Star
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Synopsis
The opening crawl reveals that the galaxy is in the midst
of war. Chancellor Palpatine has been kidnapped by the
Separatists' second-in-command, General Grievous. Jedi
Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
lead a mission to rescue him. After killing Count Dooku
and freeing the Chancellor, the Jedi attempt to escape,
but are captured by General Grievous and taken to the
bridge. Anakin and Obi-Wan manage to break free, but
Grievous escapes and traps the Jedi and the Chancellor
inside the severely damaged cruiser. Anakin is forced to
crash-land the ship on one of Coruscant's landing tracks.
Upon his return, Anakin is reunited with his wife, Padmé
Amidala, who tells him that she is pregnant. Despite Padmé's
worries over their secret marriage, Anakin is overjoyed
at this news, and the couple make plans to raise their
child. However, Anakin is troubled by visions of Padmé
dying in childbirth, visions similar to those he had of
his mother just before she died. Later, Obi-Wan privately
tells Anakin that the Council wants him to spy on the
Chancellor because they believe him to be corrupt. Anakin
resents this as the Chancellor is like a mentor to him.
As the Chancellor's bodyguard, Anakin slowly builds a
close friendship with Palpatine, who subtly manipulates
Anakin in their discussions, making him distrust the Jedi.
Palpatine claims to know of an ability to prevent death.
This intrigues Anakin, who is willing to do anything to
keep his visions from coming true once again.
Obi-Wan is sent to Utapau, where he engages and kills
General Grievous. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Palpatine
reveals himself to Anakin as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious,
who has been controlling the Republic and the Separatist
movement. Anakin leaves to expose him to the Jedi Council.
Mace Windu arrives at the Chancellor's office shortly
thereafter and eventually subdues Palpatine through a
lightsaber duel. Just as Anakin arrives, Windu is about
to slay the Chancellor. This prompts Anakin to disarm
Windu, as he believes that the Chancellor holds the only
way to save his wife. Windu is consumed by Sidious'
torrents of force lightning, forcing him out a window and
killing him. Darth Sidious takes Anakin as his Sith
apprentice and gives him the Sith name Darth Vader. He
then orders Vader to kill all Jedi within the Jedi
Temple, then to go to the Mustafar system and kill the
Separatist leaders. Palpatine orders clone troopers
across the galaxy to turn against their Jedi Generals by
enacting a pre-programmed directive called Order 66.
Numerous Jedi across the galaxy are seen being
exterminated, although both Yoda and Obi-Wan barely
manage to survive. Darth Vader begins a killing spree in
the Jedi Temple. Afterward, he goes to Padmé and tells
her the Jedi have attempted to take over the Republic and
leaves for Mustafar, where he slaughters the Separatist
leaders. Senator Bail Organa rescues Obi-Wan and Yoda,
and brings them to the Jedi Temple before heading to the
Senate building. Palpatine informs the Senate of a Jedi
plot to overthrow the Republic. As a result, he announces
that the Republic will be reorganized into the Galactic
Empire. In the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan and Yoda reconfigure
a signal to warn all Jedi to keep away. Obi-Wan looks
into the security recordings and sees Vader carrying out
the orders of Darth Sidious and kneeling to him afterward.
Though he initially refuses, Obi-Wan eventually agrees to
find and kill Vader. Obi-Wan then meets with Padmé, who
refuses to believe his claims about Anakin's fall to the
dark side. When she departs for Mustafar, Obi-Wan
secretly stows away onboard.
When the couple is reunited, Padmé pleads with Vader to
leave public life with her, but he refuses - believing
that he can overthrow Palpatine so that he and Padmé can
rule the galaxy together. Vader sees Obi-Wan emerge from
Padmé's ship, and suspects her of betraying him.
Enraged, he uses the Force to choke Padmé into
unconsciousness. Obi-Wan and Vader break into a vicious
lightsaber duel. The duel brings them out of the facility
to unprotected areas of the volcano planet. Obi-Wan
eventually gains the advantage of higher ground, but when
Vader attempts to attack again, Obi-Wan slices off both
of his legs and his left arm in two swift cuts. Vader
tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop at the
edge of the lava. He catches on fire, sustaining near-fatal
third-degree burns and severe lung damage. Obi-Wan leaves
Mustafar with the badly-injured Padmé and Anakin's
lightsaber. Later, Darth Sidious arrives at Mustafar and
rescues Vader from the brink of death.
Padmé is given medical assistance, and although she is
physically intact, her will to live is gone and she dies.
However, the medical droids manage to save her babies -
she delivers twins, a boy and a girl. Just before she
dies, Padmé gives them the names Luke and Leia and
swears to Obi-Wan that there is still good in Anakin. On
Coruscant, Vader's missing limbs and damaged body parts
are replaced by cybernetic prostheses and implants. Vader
is put into a full suit of black armor and is sealed in a
respirator mask, which will allow him to survive his
injuries. When Vader asks Emperor Palpatine about Padmé's
condition, he tells Vader that, in his anger, Vader
himself killed Padmé. Vader unleashes a furious scream
of mournful rage that destroys droids and equipment
throughout the room while Sidious looks on with an evil
grin. Aboard the Tantive IV, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail
Organa agree to keep the children hidden and separated.
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. Leia is brought to Alderaan to
live with the Queen and Bail Organa, and Luke is brought
to Tatooine to live with Owen and Beru. The film
concludes with Owen and Beru holding Luke while staring
out over the desert at Tatooine's twin suns.
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