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[[File:star_wars_poster_06.jpg|link=Star Wars|rightframe|[[Xenogears|You appear to be looking forward, but you're only looking downward. You're only looking at yourself. Like that you will find nothing]].]]
 
{{quote|''"You were [[The Chosen One]]!"''|'''[[The Obi-Wan|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'''}}
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'''''Revenge of the Sith''''', the final film in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequel trilogy and the third episode chronologically, portrays the culmination of the Clone Wars, Anakin's turn to [[The Dark Side]] (and transformation into Darth Vader), the destruction of the entire order of the Jedi (the titular revenge), and the rise of the Galactic Empire. The film concludes with the single longest lightsaber battle of all six films. It is considerably [[Darker and Edgier]] than ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
{{quote|{{smallcaps|War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.}}}}
 
A few years after the start of the Clone Wars on the previous film, Anakin and Obi-Wan are trying to rescue Chancellor Palpatine from a "kidnapping" by General Grievous, one of the leaders of the Separatists. When they finally find Palpatine, they are confronted by Dooku, that this time is easily defeated by Anakin, which kills him at the urge of Palpatine. With his apprentice now dead, Palpatine finally sets in motion his plan to make Anakin a Sith like him and to finally avenge the Sith for their defeat ten centuries ago and take over the Galaxy, and the fact Padmé is pregnant will only help him more.
{{quote|{{smallcaps|In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.}}}}
 
{{quote|{{smallcaps|As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor...}}}}
 
'''''Revenge of the Sith''''', the final film in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequel trilogy and the third episode chronologically, portrays the culmination of the Clone Wars, Anakin's turn to [[The Dark Side]] (and transformation into Darth Vader), the destruction of the entire order of the Jedi (the titular revenge), and the rise of the Galactic Empire. The film concludes with the single longest lightsaber battle of all six films. It is considerably [[Darker and Edgier]] than ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
 
Directed by George Lucas. Produced by Lucasfilms Ltd. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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* [[Actionized Sequel]]: The film has many more battle sequences and one-on-one duels than ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', including a lengthy [[Action Prologue]].
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** Bail Organa when a youngling is gunned down right in front of him.
* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]: Padme dies on the table while giving birth to Luke and Leia - while on another operating table, Darth Vader takes his first [[Vader Breath|breath]].
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Palpatine rules supreme as Emperor, Anakin has long ago been corrupted into Darth Vader, Padme is dead and the Jedi have been systematically exterminated apart from Obi-Wan and Yoda. Yet, the Skywalker children are safe and we know that years later they [[There Is Another|both]] will become ''[[A New Hope]]'' to put the Galaxy right.
* [[Black Cloak]]: Palpatine wears one as Darth Sidious. [[Foreshadowing|Anakin also dresses in black for much of the movie.]]
* [[Body Horror]]: Anakin's [[Emergency Transformation|transformation into Vader]]. [[Word of God]] says he wasn't given any anesthetic for it [[Strapped to An Operating Table|and was awake the entire time.]]
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{{quote|'''Palpatine/Darth Sidious:''' Execute Order 66.}}
* [[Finish Him!]]: Palpatine gets Anakin to execute Dooku this way.
* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: When Yoda enters Palpatine's chamber he knocks two guards unconscious by using The Force. Hmm, a power that belies his stature, he shows.
* [[The Force]]: Stover's known for somewhat [[Purple Prose|flowery philosophical prose]], and this comes into play full force whenever Obi-Wan fights. By letting go of his ''self'', he loses his sense of identity and allows the Force to move through him, allowing him to get through impossible odds. By contrast, The Dark Side requires users to make [[The Force]] to do their bidding.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Anakin turning to the Dark Side and becoming Darth Vader.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: General Grievous, any of the Darths.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Palpatine, when declaring the new order, vows to make a Galactic Empire that will reign for ten thousand years (and as evidenced by the Original Trilogy, fell far short of that goal), similar to Hitler's vow of a Thousand Year Reich. In addition, some of the Clone Troopers in a deleted scene and supplementary materials, during the attack on the Jedi Temple, disguised themselves as Jedi presumably to sell the act of a Jedi uprising, similar to how Hitler orchestrated a "Polish" (actually Germans disguised as Polish people) attack on key German bases to have the excuse for him to invade Poland. In addition, Order 66 and Operation Knightfall was similar to Krystallnacht (the night of broken glass) and the Final Solution.
* [[New Era Speech]]: Palpatine gets an especially [[Large Ham|juicy]] one as he declares the birth of [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|''The First! GALACTIC!'' '''EMPIRE!!!''']]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Grievous, who was specifically described in this manner in tie-in materials as "an alien cyborg".
* [[Noodle Incident]]: "Nine times... that business on Cato Neimoidia doesn't... doesn't count..."
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* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The burnt-out Jedi Temple, as well as Mustafar.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: And ''how''. Made heartbreaking towards the end as we are given a glimpse of all that is to fall under the rule of the Empire.
* [[Screw the Pain Medication]]: Palpatine forbids the medical droids from using anesthetics or pain-killers while they rebuild Darth Vader, leaving him [[And I Must Scream|fully aware of what is happening to him during the multi-day surgery.]]
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Anakin, trying to stop Padme from dying in childbirth, ends up killing her. Sure, the incompetent docbots say she lost her will to live, but she does so ''while'' giving birth, not because of. And in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Coruscant Nights Trilogy]] her bodyguard, looking over the autopsy report, concludes that she was strangled in a way that didn't bruise, and ''that'' was how she died - choked with the Force. Prophecies are tricky things...
* [[Separated at Birth]]: The twins.