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. Inroads have also been made by television (especially "mega serials" and cartoons) and the Internet.^[53] Yet Keralites also have high rates of newspaper subscription — 50%^[54] — spend some seven hours per week reading novels and other books,^[53] host a thriving "people's science" movement, and participate in such activities as writer's cooperatives.^[45]. Target stores also offered a bonus disc with the Revenge of the Sith DVD. These are viewed by Keralites at dozens of stadiums across the state, including Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi and Chandrashekaran Nair Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. 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. In modern times, attention to these activities has been largely supplanted by more modern sports such as cricket, kabaddi, soccer, badminton, and others. The DVD version contains the content from the first two discs: The Story of Anakin Skywalker and The Story of Luke Skywalker. Other popular ritual arts include theyyam and poorakkali.

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. Kalarippayattu (kalari ("place", "threshing floor", or "battlefield") and payattu ("exercise" or "practice")) is attributed by oral tradition to Parasurama and is among the world's oldest martial arts. The sticker on the cover describes it as "R2-D2 and C-3P0's chronicles of Luke and Anakin Skywalker". Several martial arts are also native in origin. [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. Kerala's cuisine — pachakam — is typically served as a sadhya on green banana leaves; such spicy dishes as idli, payasam, pulisherry, puttucuddla, and puzhukku, rasam, and sambar are typical. 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. Kerala has its own Malayalam calendar — this used for timing agricultural and religious activities.

Disc 2:. The popular music of Kerala — as in the rest of India — is dominated by the filmi music of Indian cinema. Disc 1:. Kerala also has various styles of folk and tribal music. [4]. Panchavadyam is a different form of percussion ensemble where up to one hundred artists use five types of percussion instruments. Together with Star Wars: Battlefront II, the DVD has earned around $280 million as of November 8, 2005. Up to 150 musicians may comprise Melam ensembles, and performances may last up to four hours.

A playable demo of Star Wars: Battlefront II was also included on the DVD. Melam (including the paandi and panchari variants), is a more percussive style of music; it is performed at temple-centered festivals using the chenda. The 15 part web documentary series, "Making Episode III", is also included in the set. South India's carnatic tradition dominates Keralite classical music; this was the result of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma's popularization of the genre in the 19th century.^[51][52] Additionally, raga-based renditions known as sopanam accompany kathakali performances. 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. Kerala's music also has ancient roots. The DVD was a two-disc set, with picture and sound mastered from the original digital source material. Later, such contemporary writers as Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy (whose 1996 semi-autobiographical bestseller The God of Small Things is set in the Kottayam town of Ayemenem) have garnered international recognition.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD on November 1, 2005 in the United States. Parameswara Iyer) are recognized for moving Keralite poetry away from archaic sophistry and metaphysics and towards a more lyrical mode. In the latter mode, two players team up to combat increasingly difficult waves of enemies. The "triumvirate of poets" (Kavithrayam: Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, and Ulloor S. In the first mode, two players fight with characters of their choice against each other in a lightsaber duel to the death. Malayalam literature is ancient in origin, and includes such figures as the 14th century Niranam poets (Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar), whose works mark the dawn of both modern Malayalam language and indigenous Keralite poetry. It also has a form of multiplayer mode, which includes both "VS" and "Co-Player" mode. The men wear a lose piece of cloth around their waist called mundu, while the women wear a golden bordered strip of cloth called saree.

After the death of Obi-Wan, Anakin proceeds to kill Palpatine, and take over the galaxy. The clothing of malayali people are variations of the unstiched drape for both men and women. 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. Additionally, Malayalam cinema has provided Keralites an alternative to both Bollywood and Hollywood. The style of the game was mostly lightsaber combat and fighting as Obi-Wan or Anakin. These people look to more contemporary art and performance styles, including those employing mimicry and parody. However, many sections of the game featured cut scenes from the movie, or entirely new scenes for the game. However, many of these artforms largely play to tourists or at youth festivals, and are not as popular among most ordinary Keralites.

The game followed the movie's storyline, for the most part, integrating scenes from the movie. Native to Malabar, oppana combines dance, rhythmic hand clapping, and ishal vocalizations. A video game, based on the film, was released on May 5, 2005, two weeks before the film. These include oppana, popular among Keralite Muslims. In addition to this, the siege of the Jedi Temple is slightly more violent than the cinematic version is. Other arts are more religion- and tribal-themed. For example, during the Battle of Coruscant, Anakin's callsign is Red 5, a reference to Luke's callsign in the Battle of Yavin. Later, Kerala's culture was elaborated upon by centuries of contact with overseas lands.^[50] Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali (from katha ("story") and kali ("performance")) and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam ("dance of the enchantress"), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.

The novel includes many little details that some Star Wars fans are likely to appreciate. Kerala's culture is mainly Dravidian in origin, deriving from a greater Tamil culture region known as Thamizhagom. 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. Indeed, a steadily aging population — 11.2% of Keralites are over age 60^[23] — and low birthrate^[37] makes Kerala (together with Cuba) one of the few regions of the Third World to have undergone the "demographic transition" characteristic of such developed nations as Canada, Japan, and Norway.^[24]. A book version of the movie was written by Matthew Stover. These propagate via gurukula discipleship.^[48] They comprise a fusion of both medicinal and supernatural treatments,^[49] and are partly responsible for drawing increasing numbers of medical tourists. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#83). Aside from ayurveda (both elite and popular forms),^[46] siddha, and unani, many endangered and endemic modes of traditional medicine — including kalari, marmachikitsa,^[47] and vishavaidyam — are practiced.

The DVD features 16 music videos set to remastered selections of music from all six film scores, set chronologically through the saga. Kerala's above-unity female-to-male ratio — 1.058 — also distinguishes it from the rest of India.^[41][45] The same is true of its sub-replacement fertility level and infant mortality rate of 12 per 1000 births.^[20] Indeed, the state's healthcare system has garnered international acclaim, with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) designating Kerala the world's first "baby-friendly state". The soundtrack also came with a collectors' DVD, Star Wars: A Musical Journey, at no additional cost. This is the result of efforts begun before 1911 by Cochin and Travancore states to boost social welfare.^[42][43] This focus was maintained by Kerala's post-independence government.^[44][23][25] However, Kerala's unemployment and suicide rates are unusually high by Indian standards. A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, Battle of the Heroes, featuring footage from the film. For example, Kerala's literacy rate — 91%^[41] — and life expectancy — 73 years^[41] — are now the highest in India. John Williams was also composer and conductor of the score for the other five films in the Star Wars saga. Kerala's social development indices — elimination of poverty, primary-level education, and healthcare — are among the best in India.

The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. However, Christians, Muslims, and some Hindu castes such as the Namboothiri and Ezhava follow makkathayam, a patrilineal system.^[39] Kerala's gender relations are among the most equitable in India and the Third World.^[40] However, this too is coming under threat, this time from such forces as patriarchy-enforced effeminization of women, global capitalism, modernization, and "Sanskritization" (the subaltern poor's emulation of higher castes).^[38]. The soundtrack to the film was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the release of the film. Nevertheless, there have been signs of increasing influences from religious extremist organisations.^[35][36] Kerala's society is also less patriarchical than the rest of the Third World.^[37][38] Many Keralites — especially the Nair caste — follow a traditional matrilineal system known as marumakkatayam. 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 comparison with the rest of India, Kerala experiences relatively little sectarianism. 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. Kerala's people are most densely settled in the coastal region, leaving the eastern hills and mountains comparatively sparsely populated.^[7] Kerala's principal religions are Hinduism (56.1%), Islam (24.7%), and Christianity (19%),^[34] as well as remnants of a once substantial Cochin Jewish population — most of which made aliyah to Israel or emigrated to other First World nations.

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. Whereas Kerala's population more than doubled between 1951 and 1991 — adding 156 lakh (15.6 million) people to reach a total of 291 lakh (29.1 million) residents in 1991 — the population stood at less than 320 lakh (32 million) by 2001. In both cases, jealousy drives the husband to strangle his wife. However, Kerala's population growth rate is far lower than the national average. In Revenge of the Sith, Vader comes to believe that his wife, Padmé, has betrayed him to his former master, Obi-Wan. Kerala is home to 3.44% of India's people, and — at 819 persons per km²^[33] — its land is three times as densely settled as the rest of India. In Othello, the title character is led to believe by Iago that his wife has committed adultery with his confidante and lieutenant. Kerala is also home to 321,000 indigenous tribal Adivasis (1.10% of the populace), who are mostly concentrated in the eastern districts.^[31][32] Malayalam is Kerala's official language; Tamil and various Adivasi languages are also spoken by ethnic minorities.

Palpatine's scheming manipulations of Anakin have been compared by many, including McDiarmid himself, to those of Iago, the villain of Shakespeare's Othello. Other than Dravidians, thousands of Arabs, Jews, Portuguese, Dutch, and British have settled in Kerala. 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. Virtually all of Kerala's 3.18 crore (31.8 million)^[30] people are of Malayali Dravidian ethnicity. The close-ups on Grevious'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. Kerala's unemployment rate is 19.2%,^[27] althought underemployment of those classified as "employed" is a significant problem.^[28][29]. The lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and the four-armed skeletal cyborg General Grevious 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. Tourism, manufacturing, and business process outsourcing comprise other significant economic sectors.

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. Home gardens and animal husbandry also provide work for hundreds of thousands of people. Also, Rotwang builds the android whose appearance heavily influenced the image of Lucas' C-3PO, who was built, in The Phantom Menace, by Anakin. Some six hundred varieties^[6] of rice are harvested from 310,521 ha of paddy fields; 688,859 tonnes are produced per annum.^[26] Other key crops include coconut (899,198 ha), tea, coffee, rubber, cashew, and spices — including pepper, cardamom, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Both Anakin and Rotwang wear a menacing leather glove on one hand and concentrate on saving —or resurrecting— a lost loved one. Agriculture dominates Kerala's economy. 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. However, Kerala's Human Development Index and standard of living statistics are the nation's best.^[23] This seeming paradox is often dubbed the "Kerala phenomenon" or the "Kerala model" of development,^[24][25] and arises mainly from Kerala's unusually strong service sector.

Mabuse, particularly as portrayed by German actor Rudolph Klein-Rogge in director Fritz Lang's films. This has resulted in slow economic progress compared to neighbouring states, and relatively few major corporations and manufacturing plants choose to operate in Kerala.^[20] This is mitigated by the remittances of overseas Keralites contributing 20% of State Domestic Product (SDP) .^[21] Kerala's economic productivity and per capita GDP — 11,819 INR^[22] — lags behind that of the rest of India. Palpatine's appearance and actions are also reminiscent of Dr. Kerala has a democratic socialist welfare economy. 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. Keralites, when compared to most other Indians, participate highly in the political arena. In Lucas' film, the wife herself is a liberal senator. Nevertheless, Kerala numbers among India’s most left-wing states.

In Frankenheimer's film, the wife is the daughter of a liberal senator. At present, the UDF is the ruling party and Oommen Chandy is the current Chief Minister. Also, in both films, the brainwashed assassin eventually murders —or is led to believe he has murdered— his own wife. Kerala hosts two major political alliances: the United Democratic Front (UDF — led by the Indian National Congress) and the Left Democratic Front (led by the — Communist Party of India (Marxist)). 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. In addition, auxilliary authorities — panchayats, for which elections are regularly held — govern local affairs. 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. In turn, the Council of Ministers answers to the Legislative Assembly.

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). Lastly, the executive authority — composed of the Governor of Kerala (the de jure head of state and appointed by the President of India), the Chief Minister of Kerala (the de facto head of state; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the Governor), and the Council of Ministers (appointed by the Governor, with input from the Chief Minister). 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. The judiciary is composed of an apex High Court of Kerala (including a Chief Justice combined with twenty-six permanent and two additional (pro tempore) justices) and a system of lower courts. 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.. In turn, Assembly meetings are presided over by the Speaker (or the Deputy Speaker, if the Speaker is absent). Revenge of the Sith was released in 115 countries. The legislature — the Legislative Assembly — is composed of elected members as well as special offices (the Speaker and Deputy Speaker) elected by assemblymen.

history.). There are three branches of government. (Taking ticket-price inflation into account, it is the 55th highest grossing movie in U.S. Like other Indian states, Kerala is governed via a parliamentary system of representative democracy with universal suffrage granted to residents. Its total of $380,270,577 ranks it 7th all-time domestically, the highest-grossing movie of 2005 by a margin of over $100 million. In lakes, wetlands, and waterways, fish such as kadu (stinging catfish — Heteropneustes fossilis)^[18] and choottachi (orange chromide — Etroplus maculatus; valued as an aquarium specimen) can be found.^[19]. It apparently stopped running in domestic theaters on October 20, 2005. Kerala's birds are legion — Peafowl, the Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis), Indian Grey Hornbill, Indian Cormorant, and Jungle Myna are several emblematic species.

It was the third fastest (after Shrek 2 and Spider-Man) to reach $350 million. Other flora includes bamboo, wild black pepper (Piper nigrum), wild cardamom, the calamus rattan palm (Calamus rotang — a type of giant grass), and aromatic vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides).^[16] Among them, such fauna as Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), and Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri).^[16][17] Reptiles include the king cobra, viper, python, and crocodile. 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. Here, sonokeling (binomial nomenclature: Dalbergia latifolia — Indian rosewood), anjili (Artocarpus hirsuta), mullumurikku (Erthrina), and caussia number among the more than 1,000 species of trees in Kerala. 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. Eastern Kerala’s windward mountains shelter tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests, which are common in the Western Ghats. 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). These forests are protected by a decades-old blanket ban on clearfelling.

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. Altogether, 24% of Kerala is forested.^[16] Two of the world’s Ramsar Convention-listed wetlands — Lake Sasthamkotta and the Vembanad-Kol wetlands — are also in Kerala, as well as 1455.4 km² of the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This broke several box office records:. Its 9,400 km² of forests include tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests (lower and middle elevations — 3,470 km²), tropical moist and dry deciduous forests (mid-elevations — 4,100 km² and 100 km², respectively), and montane subtropical and temperate (shola) forests (highest elevations — 100 km²). In total, it earned a record $50 million on its opening day. Kerala harbours significant biodiversity,^[15] most of which is concentrated in the east. The film earned an estimated $16.5 million from 2,900 midnight screenings in North America upon its release. The city of Ernakulam (on Ernakulam district's coast) is the state's judicial capital.

One nomination:. Kochi is the largest city and considered the commercial capital of the state. One nomination:. Thiruvananthapuram is the state capital. In contrast with the previous two prequels, these flaws are generally seen as minor and not obtrusive to the film. Mahe, a part of the union territory of Pondicherry, is an enclave within Kerala. 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. Lastly, the Travancore region (southern Kerala) is composed of Idukki, Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kollam (Quilon), and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).

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. Kochi (central Kerala) includes Thrissur (Trichur) and Ernakulam (Cochin) districts. Despite the generally positive reception, many critics asserted Lucas' continued weakness with dialogue in general, particularly with the romantic plot-line. Malabar (northern Kerala) includes (from north to south) Kasargod, Kannur (Cannanore), Wayanad (Wynad), Kozhikode (Calicut), Malappuram, and Palakkad (Palghat). Lucas has directed," and equal to The Empire Strikes Back as "the richest and most challenging movie in the cycle.". The districts are distributed between Kerala's three historical regions: Malabar, Kochi, and Travancore. Scott of the New York Times concluded that it was "the best of the four episodes Mr. Fourteen districts comprise Kerala.

O. It is also prone to occassional droughts,^[11] as well as rises in sea level and cyclonic activity resulting from global warming.^[12][13] Kerala’s average maximum daily temperature is around 36.7 °C; the minumum is 19.8 °C.^[7] Mean annual temperatures range from between 25.0–27.5 °C in the coastal lowlands to between 20.0–22.5 °C in the highlands.^[14]. A. In summers, most of Kerala is prone to gale-force winds, storm surges, and torrential downpours accompanying dangerous cyclones coming in off the Indian Ocean. 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. As a result, Kerala averages some 120–140 rainy days per year. 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. Kerala's rains are mostly the result of seasonal monsoons.

Critical reaction towards the film was largely enthusiastic, especially in comparison to the two previous prequels. Parts of Kerala's lowlands may average only 1,250 mm annually while the cool mountainous eastern highlands of Idukki district — comprising Kerala's wettest region — receive in excess of 5,000 mm of orographic precipitation (4,200 mm of which are available for human use) annually. 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. This compares to the all-India average of 1,197 mm. A New Hope was originally rated G, but its rating was deliberately pushed up in order to attract a broader audience. Kerala receives an average annual rainfall of 3,107 mm — some 70.3 km³ of water. All previously released films in the series, except for A New Hope, were rated PG. In eastern Kerala, a drier tropical wet and dry climate prevails.

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. Kerala's climate is mainly wet and maritime tropical,^[10] heavily influenced by the seasonal heavy rains brought by the Southwest Summer Monsoon. Both rips are widely spread and available in popular P2P networks. Most of the remainder are small and entirely fed by monsoon rains.^[7] These conditions result in the nearly year-round waterlogging of such western regions as Kuttanad, 500 km² of which lie below sea level. 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. Indeed, around 8% of India's waterways (measured by length) are found in Kerala.^[9] The most important of Kerala’s forty-four rivers include the Periyar (244 km in length), the Bharathapuzha (209 km), the Pamba (176 km), the Chaliyar (169 km), the Kadalundipuzha (130 km), and the Achankovil (128 km). 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. Lake Vembanad — Kerala’s largest body of water — dominates the Backwaters; it lies between Alappuzha and Kochi and is over 200 km² in area.

A copy of the movie leaked into P2P file sharing networks just hours after opening in theaters. Kerala’s western coastal belt is relatively flat, and is crisscrossed by a network of interconnected brackish canals, lakes, estuaries, and rivers known as the Kerala Backwaters. Most of them took advantage of an offer to see the film at a nearby cinema, the Arclight. Here, rolling hills and valleys dominate.^[7] Generally ranging between elevations of 250–1,000 m, the eastern portions of the Nilgiri and Palni Hills include such formations as Agastyamalai and Anamalai. However, a line of people stood there for more than a month hoping to convince someone to change this. Just west of the mountains lie the midland plains, comprising a swathe of land running along central Kerala. Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a traditional venue for the Star Wars films, did not show it. The Western Ghats rises on average to 1,500 m elevation above sea level, while the highest peaks may reach to 2,500 m.

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. Here, the Western Ghats form a wall of mountains interrupted only near Palakkad; here, a pass known as the Palakkad Gap breaks through to access the rest of India. 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). Forty-one of Kerala’s west-flowing rivers — as well as three of its east-flowing ones — originate in this region. Revenge of the Sith premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) on 15 May 2005. Eastern Kerala lies immediately west of the Western Ghats's rain shadow; it consists of high mountains, gorges, and deep-cut valleys. 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. Located at the extreme southern tip of the Indian subcontinent, Kerala lies near the center of the Indian tectonic plate; as such most of the state (notwithstanding isolated regions) is subject to comparatively little seismic or volcanic activity.^[8] Geologically, pre-Cambrian and Pleistocene formations comprise the bulk of Kerala’s terrain.

Many times the stars, and Lucas himself, were spotted on the cam. These include the eastern highlands (rugged and cool mountainous terrain), the central midlands (rolling hills), and the western lowlands (coastal plains). 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. Geographically, Kerala roughly divides into three climatically distinct regions. Members of Hyperspace, the Official Star Wars Fan Club, received a special look into the production. Kerala’s coast runs some 580 km in length, while the state itself varies between 35–120 km in width. According to an interview with Hayden Christensen in Playboy magazine, playwright Tom Stoppard did an uncredited rewrite and dialogue polish on the script. Situated between north latitudes 8°18' and 12°48' and east longitudes 74°52' and 72°22',^[7] Kerala lies well within the humid tropics, near the equator.

It is rumored that the scenes he worked on included the Yoda/Palpatine battle and a part of the Mustafar duel. Kerala’s 38,863 km² (1.18% of India’s landmass) are wedged between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Western Ghats — identified as one of the world's twenty-five biodiversity hotspots^[6] — to the east. Lucas sent over an animatics artist to assist him. Subsequent radical reforms introduced by the Namboodiripad government favoured tenants and labourers — this facilitated, among other things, improvements in living standards, education, and life expectancies. This happened when a project of his fell through and he had some spare time. Namboodiripad. Lucas confirmed in an interview that Steven Spielberg tinkered with several action sequences in Sith. These resulted in a communist-led government^[4] — one of the world's first^[5] — headed by E.M.S.

The long process of post-production continued until weeks before the film was released in 2005. Finally, the Government of India's 1956-11-01 States Reorganisation Act inaugurated a new state — Kerala — incorporating Malabar District, Travancore-Cochin, and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara.^[4] A new Legislative Assembly was also created, for which elections were held in 1957. George Lucas finished the script of the film only five days before the beginning of principal photography. In the same time, the Madras Presidency became Madras State in 1947. Principal photography on the film occurred from June 30 to September 17, 2003 at Fox Studios Australia. After India's independence in 1947, Travancore and Kochi were merged to form the province of Travancore-Cochin on July 1, 1949 — on 1950-01-26 (the date India became a republic), Travancore-Cochin was recognized as a state. The film was produced with a budget of US$113 million, making it the least expensive of the three prequel films. Due to this pressure, outcastes were allowed admittance to temples across Kerala.

It was later adapted into a script from 2003 to 2004. Kerala saw little mass defiance against the Raj — nevertheless, several rebellions occurred, including the October 1946 Punnapra-Vayalar revolt.^[3] Many mass actions instead protested such social mores as untouchability; these included the 1924 Vaikom Satyagraham. The film's story was written by Lucas, in the form of a basic plot outline, in 1973. Meanwhile, Malabar and South Kanara became part of the Madras Presidency. 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. The Raj then forged tributary alliances with Kochi (1791) and Travancore (1795). Bai Ling filmed minor scenes for the film playing the role of a senator, but her role was cut during editing. However, Tipu Sultan was ultimately forced to cede Malabar District and South Kanara, (including today’s Kasargod District) to the Raj in 1792 and 1799, respectively.

(However, the final storyline in the Republic comic series reveals that Vos escaped this initial attack.). Ali’s successor, Tipu Sultan, launched in the late 18th century numerous campaigns against the growing British Raj, resulting in two of the four Anglo-Mysore Wars. Expanded Universe character Quinlan Vos' death scene was never filmed, though his death was implied (but not explicitly shown) in the comic adaptation. Meanwhile, Mysore’s Hyder Ali conquered northern Kerala, capturing Kozhikode in 1766. The death scene of Shaak Ti is a DVD deleted scene. In turn, the Dutch were ousted at the 1741 Battle of Kulachal by Marthanda Varma of Thiruvithamcoore (Travancore), who received aid from the British. The deaths of Barriss Offee and Luminara Unduli were either cut from the film or never filmed in the first place. Later conflicts between the cities of Kozhikode (Calicut) and Kochi (Cochin), however, provided an opportunity for the Dutch oust the Portuguese.

Many Order 66 scenes were cut. While seeking to convert Nasranis to Roman Catholicism, they also established fortresses and settlements, thereby ending an Arab trade monopoly. 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. More than 1,100 years later, Vasco da Gama’s 1498-05-20 arrival inaugurated a period of Portuguese colonial administration, with the goal of controlling a lucrative spice trade. (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. Later, in 345 CE, Kerala’s Nasrani community was founded by Jewish Christian settlers under a Jewish merchant Knai Thomman. However, the Millennium Falcon makes an appearance in the scene in which Anakin and Obi-wan return to Coruscant. Later arrivals included Muslim Arab merchants in the 8th century, while a disputed theory has Christianity arriving with Apostle Thomas in 52 CE.

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. In subsequent centuries, settlers from abroad established Kerala's Jewish community. Scenes with Captain Needa and Mon Mothma were deleted. Later, figures such as Katyayana, Patanjali, Pliny the Elder, and the unknown author of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea all displayed familiarity with Kerala. Ultimately, his audition was never chosen. In written records, Kerala was first mentioned in the Sanskrit epic Aitareya Aranyaka. According to him, Gary Oldman is a friend of Rick McCallum, and recorded an audition as a favor to him. A Keralite identity, distinct from the Tamils and associated with the second Chera empire and the development of Malayalam, evolved during the 8th–14th centuries.

Matthew Wood, who ultimately voiced Grievous, disputed this story at Celebration III, held in Indianapolis. Allied with the Pallavas, they continually warred against the neighboring Chola and Pandya kingdoms. 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. The ancient Chera empire, whose court language was Tamil, ruled Kerala from their capital at Vanchi and was the first major recorded kingdom. 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. Later, Kerala became a linguistically separate region by the early 14th century. Gary Oldman was originally approached to provide the voice of General Grievous, and he accepted. These were produced by speakers of a proto-Tamil language.^[1] Thus, Kerala and Tamil Nadu once shared a common language, ethnicity, and culture.

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. Legend states that Kerala was created by an act of Parasurama, an avatar of Mahavishnu.^[1][2] Meanwhile, historians note the 10th century BCE emergence of prehistoric pottery and granite burial monuments — which resemble their counterparts in Western Europe and the rest of Asia. Nick Gillard, the stunt coordinator, plays a character named Cin Drallig (his name spelled backwards). . Much of the crew also make cameos in the film. Another theory has the name originating from the phrase chera alam ("land of the Chera"). 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. Natives of Kerala — "Keralites" — thus refer to their land as Keralam.

It marks Lucas' first and only appearance in any of the Star Wars films. Accounts of the etymology underlying "Kerala" differ; according to the prevailing theory, it as an imperfect portmanteau that fuses kera ("coconut palm tree") and alam ("land" or "location"). 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. More than a millennium of overseas contact and trade culminated in four centuries of struggle between and among multiple colonial powers and native Keralite states, a period whose end saw on January 11, 1956 the final formation of the modern-day state of Kerala. The film concludes with Beru, Luke, and Owen staring out over the desert at Tatooine's twin suns. Subsequent contact with the Mauryan Empire spurred development of new Keralite polities, including the Cheran kingdom and feudal Namboothiri Brahminical city-states. 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. Only then did tribes of megalith-building proto-Tamil speakers from northwestern India settle in Kerala.

On Naboo, Padme's parents hold her funeral. Prehistoric Kerala's rainforests and wetlands, then thick with malaria-bearing mosquitoes and man-eating tigers, were largely avoided by Neolithic humans; indeed, no evidence of habitation prior to around 1,000 BCE exists. 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. With a 73-year life expectancy and a 91% literacy rate, Kerala is also one of India's healthiest and best-educated states. Aboard the Tantive IV, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail Organa agree to keep the children hidden and separated. With a population of around 3.18 crore (31.8 million) and 819 persons per km², Kerala is among India's most densely populated regions. 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. Kerala also envelops Mahé, a coastal exclave of the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

On Coruscant, occurring simultaneously in the film with the birth of his children, Vader is given a special suit that keeps him alive. Kerala borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to the east and northeast; to the west and south lie the Indian Ocean islands of Lakshadweep and the Maldives, respectively. Just before she dies, Padmé says there is still good in Anakin. Kerala (IPA: ['kɛrʌɹlʌ]; Malayalam: കേരളം — Keralam) is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. Padmé gives them the names Luke and Leia. However, they manage to save her babies—she delivers twins, a boy and a girl.

Padmé is given medical assistance, but although she is physically intact, her will to live is gone and she dies. Later, Palpatine arrives at Mustafar with a squad of clone troopers, and they rescue Vader from the brink of death. After picking up Vader's lightsaber, Obi-Wan leaves Mustafar with the badly-injured Padmé. He ignites into flames, sustaining near-fatal third-degree burns and severe lung damage.

Vader tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop at the edge of the lava. 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. The fierce lightsaber duel continues between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. With clone troopers coming to aid Palpatine, Yoda makes the heart-wrenching decision to retreat, and escapes with the help of Bail Organa.

In a ferocious contest of Force powers both are flung apart, Yoda falling to the floor of the Senate chamber. In the Senate building, Yoda confronts Palpatine and the two engage in a fierce battle. Obi-Wan and Vader break into a ferocious lightsaber duel. Enraged, he uses the Force to choke Padmé unconscious.

Vader sees Obi-Wan emerge from Padmé's ship, and suspects her of betraying him to his former Master. Horrified, Padmé realizes that Obi-Wan's story was true. 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. When the couple reunite on Mustafar, they embrace.

Unbeknown to her, Obi-Wan secretly boards the ship just before it takes off. Padmé later departs to Mustafar to see her husband. Obi-Wan meets with Padmé and tells her that Anakin has turned to the Dark Side, but Padmé refuses to reveal where Vader is. 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.

Yoda says they have no choice but to destroy the Sith. Obi-Wan looks into the security recordings and sees Vader slaughtering the Jedi and then kneeling to Palpatine. In the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan and Yoda reconfigure a signal to warn all Jedi to keep away. Palpatine informs the Senate of a Jedi plot to overthrow the Republic and announces that the Republic will be reorganized into the Galactic Empire.

Senator Bail Organa rescues Obi-Wan and Yoda, and brings them to the Jedi Temple before heading to the Senate building. Vader later goes to Padmé and tells her the Jedi have tried to take over the Republic. With a battalion of clone troopers, Darth Vader eradicates the Jedi in the Jedi Temple. 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.

Palpatine orders clone troopers across the galaxy to turn against their Jedi Generals. 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. Palpatine takes Anakin as his Sith apprentice, and christens him with the Sith name Darth Vader. Shocked, in pain, and caught off guard, Windu is consumed by Palpatine's Force lightning, forcing him out the window and killing him.

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. Just as Windu is about to kill the Chancellor, Palpatine tries to convince Anakin that the Jedi were really trying to take over. As Palpatine and Windu engage in a lightsaber duel, Anakin arrives. 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).

Anakin tells Jedi Master Mace Windu about Palpatine's true identity. Upon realizing this, Anakin threatens to kill Palpatine, but instead decides to expose him to the Jedi Council. Meanwhile, Anakin discovers that Palpatine is the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. 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.".

Obi-Wan manages to break open Grievous's loose chestplate, exposing the living organs in his chest. After a long chase through the Utapauian city, Obi-Wan catches Grievous at his private hangar, where they yet again fight. At this moment, the Clone Army arrives, forcing Grievous to retreat on his Wheel Bike. Undaunted by the General's four-saber technique, Obi-wan quickly finds an opening in Grievous's defences and slices off two of his four hands.

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. Obi-Wan is sent to Utapau to find General Grievous. This intrigues Anakin, due to his nightmares regarding Padmé. Palpatine says the ability to save people from death is something that can be learned, but not from a Jedi.

Palpatine subtly manipulates Anakin in their discussions, making him distrust the Jedi. 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. As the Chancellor's bodyguard, Anakin builds a close friendship with Palpatine. Later, Obi-Wan privately tells Anakin that the Council wants him to spy on the Chancellor because they believe that he is corrupt.

This enfuriates Anakin, who believes it to be an insult. The Council agrees with the Chancellor's appointment, however Anakin is not made a Jedi Master. Chancellor Palpatine makes Anakin his representative on the Jedi Council. However, Anakin is troubled by visions of Padmé dying in childbirth, visions like those he had of his mother before she died.

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. Upon his return planetside, Anakin is reunited with his wife, Padmé Amidala, and she informs him of her pregnancy. 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 fields. Anakin and Obi-Wan try to capture Grevious, eliminating most of the bridge crew in the process; Grevious escapes, however, launching the ship's escape pods.

Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the Chancellor attempt to escape the ship, but are captured by General Grevious, leader of the droid army, and taken to the bridge. Palpatine reassures him that Tyranus was too dangerous to be kept alive. Anakin immediately expresses regret; to kill a foe who surrenders is not the way of the Jedi. Palpatine urges Anakin to kill Tyranus, and despite Anakin's reservations, he does.

In the ensuing lightsaber duel, Anakin defeats Tyranus by amputating his hands. They make their way to the observatory were Chancellor Palpatine is being held captive by Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku). During the space battle, Obi-Wan's ship is damaged by two buzz droids and the two Jedi crash into the hangar of the The Invisible Hand, where the Chancellor is held hostage. The camera tracks down from a blinding Coruscanti sun, to reveal a Venator-class Star Destroyer, with two Jedi Starfighters flying alongside it.

Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a mission to rescue him. Chancellor Palpatine has been kidnapped by the Separatists second-in-command, General Grievous. The opening crawl reveals that the galaxy is in the midst of war. .

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. Released on May 19, 2005, the film was generally positively received by critics, especially in contrast to the two previous prequels. 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. 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.

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. Among fans, it is commonly referred to as ROTS. 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. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 science fiction film written and directed by George Lucas.

Until a further source fully explains this, the issue remains disputed. 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. However, Kevin J. 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.

He explains that it was the exact same one as seen in A New Hope. ^ In the DVD commentary for Revenge of the Sith, Lucas makes an offhand comment regarding the first Death Star. Halbfinger, New York Times, May 19, 2005. ^ Latest 'Star Wars' Movie Is Quickly Politicized by David M.

^ Box Office Mojo - Star Wars: Episode III. DVD-ROM content includes a free trial of Hyperspace. Production photo gallery. Trailers and TV spots.

Poster and print campaign. "A Hero Falls" music video. Star Wars: Empire at War PC game trailer. Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer and Xbox game demo.

A 15-part collection of Lucasfilm's Web documentaries. "It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III". "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. Commentary by writer-director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Roger Guyett. Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Available subtitles: English.

Instead it contained a rap video with a dancing Yoda and clone troopers. This was the first release not to contain a secret blooper reel of footage from filming as an easter egg. This has caused some backlash from fans collecting both the VHS versions, complaining that their VHS set will not be complete without Episode III. 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).

Additionally, Anakin is missing the scar on his right eye on the DVD cover. 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. 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. In all of the other films, the two characters were played by at least two different people.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

In the movie, this costume appears with the hood down. 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. However, the costume does appear in some of the deleted scenes. On the poster, Padmé wears an outfit that does not appear in the movie itself.

.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. After returning Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to Coruscant, Obi-Wan tells Anakin ". This is the first film in the Star Wars Saga in which a dream is literally depicted on camera. Episode III features the longest opening continuing shot in the entire Star Wars saga (over two minutes long).

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. 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. Copies of the film titled Charlotte are valued more than standard releases. The more common file is called something relating to Revenge of the Sith.

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. 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. (DVD audio commentary). Lucas stands on screen left talking with his youngest daughter, and his oldest daughter is in center screen, talking to her boyfriend.

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. This echoes the frequent references to World War Two in the Clone Wars TV series. There are markings on Obi-Wan's starfighter counting the number of kills he scored, a reference to World War II, where pilots often placed markings on their planes to personalize them. This is the only episode that does not have R2-D2 and/or C-3PO in the closing shot.

The original soundtrack is the only one in the prequel trilogy that does not have a shot of Tatooine as its backdrop. The scene where Amidala meets up with Anakin on Mustafar was parodied for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Incidentally, an action figure of Palpatine was also produced holding a blue lightsaber, but later corrected to red (the hilt remains incorrect). It never occurred to the effects crew that they hadn't inserted the correct hilt during post-production.

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 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. Throughout the Palpatine/Mace fight, Palpatine's hilt periodically switches to Anakin's saber hilt. Palpatine's lightsaber is also the only lightsaber that touches Mace Windu's saber blade.

Palpatine's lightsaber is the only Sith lightsaber that is never seen coming in contact with a purple-bladed lightsaber. This is the first and only Star Wars film where Palpatine wields his lightsaber. It can be heard when Obi-Wan arrives at Owen and Beru's house. 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).

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". Eventually, however, the film's casting director was able to find a very close lookalike, Wayne Pygram. Unfortunately, the footage of Cushing was deemed unusable, and the idea was scrapped. 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.

Palpatine's line, "I am the Senate," may be a reference to a quote by King Louis XIV- "I am the state.". George Lucas was not put off by this and enjoyed rubbing Natalie's buzzed hair. Natalie Portman surprised many people by showing up to the film's premieres with a shaved head (for her part in V for Vendetta). The interior of the Tantive IV was done entirely on a practical set, without the use of any bluescreen.

It can be heard briefly during the battle scene over Coruscant. 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. 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