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'''''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''''' was the third installment in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequel trilogy created by [[George Lucas]].
==Cast==
==Criticism==
It caused a very minor controversy for its supposed political overtones. Anakin Skywalker's declaration to Obi-Wan that, "If you're not with me then you are my enemy," was interpreted by some conservatives as a dig at [[President Bush]], and the fall of the Republic is seen as allegory for the rise of the so-called [[American Empire]]. For his part, Lucas has denied this is true except in the broadest terms, saying that whenever democracy becomes empire you will find similarities. He has, however, confirmed during his speech at Cannes Film Festival that when he initially conceived of Episode III, he had been thinking of [[Richard Nixon]]'s power grabs (as well as falsely insinuating that Nixon had sought out a third term for the Presidency) and the Vietnam War, and compared it to the current situation in Iraq. Despite this controversy, the film was hailed by critics as a vast improvement over the previous prequels. In addition, at least one set of dialogue was meant by Lucas to be a criticism of Bush's policies for the War in Iraq: Just prior to the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan on Mustafar, the former yells to Obi-Wan "If you are not with me, then you are my enemy!", which was meant to echo George W. Bush's line of "You're either with us or the terrorists" during Bush's September 20, 2001 State of the Union speech. Likewise, Obi-Wan's response, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes", was meant to reflect on what Lucas thought the viewers thought regarding Bush's black and white worldview.
==Trivia==
*It is the first Star Wars movie to be rated PG-13, mainly due to the suggested killing of children at the Jedi Temple and the immolation scene on Mustafar.
*It is the only movie to show the landscape of Alderaan.
*In an early draft of the script, a 10 -year -old Han Solo would have been living on Kashyyyk, the wookie Wookiee home planet.*The scene in which Palpatine tells Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis was supposed to be a parallel to the scene in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' when Darth Vader tells Luke he is his father. This would seem to suggest that Palpatine is Anakin's "father," although it's never which is sort-of confirmed in the movie or any of Legends book ''Darth Plagueis'', which states that Darth Sidious and Palpatine were both involved in the books or video games"grand experiment" that led directly to Anakin's creation.
*Liam Neeson was supposed to return as Qui-Gon Jinn, being a Force Ghost. However, an injury prevented this from happening.
*David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the Original Trilogy, had expressed interest in returning.
==Links==
*[httphttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] at the Internet Movie Database
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