= - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH MOVIE FAQ = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = written by: paranoidxe email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com version: 1.2 ****THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE "STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED!!**** This FAQ deals with questions relating to Episode III, however since it is part of the series many of these questions will deal with Episode IV the sequel to episode III. +------------------+ UPDATE HISTORY +------------------+ 1.2a - added 44. Why did Vader need the suit anyway? 1.2 - added 40. Why is the empire bad? 41. Why didn't Order 66 kill Anakin? 42. Why was Anakin choosen over Dooku as a Apprentice? 43. Was Sidious in true form after the mace battle or was his form cased by damage in the battle? updated 9. What was the point of rescuing Palpatine at the beginning? 23. Why didn't Obi-Wan finish off Vader/Anakin at the end? 36. What was the deal with Obi-Wan taking off from Utapau? 1.1 - added 38. What was the deal with Obi-Wan taking off from Utapau? 39. Why did it take them so long to build the 1st death star? 1.0b - added search functionality 1.0a - Guide is considered complete. I will add new information as needed, but for the most part its completed in terms of new questions. [USING SEARCH FUNCTION] For better navigation, you can use your search function to skip directly to the question you are looking for. Just do a search in the following format: #QA where is the question number. So for example, if I wanted to look for question 23, then I would use Find in my text editor or browser and do a search for #QA23. This will jump directly to the question you want to view. x-----------------x TABLE OF CONTENTS x-----------------x 1. Was Sidious Able to Read Anakins/Vaders Mind? 2. What was ment when Obi-Won said "I have the higher ground" during the epic battle between him and Vader? 3. Why is Episode III rated PG13? 4. Was Anakin's visions created by Sidious? 5. Does the digital theater version differ from regular theater release? 6. Why was Mace's allies taken out so easily by sidious? 7. What are the supposed cut scenes I've heard about? 8. How does Obi-Wan know Padme is pregnant? 9. What was the point of rescuing palpatine at the beginning? 10. Why does Liea claim to have seen her mother, but she died on delivery? 11. Why did Obi-Wan give Luke the light sabre saying his father wanted him to have it? When there was no pact in Episode 3? 12. Why did Anakin/Vader choke out Padme? 13. Why did Anakin turn to the dark side? 14. How did Padme die? 15. Was the Mace Vs Palpatine fight setup to lure Anakin further to the dark side? 16. Why didn't Obi-Wan remember owning a droid in ep. IV? 17. Why does Padme still look pregnant during the funeral? 18. What was Order 66? 19. Why was sidious undetectable by the Jedis? 20. Why did Padme's pregnancy progress so quickly? 21. Why did Padme's pregnancy progress so slowly? 22. What was supposed to be the major twist in the movie? 23. Why didn't Obi-Wan finish Vader at the end of Episode 3? 24. Why didn't Vader know of his children in Ep. IV? 25. Was Anakin's life created by Darth Plagueis? 26. Did Yoda and Obi-Wan know Anakin/Vader was still alive at the end of Episode III? 27. So did the prophecy for Anakin come true? 28. How old were Anakin and Padme in Episode 3? 29. Was Obi-Wan trained by Qui-Gon or Yoda? 30. What is the meaning behind Order 66? 31. Is there bootleg copies of Episode III online? 32. What is Padme's last line in the movie? 33. How could they have survived the lava at the end? 34. Is this really going to be the last episode of Star Wars? 35. Who Is Mon Mothma? How Does She Relate To ep. III? 36. If they could clone, Clone Troopers why couldn't they clone parts? 37. Why doesn't 3CPO remember anything in Episode IV? 38. What was the deal with Obi-Wan taking off from Utapau? 39. Why did it take them so long to build the 1st death star? 40. Why is the empire so bad? 41. Why didn't Order 66 kill Anakin? 42. Why did the Emperor want Anakin as his apprentice over Dooku? 43. Was Sidious in true form after the battle with mace, or was it damage resulting from the battle? 44. Why did Vader need a suit? His Lungs weren't Damaged! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAS SIDIOUS ABLE TO READ ANAKINS/VADERS MIND? #QA01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It would appear so, Sidious was able to tell when Anakin was uneasy about spying on him. He knew the Jedi asked him to do it. He knew of Anakin's vision of Padme dying. Its more apparent so when Vader is struck down by Obi-Wan, Sidious knew he was in trouble ahead of time. Knowing about the images of Padme dying might have been known because he could of some how put them in his head..but that still doesn't explain how he knew that the jedi's had Anakin spy on him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WAS MENT WHEN OBI-WAN SAID "ITS OVER I HAVE THE HIGHER GROUND." TO ANAKIN/VADER DURING THE EPIC BATTLE? #QA02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It ment exactly what he said, it ment that Obi-Wan had the advantage and he was suggesting to Anakin to give up now because he cannot win. Anakin, being over confident tells Obi-Wan that he underestimates his powers. So his arrogance is what put Anakin down. Also, if you notice during the movies his favorite move was to jump over his opponent and attack them from behind. Since Obi-Wan was higher than Anakin, Obi-Wan knew he would not be able to jump high enough to avoid Obi-Wan's blade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY IS EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH RATED PG-13? #QA03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The movie isn't too terribly violent, there is no nudity of ANY KIND in the movie, and the language isn't bad either. The only possible situations to describe why this movie is rated PG-13: - Sidious is vicious and quite evil compared to the sequels. He may be able to scare a younger audience. - Vader is burned during the movie, which is pretty graphic..it shows Anakin in quite a bit of pain. - Anakin kills the Younglings, though it doesn't actually show it. It does show their bodies later in the movie, but there are no visible wounds to the bodies. - Count Dooku is decapitated early in the film. - Mace's death, his arm is cut off and he is electrocuted out the window, while screaming in pain. - The theme of the movie is overall much darker than the other films in my opinion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAS ANAKINS VISIONS OF PADME CREATED BY SIDIOUS? #QA04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its possible that Sidious gave him these visions, so that he could use it to his advantage to convert Anakin. But there really is no answer one way or the other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOES THE DIGITAL THEATER VERSION OF EP. III DIFFER FROM THE RELEASE TRADITIONAL THEATERS GOT? #QA05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, there are rumors going around that there is extra footage in the digital release. These rumors are just that, rumors..THERE is NO difference between the two types AT ALL. The only thing you'll find here different is the picture quality. Though there are rumors of different prints out there, it is unlikely that there is and people are just trying to stir rumors up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY WAS MACE'S JEDI MASTERS TAKEN OUT SO EASILY BY SIDIOUS? #QA06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the movie when Mace goes to capture Palpatine, he has 3 other fighters with him. As he confronts Palpatine, Palpatine shows his powers and defeats the 3 other fighters with ease. The reasoning behind this is to show that Sidious is very powerful, and it also shows you that Yoda and Mace were the best of the best in terms of Jedi skills. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT ARE THE SUPPOSED CUT SCENES I HEARD ABOUT? #QA07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are UNVERIFIED, and if they are true will probably make it to the DVD release: - FedCruiser Scenes Cut - Mace greets Palpatine and the Jedi after the crash landing - Yoda, Obi-Wan and Mace discuss the dark side in Yoda's HQ - Bail and fellow Senators speak about the Senate - Obi-Wan tells Padme of his worries about Anakin and that he knows that they are in love. - Meeting with Organa, Mon Mothma and Padme - Anakin informs Palpatine that Obi-Wan soon will have Grievous' head - Jar Jar greets Anakin at Senate - Anakin confronts Padme - Republican Cruiser arrives at Utapau - Obi-Wan chooses his lizard ride - Mace talks with Yoda on Kashyyk, telling him of his plans to arrest Palpatine - Padme presents to Palpatine the Senators' Petition - Utapau Windmill - Yoda and Chewbacca ambush an AT-ST - Yoda Lands on Dagobah PLEASE, TAKE THIS AS A GRAIN of SALT. Its possible that some of these scenes didn't ever exist in the first place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DOES OBI-WAN KNOW THAT PADME IS PREGNANT? #QA08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its fairly obvious that Padme is pregnant by the time he reveals that he knows that she is. It could be her obvious stomach sticking out, or the fact that he could use the force to be able to tell that she was pregnant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WAS THE POINT OF RESCUING PALPATINE AT THE BEGINNING? #QA09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The point was to test Anakin to see if he was ready to join Sidious as a Sith. Sidious told Dooku that if Anakin did happen to win his life would be spared, however this wasn't the case as Sidious ended up telling Anakin to kill him. It may also be a setup to kill Obi-Wan to drive Anakin to the darkside further. However, obviously they fail in that aspect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY IS LEIA ABLE TO SEE IMAGES OF HER MOTHER WHEN HER MOTHER DIED SHORTLY AFTER DELIVERY? #QA10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the most common questions, If Leia is able to use the force she is able to invision people from the future and the past. She might have seen her mother in a vision she had. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DID OBIE-WAN GIVE LUKE THE LIGHTSABER SAYING "YOUR FATHER WANTED YOU TO HAVE THIS" WHEN IN EP. III THERE WAS NO PACT? #QA11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Obi-Wan wanted to protray Luke's father (Anakin) as a hero instead of a criminal. Simply went better with the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DID ANAKIN CHOKE OUT PADME AT THE END OF EP. III? #QA12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anakin did NOT realize that Obi-Wan came as a uninvited guest on Padme's ship. He thought that Padme betrayed him and aligned herself with Obi over him. In anger he choked her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SO WHY DID ANAKIN TURN TO THE DARK SIDE? #QA13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- He turns to the darkside in the belief that his visions of Padme dying were to come true. Chancellor Palpatine (Emperor) convinced him that by him turning to the dark side he could have powers unachievable by a Jedi. He figured having more powers would prevent Padme's Death. Other events included: - The Jedi Counsel not promoting Anakin to Jedi Master - Mace not allowing Anakin to come with him to capture Chancellor Palpatine - His mother dying, when he was very young - Revenge on the Sand People The ultimate event that lead to his turning is Anakin revealing that Chancellor Palpatine was actually a Sith and a Traitor. Mace goes to capture Palpatine, Anakin disobeys orders and goes to the Palace. Mace wants to kill Palpatine, Anakin doesn't want him dead because of his claim that he is the only one that can save Padme. Mace about kills Palpatine but Anakin cuts off his arm and Palpatine (in Emperor form) kills Mace. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DID PADME DIE IN EPISODE III? #QA14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- She did NOT die because Anakin choked her out, like the emperor implied at the end of the movie. She died because she "didn't have the will to live" as the bot said during delivery. Yes it is pretty lame way to die, but you have to look at it this way: - her work was pointless, the republic had changed into a empire now. - the love of her life, Anakin is no more. As far as she is concerned he is dead, she doesn't know that Anakin (now Vader) is still alive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAS THE MACE VS SIDIOUS FIGHT SETUP TO TURN ANAKIN TO THE DARK SIDE? #QA15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The aspect that is in question is when Sidious is seen severely "weakened" as Mace hovers over him. Sideous tries to claim he is nearly dying to Anakin and that if he lets him die Padme will die too. The question is did Sidious intentionally get into the position of defeat or did Mace really actually take him down? Ideas that go with the idea that Sidious setup the fight like this: - Sidious was setting up Anakin to see if he was really loyal to him and the darkside. By putting himself in this position, Anakin had to make the ultimate decision between the Jedi and Sith. - Sidious beat the living piss out of Yoda, the master jedi. Why would Sidious have any problem defeating Mace? - Sidious needed the "Jedis are taking over" line to be more convincing by putting Mace into position as if Mace was going to kill him. - Sidious backed himself into the wall just as Anakin was walking in the door. Coincidience? Ideas that go AGAINST the theory: - Sidious would not chance his death for Anakin to become his pupil. - Mace was dubbed a great Swordsman in previous episodes, so it is possible that he really did put Sidious into such a poor position. - Sidious had no light sabre, and seemingly no way to get out of the position he was in, the only reason he was left alive because Mace was contemplating weither or not to obey the Jedi Code "never kill a unarmed man", but when the decision to kill him was made, Anakin interferred. - Mace is known to be able to tap into the darkside and use it during combat, so it is possible for Mace to get the advantage on Sidious. A combination of both would be that Mace really did beat down on Sidious, but he faked being injuried to lure Anakin in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHY DIDN'T OBI-WAN REMEMBER OWNING DROIDS IN EP. VI? #QA16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many people theorize with the fact that the droids actually belonged to Anakin, therefore from a technical stand point he did not own any droids. The fact is Obi-Wan really didn't own any droids, R2 was Anakin's not his. The only association of a droid to Obi-Wan would be R4, in which we aren't really sure if he actually "owned" the droid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHY WAS PADME'S STOMACH STILL LARGE DURING HER FUNERAL SCENE? #QA17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ They did it to protect her kids. It was to appear as though she died with the babies still in her. This way there would be no question from Vader or the Emperor to search the galaxy searching for his kids. So we wouldn't have to sit through Episode 3 1/2 :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT WAS ORDER 66? #QA18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A programmed command put in by the emperor. When this order was executed it caused all the clones to turn against the Jedi Masters and kill them. Order 66 was essentially designed to kill all Jedis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHY WAS SIDIOUS UNDETECTABLE BY JEDIS? #QA19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Under normal circumstances, a Jedi is able to sense a Sith. However, Sidious is powerful enough that he can block the force from being able to "see" him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DID PADME'S PREGNANCY PROGRESS SO QUICKLY IN THE MOVIE? #QA20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anakin was gone in the clone wars, Padme was pregnant BEFORE she told him, and we are NEVER told what stage she is in during her pregnancy. So it could have been any number of months since she had been pregnant. Plus, it shows that she is pretty far along when she tells Anakin, so she must be pretty close to term anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW DID PADME'S PREGNANCY PROGRESS SO SLOWLY IN THE MOVIE? #QA21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now on the opposite side of the spectrum. Since Anakin had been gone for years fighting the clone wars before returning to see Padme. One might ask why the pregnancy progressed so slowly. Its possible that the pregnancy term for a woman from Naboo differs from a typical 9-month human term. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAJOR TWIST IN THIS EPISODE? #QA22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was supposed to be a major twist in the story of episode III, but it isn't very easy to tell exactly what they are talking about. I have a few theories: - Chancellor Palpatine is Sidious/The Emperor, but I thought thie was fairly obvious. I always thought it was him all the way back in Episode I. - Vader (Anakin) life was created from Sidious' Master, Darth Plagius. (questionable?) - Possibly the irony that Anakin is key on saving Padme's life by turning to the darkside, but it is his turning that actually kills her ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHY DIDN'T OBI-WAN FINISH OFF ANAKIN/VADER AT THE END? #QA23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There could be a few reasons why Obi-Wan did not kill Anakin: - loyality to the jedi code, Anakin was unarmed after Obi-Wan cut off his arm, and legs - He felt as though Anakin was going to die there anyway - Anakin had drifted pretty close to the lava, perhaps he felt it was a danger to him to get close - Anakin didn't lose powers, he may have still been able to do something to Obi had he got close to him. - Obi couldn't kill Anakin because he thought of Anakin like a brother, he states earlier in the movie that he couldn't do it. - The words "I LOVED you like a brother" indicate that Obi-Wan simply felt that he could not be redeemed and he felt he needed to suffer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DIDN'T VADER KNOW HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN IN EPISODE IV? #QA24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- he was tricked into believing that Padme died with the babies. In Episode V "Empire Strikes Back" is when he is told that they have survived. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAS ANAKIN LIFE CREATED BY DARTH PALGUEIS? #QA25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no official answer to this question, some believe that he was others do not. Some believe Sidious was simply lying to him into believing that Darth Palgueis had the ability to take and give life. (which for Anakin's case would save Padme) By convincing Anakin that the power could only be achieved by Siths this starts to convince him that if he were to join Sidious he could have the powers to create/take live, which would make him believe he could save Padme. Others on the other hand believe that he was not lying to Anakin, and really did have something to do with the creation of "The Chosen One". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DID YODA AND OBI-WAN KNOW THAT ANAKIN/VADER WAS STILL ALIVE? #QA26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, I do not believe that they knew that Vader/Anakin was still alive. The main purpose for hiding the children were to keep it away from Sidious. I believe they found out Anakin/Vader was alive sometime inbetween Episode III and Episode IV. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SO WAS THE PROPHECY FOR ANAKIN TRUE? #QA27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, at the end of "Return of the Jedi" it is ultimately Anakin who kills Sidious. He is the one that brings balance to the force. As Yoda said, the prophecy could have been misunderstood. No one knew that Anakin would join the dark side in order to bring balance later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW OLD IS PADME AND ANAKIN IN EPISODE III? #QA28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anakin is 23, Padme is 27. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAS OBI-WAN TRAINED BY QUI-GON OR YODA? #QA29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A supposed plot hole relating to Phantom Menace, I have decided to include it. I believe that Obi-Wan was trained by BOTH Qui-Gon and Yoda, but he was trained by Yoda at a younger age. The reason this question is brought up is because in Empire Strikes Back, Obi-Wan claims to have been trained by Yoda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND ORDER 66? #QA30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, the most common explaination is it is a reference to the number of the beast (666). Others believe it is just a random number that Lucas felt sounded good. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IS THERE BOOTLEG COPIES OF EPISODE III ONLINE? #QA31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, some of them are very poor quality, while others are very good quality. I will not give any direct sources to the files, but you can find in on programs such as eMule/eDonkey, BitTorrent, Newsgroups, etc. Please realize that it is ILLEGAL, and MPAA IS VERY ACTIVE in getting people for uploading such content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WAS PADME'S LAST LINE IN THE MOVIE? I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT HELP! #QA32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its kinda hard to understand her, but she says to Obi-Wan... "Obi-Wan...There is still good in him...I know..there's still" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW COULD THEY HAVE SURVIVED THE LAVA AT THE END OF THE MOVIE? #QA33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well for one it is a movie. Do light sabres exist? Do Jedis exist? Do Siths exist? Ok then. This movie isn't based on the life here, it is a completely made up universe, rules that apply in real life do NOT apply in the movies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IS THIS REALLY THE LAST EPISODE OF STAR WARS? #QA34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- YES! There is not going to be a sequel to the orignal trilogy, Lucas himself has no plans to make another sequel. The series is considered complete with Episode III. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS MON MOTHMA? HOW DOES SHE RELATE TO EP. III? #QA35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Senator to Chandrila. She becomes the leader of the rebel alliance. There is a scene that is cut from episode 3 that involves her. That is about the extent of her involvment of episode 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF THEY COULD CLONE TROOPERS, THEN WHY CAN'T THEY CLONE PARTS? #QA36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its simple, for one it would defeat the purpose of Vaders suit, thus destorying the orignal trilogy. For two, we are never told or lead to believe that they could clone body parts. For three, we do not know how advanced they were at cloning, they may have not had the knowledge on how to produce specific parts rather just complete units. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DOESN'T 3CPO REMEMBER ANYTHING IN EPISODE IV? #QA37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simple, his mind was wiped at the end of Episode III. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH OBI-WAN "TAKING OFF" FROM UTAPAU? #QA38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated, its not a hologram as I thought it was. In fact it was just R4 taking the ship itself. Obi-Wan was actually in the ship but hid as the droid took off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO BUILD THE FIRST DEATH STAR? #QA39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The best explaination is that the first death star was a prototype, therfore it took a lot longer to build. It could also be assumed that perhaps they had more man power when they were rebuilding the second one. Its also entirely possible that the 2nd death star was not as complete on the interior as it may have appeared on the exterior. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY IS THE EMPIRE SO BAD? #QA40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The empire is dictatorship. In otherwords the world would be run by one man (the emperor) or perhaps two (vader/emperor). The empire is after peace, yes however they do not care about life and they are also obsessed with power. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DIDN'T ORDER 66 KILL ANAKIN? #QA41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidious wanted Anakin as a Sith, if he were to program the clone troopers to kill Anakin why waste his time with Anakin? In otherwords, the troops were probably programmed not to kill Anakin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DID THE EMPEROR WANT ANAKIN OVER DOOKU AS A APPRENTICE? #QA42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well for starters, Anakin kicked Dooku's butt at the beginning. The second reason would be because of the age of Dooku, Anakin being younger means he would have a apprentice much longer than Dooku could offer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAS SIDIOUS IN TRUE FORM AFTER THE FIGHT WITH MACE OR DID HE APPEAR THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE IN THE BATTLE? #QA43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no 100% true answer to this. Some believe that the lightning is what made him deformed and disfigured...which is why he appears so hidious through out the rest of the movie. Its also possible that he reverted to his true form during the battle with Mace as an effect to get Anakin to defend him and believe that the Jedi were truely taking over. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DID VADER NEED THE SUIT ANYWAY? HIS LUNGS WEREN'T DAMAGED?! #QA44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To avoid infection, if your skin is nearly missing you have nothing to protect your body from infections in the air. Its also possible that his lungs were damaged from the fumes of the lava.