Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Chancellor Palpatine

Weird, isn't it? I know that in Episode II, Mace Windu and Yoda discuss how the Dark Side was clouding their vision of the Force and yet, in this movie, Mace Windu said that Palpatine was surrounded by the Dark Force, and yet didn't make the connection that Palpatine was the Sith Lord that they were all looking for. I wonder why the Jedi couldn't feel that Palpatine was the bad guy, especially Yoda, who was the most gifted of them all.
Thanks to jedifreek1992, I've learned that if a Sith Lord was powerful enough, he could mask his true self :) I guess that's the reason none of the Jedi could sense him.
Also, a little trivia: Samuel L. Jackson knew he was supposed to be killed off in this movie. He told George Lucas that he wanted to die with a bang and not just be easily killed. So he and the Emperor had that great fight before his character finally died.

Answer: He thought Obi-Wan had turned Padme against him.

After Obi-Wan saw the recordings of Anakin killing the younglings he went to speak to Padme, to try and find out where Anakin was. Padme would not tell him, but decided to confront Anakin herself. Obi-Wan stowed away on her ship, and emerged when she was telling Anakin that she could not follow him on the path that he had chosen. Seeing Obi-Wan emerge from Padme's ship at this critical moment was more than Anakin could handle.

Answer: General Grievous

Sidious was the one that convinced Anakin to kill Count Dooku, who was unarmed at the time. The Anakin/Dooku battle closely resembled the Luke/Vader fight from Return of the Jedi. Darth Sidious watched both fights with interest (he planned to make the winner of each fight his next apprentice and betray his current one), while a space battle was going on in the background. The biggest difference was that Anakin gave in to hate and killed Dooku, and Luke did not give in and did not kill Darth Vader.

Answer: Darth Sidious wins a close match because Yoda retreats and fails to remove Sidious from power

No doubt many will say it was a draw (which is why I worded the question as specifically as I did), but Yoda actually loses this one. True, the fight ends with Sidious clinging for life above the Senate floor, but Yoda takes a tumble so severe it prompts a search for his body. It is not until the clones fail to find Yoda's body, that Palpatine concludes Yoda is not dead. Yoda, appearing to be mildly injured, actually retreats, and admits to Senator Bail Organa that he has failed.

Answer: No

This seemed to be the only time in this movie that we saw the human that was left in Darth Vader, as he screamed "Noooooooooooooooo!" He was deceived by his own master, who lied as Padme died in childbirth and not by Vader's hand.

Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi

The first commander Palpatine contacts is Commander Cody, and he issues Order 66 in which they must kill all Jedi. Commander Cody then issues the turbolaser to shoot down Obi-Wan Kenobi, who is riding Boga at the time.

Answer: She lost the will to live.

After Padme confronted Anakin and Obi-Wan emerged from her ship, Anakin did use the force to choke her, but not to death. Obi-Wan was able to take her for medical help, where the driods working on her informed Obi-Wan that she was dying, despite the fact that there was no physical reason. They said that she had lost the will to live, and that they must hurry and take the babies before she died. She regained consciousness only long enough to see them, and give them their names.
Ironically, Anakin turned to the dark side in an effort to save Padme from dying, as he had seen her die in his dream. However it was his betrayal that stripped her of her will to live, and caused the death he had sought to avoid.

Answer: Darth Plagueis The Wise

The four Sith Lords who actually make appearances are:

Darth Sidious aka Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine ("Episodes I, II, III, V, VI")

Darth Vader aka Anakin Skywalker ("Episodes I, II, III, IV, V, VI")

Darth Tyranus aka Count Dooku ("Episodes II, III")

Darth Maul ("Episode I")

Palpatine tells Anakin of the Sith legend of Darth Plagueis The Wise, who had power to influence the midichlorians to create life, thus cheating death. Darth Plagueis's downfall was teaching his apprentice all he knew. His apprentice killed him in his sleep. Palpatine thinks it ironic that Plagueis knew how to save those he loved, but could not save himself from death.

Answer: 4

General Grievous was trained in the Jedi arts by Count Dooku (Darth Tyranus). He killed Jedi for sport and collected their light sabers to prove it.

Answer: Obi-Wan

With Palpatine exposed as Darth Sidious, and Anakin exposed as Darth Vader, Yoda and Obi-Wan set out, individually, to confront and destroy the two Sith Lords. (Obi-Wan and Yoda are the only known survivors of a Sith/Clone attack on the Jedi.) After a gruelling duel, Obi-Wan leaves Vader legless, badly burned, and dying on the lava planet Mustafar. Vader is, of course, saved by Darth Sidious after Obi-Wan has departed.

Interesting note: In this scene Obi-Wan cries, "You were the Chosen One!" This indicates Master Kenobi believed Anakin failed to fulfill his destiny. However, earlier in the movie, Yoda indicates the Prophecy about the Chosen One may have been mistinterpreted. The Prophecy stated that the Chosen One would bring balance to the Force, and destroy the Sith. Many Jedi interpreted bringing balance to the Force, and destroying the Sith to be the same event. However, the Sith had been in hiding for a millenium and were thought extinct before the emergence of Darth Maul in "Episode I". The Force indeed, had been out of balance, as the Jedi had been unchallenged by the Dark Lords Of The Sith for a thousand years.

When Anakin (Darth Vader) helped Darth Sidious destroy the Jedi, and take complete control of the Republic/Empire, the tables were turned. In "Episodes IV-VI" it is suggested that Vader hunted and killed the few remaining Jedi in the years between "Revenge Of The Sith" and "A New Hope". Only two Jedi remained: Obi-Wan and Yoda. There was an actual mathmatical balance: 2 Jedi, and 2 Sith.

In "Return Of The Jedi" Darth Vader returns to the Light Side and kills Darth Sidious, effectively destroying the Sith.

Thus, it is plausible that the prophecy has been fulfilled, as two distinct, separate events, and that Master Yoda was right about the misinterpretation.

CORRECTION NOTE: I have only said this theory is PLAUSIBLE, not cold, hard, Lucas-endorsed fact. Further, I am aware that the novels after "Return Of The Jedi", suggest that other Jedi successfully hid and survived through the original trilogy, and that Emperor Palpatine returns as a Sith Lord in a cloned body, and that Vader had a secret Sith Apprentice who continued the order. However, these happenings are a part of the "Expanded Star Wars Universe", and are not necessarily a part of Lucas's vision. This "extra info" is based solely on the events of the six episodes that make up the two Lucas trilogies. The very name "Return Of The Jedi" suggests there are none after Yoda's death, and that Luke becoming a Jedi at the end of the movie is the return of such. Sorry for such an extensive, pre-emptive note, but I know how picky we geeks can be, and would rather type it once than reply to several correction notices.

Answer: Padme Amidala

When Anakin returns to Coruscant, he's told by Obi-Wan to mingle with the politicians. He talks with Senator Bail Organa before excusing himself, as he senses Padme behind him. He goes to Padme and they hug and kiss, glad at being reunited. Here, Padme tells him that she's pregnant and Anakin says it's the happiest day of his life. Chancellor Palpatine somehow knows that Padme is Anakin's wife and uses that as leverage to convince Anakin to turn to the Dark Side. Obi-Wan realizes that Anakin's the father only near the end of the movie. He asks Padme where Anakin is and tells her that Anakin is the new Sith Apprentice, which Padme refuses to accept. As he's leaving, Obi-Wan asks her, "Anakin's the father, isn't he?" Padme doesn't say anything but her expression answers Obi-Wan's question.

Answer: Deactivate the Jedi Temple homing beacon

After Anakin falls to the dark side and is renamed Darth Vader, Darth Sidious sends him to the Jedi Temple to kill all Jedi inside and turn on the homing beacon as a trap to any Jedi who managed to avoid Order 66. Sensing this deception, Obi-Wan and Yoda head there to stop it, where they discover the horrible truth.

Answer: R2-D2

If not for R2-D2 in almost every movie, evil would have won. In the beginning of this movie, the Supreme Chancellor was "kidnapped" and Anakin and Obi-Wan were on an elevator. One of them picked up R2 but R2 spit out oil on them and then lit a fire and burned them up. He then returned to helping Anakin and Obi-Wan.

Answer: In the Galactic Opera House

George Lucas made a cameo as a blue skinned alien in the corridor of the Galactic Opera House, to the left of the shot before the scene cut to Palpatine's box. He was accompanied in the shot by his two daughters: Amanda and Katie Lucas.

Answer: "Sith Lords are our speciality."

Obi-Wan makes a coy remark here, playing on the fact that he destroys the Sith Lord Darth Maul in "Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace".

Answer: C3PO

As C3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2D2 (Kenny Baker) were boarding the spaceship with Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), he gave the order to have the protocol droid's memory erased. Presumably this was done so that C3PO, with his tendency to gossip, did not inadvertently reveal the location, or even the existence, of the twins. However it was also necessary to explain how C3PO had no memory of either Luke (Mark Hamill) or Vader (David Prowse) in Episodes IV, V and VI.

Answer: Yoda and at least one more.

Yoda and Luminara Unduli are both present on Kashyyyk. In a single shot Unduli can be seen organizing forces on the beach in preparation for the Wookie/clone clash with the Separatist Droid Army.

Speaking of Wookies, did you ever wonder how they gave themselves names like Chewbacca and Tarfful when they can't even pronounce them?

Answer: Commander Cody

Commander Cody was the commander of the clones that Obi-Wan brought with him to defeat General Grievous on the planet of Utapau. Almost immediately after Obi-Wan killed General Grievous, the clones turned on him, after receiving order 66 from Darth Sidious.

Answer: Blue

He continues to use a light saber after he becomes a Sith Lord.

Answer: He jumped onto higher ground and waited for Anakin to follow

Hoping that Anakin's overconfidence in his own powers would be his downfall, Obi-Wan jumps to the top of a lava bank and outright tells Anakin he has the advantage. Believing himself powerful enough to win anyways, Anakin jumps at Obi-Wan, ready to impale him. He fails and loses his three remaining human limbs as a result before being burned nearly to death while a distraught Obi-Wan flees.

Answer: Bail Organa

Bail Organa, senator form Alderaan, was always sympathetic towards the Jedi. When he heard that the Jedi Temple was under attack, he flew there personally. He was denied admission by the Clone Troopers stationed there, and was just leaving as a young Jedi rushed out and took down multiple troops before being shot. Bail fled and took his ship, the Tantive IV (the same ship seen that the beginning of "A New Hope") to go and rescue any surviving Jedi. He managed to pick up both Yoda and Kenobi.

Later, when the Jedi deemed it necessary to go into hiding and to separate the children of Anakin Skywalker, he adopted Leia, who would later become one of the most prominent figures during the Galactic Civil War (seen in the original trilogy).

Answer: Green and grey

The starfighter initially used by Anakin was yellow and grey but was lost in the Battle of Coruscant as it was stuck in the hangar bay of General Grievous's flagship. The second starfighter was seen in "Revenge of the Sith" when Anakin went to Padme's apartment after the massacre at the Jedi Temple and before going to Mustafar. The starfighter in both cases was accompanied by R2-D2.

Answer: Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin, Kit Fisto, Mace Windu

Palpatine thrusts his lightsaber through the heart of Agen Kolar, then slashes through Saesee Tiin. Kit Fisto survives a few more seconds before he is also killed by a lightsaber. Mace Windu fights valiantly, but in the end is betrayed by Anakin, who cuts off his arm. Palpatine then uses force lightening to kill him and thrusts him out the window of his office.

Answer: She was adopted by Bail Organa and his wife.

Padme was made to look still pregnant at her funeral, as one of the efforts made to protect the babies. Bail Organa took the infant Leia to his home planet of Alderaan, and Obi-Wan took the infant Luke to his Uncle Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton) on Tatooine. Obi-Wan remained on Tatooine, to watch over Luke as he grew.

Answer: deals in absolutes

After Obi-Wan tracks Darth Vader to Mustafar, there is a brief dialogue between the two, just before they fight. Vader (formerly Anakin Skywalker) states, "If you're not with me, you're my enemy." To which Master Kenobi replies, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must."

Side note: This line caused quite a buzz on talk radio in the US as many American conservatives view this exchange and several other moments in the movie as shots at American President George W. Bush, who made a similar statement to Anakin's after 9-11. There's also the possibility it's a movie! With all the political and religious underpinnings of the whole "Star Wars" plot, there are bound to be parallels (unintentional or otherwise) to modern politics and religion. Maybe Lucas just made a really good film.

Who really knows?

Please Note: I am not taking a position on this, only presenting multiple sides of an issue that has caused a social stir in the US.