History Trivia / RevengeOfTheSith

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Tarkin appears in passing towards the end largely due to the fact that they found an actor (Wayne Pygram) with an astonishing resemblance to Creator/PeterCushing and couldn't bear to ''not'' cast him!

* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/GeorgeLucas intentionally put extra weight into the Darth Vader helmet so that when Hayden Christensen first walks around in the Vader suit, he almost stumbles, since Anakin/Vader's not used to the Vader suit yet.

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti[[note]]Videogame/TheForceUnleashed took advantage of this by turning her into a boss. As far as the storyline goes, both were deleted and confirmed by ''Star Wars Insider 87'' that ''neither'' scene was canonical, and that she actually survived Order 66. (Several fan-made mash-ups of both scenes exist.[[/note]]

[[/note]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.

* DummiedOut: Originally, two different death scenes were planned for Shaak-Ti, but both were deleted and confirmed by ''Star Wars Insider 87'' that ''neither'' scene was canonical, and that she actually survived Order 66. This was later reinforced by her appearance in the video game ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed''. (Several fan-made mash-ups of both scenes exist.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/GeorgeLucas intentionally put extra weight into the Darth Vader helmet so that when Hayden Christensen first walks around in the Vader suit, he almost stumbles, since Anakin/Vader's not used to the Vader suit yet.

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti[[note]]Videogame/TheForceUnleashed took advantage of this by turning her into a boss[[/note]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.

** Lucas considered having Han Solo appear as a young boy living with the Wookiees. Concept art for this can be found in the ''Art of Revenge of the Sith'' book.

** Prior to release, rumors had spread that a young Han Solo was going to make an appearance.

** The ROTJ novelization also said Anakin fell into a pool of lava. In the movie the lava technically doesn't touch him, but he still gets burned anyway.

** A glimpse at the original backstory as seen in the novelization of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (as well as strongly implied by Leia's lines in said film) shows us that her mother, who is now known to be Padme, was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn.

* RecycledTitle: ''Episode VI'' was originally going to be called '''''Revenge''' of the Jedi'', but was changed to ''Return'' as Lucas reasoned the Jedi don't "seek vengeance". The Sith however...

** Rumors had spread that, allegedly, a young Han Solo was going to make an appearance.

** A glimpse at the original backstory as seen in the novelization of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (as well as strongly implied by Leia's lines in said film) shows us that her mother, who is now known to be Padme, was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn. Imagine the Drama that could have come out of that, as opposed to what many people viewed to be a cheap cop-out as well as a severe butchering of a character who fights a droid army alongside overwhelmed Jedi with her "losing the will to live".

* CreatorCameo: Creator/GeorgeLucas is a blue RubberForeheadAlien (Baron Papanoida) at the opera, talking to his daughter Katie (Chi Eekway Papanoida, who also appears in Mon Motha's deleted scene.)

** A glimpse at the original backstory as seen in the novelization of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (as well as strongly implied by Leia's lines in said film) shows us that who is now known as Padme was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn. Imagine the Drama that could have come out of that, as opposed to what many people viewed to be a cheap cop-out as well as a severe butchering of a character who fights a droid army alongside overwhelmed Jedi with her "losing the will to live".

** Earlier scripts had Boba Fett present and playing a significant role, Anakin turning into the black-clad cyborg we all love much earlier and not at the end, and a scene everyone would have loved: Jar-Jar contacting Padme... before being blown up.

* CreatorCameo: Creator/GeorgeLucas is a blue RubberForeheadAlien at the opera, talking to his daughter Katie.

* CreatorCameo: GeorgeLucas is a blue RubberForeheadAlien at the opera, talking to his daughter Katie.

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti[[note]]TheForceUnleashed took advantage of this by turning her into a boss[[/note]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.

* WordOfSaintPaul: SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that Sidious let himself lose, and the film leaves it ambiguous.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Anakin was originally supposed to be watching the entirety of the duel between Palpatine and Mace Windu, but they realized that the implications were too subtle and somewhat confusing. This lead to reshoots that has the moment where Anakin and Padme "watch" each other across Coruscant and the duel had to be redone because Palpatine was using Anakin's lightsaber. As mentioned by a [[WordOfGod Lucasfilm executive]], the original cut made it fairly clear Palpatine was [[WoundedGazelleGambit playing up being helpless]] to get Anakin to side with him, while the reshot version made it seem that Mace Windu could have legitimately killed him.
** A glimpse at the original backstory as seen in the novelization of ReturnOfTheJedi (as well as strongly implied by Leia's lines in said film) shows us that who is now known as Padme was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn. Imagine the Drama that could have come out of that, as opposed to what many people viewed to be a cheap cop-out as well as a severe butchering of a character who fights a droid army alongside overwhelmed Jedi with her "losing the will to live".

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti[[hottip:*:TheForceUnleashed took advantage of this by turning her into a boss]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.
* WordOfSaintPaul: SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that Sidious let himself lose, and the film leaves it ambiguous.

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti, Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.

** There is a good amount of scenes that were not included in the final film, or even finished. These include two death scenes filmed for Shaak Ti, Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padme holding meetings with Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and other senators to plan the birth of the rebel alliance and a 30-second scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah were excised.