Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The disc contained Star Wait, a documentary about Star Wars fans who had waited in line for Episodes II and III. Demonstration sports, in which contests were held but for which no medals were awarded, have also taken place. Target stores also offered a bonus disc with the Revenge of the Sith DVD. Through the years, the number of sports and events conducted at the Winter Olympic Games has increased. 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. [3] The host city for 2014 will be chosen in July 2007 in Guatemala City among the cities of: Almaty (Kazakhstan), Borjomi (Georgia), Jaca (Spain), PyeongChang (Republic of Korea), Salzburg (Austria), Sochi (Russia), Sofia (Bulgaria). The DVD version contains the content from the first two discs: The Story of Anakin Skywalker and The Story of Luke Skywalker. In a 2003 IOC vote, the 2010 Winter Olympics were awarded to Vancouver, allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics as well, but the first for the province of British Columbia.

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 opening ceremonies for the Olympics are the last ones to be held outdoors for a Winter Olympics until at least the 2014 Winter Olympics because the ones for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held indoors. The sticker on the cover describes it as "R2-D2 and C-3P0's chronicles of Luke and Anakin Skywalker". It is the second time Italy has hosted the Winter Olympic Games, after Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. [5] 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 Italian city of Turin (Torino) is hosting the 2006 Winter Olympics. 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 of 2004 they had all been officially stripped of all medals won at the 2002 Games.

Disc 2:. Cross-country skiers accounted for a second scandal, as Johann Mühlegg (Spain) and Olga Danilova and Larissa Lazutina (both Russia), who had already medalled in earlier events, where shown to have used doping. Disc 1:. Combined with several other referee decisions that came out negatively for Russian athletes, there was a brief threat by the Russians of withdrawing from the Games. [4]. However, it was decided that a French jury member had favoured the winning Russian pair, and the IOC and the International Skating Union decided to award both pairs the gold medal, after much discussion. Together with Star Wars: Battlefront II, the DVD has earned around $280 million as of November 8, 2005. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier initially placed second.

A playable demo of Star Wars: Battlefront II was also included on the DVD. A major scandal evolved around the pair figure skating contest. The 15 part web documentary series, "Making Episode III", is also included in the set. Alisa Camplin won Australia's second gold medal in freestyle skiing without the need for such incredible luck. The DVD 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 phrase "to do a Bradbury" has since entered the Australian lexicon meaning to succeed through the failure of others. The DVD was a two-disc set, with picture and sound mastered from the original digital source material. Many Australians saw this as a painfully humorous example of the country's struggle for competitiveness in winter sports, being that it took for all other competitors to crash for an Aussie to win.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD on November 1, 2005 in the United States. Bradbury was able to avoid the pileup, becoming the first Winter Olympic gold medallist from the Southern Hemisphere. In the latter mode, two players team up to combat increasingly difficult waves of enemies. In the final, Bradbury was fifth going into the final lap, when another collision left him the last man standing. In the first mode, two players fight with characters of their choice against each other in a lightsaber duel to the death. Australian Steven Bradbury, who would have been eliminated in the quarterfinals but for the disqualification of Marc Gagnon, advanced to the final when the four other competitors in his semifinal collided on the final lap. It also has a form of multiplayer mode, which includes both "VS" and "Co-Player" mode. The men's 1000 m short track speed skating event saw one of the unlikeliest results in sports history.

After the death of Obi-Wan, Anakin proceeds to kill Palpatine, and take over the galaxy. Great Britain won their first Winter Olympic gold medal since 1984; the ladies Curling team springing a surprise result by beating the highly fancied Canadians in the gold medal match. 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. Canadians jubilated as both their men's and their women's hockey teams defeated the United States to win the gold; the men's team thus ended a medal drought that had lasted 50 years to the day. The style of the game was mostly lightsaber combat and fighting as Obi-Wan or Anakin. Jochem Uytdehaage broke three world records, winning two golds and a silver; Claudia Pechstein won the 5000 m for the third time in a row, while also winning the 3000 m. However, many sections of the game featured cut scenes from the movie, or entirely new scenes for the game. In speed skating, the high altitude of the skating rink assured several new world records.

The game followed the movie's storyline, for the most part, integrating scenes from the movie. Simon Ammann won both individual ski jumping events, while Georg Hackl won his fifth consecutive medal in the same event (luge singles), a feat never before achieved by any Olympian. A video game, based on the film, was released on May 5, 2005, two weeks before the film. Croatia's Janica Kostelic won four medals in alpine skiing, of which three were gold. In addition to this, the siege of the Jedi Temple is slightly more violent than the cinematic version is. Ole Einar Bjørndalen won all four biathlon events, while Samppa Lajunen took all three Nordic combined medals. For example, during the Battle of Coruscant, Anakin's callsign is Red 5, a reference to Luke's callsign in the Battle of Yavin. The Salt Lake City Olympics had many stars.

The novel includes many little details that some Star Wars fans are likely to appreciate. [2]. The novelization includes much more dialog than the movie, including a conversation between Count Dooku and Darth Sidious, where the reader learns Palpatine lied to Dooku about what the Empire would truly be. Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first Olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the "horrific tragedy" of that day and stands united with them in promoting the IOC's ideals. A book version of the movie was written by Matthew Stover. During the opening ceremonies, Dr. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#83). The Games were also the first Olympics since September 11, 2001, which meant Olympic games since then required a higher level of security to avoid any terrorist attack.

The DVD features 16 music videos set to remastered selections of music from all six film scores, set chronologically through the saga. Skeleton made its return on the Olympic podium after 54 years, while new events were added in biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and short track speed skating. The soundtrack also came with a collectors' DVD, Star Wars: A Musical Journey, at no additional cost. Again, the programme was expanded. A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, Battle of the Heroes, featuring footage from the film. This resulted in a change of the host city election procedures and several IOC members resigned or were punished. John Williams was also composer and conductor of the score for the other five films in the Star Wars saga. Prior to the opening of the Games, it was found that Salt Lake organisers had bribed several IOC members in order to be elected.

The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. The 19th Olympic Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The soundtrack to the film was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the release of the film. [1]. Lucas' coverage of the exterior cityscapes, skylines and interior isolation is similar to the cinematography and mis-en-scene of Roman Polanski, particularly in The Pianist, The Tenant and Rosemary's Baby, a film in which a husband makes a literal pact with the devil. In 2006, a report ordered by the Nagano region's governor said the Japanese city provided millions of dollars in an "illegitimate and excessive level of hospitality" to IOC members, including $4.4 million spent on entertainment alone. Midway in the film, Lucas intercuts between Anakin and Padmé by themselves, thinking about one another in the Jedi Temple and their apartment, respectively during sunset, in a sequence without dialog and complimented by a moody, synthesized soundtrack. Snowboarding's introduction into the Olympics did not come without a scandal, as gold medallist Ross Rebagliati (Canada) was initially disqualified for cannabis use, but his disqualification was overturned later.

McDiarmid, Lucas, and others have also called Anakin's journey to the dark side faustian in the sense of making a "pact with the devil" for short-term gain. Jonny Moseley won the first gold of the Nagano games for the United States, capturing first place in freestyle mogul skiing with a spectacular "360 mute grab.". In both cases, jealousy drives the husband to strangle his wife. German luger Georg Hackl won his third straight singles title, while Austria's Hermann Maier won two gold medals in alpine skiing, after a spectacular fall in the downhill event. In Revenge of the Sith, Vader comes to believe that his wife, Padmé, has betrayed him to his former master, Obi-Wan. The Russian women swept the cross-country events, with Larisa Lazutina winning three titles. In Othello, the title character is led to believe by Iago that his wife has committed adultery with his confidante and lieutenant. Bjørn Dæhlie won three gold medals, bringing his all-time total to 12 medals, including 8 golds.

Palpatine's scheming manipulations of Anakin have been compared by many, including McDiarmid himself, to those of Iago, the villain of Shakespeare's Othello. Speed skating saw a wave of new world records thanks to the use of the revolutionary clap skate; Dutch skaters Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer each won two golds. Lucas' editing schemes during Order 66, the slaughter of the Separatists and the declaration of the Galactic Empire is reminiscent of the montage of massacres during the christening scene of The Godfather, a film directed by mentor Francis Ford Coppola. The US team then invited global scorn by vandalizing their rooms in the olympic athlete's village after completing their final game. The close-ups on Grievous's and Obi-Wan's eyes is likely an homage to the work of Sergio Leone, whose protracted gunfights featured such extreme close-ups, especially in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. However, neither nation medalled and the Czech Republic, anchored by future NHL Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek, captured the gold instead. The lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and the four-armed skeletal cyborg General Grievous echoes similar fight sequences in Ray Harryhausen's filmography, particularly the fights involving animated skeletons and multi-armed statues in Jason and the Argonauts and the Sinbad the Sailor series. The men's ice hockey tournament was open to all players for the first time, making Canada and the United States favourites for the gold with their many NHL professionals.

Based on the scene in the opera, it has been speculated that either Palpatine or Plagueis manipulated the Force to create Anakin, thus being Anakin's "father", but this has been neither confirmed nor denied, and was purposefully left ambiguous. Two new sports were conducted - snowboarding and curling - while women's ice hockey was also included. Also, Rotwang builds the android whose appearance heavily influenced the image of Lucas' C-3PO, who was built, in The Phantom Menace, by Anakin. For the first time, more than 2000 winter athletes competed in the Winter Olympics, Japan's second Winter Olympics, held in the city of Nagano. Both Anakin and Rotwang wear a menacing leather glove on one hand and concentrate on saving —or resurrecting— a lost loved one. Both skaters competed in the Games, but neither of them won the gold medal, which went to Oksana Baiul, who won Ukraine's first Olympic title. Anakin also bears a resemblance to a villainous character played by Klein-Rogge from a film by Lang —the mad scientist Rotwang from the classic film Metropolis. American skater Nancy Kerrigan had been injured some months before the Games in an assault planned by the ex-husband of opponent Tonya Harding.

Mabuse, particularly as portrayed by German actor Rudolph Klein-Rogge in director Fritz Lang's films. A lot of media attention, especially in the United States, went to the women's figure skating competition. Palpatine's appearance and actions are also reminiscent of Dr. Another American speed skater, Dan Jansen, ended years of Olympic frustration by winning gold in the 1000 m. The very idea of the individual slaughter of the Jedi, order 66, is reminiscent of the coup of the Knights Templar by Pope Clement V on Friday the thirteenth, 1307. US speed skater Bonnie Blair won the fourth and fifth gold medal of her career, including the third straight gold in the 500 m, while Canadian biathlete Myriam Bédard won both individual events in her sport. In Lucas' film, the wife herself is a liberal senator. Italian cross-country skier Manuela di Centa won five medals out of five events, including two gold medals; Lyubov Yegorova won three gold medals in the same sport.

In Frankenheimer's film, the wife is the daughter of a liberal senator. Johann Olav Koss emulated Hjalmar Andersen's achievement of 1952, winning speed skating's three longest distances for his home audience - Koss set a new world record in each of the distances as well. Also, in both films, the brainwashed assassin eventually murders —or is led to believe he has murdered— his own wife. After the split-up of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia made their Olympic debut in Lillehammer, as did several former Soviet republics. Palpatine's fabrication of a Jedi "coup d'etat" is comparable to the plot of the John Frankenheimer thriller Seven Days in May, while his conversion of Anakin to the dark side and motivating him to assassinate his political enemies in order to aid his ascent to dictatorial powers are more close to the content of Frankenheimer's previous film, The Manchurian Candidate. The event programme was again extended, adding two new events each in freestyle skiing and short track speed skating. Anakin's execution of Dooku mimics the scissor-beheadings of Ridley Scott's film Gladiator, and the subsequent run across the elevator shaft walls while the spaceship is falling in battle echoes the disastrous situations of The Poseidon Adventure. The winter sports-minded Norwegians organised the Olympics extremely well, and many still consider them to be the best organised to date.

Early on the Jedi navigate their way through General Grevious' ship by traversing elevator shafts, thematically and visually echoing the tradition of post-Die Hard action movies and Lars von Trier's mini-series Riget (The Kingdom). The Lillehammer Games were the first Winter Olympics to be held in a different year. Throughout Revenge of the Sith Lucas refers to a wide range of films and other sources drawing on political, military and mythological motifs to enhance the impact of his story. In 1986, the IOC decided to separate the Summer Games and Winter Games and reschedule them on four-year cycles two years apart. Worldwide gross eventually reached $848,466,209, ranking 12th all-time and the 2nd worldwide in 2005, right behind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.. New Zealand skier Annelise Coberger made history with a silver medal in the women's slalom, becoming the first Winter Olympic medallist from the Southern Hemisphere. Revenge of the Sith was released in 115 countries. Finnish ski jumper Toni Nieminen made history by becoming the youngest male Winter Olympic champion.

history.). Several athletes won two gold medals, such as Petra Kronberger (skiing), Bonnie Blair, Gunda Niemann (both speed skating) and Kim Ki-Hoon (short track). (Taking ticket-price inflation into account, it is the 55th highest grossing movie in U.S. Norway won all cross-country events for men, with Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang each winning three gold medals. Its total of $380,270,577 ranks it 7th all-time domestically, the highest-grossing movie of 2005, outgrossing second-place Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by nearly $100 million. The Soviet Union still competed as a single team, under the name of Unified Team, but the Baltic States made independent appearances, for the first time since World War II. It apparently stopped running in domestic theaters on October 20, 2005. Germany competed as a single nation for the first time since the 1930s, and former Yugoslavian republics Croatia and Slovenia made their debut.

It was the third fastest (after Shrek 2 and Spider-Man) to reach $350 million. Political changes of the time were reflected in the Olympic teams appearing in France. It became the only film to tie Spider-Man 2's record of eight days to $200 million, and with $25,088,336 in its third weekend (June 3-5) it had passed $300 million on Saturday, its 17th day, surpassing the record of 18 days held by Shrek 2. Curling, speed skiing and two freestyle skiing events were demonstrated. It joins Spider-Man, The Matrix Reloaded and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the only movies to make $100 million in three days. Women's biathlon was also included for the first time. It 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 (behind Hitch, $177.6 million, which it passed on its fifth day). Two new sports, short track speed skating and freestyle skiing were on the programme.

According to the box office prediction and analysis site Box Office Mojo, Revenge of the Sith set domestic records for highest gross in a given number of days for each of at least its first twelve days of release except for the seventh and eighth, where the record is narrowly held by Spider-Man 2. They were held in the French Haute Savoie region; Albertville itself only hosted 18 events. This broke several box office records:. The 1992 Games were the last to be held in the same year as the Summer Games. In total, it earned a record $50 million on its opening day. Not all athletes making the headlines were winning medals: British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, who came in last, and Jamaica's first ever bobsleigh team also received plenty of attention. The film earned an estimated $16.5 million from 2,900 midnight screenings in North America upon its release. Other stars of the Games include flamboyant Italian skier Alberto Tomba, East German figure skater Katarina Witt and Swedish cross-country skier Gunde Svan.

One nomination:. Her total was equalled by Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen, who won all events in his sport. One nomination:. Dutch skater Yvonne van Gennip beat the favoured East German, winning three gold medals and setting two new world records. Though some critics saw it as the best of the series, others saw it as pretty much on par with the other prequels. For the first time, the speed skating events were held indoor, on the Olympic Oval. It is also often said to contain plot holes, though they are all more or less disputable. New events had been added in alpine skiing, ski jumping and speed skating, while future Olympic sports curling, short track speed skating and freestyle skiing made their appearance as demonstration sports.

Other criticisms included the usual ones raised against the prequels, such as "wooden" acting, overuse of flashy and colorful computer-generated special effects, and an attempt to be both childish and mature all at once (including many slapstick moments along with a large number of severed limbs and heads). The Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta hosted the first Winter Olympics to span 16 days. In contrast with the previous two prequels, these flaws are generally seen as minor and not obtrusive to the film. In addition, Bill Johnson became the first American to win a medal in alpine skiing, winning the gold in the downhill event. As with earlier prequels, many felt that Lucas did not draw out the potential of Natalie Portman's performance, but this is partially because her entire sub-plot (as a founding member of the Rebel Alliance, alongside Bail Organa and Mon Mothma) was cut from the film-- it's restored in the DVD, however. East German figure skater Katarina Witt also won many hearts with her gold performance and stunning beauty. Many critics were pleased with the acting, however, with Christensen's depiction of a more mature Anakin Skywalker and Ian McDiarmid's charismatic turn as the ascendant Chancellor Palpatine receiving the most acclaim. In figure skating, British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were popular with the audience and the jury, who gave them perfect scores for their free dance programme.

Despite the generally positive reception, many critics asserted Lucas' continued weakness with dialogue in general, particularly with the romantic plot-line. Enke also won two silver medals in the other two women's speed skating events, which where completely dominated by East Germany, winning all gold and silver medals. Lucas has directed," and equal to The Empire Strikes Back as "the richest and most challenging movie in the cycle.". Other well scoring athletes were skaters Gaétan Boucher (Canada) and Karin Enke (East Germany), who both won two gold medals. Scott of the New York Times concluded that it was "the best of the four episodes Mr. She added a bronze in the relay event. O. Finnish skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen took advantage of this new event, which allowed her to win three gold medals, winning all individual events.

A. There was only one new event at the Sarajevo Games, a 20 km cross-country event for women. Some critics have noted that they view it to be the best of the prequels, while other reviewers have judged it to be the best Star Wars film since Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. This gap was filled by alpine skier Jure Franko, who won a silver medal in the giant slalom. Film review site Rotten Tomatoes gave it a rating of 82% based on 229 reviews, compared to the 63% and 65% received by Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, respectively. Sarajevo was quite a surprising choice for the Winter Olympics, as no Yugoslavian athlete had ever won an Olympic medal in the Winter Games. Critical reaction towards the film was largely enthusiastic, especially in comparison to the two previous prequels. In a match later dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", the home team upset the favoured Soviet Union, and went on to win the title.

A New Hope also contained a very mild amount of what some consider adult language, such as "damn" and "hell." Revenge of the Sith contains no such content. For the Americans, however, the highlight of the Games was the Olympic ice hockey tournament. A New Hope was originally rated G, but its rating was deliberately pushed up in order to attract a broader audience. In alpine skiing, Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel won two gold medals, as did Ingemar Stenmark from Sweden. All previously released films in the series, except for A New Hope, were rated PG. Additionally, Heiden set world records in each of the 5 events he competed in, another record. Due to its dark undertones and scenes of violence, Revenge of the Sith is the first and only Star Wars film to receive a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. However, where Skoblikova won four, Heiden won five gold medals, which made him the first to ever win five gold medals in individual events during a single Olympics (a record equalled by Vitaly Scherbo in the 1992 Summer Olympics).

Both rips are widely spread and available in popular P2P networks. Speed skater Eric Heiden equalled Lidia Skoblikova's achievement from 1964 by winning all speed skating events. Then, on June 4th, 2005, an Internal Xvid Rip version of the film was leaked into P2P file sharing networks as well, which was the final, theatrical cut of the movie seen in theaters, and was a much higher fidelity version of the film than the workprint one, although still not quite as good as the theatrical release, and was also wasn't a Telecine transfer yet, due to vibrations and frame-skips during certain moments in the movie. Nordic combiner Ulrich Wehling and figure skater Irina Rodnina both won their third consecutive gold medals in the same event, while biathlete Aleksander Tikhonov won his fourth one in the relay. The movie was a time-stamped workprint, suggesting it may have come from within the industry rather than from someone who videotaped an advance screening. Fortunately, there were also many sporting highlights. A copy of the movie leaked into P2P file sharing networks just hours after opening in theaters. The threat of the American boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics was also clouding these Olympics, as the decision to do so fell during the Games.

Most of them took advantage of an offer to see the film at a nearby cinema, the Arclight. The Taiwanese refused, and thus became the only nation to boycott the Olympic Winter Games. However, a line of people stood there for more than a month hoping to convince someone to change this. Because of this, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was forced by the IOC to compete under the name of Chinese Taipei. Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a traditional venue for the Star Wars films, did not show it. The People's Republic of China made its debut at the Winter Olympics. The global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas claimed before the premiere that it may have cost the US economy approximately US$627 million because of employees who took a day off or reported in sick. The Olympic Winter Games returned to Lake Placid, New York, which had earlier hosted the 1932 edition.

It was released in most other countries on May 19, six years to the day after the release of The Phantom Menace (A New Hope and Return of the Jedi were also released on the same day, six years apart). Russian biathlete Nikolay Kruglov also won two golds. Revenge of the Sith premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) on 15 May 2005. East German bobsledders Nehmer and Germeshausen collected two gold medals, winning both the 2- and 4-man events. The Revenge of the Sith novel was released two months before the premiere and the actual script was leaked on the Internet a few days later. Soviet cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina also won two golds and a silver, while her compatriot Tatyana Averina won two golds and two bronzes in speed skating. Many times the stars, and Lucas himself, were spotted on the cam. West German alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier won two gold medals, and came within 12 hundredths of a second of winning a third.

Not only did Hyperspace members receive special articles, but they also received many other benefits, such as a webcam, which transmitted a new image every 20 seconds during the time it was on from Fox Studios Australia. No athlete managed to win three gold medals, but a few came close. Members of Hyperspace, the Official Star Wars Fan Club, received a special look into the production. New events on the programme were ice dancing and the men's 1000 m in speed skating. According to an interview with Hayden Christensen in Playboy magazine, playwright Tom Stoppard did an uncredited rewrite and dialogue polish on the script. Because it was the second time the Austrian town hosted the Games, two Olympic flames were lit. It is rumored that the scenes he worked on included the Yoda/Palpatine battle and a part of the Mustafar duel. Innsbruck, which still had the venues of 1964 in good shape, was chosen in 1973 to replace Denver.

Lucas sent over an animatics artist to assist him. Originally, the 1976 Winter Games had been awarded to Denver, but in a 1972 plebiscite, the city's inhabitants voted against organising the Games. This happened when a project of his fell through and he had some spare time. After this, all top-level cross-country skiing would take place with the athletes using skis made mostly of fibreglass synthetics. Lucas confirmed in an interview that Steven Spielberg tinkered with several action sequences in Sith. On a historical note, the 1972 Games were the last Olympic Winter Games where a skier would win the gold medal using all-wooden skis. The long process of post-production continued until weeks before the film was released in 2005. In alpine skiing, Spaniard Francisco Fernández Ochoa was the surprise winner of the slalom event.

George Lucas finished the script of the film only five days before the beginning of principal photography. In ski jumping, Wojciech Fortuna from Poland won his country first gold medal, while the host nation performed a clean sweep of the other ski jumping event, also winning its first Olympic winter gold. Principal photography on the film occurred from June 30 to September 17, 2003 at Fox Studios Australia. Sapporo also brought several surprising winners. The film was produced with a budget of US$113 million, making it the least expensive of the three prequel films. Switzerland's Marie Thérès Nadig and Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR) both returned home with two Olympic gold medals. It was later adapted into a script from 2003 to 2004. Schenk won three of the four skating events (falling in the 500 m), while Kulakova won all three events she entered.

The film's story was written by Lucas, in the form of a basic plot outline, in 1973. Major stars of the Games were, without a doubt, Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk and Soviet cross-country skier Galina Kulakova. She claimed 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 Lucas denied this, stating that the cut had been made more than a year earlier, and that he had cut his own daughter's scenes as well. Also, the Canadian ice hockey team was absent, protesting the Eastern European "state amateurs", who, according to the Canadians, were in fact professionals. Bai Ling filmed minor scenes for the film playing the role of a senator, but her role was cut during editing. Eventually, only Austrian star Karl Schranz, who earned most of all skiers, was not allowed to compete. (However, the final storyline in the Republic comic series reveals that Vos escaped this initial attack.). Three days before the Olympics, IOC president Avery Brundage threatened to bar a large number of top alpine skiers from competing because they did not comply with the amateurism rules.

Expanded Universe character Quinlan Vos' death scene was never filmed, though his death was implied (but not explicitly shown) in the comic adaptation. The Games in Sapporo, Japan, were surrounded by several professionalism issues. The death scene of Shaak Ti is a DVD deleted scene. The 1972 Winter Games were the first to be held outside North America or Europe. The deaths of Barriss Offee and Luminara Unduli were either cut from the film or never filmed in the first place. Her male colleagues of Norway, Ole Ellefsæter and Harald Grønningen, also won two gold medals. Many Order 66 scenes were cut. Other successful athletes were Italian bobsleigh driver Eugenio Monti, who won both bobsleigh events after a long Olympic career, and Toini Gustafsson of Sweden, who won both individual events in cross-country, and added a silver with the Swedish relay team.

The scene where Yoda arrives on Dagobah to begin his self-imposed exile was also cut, but is featured in a deleted scene in the DVD release. The East German women had finished first, second and fourth, but were subsequently disqualified for heating their sledge's runners, which is illegal in lugeing. (Due to the dating supported by Expanded Universe sources, and the fact that Chewbacca is still on Kashyyyk at the time, the pilot of the Falcon in the cameo is the previous owner(s) to Lando Calrissian and Han Solo, as Lando and Han were children at the time.) It is one of the ships landing in the background. Another controversy arose in the women's luge. However, the Millennium Falcon makes an appearance in the scene in which Anakin and Obi-wan return to Coruscant. The jury later ruled Schranz had missed a gate before the interruption, and disqualified him as a winner. George Lucas wrote early drafts of the script in which a 10-year-old Han Solo appeared, but the role was never cast or shot. He had been allowed to re-ski his second run after he was interrupted by spectators.

Scenes with Captain Needa and Mon Mothma were deleted. Killy's third gold medal was slightly controversial however, as Austrian Karl Schranz was disqualified. Another theory is that he had already played an alien character whose similarites were too close to the Grievous character, in 1997's Lost in Space. By winning all three alpine events, he equalled Toni Sailer's 1956 performance. Ultimately, his audition was never chosen. Alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy lead the home team's good performances. According to him, Gary Oldman is a friend of Rick McCallum, and recorded an audition as a favor to him. Another first in the Olympics were doping and sex tests.

Matthew Wood, who ultimately voiced Grievous, disputed this story at Celebration III, held in Indianapolis. One new event was added for the Grenoble Games: the 4 x 10 km relay in biathlon. Out of respect and solidarity with the other members of the guild, he chose to back out of the role rather than violate the union's rules. Until 1964, they had competed in a combined German team. However, complications arose during contract negotiations after Oldman learned the film was to be made outside of the Screen Actor's Guild, of which he is a member. Held in the French town of Grenoble, the 1968 Winter Olympics were the first Olympic Games in which East and West Germany participated as separate countries. Gary Oldman was originally approached to provide the voice of General Grievous, and he accepted. Also remarkable was Eugenio Monti, who leant a spare part of his bobsleigh to British competitors Tony Nash and Robin Dixon, enabling them to win the gold medal in the 2-man event.

Also in the movie was Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in the original trilogy), who played a speaking role as Captain Colton, the pilot of the Rebel Blockade Runner Tantive IV. The French sisters Marielle and Christine Goitschel took the first two places in both the slalom and the giant slalom event, each sister winning once. Nick Gillard, the stunt coordinator, plays a character named Cin Drallig (his name spelled backwards). Two other cross-country skiers, Eero Mäntyranta and Sixten Jernberg, took home two gold medals. Much of the crew also make cameos in the film. Speed skater Lidia Skoblikova swept all four women's events, while her compatriot Klavdia Boyarskikh did the same in women's cross-country, winning three golds. His three children also play cameos: his son, Jett, as a young Jedi-in-training called Zett Jukassa killed defending the Jedi Temple against clone troopers; his daughter, Amanda, as a character called Terr Taneel, seen in the security hologram; and daughter Katie as a blue-skinned alien called Chi Eekway, visible when Palpatine arrives at the Senate after being saved by the Jedi, and talking to Baron Papanoida at the Opera House. Two Soviet athletes were very successful at these Games.

It marks Lucas' first and only appearance in any of the Star Wars films. Luge was first contested in the Olympics, although the sport got bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run. George Lucas makes an appearance at the Coruscant Opera House as a blue faced being named Baron Papanoida, that can be seen outside Palpatine's box. Bobsleigh returned to the Olympics, while a new event was added to ski jumping and women's cross-country skiing. The film concludes with Beru, Luke, and Owen staring out over the desert at Tatooine's twin suns. Despite being a traditional winter sports resort, there was a lack of snow and ice during the Games, and the Austrian army was called in to bring snow and ice to the sport venues. In space, onboard a Star Destroyer, Darth Vader and the Emperor oversee what is either the construction of the first Death Star or the Death Star prototype.^[1] Leia is brought to Alderaan to live with the Queen, and Luke is brought to Tatooine to live with Owen and Beru. The Tyrolean city of Innsbruck was the host in 1964.

On Naboo, Padme's parents hold her funeral. A surprise occurred in ice hockey, where the home team surprisingly defeated the favoured Soviets, Canadians and Czechs. Obi-Wan and Yoda will watch and wait until the time is ready for the Skywalker children to do their part in the battle against the Sith. 35-year-old Veikko Hakulinen of Finland won a complete set of medals in these Games, including a narrow win in the 4 x 10 km relay. Aboard the Tantive IV, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail Organa agree to keep the children hidden and separated. The men's 10000 m saw Knut Johannesen glide to the gold in a time 46 seconds under the world record. When Palpatine tells Vader that he killed Padmé, Vader unleashes a furious scream in a rage that distorts and destroys droids and equipment in the room. She would add four more titles in 1964.

On Coruscant, occurring simultaneously in the film with the birth of his children, Vader is put in his classic armor, which allows him to survive his terrible injuries. Fellow Russian Lidia Skoblikova won the two longest distances in the inaugural women's races. Just before she dies, Padmé says there is still good in Anakin. Even more remarkable was that he again tied for the gold in the 1500, this time with Norwegian Roald Aas. Padmé gives them the names Luke and Leia. Yevgeni Grishin repeated his 1956 performance by winning both the 500 and 1500 m. However, they manage to save her babies—she delivers twins, a boy and a girl. Only two athletes managed to win more than one gold medal in Squaw Valley, both Soviet speed skaters.

Padmé is given medical assistance, but although she is physically intact, her will to live is gone and she dies. While bobsleighing was absent, biathlon was first contested at the Olympics, and women first took part in speed skating. Later, Palpatine arrives at Mustafar with a squad of clone troopers, and they rescue Vader from the brink of death. The Games were held from February 18 to 28. After picking up Vader's lightsaber, Obi-Wan leaves Mustafar with the badly-injured Padmé. There was a fear of lack of snow, but late snowfall prevented a disaster. He ignites into flames, sustaining near-fatal third-degree burns and severe lung damage. The organising committee found it too expensive as only 9 nations would take part.

Vader tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop at the edge of the lava. By 1960, this had changed, although there was no bobsleigh run. Obi-Wan soon gains the advantage of higher ground, and, when Vader attempts to jump over his former master, Obi-Wan cuts off both of his legs and his left arm. At the time the Olympics were awarded to Squaw Valley, a resort town created by Alexander Cushing, near Lake Tahoe in California. The fierce lightsaber duel continues between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. Cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg won four medals for Sweden, but only one gold medal. With clone troopers coming to aid Palpatine, Yoda makes the heart-wrenching decision to retreat, and escapes with the help of Bail Organa. He won all three alpine events, the first time this occurred in the Olympics.

In a ferocious contest of Force powers both are flung apart, Yoda falling to the floor of the Senate chamber. Star of the Games, however, was Austrian skier Toni Sailer. In the Senate building, Yoda confronts Palpatine and the two engage in a fierce battle. They ended Canada's dominance over the Olympic ice hockey tournament, and the first non-Nordic medallist in cross-country skiing was also a Russian. Obi-Wan and Vader break into a ferocious lightsaber duel. In speed skating, Soviet skaters won three out of four events, with Yevgeni Grishin winning the 500 and 1500 m (the latter shared with compatriot Yuri Sergeyev). Enraged, he uses the Force to choke Padmé unconscious. They immediately showed their potential by winning more medals than any other nation.

Vader sees Obi-Wan emerge from Padmé's ship, and suspects her of betraying him to his former Master. Most important development was the debut of the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics. Horrified, Padmé realizes that Obi-Wan's story was true. At the first Winter Games to be televised, the programme was extended with two events in cross-country skiing. Padmé wants to leave public life to live together and raise their child, but Vader tells her that he has brought peace to the Republic, and that he can overthrow Palpatine so he and Padmé can rule the galaxy together. After not being able to host the Games in 1944 due to the war, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy was able to organise the 1956 Winter Olympics, held from January 26 to February 5. When the couple reunite on Mustafar, they embrace. Nineteen-year-old Andrea Mead Lawrence won two gold medals in alpine skiing, winning both the slalom and the giant slalom.

Unbeknown to her, Obi-Wan secretly boards the ship just before it takes off. His 4-man crew weighed a record 472 kg, while the international bobsleigh federation had just decided before the Games that the weight limit would be 400 kg in the future. Padmé later departs to Mustafar to see her husband. German bobsledder Andreas Ostler steered his crews to two gold medals. Obi-Wan meets with Padmé and tells her that Anakin has turned to the Dark Side, but Padmé refuses to reveal where Vader is. Germany returned to the Olympic Games after 16 years, although only represented by West German athletes. On Mustafar, Vader is initially greeted by Viceroy Nute Gunray, however Vader immediately attacks the Separatist leaders and their small force of guards, ending the slaughter by killing Gunray. Speed skater Hjalmar Andersen excited the home crowd by winning gold medals in three of the four speed skating events.

Yoda says they have no choice but to destroy the Sith. Bandy, a popular sport in the Nordic countries, was held as a demonstration sport. Obi-Wan looks into the security recordings and sees Vader slaughtering the Jedi and then kneeling to Palpatine. The programme in Oslo, from February 14 to February 25, was expanded with the first ever cross-country event for women, while the alpine combination was replaced with the giant slalom. In the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan and Yoda reconfigure a signal to warn all Jedi to keep away. As a tribute, the Olympic Flame was lit in the fireplace of the home of skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim. Palpatine informs the Senate of a Jedi plot to overthrow the Republic and announces that the Republic will be reorganized into the Galactic Empire. In 1952, the Winter Games came to Norway, considered to be the birthplace of modern skiing.

Senator Bail Organa rescues Obi-Wan and Yoda, and brings them to the Jedi Temple before heading to the Senate building. After the IOC threatened to annul the entire competition, the AHA team was removed from the standings and lost its fourth position. Vader later goes to Padmé and tells her the Jedi have tried to take over the Republic. The IOC voted to bar both teams from competing, but Swiss allowed the AHA team to compete anyway, while the AOC team marched in the opening ceremonies. With a battalion of clone troopers, Darth Vader eradicates the Jedi in the Jedi Temple. Because of a dispute, two American ice hockey teams arrived in Sankt Moritz: one sanctioned by the American Olympic Committee (AOC), and one sanctioned by the American Hockey Association (AHA). Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, Barriss Offee, Luminara Unduli, Plo Koon, Stass Allie, and other numerous Jedi across the galaxy are exterminated, but Yoda and Obi-Wan barely manage to survive. A strange incident occurred in ice hockey.

Palpatine orders clone troopers across the galaxy to turn against their Jedi Generals. But the best Norwegian only placed 6th in 1948, and the title went to Heikki Hasu of Finland. Palpatine orders Vader to go to the Jedi Temple and kill all the Jedi within, then to go to the Mustafar system and kill Viceroy Gunray and the other Separatist leaders. This event had been dominated by Norway, which had won all medals from 1924 to 1936. Palpatine takes Anakin as his Sith apprentice, and christens him with the Sith name Darth Vader. A major upset occurred in the Nordic combined. Shocked, in pain, and caught off guard, Windu is consumed by Palpatine's Force lightning, forcing him out the window and killing him. Swedish cross-country skier Martin Lundström also won two golds.

Sensing that Palpatine was trying to corrupt Anakin, Mace tells Anakin not to believe him, but Anakin believes that the only way to save his wife is to keep the Chancellor alive, so he attacks Windu by cutting off his weapon hand. Four new alpine skiing events were also held, allowing Frenchman Henri Oreiller to win three medals, including golds in the downhill and the combined event. Just as Windu is about to kill the Chancellor, Palpatine tries to convince Anakin that the Jedi were really trying to take over. The sport disappeared again after the Sankt Moritz games, returning again in 2002. As Palpatine and Windu engage in a lightsaber duel, Anakin arrives. Remarkably, American John Heaton won the silver, as he had done in 1928. Windu attempts to arrest the Chancellor, but Palpatine lunges with a fierce lightsaber attack which kills Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto, and Saesee Tiin (who were assigned to accompany him). Skeleton returned on the programme after 20 years.

Anakin tells Jedi Master Mace Windu about Palpatine's true identity. Twenty-Eight countries competed in Switzerland from January 30 to February 8, although athletes from Germany and Japan were not invited. Upon realizing this, Anakin threatens to kill Palpatine, but instead decides to expose him to the Jedi Council. The Swiss town of Sankt-Moritz, untouched by the war because Switzerland remained neutral, became the first place to organize the Winter Olympics for the second time. Meanwhile, Anakin discovers that Palpatine is the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. The 1944 Winter Olympics, scheduled to take place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, were cancelled in the Summer of 1941. Obi-Wan retrieves the droid's blaster and shoots the General several times in the chest, killing him, then tosses the blaster on the ground, muttering that it was, "so uncivilized.". Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) stepped in to organise the Games again, but the Games were cancelled in November 1939, because Germany invaded Poland in September 1939.

Obi-Wan manages to break open Grievous's loose chestplate, exposing the living organs in his chest. Moritz from the Games, because of quarrels with the Swiss organisation team. General Grievous attempts to shoot Obi-Wan with a blaster he had in a hidden holster, but Obi-Wan knocks it away from him. Moritz (Switzerland) was chosen by the IOC to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, but three months later the IOC withdrew St. After a long chase through the Utapauian city, Obi-Wan catches Grievous at his private hangar, where they yet again fight. St. At this moment, the Clone Army arrives, forcing Grievous to retreat on his Wheel Bike. The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).

Undaunted by the General's four-saber technique, Obi-wan quickly finds an opening in Grievous's defences and slices off much of two of his four hands. The Second World War interrupted the celebration of the Winter Olympics. After witnessing an argument between Grievous and Nute Gunray, he emerges from the shadows on top of a walkway and quickly disposes of Grievous's personal bodyguards before engaging Grievous himself. However, most of the British players were born in, or lived in, Canada. Obi-Wan is sent to Utapau to find General Grievous. An upset occurred in the ice hockey tournament, where Canada was defeated for the first time, and lost the gold medal to Great Britain. This intrigues Anakin, due to his nightmares regarding Padmé. He did win the ski jumping event, held one week later.

Palpatine says the ability to save people from death is something that can be learned, but not from a Jedi. He led the alpine combined event after the downhill, but dropped to fourth place in the slalom. Palpatine subtly manipulates Anakin in their discussions, making him distrust the Jedi. Another Norwegian, Birger Ruud attempted a rare double, competing in both ski jumping and alpine skiing. Later at an opera house, Anakin arrives and Palpatine tells him the story of an old Sith legend; the story of Darth Plagueis the wise. His compatriot, Sonja Henie won her third straight title, and turned professional after the Games. As the Chancellor's bodyguard, Anakin builds a close friendship with Palpatine. Norwegian Ivar Ballangrud dominated the speed skating events, winning three of them, and placing second in the fourth.

Later, Obi-Wan privately tells Anakin that the Council wants him to spy on the Chancellor because they believe that he is corrupt. The cross-country relay was also held for the first time, while the military patrol and ice stock sport were demonstration sports. This enfuriates Anakin, who believes it to be an insult. This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics. The Council agrees with the Chancellor's appointment, however Anakin is not made a Jedi Master. Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut in Germany, but skiing teachers were barred from entering, as they were considered to be professionals. Chancellor Palpatine makes Anakin his representative on the Jedi Council. The Bavarian twin towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen joined to organise the 1936 edition of the Winter Games, held from February 6 to 16.

However, Anakin is troubled by visions of Padmé dying in childbirth, visions like those he had of his mother before she died. As of 2004, he is the only Olympian to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Despite Padmé's worries, as they have kept their love and their marriage secret, Anakin is overjoyed at this news, and the couple make plans to raise their child. One of the members of Fiske's gold medal-winning sled was Eddie Eagan, who had been an Olympic champion in boxing in 1920. Upon his return planetside, Anakin is reunited with his wife, Padmé Amidala, and she informs him of her pregnancy. Sonja Henie (figure skating) and Billy Fiske (bobsleigh) successfully defended their titles. Unable to leave the cruiser, which has been damaged in an engagement with the Republic fleet, Anakin crash-lands the ship on one of Coruscant's landing tracks. Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström didn't manage to win his fourth straight Olympic gold, being defeated by Austria's Karl Schäfer.

In the process of his escape, he decides to launch all of the cruiser's escape pods, therefore trapping the Jedi and the Chancellor on a fiery descent to the planet below. There were three demonstration sports in Lake Placid: sled dog racing, curling and women's speed skating. Anakin and Obi-Wan try to capture Grievous, eliminating most of the bridge crew in the process; Grievous escapes, however, in an escape pod. (Bernt Evensen from Norway won silver on the 500 m., and his fellow countryman Ivar Ballangrud did the same on the 10000 m.) Jack Shea and Irving Jaffee shared the gold between them, winning two gold medals each. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the Chancellor attempt to escape the ship, but are captured by General Grievous, leader of the droid army, and taken to the bridge. This gave the American and Canadian skaters an advantage from which they benefited by winning all but two of the available skating medals. Palpatine reassures him that Tyranus was too dangerous to be kept alive. The two-man bobsleigh event was scheduled for the first time, while the speed skating events were conducted in mass start format, as was common in North America.

Anakin immediately expresses regret; to kill a foe who surrenders is not the way of the Jedi. The Games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. Palpatine urges Anakin to kill Tyranus, and despite Anakin's reservations, he does. On top of that, these games too were marred by warm weather, which eventually made it necessary to extend them for two more days. In the ensuing lightsaber duel, Anakin defeats Tyranus by amputating his hands. However, fewer athletes participated than in 1928, as the journey to Lake Placid, New York was a long and expensive one for most competitors, and there was little money for sports in the midst of the Great Depression. They make their way to the observatory were Chancellor Palpatine is being held captive by Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku). For the first time, the Winter Olympics came to North America.

During the space battle, Obi-Wan's ship is damaged by several buzz droids and the two Jedi crash into the hangar of the The Invisible Hand, where the Chancellor is held hostage. The 10000 m speed skating was abandoned in the 5th pair, and the 50 km cross-country ended with a temperature of 77°F (25°C), forcing a third of the field to abandon competition. The camera tracks down from a blinding Coruscanti sun, to reveal a Venator-class Star Destroyer, with two Jedi Starfighters flying alongside it. Warm weather conditions plagued the Olympics on the fourth day. Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a mission to rescue him. It would turn out this was also the first of three titles for her. Chancellor Palpatine has been kidnapped by the Separatists second-in-command, General Grievous. His female counterpart was Norwegian Sonja Henie, only 15 years old at the time.

The opening crawl reveals that the galaxy is in the midst of war. Gillis Grafström won his third consecutive figure skating title. . Johan Grøttumsbråten also won two golds, winning the 18 km cross-country and the Nordic combined events. It broke several box office records in its opening week, and went on to earn over US$ 850 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of 2005 in the U.S., the 2nd highest grossing film of 2005 worldwide (right behind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), and the 12th highest grossing worldwide film of all time. Clas Thunberg won two more Olympic gold medals, bringing his total to five. Released on May 19, 2005, the film was generally positively received by critics, especially in contrast to the two previous prequels. The American Heaton brothers won first and second place.

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. Curling and military patrol were no longer medal sports (although the latter was demonstrated) while skeleton made its first Olympic appearance. When the sinister Sith, led by Darth Sidious, unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the fate of Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi order, and the entire galaxy is at stake. Moritz was appointed by the Swiss organizers to host the second Olympic Winter Games, held from February 11 to February 19 in 1928. 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. St. Among fans, it is commonly referred to as ROTS. Their gold medal was upgraded from demonstration medal to official status.

It was the sixth and final film to be released in the Star Wars saga, but it is the third part of the series by chronology of events. In 2006 a further change was made, the IOC reconsidered the case of the all-Scottish curling team of father and son Willie and Laurence Jackson, Robin Welsh and Tom Murray representing Great Britain. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 science fiction film written and directed by George Lucas. Furthermore he placed third in the ski jumping contest, but 50 years later it was discovered that a counting error had been made and that the bronze should have been awarded to American Anders Haugen, who received it in a special ceremony at age 83. Until a further source fully explains this, the issue remains disputed. He won both cross-country skiing events, as well as the Nordic combined. 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. Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg won three gold medals, while Norwegian Thorleif Haug also won three golds.

However, Kevin J. Finnish and Norwegian athletes dominated the events. 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. The first event on the programme was the 500 m speed skating, which was won by American Charlie Jewtraw, thereby becoming the first Winter Olympic champion. He explains that it was the exact same one as seen in A New Hope. From January 25 to February 5, more than 200 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events. ^ In the DVD commentary for Revenge of the Sith, Lucas makes an offhand comment regarding the first Death Star. The French town of Chamonix in the Haute-Savoie was the host of the first Olympic Winter Games.

Halbfinger, New York Times, May 19, 2005. speed skating. ^ Latest 'Star Wars' Movie Is Quickly Politicized by David M. The 1924 events were retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics at the 1926 IOC Session. ^ Box Office Mojo - Star Wars: Episode III. This week proved a great success, and in 1925 the IOC decided to create separate Winter Olympic Games, not connected to the Summer Olympics. DVD-ROM content includes a free trial of Hyperspace. At the IOC Congress held the next year, it was decided that the organisers of the next Olympics (France) would also host a separate "International Winter Sports Week", under patronage of the IOC.

Production photo gallery. The first Olympics after the war, the 1920 Games in Antwerp again featured figure skating, while ice hockey made its Olympic debut. Trailers and TV spots. A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and Nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I. Poster and print campaign. However, this same idea was again proposed for the 1916 Games, which were to be held in Berlin. "A Hero Falls" music video. The organisers opposed this idea, wanting to promote the Nordic Games, a winter sports competition held every four years between competitors from the Nordic countries.

Star Wars: Empire at War PC game trailer. Three years later, Italian count Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux proposed to the IOC to stage a week with winter sports as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer and Xbox game demo. Ulrich Salchow (10-fold World champion) and Madge Syers (the first competitive woman figure skater) won the individual titles with ease. A 15-part collection of Lucasfilm's Web documentaries. However, no skating was conducted at the Olympics until the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, which featured four figure skating events. "It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III". When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established in 1894, one of the sports proposed for the programme was ice skating.

"The Chosen One" featurette: George Lucas traces the myth of Darth Vader through episodes 1-6.
. "Within a Minute" documentary film about the making of the Mustafar battle. . Exclusive deleted scenes with introductions by George Lucas and Rick McCallum. The Italian city of Turin (Torino) is currently hosting the Winter Olympics, followed by Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010. Commentary by writer-director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Roger Guyett. Most recently, the 2002 Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). The Winter Olympics are held every four years. Available subtitles: English. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing. Instead it contained a rap video with a dancing Yoda and clone troopers. The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. This was the first release not to contain a secret blooper reel of footage from filming as an easter egg. Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.

This has caused some backlash from fans collecting both the VHS versions, complaining that their VHS set will not be complete without Episode III. Synchronized skating (2002). This release is notable because, due to marketing issues, it was the first Star Wars film never to be released on VHS (except in Australia and the United Kingdom). Speed skiing (1992) (could return to Winter Olympic Games 2010). Additionally, Anakin is missing the scar on his right eye on the DVD cover. Snowshoeing (2002). The DVD cover art is the only cover of the six films not to include a central character brandishing a lens flare-boasting lightsaber blade towards the viewer. Sled-dog racing contests were displayed in Lake Placid 1932.

Unlike any other film directed by Lucas, Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD without any noticeable alterations from the film's original theatrical cut. Skijöring, skiing behind horses, was a demonstration sport in Sankt Moritz 1928. In all of the other films, the two characters were played by at least two different people. Ice stock sport, a German variant to curling, was demonstrated in 1936 and 1964. 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. Bandy, a sport briefly described as "ice hockey with a ball", very popular in the Nordic countries, was demonstrated in 1952 (could return to Winter Olympic Games 2010). As confirmed by the DVD-ROM commentary, during the scene in which Yoda departs Kashyyyk and bids farwell to Chewbacca and Tarfful, Tarfful's growls are actually Itchy's growls from The Star Wars Holiday Special. It was also demonstrated in 1928, 1936 and 1948, and in 1960 biathlon became an official sport.

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. Military patrol, a precursor to the biathlon, was a medal sport in 1924. 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. The team pursuit event will make its debut in 2006. 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. The all-round competition was only contested in 1924. Lucas's friend and fellow filmmaker Steven Spielberg was confirmed to have worked on some of the conceptual work and animatics for the film, focusing mainly on the Yoda/Palpatine fight and the Mustafar duel. Current events are the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m (women only), 5000 m and 10000 m (men only).

On the DVD cover, Anakin's scar (the result of a lightsaber duel with Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: Clone Wars) on his right eye is missing completely. Women's events were not included until 1960, although they were demonstrated in 1932 and had been on the preliminary programme for 1940. In Padme'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. Speed skating has been on the programme since 1924. In the movie, this costume appears with the hood down. The giant slalom was replaced by a parallel giant slalom for 2002, and in 2006 the snowboard cross event will be added. 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. Snowboarding was first contested at the 1998 Olympics, with giant slalom and halfpipe events for both sexes.

However, the costume does appear in some of the deleted scenes. This sport is only contested by men. On the poster, Padmé wears an outfit that does not appear in the movie itself. A second event (large hill) was introduced in 1964, and a team event followed in 1988. .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. Ski jumping has been an Olympic sport since 1924, with the normal hill event contested. After returning Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to Coruscant, Obi-Wan tells Anakin ". It was not held again until it was included again in 2002, with individual events for both men and women.

This is the first film in the Star Wars Saga in which a dream is literally depicted on camera. Skeleton was included in both Olympics held in Sankt Moritz, the birthplace of the sport. Episode III features the longest opening continuing shot in the entire Star Wars saga (over two minutes long). The events are the same for both men and women: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the relay (5000 m (men)/3000 m (women)). 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. The programme was expanded from 4 in 1992 to 8 in 2002. 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. Short track speed skating was a demonstration sport in 1988, and was included as a full sport four years later.

Copies of the film titled Charlotte are valued more than standard releases. Only men compete in this sport. The more common file is called something relating to Revenge of the Sith. A third event, the sprint, made its debut in 2002. 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. Until 1988, when a team event was added, there was only an individual event. 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. Nordic combined, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing, has been Olympic since 1924.

(DVD audio commentary). The latter is technically open for both men and women, but in practice, only men compete. Lucas stands on screen left talking with his youngest daughter, and his oldest daughter is in center screen, talking to her boyfriend. It included a singles event for both men and women, and a doubles event. 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. Luge first entered the Olympic programme in 1964, and the three events conducted then are still unchanged. This echoes the frequent references to World War Two in the Clone Wars TV series. A women's tournament was first conducted in 1998.

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. Ice hockey was already held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and has been played in every celebration of the Winter Games. This is the only episode that does not have R2-D2 and/or C-3PO in the closing shot. Both events are held for men and women. The original soundtrack is the only one in the prequel trilogy that does not have a shot of Tatooine as its backdrop. The aerials also received official status in 1994. The scene where Amidala meets up with Anakin on Mustafar was parodied for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. The moguls event become Olympic in 1992, while ballet and aerials remained a demonstration event.

Incidentally, an action figure of Palpatine was also produced holding a blue lightsaber, but later corrected to red (the hilt remains incorrect). Freestyle skiing was first demonstrated in three disciplines in 1988. It never occurred to the effects crew that they hadn't inserted the correct hilt during post-production. The special figures event for men was only conducted in 1908. 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. The single events for men and women, and the pairs contest have been on the programme since 1908, ice dancing was first included in 1976. 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. Figure skating was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympics, appearing in the programme of the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920.

Throughout the Palpatine/Mace fight, Palpatine's hilt periodically switches to Anakin's saber hilt. Since then, separate tournaments for men and women have been held. Palpatine's lightsaber is also the only lightsaber that touches Mace Windu's saber blade. It was demonstrated in 1932, 1988 and 1992, to be officially included in 1998. Palpatine's lightsaber is the only Sith lightsaber that is seen coming in contact with a purple-bladed lightsaber. Curling was on the programme in 1924, but disappeared afterwards. This is the first and only Star Wars film where Palpatine wields his lightsaber. The number of events has steadily grown over the years, being 12 in 2002: sprint (1.5 km), pursuit (10 km for men, 5 km for women), mass start (30 km (men)/15 km (women)), 10 km (women), 15 km (men), 30 km (women), 50 km (men), relay (4 x 10 km (men), 4 x 5 km (women)).

It can be heard when Obi-Wan arrives at Owen and Beru's house. Nordic skiing has always been on the Olympic programme. Composer John Williams included a small 11-tone musical cue in the scene reminiscent of his score for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). Women didn't compete until 2002, when the two-woman race was included. 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". The four-man event has been held since 1924, the two-man event was added in 1932. Eventually, however, the film's casting director was able to find a very close lookalike, Wayne Pygram. Bobsleighing has been included since 1924, although it was not held in 1960.

Unfortunately, the footage of Cushing was deemed unusable, and the idea was scrapped. A mass start event will be added in 2006 (15 km (men)/12.5 km (women)). 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. At present there are 4 events, conducted by both men and women: the sprint (10 km (men)/7.5 km (women)), the individual (20 km (men)/15 km (women)), the pursuit (12.5 km (men)/10 km (women)) and the relay (4 x 7.5 km). Palpatine's line, "I am the Senate," may be a reference to a quote by King Louis XIV- "I am the state.". Women first participated in 1992. George Lucas was not put off by this and enjoyed rubbing Natalie's buzzed hair. Only a single individual event for men was included in 1960, but events have been added over the years.

Natalie Portman surprised many people by showing up to the film's premieres with a shaved head (for her part in V for Vendetta). Biathlon was first included in 1960, although the very similar military patrol was contested in 1924. The interior of the Tantive IV was done entirely on a practical set, without the use of any bluescreen. The current program features 10 events, with both men and women skiing the downhill, super g, giant slalom, slalom and combined events. It can be heard briefly during the battle scene over Coruscant. It was not conducted in 1940 due to professionalism disputes, but it was on the program again in 1948. Composer John Williams added to his opening score an homage to composer Joel McNeely's work from the score to Shadows of the Empire, a book written to take place between Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Alpine skiing was first included in 1936.

The audio effects for the coughing were taken from George Lucas, who had a cough during principal photography. John Knoll even acknowledges and points out this fact in the Revenge of the Sith DVD commentary. 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. Grievous has prevously appeared in Star Wars: Clone Wars before many of his personality traits and quirks had been finalized.

General Grievous' breathing problems were intended to emphasize his organic nature as well as the flaws of cyborg prosthetics. Coppola also owns a Tucker Torpedo. 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. The speeder car driven by Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) is based on the revolutionary, but ill-fated, 1948 Tucker Torpedo automobile.

George Lucas requested this of the animators as an homage to Takashi Shimura's signature gesture in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Yoda rubs his head while deep in thought. This is the only Star Wars film in which the opening crawl has an exclamation point in it. In the two shots where the wookies roar just before their battle, the varactyl's (the lizard-mount used by Obi-Wan elsewhere in the film) bark can be heard.

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. Although parts of Episode III 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. 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. The limestone mountains depicting Kashyyyk were filmed in Phuket, Thailand (which was later damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami).

In the first scene between Anakin and Padmé, Padmé has her hair styled in the infamous Princess Leia Danish-buns-over-the-ears method. One of the film's many rumored subtitles was Rise of the Empire. Coincidentally, the Return of the Jedi novelization refers to Obi-Wan Kenobi as Owen's brother. Ewan McGregor's stunt double was Nash Edgerton (the brother of Joel Edgerton, who plays Owen Lars).

On the call sheets, Natalie Portman was listed as "Debbie Gibson.". Instead it contained a rap video with a dancing Yoda and clonetroopers. This was the first DVD release not to contain a secret blooper reel of footage from filming. The DVD cover art is the only cover of the six films not to include a central character brandishing a lightsaber towards the viewer.

However, VHS copies are for sale in stores in the United Kingdom and Australia. 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. It is only available on DVD. 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.

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. One of the scenes deleted from the film was Yoda's arrival on Dagobah. Revenge of the Sith has the world record for most special effects used in a single film—over 3500. It also required Christensen (who is six-foot-one or 1.85 metres, while David Prowse is six-foot-seven or 2 meters) to look through the mouthpiece of the helmet [3].

The new costume featured shoe lifts and a muscle suit [2]. 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. 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 above). Its completion then unlocks an alternate short ending where the uninjured Darth Vader kills the Emperor and usurps control of the Galaxy.

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 Vader's point of view. The Revenge of the Sith video game closely follows the film, but for reasons of gameplay greatly expands a number of the action sequences. One of them screams a classic "Wilhelm scream". When the ship Anakin and Obi-Wan are on, at the start, begins firing on an enemy ship, there is some footage of explosions and people being thrown into the air.

There is no blue-bladed lightsaber in Return of the Jedi.). In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan was initially equipped with a blue-bladed lightsaber and used it during most of the duel, but it fell into the chasm on Naboo, and in the last seconds, he had to finish off Darth Maul with Qui-Gon's green-bladed lightsaber. This is also the only film to feature a combatant with a blue-bladed lightsaber 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. Obi-Wan).

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. Darth Vader; combatants in both instances using blue lightsabers). Obi-Wan, and more notably Obi-Wan vs. This is the only time where two lightsabers of the same color (blue) come into contact (Grievous vs.

The line appears to be the same recording used in The Phantom Menace, when Jar Jar excuses himself after burping. Jar Jar Binks appears in this film, but has only one line of dialog; when he nearly bumps into a larger senator who mutters "watch it," to which Binks barely audibly replies "Excuse me". 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. This is the first Star Wars film not to be nominated for an Academy Award for best Visual Effects.

Matthew Woodring Stover, George Lucas, ISBN 0-7126-8427-1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Novelization, 1st edition hardcover, 2005. Later, when Luke and Vader duel, Luke jumps up on a platform and instead of following him Vader throws his lightsaber, having learned from his previous error. At the end of Obi-wan and Anakin's duel, Obi-wan wins because he has the high ground.

He does the same thing to Luke in A New Hope after the Sand People attack him. When Anakin releases Padmé after choking her, Obi-Wan puts his hand on her head for a while. 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. Moff Tarkin then tells Vader to halt the Force chokehold.

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. Although Padmé does not die from the choke, she later dies of the loss of will to live near the end of the film. However, Obi-Wan then tells him to halt the Force chokehold. Vader uses the Force to choke Padmé on Mustafar, as he believes she has turned against him.

According to his action figure, Obi-Wan's is Red Leader, which in Episode VI is used by Wedge Antilles, played by Ewan McGregor's uncle Denis Lawson. In the novelization, Anakin's callsign is Red Five, the same as his son Luke in Episode IV. Both Anakin's and Obi-Wan's callsigns reference their family connections to the original trilogy. Examples include the Jedi Starfighters having small resemblance to the TIE Fighters and Interceptor.

More Republic equipment resembles that of Imperial equipment. The music is also the same in all three cases (the Force Theme). 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 last line spoken in Episode III is "Oh no!", also by C-3PO, played by the same actor, also on that ship.

The first line spoken in Episode IV is "Did you hear that?" by C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), on the Tantive IV. An actor screams this line in every Star Wars movie. Luke's scream of "NOOO!" upon learning that Darth Vader is his father was also similarly lampooned and poorly received during its release in 1980. Vader's scream has been lampooned and criticized as campy and inappropriate.

In one of the final scenes, Darth Vader's screams "NOOO!!" when he learns of Padmé's death. 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 Leia Organa. 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. The lightsaber was subsequently broken, and then was re-returned to Obi-Wan's hut on Tatooine.

Luke lost that lightsaber in a duel with Vader in Empire Strikes Back. 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 is then given a cybernetic hand to replace the one he lost in the duel with Vader. Leia senses Luke's danger through the force, and comes to rescue him in the Millennium Falcon.

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. He is then given cybernetic limbs to replace those he lost in the duel. Sensing his danger through the Force, Emperor Palaptine rescues him. Defeated, he lies on the side of a lava bank, crawling his way up the embankment.

Vader sustains severe injuries from the lightsaber duel he has with his former master on Mustafar (his biological limbs are cut off). Finally, he says to Vader, "I know there is good in you.". He later says that to Leia on Endor. In a scene on Dabogah, Luke says to the spirit of Obi-Wan, "There is still good in him", also referring to Anakin.

Return of the Jedi contains variations of Padmé's last words. She says it to Obi-Wan on Polis Massa, momentarily after bearing Luke and Leia. I know, I know there is still...", referring to Anakin. Padmé's last words are, "There is good in him.

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.". Vader's offer to Padmé to join him and rule the Empire mirrors Vader's offer to Luke in Episode V. 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. Luke at first suspects the Sandpeople, but Obi-Wan's closer inspection shows that Imperial Stormtroopers were actually responsible.

This is paralleled in Episode IV when Luke, Obi-Wan and the droids come upon the ruins of the Jawas' sandcrawler and find all of them slaughtered. 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 Anakin led the massacre. 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. When Anakin and Obi-Wan are approaching the Senate after saving Palpatine, the Millennium Falcon is one of the ships which touch down on Coruscant.

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. Anakin cuts off Mace Windu's weapon hand, as Palpatine looks on, and joins the Dark Side. The scene where Mace has his blade at Palpatine's throat is similar to that when Vader has his blade at Luke's throat in The Empire Strikes Back, and when Luke had his blade at Vader's throat in Return of the Jedi. Anakin is conflicted to choose between Palpatine and a fellow Jedi, as in Return of the Jedi.

Palpatine closes his eyes and tells Anakin, "I can feel your anger." He gives the same line, directed at Luke, in Return of the Jedi. You know it to be true.". 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 Episode V, in which Vader convinces Luke that he is his father, urging the boy to "search your feelings. In the battle on the Wookiee planet Kashyyyk, a distinctive Tarzan yell can be heard, just as in Episode VI, when Chewbacca and two Ewoks swing toward an Imperial Scout Walker on Endor.

This mirrors the scenes in Return of the Jedi where Chewbacca rips out Imperial forces from their AT-STs. Wookiees from Kashyyyk rip out droids from vehicles during the Separatists' invasion. This was adapted for Episode VI as the Battle of Endor between Ewoks and Imperial Stormtroopers. In the original Star Wars script treatment, the climactic battle was between Wookiees and Imperial forces as in Revenge of the Sith.

This echoes the ultimate fate of the Tantive IV itself in the opening scenes of A New Hope. When Obi-Wan makes his rendezvous with the Tantive IV, the ship he is flying is swallowed up by the Tantive IV's underbelly. When Obi-Wan kills Grievous with a blaster and says "So uncivilized", echoing the line in Episode IV when he talks about the lightsaber being "an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age". This is the first line Obi-Wan says in Episode IV, to R2-D2.

When Obi-Wan jumps in the middle of the droid army in Utapau, he says "Hello there" to Grievous. In Return of the Jedi, Palpatine urges Luke to kill Vader, but Luke refuses, and avoids turning to the dark side. Palpatine urges Anakin to kill Count Dooku, and Anakin does and becomes Palpatine's apprentice. Palpatine watches as his current apprentice (Count Dooku) and his intended new apprentice (Anakin) duel to the death, while behind them can be seen a massive space fleet battle, as in Return of the Jedi.

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 out of a window in Episode V. Obi-Wan says the traditional "I have a bad feeling about this!" just before he and Anakin enter the hangar of General Grievous' battlecruiser. Han Solo says the identical line in A New Hope. In the beginning of the movie while flying a starfighter on the way to rescue Palpatine, Anakin says, "This is where the fun begins".

Many vehicles and technology in the film appear to be predecessors of their counterparts in the original trilogy. The title is a reprise of an early working title of Return of the Jedi, "Revenge of the Jedi", which was altered by Lucas with the rationale that Jedi do not take revenge. Previously held by The Matrix Reloaded with $37.5 million. Thursday gross.

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