Revenge of the Sith... 18 Years Later

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  @tahuaroa · 3 years ago

  “all 3 Lord Of The Rings films came out before Revenge Of The Sith & they all look amazing” - no truer words spoken

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  @bensneb360 · 3 years ago

  I think we can agree Ian McDiarmid is the MVP of this movie… he is flawless

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• ER

  @ericmay560 · 3 years ago

  As a prequel lover I respect and admit to all these flaws, but I will NOT tolerate Grievous slander 😂

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• OV

  @OveranalyzingStarWars · 3 years ago

  I know a lot of people are tired of seeing Palpatine pop up all the time lately, but that's why I love him in Bad Batch. His ability to completely turn the situation with kamino in his favor is a master class in dirty politics. It would have been nice to see some of that in the prequels

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  @ktrwl8517 · 3 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aokcJMlbGA&amp;t=1230">20:30</a> the best part of the Anakin Padme scene is when you realize the two different perspectives of what’s happening here: <br>Anakin is conflicted about whether or not to interfere with Palpatine’s arrest, and he essentially knows he has to pick a side here with no going back. Anakin obviously has the force so as he’s wrestling with the decision and his mind goes to padme, he looks across Coruscant and can literally see her standing there looking back at him. She’s unaware he can see her in this moment, but is genuinely just worried about Anakin and looks over at the Jedi temple. In Anakin’s biggest moment of internal conflict, he gazes over and sees his oblivious wife in their home, pregnant with his child (only one as far as he knows), and the only person alive who’s ever truly cared about him and knows him better than anyone… and she happens to be staring back in that moment because she’s worried about him. From his pov, what else could he do but save Palpatine and ensure she doesn’t die like his mother or Qui Gon? <br><br>Idk about you but Anakin’s decisions in second half of the movie seem to make a lot of sense to me and this scene is the number one reason for that. Despite all the terrible things he does, I remember this moment and honestly feel bad for Anakin.

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  @PolillaBenG · 3 years ago (edited)

  I have no shame in saying Revenge of the Sith is my favorite movie of all time. Yes, I&apos;ve seen a lot of movies. I grew up on movies and went to film school to watch all the greats, the classics, the Oscar winners, the Citizen Kanes, the obscure French cinema, all of it. There are a lot of heavy, layered, emotional triumphs of the medium I absolutely love that far supersede this movie in quality. But none of them replicate the feeling I get watching this for the past 18 years. These films inspired me to create. <br><br>I know you&apos;ve addressed a lot of the plot holes in this movie that should prevent it from being held in such a high regard, so I&apos;ll offer some different reasons for liking this as much as I do. This is arguably Star Wars at its most Shakespearean. This entire saga is a space opera with mystical fantasy, but Episode III plays itself up in these qualities so much that it has the most bombastic, dramatic, tragic moments of the films, punctuated by John Williams with what is undeniably his most emotional score of the saga. The campiness of it only emphasizes further that this story is meant to be a theatre play brought to the screen. And there&apos;s value in stories told that way.<br><br>If you want to go down the political route with this (shocker, the Vietnam/fascism allegory that is Star Wars since 1977 is political), these were pretty poignant films to come out at the height of the Bush Administration and post-9/11 paranoia. The Phantom Menace falls less into this for obvious reasons, but if you know cinema, you know 9/11 was a fundamental turning point in pop culture in general (See Lindsay Ellis&apos; video on War of the Worlds vs Independence Day). I don&apos;t think this was an exception. Lucas has been very vocal about his opinions on the War on Terror, and making films about the undermining of democracy in the name of security, and warping public perception about a war and its justification is no coincidence. Anakin even paraphrases Bush&apos;s speeches to Congress (&quot;If you&apos;re not with me, then you&apos;re my enemy&quot;). Whether you think the politics of the prequels are boring or not, they are integral to how the story of the prequels were told. If anything, Episodes II and III are fascinating to analyze like many films in the 2000s for the real-world context they were created in. <br><br>I could write pages about this, which shows how long I&apos;ve loved this film and how it never fails to fascinate me and evoke emotion out of me. There&apos;s always something new to take away no matter how many times I watch it. If that makes my taste trash, then it&apos;s trash, but I wouldn&apos;t dare to favor any other movie above all else like I do with this one.

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• SU

  @suthius85 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m loving these &quot;Years Later&quot; videos. I think sometimes it&apos;s good to revisit certain movies that we thought was or wasn&apos;t good when we first saw them years ago.

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  @Mr.Alfredos · 3 years ago (edited)

  I think anakin’s sudden switch to the dark side slaughter Jedi’s and younglings makes more sense if you think about what palpatine said earlier, “do what must be done” and that was the only way for Anakin to dig deep enough into the dark side to become a true apprentice of the sith in order to save Padmé. Later on Mustafar after all of the killing you can see Anakin crying, which probably means that all of he slaughter wasn’t something he enjoyed, but something he did in pain.

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  @DarthRevan260 · 3 years ago

  You described exactly why I love the prequels so much - I watched the movies in chronological order first time and didn&apos;t know a thing about Star Wars. This way of watching the saga not only makes the prequels more interesting, emotional and not predictable, but also elevates the emotional impact of OT films on another level. Can&apos;t even describe my emotions when Vader saves Luke and turns light side at the end

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  @Clover_Kane · 3 years ago (edited)

  I recently rewatched all the movies and shows in chronological order and i agree, it felt very rewarding to have so much more buildup to the events of the original trilogy

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• AL

  @AlexanderM01 · 3 years ago

  When it comes to Anakin&apos;s anger towards not becoming master, I think it more so comes from how Anakin is never truly recognized as a jedi by the council, let alone a master. This is first seen in the Phantom Menace where Qui-Gon had to fight to make Anakin his apprentice, because the council didn&apos;t want him, nor did they believe he was the chosen one. I wish Attack of the Clones elaborated on this more, but this is how I always interpreted Anakin&apos;s frustration in Revenge of the Sith, even in the absence of The Clone Wars; frustrated with the fact that the jedi council basically doesn&apos;t want Anakin around. I will agree Anakin&apos;s sudden drive for mass murder is a little too much without context from The Clone Wars.

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  @logicaldude3611 · 2 years ago

  One thing this movie did spectacularly was show how Anakin and Palpatine&apos;s relationship was far closer than anyone would think. &nbsp;Anakin certainly shows that he feels closer to Palpatine than almost anyone else. &nbsp;Palpatine is like a father figure but also like the Devil on his shoulder. &nbsp;Obi-Wan is more like a much older brother and the angel on his shoulder. &nbsp;When Palpatine reveals that he knows that Anakin wants to save Padme, it&apos;s not far-fetched to figure out that Palpatine understands this just based on his extremely close relationship with Anakin. &nbsp;We know even from the OT that Jedi and Sith can sense the movements of the Force within the other person. &nbsp;Luke KNOWS there is good in Vader. &nbsp;Vader also KNOWS that Luke is willing to do anything for his friends and even realizes (because he&apos;s able to literally read Luke&apos;s mind in this situation) that Leia is Luke&apos;s sister and his own daughter.<br><br>So this idea of reading someone&apos;s mind is already existent within Star Wars when two people share a very close bond. &nbsp;And like I said earlier, Palpatine was very close to Anakin and clearly knew something was going on that Anakin couldn&apos;t share with anyone. &nbsp;His wife is pregnant... probably not hard to figure out even without the Force. &nbsp;Damaged kid, slave mom, died trying to save her, has never got over it, is secretly married... Palpatine could figure it out just based on that and all of their interactions over the years.<br><br>I understand a lot of the bad plot points in Star Wars, but Palpatine knowing Anakin and Padme were together and that he was afraid she would die is literally not even on my list.

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