skywalker takes revenge against the Sandpeople over the death of his mother, beginning his path to the dark side of the Force.
 * Clone Commander Odd Ball's co-pilot gives the "Lock S-foils in attack position" command to the ARC-170 pilots. This echoes Red Leader and Wedge Antilles giving the commands in A New Hope and Return of the Jedi.
 * Many vehicles and technology in the film appear to be predecessors of their counterparts in the original trilogy. Examples include (predominantly) the Republic ARC-170 Starfighter looking like the Alliance X-Wing Starfighter, the Jedi Starfighter resembling the Imperial TIE Fighter and TIE Interceptor, the Republic V-Wing Starfighter appearing similar to the Alliance A-Wing Interceptor and Imperial TIE Fighter, the AT-RT looking similar to the AT-ST and the Venator-class Star Destroyer looking quite similar to the Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
 * In the beginning of the movie while flying a starfighter on the way to rescue Palpatine, Anakin Skywalker says, "This is where the fun begins". In A New Hope, Han Solo says the identical line on the way to rescue Princess Leia Organa.
 * Obi-Wan says the traditional "I have a bad feeling about this" just before he and Anakin enter the hangar of General Grievous' battlecruiser.
 * The scene where the elevator falls and Anakin has to hold on to the ledge parallels the scene where Luke has to hold on when he falls through an air shaft on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Palpatine watches as his current apprentice (Count Dooku/Darth Vader) and his intended new apprentice (Anakin/Luke) duel to the death, while behind them can be seen a massive space fleet battle, as in Return of the Jedi.
 * Anakin gets revenge on Count Dooku for severing his hand in a lightsaber duel by responding in kind. In Return of the Jedi, his son Luke does the same thing on Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel by responding in kind.
 * Palpatine urges Anakin to kill Count Dooku and when Anakin does, he is set to become Palpatine's apprentice. In Return of the Jedi, Palpatine urges Luke to kill Darth Vader, but Luke refuses, and avoids turning to the dark side.
 * In the theater scene, before disclosing his "distrust" of the Jedi Council, Palpatine tells his aides to "leave us" (himself and Anakin) - just as he tells his guards in Return of the Jedi. (himself, Luke and Vader)
 * When Obi-Wan jumps in the middle of the droid army in Utapau, he says "Hello there" to General Grievous. This is the first line Obi-Wan says in A New Hope, to R2-D2.
 * When General Grievous finds Obi-Wan confronting him, he replies "You are a bold one". In A New Hope, when Princess Leia finds Darth Vader confronting her, she replies "Only you could be so bold".
 * When Obi-Wan kills Grievous with a blaster and says "So uncivilized", echoing the line in A New Hope when he talks about the lightsaber being "not as random or as clumsy as a blaster...an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age"
 * When Obi-Wan makes his rendezvous with the Tantive IV, the ship he is flying is swallowed up by the Tantive IV's underbelly. This echoes the ultimate fate of the Tantive IV itself in the opening scenes of A New Hope.
 * In the original Star Wars script treatment, the climactic battle was between Wookiees and Imperial forces as in Revenge of the Sith. This was adapted for Return of the Jedi as the Battle of Endor between Ewoks and Imperial Stormtroopers.
 * Wookiees from Kashyyyk rip out droids from vehicles during the Separatists' invasion. This mirrors the scenes in Return of the Jedi where Chewbacca rips out Imperial forces from their AT-STs.
 * In the battle on the Wookiee planet Kashyyyk, a distinctive Tarzan yell can be heard, just as in Return of the Jedi, when Chewbacca and two Ewoks swing toward an Imperial Scout Walker on Endor.
 * In convincing him that the Jedi are trying to oust him as Chancellor, Palpatine urges Anakin to "search your feelings...you know, don't you?" This mirrors The Empire Strikes Back, in which Vader convinces Luke that he is his father, urging the boy to "Search your feelings. You know it to be true."
 * Palpatine closes his eyes and tells Anakin, "I can feel your anger." He says the same line, directed at Luke, in Return of the Jedi.
 * Anakin is conflicted to choose between Palpatine and a fellow Jedi, as in Return of the Jedi.
 * The scene where Mace Windu has his blade at Palpatine's throat is similar to that when Darth Vader has his blade at Luke's throat in The Empire Strikes Back, and when Luke Skywalker had his blade at Vader's throat in Return of the Jedi.
 * Anakin Skywalker cuts off Mace Windu's weapon hand, as Palpatine looks on, and joins the dark side. In Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker cuts off Darth Vader's weapon hand, as Palpatine looks on, but refuses to join the dark side.
 * In the Order 66 sequence, Commander Neyo and his BARC Trooper drop back on their BARC Speeders to open fire on Stass Allie on her speeder bike. This is done by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi to kill a Scout Trooper.
 * When Obi-Wan and Yoda return to the Jedi Temple and discover the corpses of their fellow Jedi, Yoda's closer inspection of the bodies reveals that not all of them were killed by clone troopers, that a lightsaber was used as well, implicating one of the Jedi as a traitor. Obi-Wan decides to look at the security holograms despite Yoda's warning that he will find it painful, and he is dumbstruck to find that Vader led the massacre. This is paralleled in A New Hope when Luke, Obi-Wan and the droids come upon the ruins of the Jawas' sandcrawler and find all of them slaughtered. Luke at first suspects the Sandpeople, but Obi-Wan's closer inspection shows that Imperial Stormtroopers were actually responsible. Luke realizes what this means and races home, despite Obi-Wan's warning that it is too dangerous, and he is dumbstruck to find that Owen and Beru Lars were reduced to burnt ashes by Imperial stormtroopers.
 * Yoda says, "Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader", to persuade Obi-Wan Kenobi to duel his former apprentice. In Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi (postmortem) says to Luke Skywalker, "Your father was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker, and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man that was your father was destroyed."
 * Darth Vader's offer to Padmé Amidala to join him and rule the Empire mirrors his offer to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Vader says, "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil." In Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan tells Luke, "You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."
 * Padmé's last words are, "There is good in him. I know, I know there is still...", referring to Vader. She says it to Obi-Wan on Polis Massa, momentarily after bearing Luke and Leia. Return of the Jedi contains variations of Padmé's last words. In a scene on Dagobah, Luke says to the spirit of Obi-Wan, "There is still good in him", also referring to Vader. He later says that to Leia on Endor. Finally, he says to Vader, "I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully."
 * In the scene where General Grievous's command ship is side by side with a Republic Command Ship, firing on each other, one of the clones aboard the Republic ship emits a classic "Wilhelm scream".
 * Vader sustains severe injuries from the lightsaber duel he has with his former master on Mustafar (his biological limbs are cut off). Defeated, he lies on the side of a lava bank, crawling his way up the embankment. Sensing his danger through the Force, Emperor Palpatine and Commander Thire rescues him. He is then given cybernetic limbs to replace those he lost in the duel with Obi-Wan. A similar situation occurs in The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke sustains an injury from Vader in a lightsaber duel (his weapon hand is cut off), and after falling down a shaft, is left dangling from a weather vane on the underside of Cloud City. Leia senses Luke's danger through the force, and comes to rescue him in the Millennium Falcon. Luke is then given a cybernetic hand to replace the one he lost in the duel with Vader.
 * The blue-bladed lightsaber Anakin/Vader used in Revenge of the Sith is the same lightsaber Obi-Wan gave to Luke in A New Hope. Luke lost that lightsaber in a duel with Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Yoda, in the duel with Darth Sidious, falls down the massive circular Senate chamber and escapes through the bottom of the building into a waiting speeder piloted by Bail Organa. This also is similar to Luke's situation in The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke, after the duel with Darth Vader, falls down the massive circular shaft in Cloud City and hangs on to the weather vane below the city until he is rescued by the Millennium Falcon piloted by Princess Leia Organa.
 * In one of the final scenes, Darth Vader screams "NOOO!" when he learns of Padmé Amidala's death, similar to Luke Skywalker's scream of "NOOO!" upon learning that Darth Vader is his father. An actor screams this line in every Star Wars movie.
 * The first line spoken in A New Hope is "Did you hear that?" by C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), on the Tantive IV. The last line spoken in Revenge of the Sith is "Oh no!", also by C-3PO, played by the same actor, also on that ship. Also, both scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios in the UK.
 * The final shot of Owen and Beru holding Luke and looking into the Tatooine twin sunset mirrors a similar scene with Luke in A New Hope (as well as a similar scene of Anakin in Attack of the Clones). The music is also the same in all three cases (the Force Theme).
 * More Republic equipment resembles that of Imperial equipment. Examples include the Jedi Starfighters having small resemblance to the TIE Fighters and Interceptors.
 * Both Anakin's and Obi-Wan's callsigns reference their family connections to the original trilogy. In the novelization, Anakin's callsign is Red Five, the same as his son Luke in A New Hope. According to his action figure, Obi-Wan's is Red Leader, which in Return of the Jedi is used by Wedge Antilles, played by Ewan McGregor's uncle Denis Lawson.
 * Vader uses the Force to choke Padmé on Mustafar, as he believes she has turned against him. However, Obi-Wan then tells him to halt the Force chokehold. Although Padmé does not die from the choke, she later dies of the loss of will to live near the end of the film. This parallels a scene from A New Hope, where Vader uses the Force to choke Admiral Romodi Motti in the Death Star for his lack of faith in Vader and for doubting the Force. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin then tells Vader to halt the Force chokehold. Although Motti is not killed from this choke, both Motti and Tarkin die near the end of the film, when Luke destroys the Death Star.
 * When Darth Vader releases Padmé after choking her, Obi-Wan puts his hand on her head for a while. He does the same thing to Luke in A New Hope after the Sand People attack him.
 * At the end of Obi-Wan and Vader's duel, Obi-Wan wins because he has the high ground. Later in Return of the Jedi, during the Luke and Vader's duel on the Death Star, Luke jumps up onto a platform and instead of following him, Vader throws his lightsaber, apparently having learned from his previous error.
 * Just after Obi-Wan Kenobi takes the "high ground", Darth Vader shouts to him, "You underestimate my power!" This echoes a quote in Return of the Jedi, when Darth Vader says to Luke Skywalker, "You underestimate the power of the dark side."
 * As Darth Vader walks in to kill the Separatists on Mustafar, small white rolling droids flee him. Similarly, in A New Hope, slightly larger black rolling droids flee Chewbacca when he screams at them.
 * In the film, Darth Sidious and Emperor Palpatine are revealed to be the same person, where Anakin learns the raw truth. This is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi where Darth Vader reveals himself as Luke's father, and knows Vader's past where he used to be Anakin Skywalker.
 * Right after Senator Amidala's funeral procession on Theed, Naboo, one particular scene where the V-wings are flying in between the silver-painted Venator-class Star Destroyers, the formation of the Star Destroyers is an ancestor to the Death Squadron seen in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The V Wings have the TIE fighter's characteristic "howl" as they fly offscreen. One particular scene where Darth Vader and Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine are staring out of the Star Destroyer's bridge (viewing the Death Star) is similar to the introduction of Death Squadron in The Empire Strikes Back where Vader is staring out of a window in the Star Dreadnought Executor (in The Empire Strikes Back, this scene is where the Imperial March theme is first heard in the film).
 * In the scene where Anakin Skywalker sees Padmé Amidala after the siege on Coruscant he says "You're trembling". This refers to the scene where Han Solo says it to Princess Leia Organa in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * In the scene after Anakin and Obi-Wan have landed the Invisible Hand, the Millennium Falcon is visible in one of the hangars of the Senate building.

Mirroring from other Star Wars films
As the last theatrical Star Wars film, Revenge of the Sith contains many elements that make reference to the original film trilogy and George Lucas's earlier script treatments.


 * The title is a reprise of one of the potential titles for Return of the Jedi. The movie was marketed for an extended period as Revenge of the Jedi. However, weeks before the premier, Lucas decided to change the name to Return of the Jedi, using the defense that Jedi do not take revenge. (It is also believed that the name was too similar to that of the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, itself then going under the working title Vengeance of Khan, which opened in 1982. It can also have been an attempt to catch manufacturers of bootleg merchandise off guard by changing the name of the film at the last moment.)
 * Revenge of the Sith opens with a space battle (between Republic and Confederacy navies); the first time in a Star Wars film since A New Hope.
 * The first line spoken in A New Hope is "Did you hear that?" by C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), on Bail Organa's ship (the Tantive IV). The last line spoken in Revenge of the Sith is "Oh no!", also by C-3PO, played by the same actor, also in the same corridor of that ship. Also, these two scenes were filmed in the same stage at Elstree Studios, England.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan fly their fighter craft through tight obstacles in an enemy ship, similar to Episodes I, IV and VI.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent on a daring rescue mission against an enemy fortress but all is not as it appears (A New Hope).
 * The line said by Odd Ball's copilot during Obi-Wan and Anakin's entrance in the Battle of Coruscant, "Set S-foils in attack position", is an obvious reference to Garven Dreis' famous line at the start of the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope.
 * The Invisible Hand plummeting down to Coruscant mirrors the Executor crashing into Death Star II.
 * The planet name Utapau was one of Lucas's originals name for Tatooine. Also, in an early draft of The Phantom Menace, Utapau was the original name for Naboo.
 * In the original Star Wars script treatment, the climatic battle was between Wookiees and Imperial forces, as in Revenge of the Sith. This was adapted for Return of the Jedi as the Battle of Endor between Ewoks and Imperial stormtroopers.
 * Darth Vader's offer to Padmé Amidala to join him and rule the galaxy mirrors his similar offer to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Anakin's prophetic vision leads him on a path to the dark side. Luke's vision in The Empire Strikes Back tempts him to take a similar path, though he, unlike his father, resists the temptation.
 * Palpatine watches in his chamber as his current apprentice (Count Dooku/Darth Vader) and his intended new apprentice (Anakin/Luke) duel to the death, while behind them can be seen a massive space fleet battle (Return of the Jedi). He watches this from almost the exact same kind of chair/throne in both fights, and the round computer stations are the same in both rooms. The only difference in the rooms is in Episode III one must go down a set of stairs to reach that throne and in Episode VI one must go up a set of stairs to get there.
 * Anakin gets revenge on Count Dooku for severing his hand in a lightsaber duel by responding in kind. In Return of the Jedi, his son Luke does the same thing on Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel by responding in kind.
 * Anakin is conflicted to choose between Palpatine and a fellow Jedi (Return of the Jedi).
 * Vader says, "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil." In Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan seems to have taken the idea on board, telling Luke, "You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."
 * Vader's left arm and both legs are severed by Obi-Wan. There has been an amputation in every film, except in The Phantom Menace, though here Darth Maul's body was bisected.
 * Obi-Wan and Vader duel in front of a window on Mustafar with a striking resemblance to the window seen behind Vader and Luke in their duel on Cloud City (The Empire Strikes Back).
 * During the scene at the opera, Palpatine tells Anakin, "Search your feelings. You know it's true, don't you?" This mirrors Palpatine's line in the 2004 DVD release of The Empire Strikes Back ("Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true") and Vader's line right after he tells Luke that he is his father: "Search your feelings. You know it to be true."
 * The final shot of Owen and Beru Lars holding Luke and looking into the Tatooine twin sunset mirrors a similar scene with Luke in A New Hope. The music is also the same in both cases (the Force Theme, or "Binary Sunset").
 * Tatooine is the last planet we see before the end credits. In A New Hope, it is the first planet we see following the opening crawl.
 * The opening scene is in space, and the camera features a Republic Star Destroyer, mirroring the openings of the original trilogy, all of which featured Imperial Star Destroyers. It also retains the theme of the prequel films to open with a Republic starship.
 * When Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine survey what looks like the partially built Death Star, we can see a younger Wilhuff Tarkin.
 * The Millennium Falcon can be seen landing on one of the lower platforms as Anakin, Obi-Wan and Palpatine return to the Republic Executive Building after crash landing on Coruscant. An anonymous YT-1300 freighter is seen at the Theed Spaceport at the end of the movie, just as three of these vessels are seen at the same location in Attack of the Clones.
 * During the rescue of Palpatine, Anakin dangles him perilously over a seemingly endless chasm, perhaps foreshadowing Palpatine's death in Return of the Jedi.
 * The line "This is where the fun begins" can be heard in both Episodes III and IV, spoken while there is danger while flying in space. Anakin says it in Revenge of the Sith and Han Solo utters it in A New Hope, while being hunted by two Imperial Star Destroyers upon leaving Tatooine.
 * The third part of each trilogy begins with a rescue mission.
 * When Obi-Wan Kenobi jumps onto the lower level of the hangar on Utapau, he says the line, "Hello there" to General Grievous. This is also Obi-Wan's first line in A New Hope, directed to R2-D2.
 * When General Grievous finds Obi-Wan confronting him, he replies "You are a bold one". In A New Hope, when Princess Leia finds Darth Vader confronting her, she replies "Only you could be so bold".
 * Obi-Wan hangs on over a deep pit, just before grabbing a weapon to kill an enemy, just as he did in The Phantom Menace.
 * Just before their duel, Palpatine says "Now you will experience the full power of the dark side" to Yoda, much as he will tell Luke that his "feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side" during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi.
 * The scene in which Yoda jumps out of a ventilation shaft of the Senate Building into Bail Organa's speeder mirrors the scene in which Lando Calrissian rescues Luke from the bottom of Cloud City.
 * Padmé's last words are, "Obi-Wan, there is good in him. I know. I know. There is still...", referring to Anakin. In Return of the Jedi, Luke says to Obi-Wan, "There is still good in him", also referring to Anakin. He says this again to Leia. Finally, he says to Anakin, "I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully."
 * Anakin tells Palpatine that Obi-Wan Kenobi's fate "will be the same as ours". All three characters die onboard a Death Star; Kenobi on the first incarnation, Skywalker and Palpatine on the second.
 * During the Battle of Kashyyyk, a Wookiee can be seen swinging from a vine onto an enemy vehicle, mirroring Chewbacca's similar action during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi.
 * Near the end of the film, Obi-Wan Kenobi observes the birth of the Skywalker twins. His physical position and facial expressions mirror, almost exactly, those of Luke Skywalker when speaking to his redeemed father in Return of the Jedi.
 * In the duel aboard the Invisible Hand, Anakin kicks Count Dooku down off the staircase while Palpatine sits and watches. Luke does the same thing to Darth Vader in their duel aboard the second Death Star while Palpatine sits and watches.
 * In the beginning of the film, when Anakin defeats Dooku during their duel, Palpatine exclaims "Good, Anakin, good!" In Return of the Jedi, when Luke overpowers Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel, Emperor Palpatine laughs and exclaims "Goood!" He also cries "good, good!" when Vader knocks Luke from a gantry over the throne room.
 * When Darth Vader arrives in the Separatist bunker on Mustafar, earlier forms of the MSE-6 droid can be seen coming into the room before him, presumably trying to flee from his presence. The MSE-6 is scared off by Chewbacca onboard the Death Star.
 * Clone swamp troopers wear armor similar to that of Imperial Scout troopers from Return of the Jedi.
 * Galactic Marine armor appears similar to that of the Imperial snowtroopers from The Empire Strikes Back, however unlike snowtrooper armor, there are more optional details plus a backplate on the Galactic Marine armor.
 * The scene at the end of the movie, when Darth Vader is given his mask and helmet for the first time mirrors the end of Return of the Jedi, when Darth Vader's mask and helmet is finally removed, for the last time.
 * The musical track "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" contains samples of the track "Clash of the Lightsabers" from the soundtrack of ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back."
 * At the last minute of the Mustafar duel, when Obi-Wan takes the "high ground", Vader shouts, "You underestimate my power!" This echoes the quote that Vader says to Luke in Return of the Jedi, "You underestimate the power of the dark side."
 * A 2-1B surgical droid operates on Vader on Coruscant. A 2-1B unit will also rehabilitate his son on Hoth and later aboard the Redemption.

Trivia



 * This is the only Star Wars film in which the opening crawl has an exclamation point in it. ("War!")
 * There are no words emphasized by all-caps in the opening crawl of any of the odd-numbered movies.
 * Composer John Williams added to his opening score an homage to composer Joel McNeely's work from the score to "Shadows of the Empire". It can be heard briefly during the battle scene over Coruscant.
 * During the opening space battle, a Republic Star Destroyer is hit by laser fire, sending clone troopers flying. One of them utters the classic "Wilhelm scream"—heard in all Star Wars movies.
 * General Grievous's breathing problems in this film are caused by his brief encounter with Mace Windu in "Star Wars: Clone Wars" (2005). Mace Windu "Force-gripped" Grievous as the General was making off with Palpatine, crushing the cyborg's chest panel.
 * This is the only Star Wars film in which the exact location of a lightsaber duel is seen in a different movie (The Galactic Senate Chamber, Palpatine's office).
 * In a deleted scene, Shaak Ti speaks and says "I'm sorry Master Kenobi, I've failed" (referring to what she says to Mace Windu in Star Wars: Clone Wars Chapter 25) before being killed by General Grievous.
 * In the first scene between Anakin and Padmé, Padmé has her hair styled in the famous Princess Leia Danish buns over her ears.
 * This is the only Star Wars film that shows the inside of Darth Vader's mask. It is seen from Anakin's point-of-view when the mask is first fitted to him. The mask's eyes appear to be made of a transparent red material, with embedded HUD-type displays. Towards the end of A New Hope, while Darth Vader is flying his TIE fighter, a production error allows us to see the actor's eyes through the transparent red eyeholes of the mask. This scene turns that production error into a canon plot point.
 * Yoda rubs his head while deep in thought during his gunship ride to the clone staging area. George Lucas requested this of the animators as an homage to Takashi Shimura's signature gesture in Shichinin no Samurai (1954).
 * As confirmed by the DVD-ROM commentary, during the scene in which Yoda departs Kashyyyk and wishes farewell to Chewbacca and Tarfful, Tarfful's growls are actually Attichitcuk's growls from The Star Wars Holiday Special.
 * This is the only Star Wars film that features two lightsaber duels happening simultaneously: Anakin vs. Obi-Wan and Yoda vs. Darth Sidious.
 * The duel between Anakin and Obi Wan is the only one in the Star Wars saga where opposing characters battle each other with lightsabers of the same color (blue). (One could also consider the lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Grievous, the latter wielding green and blue lightsabers.)
 * The airspeeder flown by Senator Bail Organa is based on the front of a Tucker that is parked at Skywalker Ranch. The prop was a redressed version of the XJ-6 airspeeder flown by Anakin in Attack of the Clones.
 * The Darth Vader costume used in the film was created specifically to fit Hayden Christensen, rather than use the old one from the original trilogy. The new costume featured shoe lifts and a muscle suit. It also required Christensen (who is six-foot-one or 1.85 meters, while David Prowse is six-foot-seven or 2 meters) to look through the mouthpiece of the helmet The helmet is also the first totally symmetrical helmet constructed for Vader in the saga.
 * When Palpatine and Anakin are in the Opera on Coruscant and the first is about to talk with him, he says "leave us" to his guards, like he will do in Return of the Jedi aboard the second Death Star when the Emperor receives Luke as a prisoner brought by Darth Vader.
 * In the scene where Darth Vader and the Emperor are looking out onto what looks like an unfinished Death Star, a younger Moff Wilhuff Tarkin can be seen. George Lucas originally intended to have Peter Cushing reprise his role as Tarkin, years after his death, through the use of stock footage and digital technology. The footage of Cushing was deemed unusable, and the idea was scrapped. Eventually, however, the film's casting director was able to find a very close look-alike, Wayne Pygram, and use a few cosmetic prosthetics to complete the illusion.
 * One of the scenes deleted from the film was Yoda's arrival on Dagobah. Even though it didn't make it into the film, it is available on the bonus disc of the Revenge of the Sith DVD as one of the deleted scenes.
 * The final scene on Tatooine, where Obi-Wan Kenobi delivers the infant Luke to his aunt and uncle, is often referred to as the "Harry Potter scene." Composer John Williams included a small 11-tone musical cue in the scene reminiscent of his score for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). It can be heard when Obi-Wan arrives at Owen and Beru's house.
 * The first disc of the DVD contains an easter egg of Yoda dancing. This is known as the Hip hop Yoda music video.
 * Famous characters from the original trilogy that made their first chronological appearance in this movie include Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Wilhuff Tarkin and Darth Vader. Scenes with Mon Mothma were cut during editing.
 * Playwright Tom Stoppard reportedly did an uncredited re-write or dialogue polish on the script. Hayden Christensen confirmed this in an interview for Playboy magazine, stating that Stoppard had rewritten George Lucas's dialogue to give it a more "human" dimension.
 * Bai Ling filmed minor scenes for the film playing the role of Senator Bana Breemu, but her role was cut during editing. She claimed that this was because she posed for the June 2005 issue of Playboy magazine, whose appearance on newsstands coincided with the movie's May release, but George Lucas denied this, stating that the cut had been made more than a year earlier, and that he had cut out his own daughter's scenes as well.
 * Revenge of the Sith has the world record for most visual effects shots in a single film&mdash;over 3,500.
 * When the film was released on home video in November 2005, it was only available on DVD. This marks the first time a film in the Star Wars Saga was not available on VHS. (VHS copies were, however, sent to stores in the United Kingdom (22-10-2005))
 * On the call sheets, Natalie Portman was listed as "Debbie Gibson."
 * Ewan McGregor's stunt double was Nash Edgerton (the brother of Joel Edgerton, who plays Owen Lars). Coincidentally, the Return of the Jedi novelization erroneously refers to Obi-Wan Kenobi as Owen's brother.
 * The limestone mountains depicting Kashyyyk were filmed in Phuket, Thailand (which was later damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami). One of the planets&mdash;Utapau&mdash;is named after a coastal city in Thailand within 50 miles of Bangkok. Lucas originally intended this name for Tatooine.
 * Grauman's Chinese Theatre a traditional venue for the Star Wars films is not showing it this year. However, a line of people have stood there for more than a month hoping to convince someone to change this.  So far, this Star Wars Line has been unsuccessful.
 * In Episode VI, Princess Leia tells Luke that she remembers her "real" mother being sad when she was very young. In Episode III, Padmé dies almost immediately after childbirth, so either Leia is misremembering her "real" mother (Bail Organa's wife) or as a Force-sensitive, she remembers Padmé from the few seconds both were alive at the same time.
 * Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to appear in all six Star Wars films. The droids are the only two played by the same actors in all six (Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker respectively).
 * Palpatine's line, "I am the Senate," may be a take off from a quote by King Louis XIV of France: "I am the state."
 * Gary Oldman was originally supposed to provide the voice of General Grievous, but he backed out after learning the film was to be made outside of the Screen Actor's Guild, of which he is a member.
 * George Lucas confirmed in an interview that Steven Spielberg tinkered with several action sequences in RotS. This happened when a project of his fell through and he had some spare time. Lucas sent over an animatics artist to assist him. It is rumored that the scenes he worked on included the Yoda/Sidious battle and a part of the Mustafar duel.
 * Some fans believe that Count Dooku indirectly saved Anakin's life by cutting off his hand in Episode II. If both of Anakin's hands had been organic instead of a mechanic prosthesis, they would have burned away when Anakin fell to the edge of the lava stream on Mustafar, and thus he would never have been able to drag himself to a safe enough place to survive for the few minutes he had to wait until he was rescued by Palpatine's troops. However, this viewpoint is highly debatable, as there is no indication that Anakin's entire hand would have been burned away when it was the part of his body furthest away from the lava. Since the fragile flesh of Anakin's ears did not burn away it is extremely unlikely that the denser muscle and bone of his hand would have either.
 * Natalie Portman showed off her newly-shaven head (for her part in the film V for Vendetta) at the premieres of the film. George Lucas was not put off by her new look and playfully rubbed her shorn head.
 * Three of the film's actors (Tux Akindoyeni/Agen Kolar, Wayne Pygram/Governor Tarkin and Duncan Young/the voice of General Grievous, during production) also appeared on the TV series Farscape, which coincidentally had nearly been cancelled at the end of its first season when the stages it was being filmed on were needed for another production: Attack of the Clones.
 * Lucas stated that in an early draft of the script, a young Han Solo was to have a cameo in the film. Solo was to appear on Kashyyyk, where he aided the Jedi in tracking down Grievous.
 * Not a single suit of clone armor was created for the film. Every piece of armor that appears on screen is computer generated.
 * Some believe that Orodruin (Mount Doom) from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings can be seen during the Battle on Mustafar.
 * The Revenge of the Sith video game closely follows the film, but for reasons of gameplay greatly expands a number of the action sequences. After the completion of the movie plotline the game unlocks a level that allows the player to go back and replay the final duel from Skywalker's point of view. Its completion then unlocks an alternate short ending where the uninjured Darth Vader kills the Emperor and usurps control of the Galaxy. Plot elements shown in the game include Vader activating the Jedi beacon, killing the librarian Jocasta Nu, and dueling with Cin Drallig and his Padawan Serra Keto (see Cameo appearances below).
 * It has been insisted by some that Chancellor Palpatine asks Obi-Wan when they are on Grievous's flagship, that "Are all your rescues this way?" Obi-Wan replies, "Of course." This is probably not true, though they insist that it was only said in the theatrical version of the film.
 * According to the page Moviemistakes.com, the Episode III was the film with the most mistakes of 2005 (143).
 * During the Mace/Palpatine duel, Anakin's lightsaber can be seen in the hands of Palpatine. This is due to the fact that when the scene was filmed, Ian McDiarmid used Anakin's saber (originally he was to take Anakin's saber and kill Mace while Anakin watched nearby).
 * Episode III is the only movie in which Palpatine doesn't wear the same outfit throughout the entire movie.
 * At the end of the movie after Obi-Wan delivers Luke to Beru and Owen, the two of them can be seen standing in the exact same place that Luke stands in A New Hope when he looks at the two setting suns.
 * This is the only Star Wars film not to be nominated for an Academy Award for best Visual Effects. The previous two prequels lost all Oscar nominations they were nominated for as well. This makes the original trilogy the only Star Wars films to have been nominated for and awarded Oscars.
 * An early, and later proved to be fake, plot leak said that Mace Windu would not die at the hands of Palpatine, but he would be killed by Boba Fett, who was avenging the death of his father, Jango Fett, in the previous film at the hands of Mace Windu.
 * Jar Jar Binks appears in this film, but has only one line of dialogue; when he nearly bumps into a larger senator who mutters "watch it," to which Binks barely audibly replies "Excuse me". The line appears to be the same recording used in The Phantom Menace, when Jar Jar excuses himself after burping.
 * This film contains the most battles against Sith than any other Star Wars film. The Sith battled are: Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku), Darth Sidious (Supreme Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine), and Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker).
 * This is the only Star Wars film where two lightsabers of the same color (blue) are seen coming into contact (Grievous vs. Obi-Wan, and more notably Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader; combatants in both instances using blue lightsabers). It is also the only instance of a blue-bladed and green-bladed lightsaber to come into contact with each other (the aforementioned Grievous vs. Obi-Wan). This is also the only film to feature combatants with blue-bladed lightsabers come out victorious at the end of a duel (A combatant with a blue-bladed lightsaber usually loses a duel to a combatant with a red-bladed lightsaber, usually through concession rather than the death of its wielder. The duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in A New Hope is the only instance when the combatant with a blue-bladed lightsaber dies as a result of the duel. In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan initially wielded a blue-bladed lightsaber and wielded it during most of the duel, but Darth Maul kicked the lightsaber into the chasm of Theed Palace on Naboo, and in the last seconds, he had to finish off Darth Maul with Qui-Gon's green-bladed lightsaber. This may still count as an instance of when the combatant with the blue-bladed lightsaber wins a duel, since Obi-Wan only used the green-bladed lightsaber to conclude the duel. The combatants referred to are Anakin who defeated Count Dooku and Obi-Wan who defeated Darth Vader (pre-armor) both wielded blue lightsabers in their respective duels.
 * This is also the only film where 2 blue bladed lightsabers duel a single red blade. This is seen when Obi-Wan and Anakin duel (and defeat) Count Dooku.
 * When Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine arrive via shuttle to the Senate docks after crash landing on Coruscant, the Millennium Falcon can be seen landing on one of the lower platforms as the shuttle approaches.
 * Revenge of the Sith has the world record for most special effects used in a single film&mdash;over 3,500.
 * One of the scenes deleted from the film was Yoda's arrival on Dagobah. Even though it didn't make it into the film, it is available on the bonus disc of the Revenge of the Sith DVD as one of the deleted scenes, and Rick McCallum has reported that it may be put back into a future release of the film.
 * When the film was released on home video in November 2005, it became the only Star Wars film never to be released on VHS in the US. It is only available on DVD. This has caused some backlash from fans collecting both the DVD and VHS versions, complaining that their VHS set will not be complete without Episode III. However, VHS copies are for sale in stores in the United Kingdom and Australia.
 * The DVD cover art is the only cover of the six films not to include a central character brandishing a lightsaber towards the viewer.
 * This was the first DVD release not to contain a secret blooper reel of footage from filming. Instead it contained a rap video with a dancing Yoda and clone troopers.
 * Ewan McGregor's stunt double was Nash Edgerton (the brother of Joel Edgerton, who plays Owen Lars in the film). Coincidentally, the Return of the Jedi novelization refers to Obi-Wan Kenobi as Owen Lars' brother.
 * One of the film's many rumored subtitles was Rise of the Empire.
 * In the first scene between Anakin and Padmé, Padmé has her hair styled in the infamous Princess Leia Danish-buns-over-the-ears method.
 * The limestone mountains depicting Kashyyyk were filmed in Phuket, Thailand (which was later damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami).
 * This film has the most lightsaber duels of all Star Wars films (Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker vs. Count Dooku, Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. General Grievous, Mace Windu with other Jedi vs. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Yoda vs. Emperor Palpatine, and Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader). The original trilogy had only one lightsaber duel per film.
 * The name Utapau was originally intended for Tatooine and then Alderaan in the early drafts of A New Hope, and then for Naboo in The Phantom Menace, until it became the sinkhole planet seen in Revenge of the Sith.
 * Although parts of Revenge of the Sith were filmed in Thailand, the Lucas spelling of Utapau is a Romanized spelling of a Thai military base in Sattahip, Thailand within 50 miles of Bangkok. In the film, Yoda pronounces the word differently than Anakin (in a later scene where the Jedi Council is voting where Yoda is in a hologram); Anakin's pronunciation of Utapau in the film is the correct pronunciation by Thai nationals and tourists.
 * In the two shots where the Wookiees roar just before their battle, the varactyl's (the lizard-mount used by Obi-Wan elsewhere in the film) bark can be heard.
 * The speeder car driven by Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) is based on the revolutionary, but ill-fated, 1948 Tucker Torpedo automobile. In addition to owning one of the 51 Torpedoes built, George Lucas executive produced the 1988 biopic, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, starring Jeff Bridges as Preston Tucker, and directed by Lucas' old friend, director Francis Ford Coppola.  Coppola also owns a Tucker Torpedo.
 * General Grievous' breathing problems were intended to emphasize his organic nature as well as the flaws of cyborg prosthetics. Grievous has previously appeared in Star Wars: Clone Wars before many of his personality traits and quirks had been finalized. To reconcile the differences between the two presentations, Mace Windu "force-grips" Grievous towards the end of the show's third season (volume two) as the General was making off with Palpatine, crushing the cyborg's chest panel. John Knoll even acknowledges and points out this fact in the Revenge of the Sith DVD commentary. The audio effects for the coughing were taken from George Lucas, who had a cough during principal photography.
 * This is the first and only Star Wars film where Palpatine wields his lightsaber.
 * Palpatine's lightsaber is the only Sith lightsaber that is seen coming in contact with a purple-bladed lightsaber. Palpatine's lightsaber is also the only lightsaber that touches Mace Windu's saber blade.
 * Throughout the Palpatine/Mace fight, Palpatine's hilt periodically switches to Anakin's saber hilt. The reason for this is revealed in one of the documentaries on Disc 2, where Ian McDiarmid is seen using the Anakin lightsaber prop while rehearsing the scenes. Further revelations in The Making of Revenge of the Sith show that the scene originally had Anakin present, with Palpatine using the Force to borrow Anakin's lightsaber to duel. It never occurred to the effects crew that they hadn't inserted the correct hilt during post-production. Incidentally, an action figure of Palpatine was also produced holding a blue lightsaber, but later corrected to red (the hilt remains incorrect).
 * The scene where Amidala meets up with Anakin on Mustafar was parodied for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards.
 * The original soundtrack is the only one in the prequel trilogy that does not have a shot of Tatooine as its backdrop.
 * This is the only episode that does not have R2-D2 and/or C-3PO in the closing shot.
 * There are markings on Obi-Wan's starfighter counting the number of kills he scored, a reference to World War II, where pilots often placed markings on their planes to personalize them. This echoes the frequent references to World War II in the Clone Wars TV series.
 * George Lucas's daughters, who make cameos at the opera house, refused to be in the scene unless their father was in the scene with them. Lucas stands on screen left talking with his youngest daughter, and his oldest daughter is in center screen, talking to her boyfriend. (DVD audio commentary)
 * On early discs with the DVD release, the file containing the film and the file with the bonus features were each named a variation of "CHARLOTTE," rather than something relating to the movie itself. This was done intentionally by those who created the DVD, in order to keep it a secret as to which exact DVD would be used for the main release. The more common file is called something relating to Revenge of the Sith. Copies of the film titled Charlotte are valued more than standard releases.
 * Several lava explosions, seen in Mustafar at the fight scene between Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi, were in fact real life explosions shot from Mount Etna's eruption which were later combined with computer generated effects to create the impressive and real-life atmosphere.
 * According to the filmmakers in the audio commentary, the speed in which Anakin and Obi-Wan engage their lightsaber duel on Mustafar is the speed in which the duel was filmed, and was not digitally accelerated. However, there are instances where single frames are removed to increase the velocity of particular strikes. An example of this occurs as Obi-Wan strikes down on Anakin after applying an armlock in the first half of the duel.
 * Revenge of the Sith features the longest opening continuing shot in the entire Star Wars saga (over two minutes long).
 * This is the only film in the Star Wars Saga in which a dream is literally depicted on camera.
 * After returning Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to Coruscant, Obi-Wan tells Anakin ". . .that business on Cato Neimoidia doesn't count." This was going to be a running gag throughout the film, but all subsequent uses were eventually cut.
 * On the film poster, Padmé wears an outfit that does not appear in the movie itself. However, the costume does appear in some of the deleted scenes. A different costume was used on the DVD cover, however this costume appears in the same way as on the cover only in the deleted scenes. In the movie, this costume appears with the hood down. In Padmé’s Wardrobe site, the costume used on the poster is called the Peacock Gown, and the costume used on the DVD cover is called the Green Cut Velvet Robe.
 * On the DVD cover, Anakin's scar (the result of a lightsaber duel with Asajj Ventress in the comic Republic: Dreadnaughts of Rendili) on his right eye is missing completely.
 * At one point in the film, Ki-Adi-Mundi makes a motion that Obi-Wan Kenobi should lead the search on Utapau for General Grievous. However, after making the suggestion and others agree by saying "aye," he too says "aye", suggesting his line was meant to be spoken by a different character.
 * In a wide shot of Darth Vader's half-done operated body and a claw with his mask moving closer to put the mask on near the end of the film, it is apparent that he doesn't have his voice amplifier piece or his neck plating on, but after the shot with the mask lowering, the neck plate is attached.
 * This was the first Star Wars film in which Anakin Skywalker and the suited Darth Vader were played by the same actor in the same film. In all of the other films, the two characters were played by at least two different people.
 * This is the only film where someone is not almost eaten by a creature.

References in Expanded Universe novels
Novels and comic books released since 2005 feature references to Revenge of the Sith. These are significant novel references to the film:


 * In Dark Nest III: The Swarm War, the Skywalker family saga comes in full circle as Luke watches a hologram of Darth Vader Force-choking Padmé, as well as his and Leia's birth.
 * In Revenge of the Sith, Mace Windu attempted to arrest and then kill Palpatine but Anakin stepped in and effectively helped Palpatine kill Windu, and then Anakin pledged his allegiance to Palpatine and the Sith. In the Legacy of the Force series, Nelani Dinn attempted to arrest and then kill Sith Lady Lumiya, but Jacen Solo stepped in and killed Dinn, and then Jacen pledged his allegiance to Lumiya and the Sith.  This shows that Jacen Solo's destiny is connected to that of his maternal grandfather Darth Vader.
 * In Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, Jacen Solo flow-walked back to the time Revenge of the Sith takes place to understand his maternal grandfather's (Darth Vader) motives for his actions, in order to ensure that his reasons for joining the Sith were not selfish.

Deleted scenes
There are six deleted scenes included with Disk 2 of the DVD and are as follows:
 * Deleted due to time constraints, and because the story was changed that Grievous left Shaak Ti on Coruscant alive, and she didn't die.
 * The death of Shaak Ti by General Grievous onboard the Invisible Hand


 * Deleted because they took away from the central plot of Anakin Skywalker
 * The First Meeting of the Rebel Alliance
 * The Second Meeting of the Rebel Alliance
 * The Presentation of the Delegation of 2,000 to Palpatine


 * Deleted due to time constraints and the point was already known
 * Mace Windu senses the destruction of the Jedi Order


 * Deleted for fear it would clutter up the endings instead of making it just "father, mother, and the kids"
 * Yoda lands on Dagobah
 * Rick McCallum is quoted as saying that this was the biggest loss for him to the film and he hopes to see it on a future edition.

Not all deleted scenes are included on the DVD Bonus Disk. Here are a few more scenes cut from the movie but not released to the public.
 * Obi-Wan visits Senator Amidala to discuss Anakin, and tell her that he knows of her marriage. This scene features in the script, novel and comic book adaptation of the film, albeit differing slightly in each.
 * Obi-Wan selects Boga from the other varactyls
 * The Deaths of Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee; note, this scene was never shot
 * The Order 66 "death" of Quinlan Vos; note, this scene was never shot
 * Another death of Shaak Ti, elaborated in the novelization: Ti is stabbed in the back by Darth Vader during his raid on the Jedi Temple while she is meditating. She asks Anakin what happened to Windu, Fisto, Kolar, and Tiin. Skywalker replies by stabbing her in the back (a similar death of Shaak Ti appeared in LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game).
 * Obi-Wan eluding the Nos monster, a natural predator of Utapau, after falling into the sinkhole on Utapau.
 * Talk scenes between Aayla Secura and Bly, and Plo Koon and Jag.
 * An ambush scene by Yoda, Tarfful, and Chewbacca. A Clone Walker passes by a lake. Tarfful is lying dead on Wookiee boat. The clone stares at him for a moment and a furry creature covered in mud all over comes out of the water on to the boat. The clone asks the creature if anything is there. "Wookiee good, eat Wookiee." replies the creature. The clone decides its just a native Kashyyyk creature and decides to leave. Immediately, Chewie jumps out of the water and pulls the clone underwater killing him. Then Tarfful wakes up and the creature reveals itself to be Yoda. He tells the Wookiees to give him a second to bathe. Yoda jumps into the water and scrubs all the mud off. Yoda emerges and puts on his robes. They then continue towards the emergency escape pod.
 * A scene in which Yoda speaks to the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit. Yoda dedicates himself to Qui-Gon's teachings. This scene was featured in the novelization.

Soundtrack


The soundtrack to the film was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the release of the film. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. John Williams was also composer and conductor of the score for the other five films in the Star Wars saga. A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, Battle of the Heroes, featuring footage from the film.

The soundtrack also came with a collectors' DVD, Star Wars: A Musical Journey, at no additional cost. The DVD features 16 music videos set to remastered selections of music from all six film scores, set chronologically through the saga.


 * 1) "Star Wars and The Revenge of the Sith" (7:31)
 * 2) "Anakin's Dream" (4:46)
 * 3) "Battle of the Heroes" (3:42)
 * 4) "Anakin's Betrayal" (4:03)
 * 5) "General Grievous" (4:07)
 * 6) "Palpatine's Teachings" (5:25)
 * 7) "Grievous and the Droids" (3:27)
 * 8) "Padmé's Ruminations" (3:16)
 * 9) "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" (3:57)
 * 10) "Anakin's Dark Deeds" (4:05)
 * 11) "Enter Lord Vader" (4:14)
 * 12) "The Immolation Scene" (2:41)
 * 13) "Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious" (2:49)
 * 14) "The Birth of the Twins and Padmé's Destiny" (3:37)
 * 15) "A New Hope and End Credits" (13:05)

Major Theme

 * Battle of the Heroes composed by John Williams.

Novelization
A book version of the movie was written by Matthew Stover. The novelization includes much more dialogue than the movie. The duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin is lengthened and is much more exaggerated. It also contains many references to Expanded Universe characters such as Raith Sienar or Garm Bel Iblis, for example, and some details, like the way Shaak Ti meets her fate, and Captain Needa's appearance at the Battle of Coruscant differ from their movie counterparts. Aside from Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel, however, the final act is very compressed, especially in comparison to the opening space battle, which encompasses the first third of the book.

Video game
A video game, based on the film, was released on May 5, 2005, two weeks before the film. The game followed the movie's storyline, for the most part, integrating scenes from the movie. However, many sections of the game featured cut scenes from the movie, or entirely new scenes for the game. The style of the game was mostly lightsaber combat and fighting as Obi-Wan or Anakin. One unique and popular aspect of the game was that it included an alternate ending, which functioned as such to both the game and the movie, which involved Anakin killing Obi-Wan, instead of Obi-Wan defeating Anakin as in the movie. After the death of Obi-Wan, Anakin proceeds to kill Palpatine, and take over the galaxy.

DVD release


Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD on November 1, 2005 (in Canada and the United States). The DVD is a two-disk set that has picture and sound mastered from the original digital source material. It includes a new full-length documentary as well as two featurettes, one which explores the prophecy of Anakin Skywalker as the Chosen One, the other looking at the movie's stunts. The 15-part web documentary series, "Making Episode III", and a playable Xbox demo of Star Wars: Battlefront II (which was released simultaneously with the DVD) are also included in the set. A trailer which previews the DVD's features can be downloaded here.

Notable firsts

 * Unlike every other release of a Star Wars film, Revenge of the Sith was released without any noticeable [upon first viewing] alterations by George Lucas from the film's digital theatrical cut.
 * The DVD cover art is the only cover of the six films not to include a central character brandishing a lightsaber with evident lens flare on the blade itself shining towards the viewer.
 * This release is notable because, due to marketing issues, it was the first Star Wars film (and the first major film of all time) never to be widely released on VHS (for example, it was released on VHS in Australia). This caused some backlash from fans collecting both the DVD and VHS versions, who complained that their VHS set was not complete without Episode III.
 * This was the first release not to contain a secret blooper reel of footage from filming as an easter egg. Instead it contained a rap video with a dancing Yoda and clone troopers.

DVD features (USA)
Disc 1
 * Available subtitles: English
 * Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
 * Commentary by writer-director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Roger Guyett
 * Hip hop Yoda music video

Disc 2
 * Exclusive deleted scenes with introductions by George Lucas and Rick McCallum
 * "Within a Minute" documentary film about the making of the Mustafar battle
 * "The Chosen One" featurette: George Lucas traces the myth of Darth Vader through episodes 1-6
 * "It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III"
 * A 15-part collection of Lucasfilm's Web documentaries
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer and Xbox game demo
 * Star Wars: Empire at War PC game trailer
 * "A Hero Falls" music video
 * Poster and print campaign
 * Trailers and TV spots
 * Production photo gallery
 * DVD-ROM content includes a free trial of Hyperspace

Bonus discs
Wal-Mart stores included an exclusive bonus disc, entitled The Story of Star Wars, with some copies of Revenge of the Sith, when it arrived on DVD. As with many previous Star Wars "history" featurettes, it is hosted with newly shot footage by the droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO. The sticker on the cover describes it as "R2-D2 and C-3PO's chronicles of Luke and Anakin Skywalker". Presented in full frame with Dolby Digital 2.0 sound and running 1 hour in total, it was originally produced and released in 2004 as a 3-disc collection for the VideoNow Color personal video player. The DVD version contains the content from the first two discs: The Story of Anakin Skywalker and The Story of Luke Skywalker. The footage used contains no scenes from Revenge of the Sith nor does it have the changes contained in the 2004 DVD Special Edition releases.

Target stores also offered a bonus disc with the Revenge of the Sith DVD. The disc contained Star Wait, a documentary about Star Wars fans who had waited in line for Episodes II and III.