History Trivia / RevengeOfTheSith

** The scene on Mustafar where Padme and Anakin meet was supposed to be different. Anakin would've been wielding what seems like his red lightsaber from the OT, Padme would've not been pregnant and would've been wearing different clothes, and most of all, Padme would've probably come to the conclusion that Anakin was dead and that Vader needed to die, [[http://i.imgur.com/o82yHlO.jpg as she was shown carrying a dagger.]]

* RoleReprisal: Creator/JamesEarlJones returned to voice Darth Vader 22 years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** So did many of his famous foreign dubbing voices, such as Creator/GeorgesAminel in the French version.

* 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. He is also too short to fit in the classic costume so they had to build a new one that bumps him up to the appropriate height. He actually saw mostly though the mouth grill rather than the eyes.

* RealLifeRelative: All of Creator/GeorgeLucas's adopted children appear in minor roles in this film, in addition to Lucas himself. Katie Lucas portrays Chi Eekway Papanoida, Amanda Lucas plays Terr Taneel and Jett Lucas plays Zett Jukassa.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: ''Revenge of the Sith'' marked Kenny Baker's final performance as R2-D2 before his death in 2016. He was consultant in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: ''Revenge of the Sith'' marked Kenny Baker's final performance as R2-D2 before his death in 2016.

* 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.
** Christensen is also too short to fit in the classic costume so they had to build a new one that bumps him up to the appropriate height. He actually saw mostly though the mouth grill rather than the eyes.

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

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The tall alien Obi-Wan talks to on Utapau is the Trainman from ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.
** In Tarkin's brief appearance, he is played by [[Series/{{Farscape}} Scorpius]].

* 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 Mothma's deleted scene).
* DeathByCameo: Lucas' son Jett is the Jedi who attacks the clones talking to Bail Organa outside the temple, and stunt coordinator Nick Gillard fights Anakin in one of the holographic videos.

* RecycledTitle: ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Episode VI]]'' was originally going to be called '''''Revenge''' of the Jedi'', but was changed to ''Return'' since Lucas reasoned the Jedi don't "seek vengeance". The Sith, on the other hand, definitely do.

* 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 Mothma's deleted scene.)

** The tall Alien Obi-Wan talks to on Utapau is the Trainman from ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.
** In Tarkin's brief appearances he is played by [[Series/{{Farscape}} Scorpius]].

* 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 a younger Creator/PeterCushing and couldn't bear to ''not'' cast him!
* SpoiledByTheMerchandise: ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'' was released a few weeks before ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', and contains a playable version of the entire movie (albeit modified by RuleOfFunny, CompressedAdaptation, and SpeakingSimlish).

** 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 led to reshoots that has the moment where Anakin and Padmé "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, making it more shocking when Palpatine kills Mace with power that the audience honest didn't believe he still had in him.
** 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 Padmé, was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn to the Dark Side.
** The ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' novelization also said Anakin fell into a pool of lava. In the movie he technically doesn't touch the lava, but he still gets burned anyway.

** There are 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.[[/note]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, Wat Tambor's death by Darth Vader in Mustafar[[note]]Though in the final cut, he can be seen hiding in the conference room of the factory, and images of the scene were featured in ''Revenge of the Sith'' merchandise.[[/note]]an entire subplot of Padmé 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.

** Padmé originally had a much larger role, as one of the senators opposing Palpatine's increasing accumulation of power.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that [[WoundedGazelleGambit Sidious threw the fight to manipulate Anakin]] (which is also backed by a Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} executive) while the film leaves it ambiguous.

** There are 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.[[/note]], Anakin and Obi-Wan treading through the sewers on Grievous' flagship, an entire subplot of Padmé 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.

** 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 Padmé, was originally meant to survive Anakin's turn.

** Related to the above, Count Dooku was originally to survive until the midpoint of the film, with his death being the final push Anakin needed to join the Dark Side rather than Mace Windu's. His death was instead moved to the opening sequence, which had changed from its original conception (it was going to be seven battles on seven different planets showcasing the fury of the Clone Wars, rather than Palpatine being kidnapped by Dooku and Grievous.)

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that [[WoundedGazelleGambit Sidious threw the fight to manipulate Anakin]] (which is also backed by a Lucasfilm executive) while the film leaves it ambiguous, [[TakeAThirdOption perhaps a mix of both.]]

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that [[WoundedGazelleGambit Sidious threw the fight to manipulate Anakin]] (which is also backed by a Lucasfilm executive) while the film leaves it ambiguous.

** 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 led to reshoots that has the moment where Anakin and Padmé "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.

* RecycledTitle: ''[[ReturnOfTheJedi Episode VI]]'' was originally going to be called '''''Revenge''' of the Jedi'', but was changed to ''Return'' since Lucas reasoned the Jedi don't "seek vengeance". The Sith, on the other hand, definitely do.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The tall Alien Obi-Wan talks to on Utapau is the Trainman from ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.

* RecycledTitle: ''[[ReturnOfTheJedi 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...

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

** 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]], 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.
** [[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/02/11/star-wars-deleted-scene-revenge-of-the-sith-jar-jar-binks/ According to Ahmed Best]], there was a deleted scene where, before he crowned himself Emperor, Palpatine [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame mockingly thanked]] [[UnwittingPawn Jar Jar Binks]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero for granting him the emergency power that allowed him to take over the Galaxy]]. [[BreakTheCutie Ouch.]]

** Padmé originally had a ''much'' larger role, as one of the senators opposing Palpatine's increasing accumulation of power.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamuelLJackson has stated that Mace Windu beat Palpatine. The novel implies that Sidious let himself lose, and the film leaves it ambiguous.

** There exists concept art of a teenage Boba Fett killing Mace Windu during Order 66. Windu's killer was changed to Palpatine because Lucas decided to avoid any unnecessary subplots, as well as the belief that there's no way a 16 year old could kill a Jedi Master.

* ActorAllusion[=/=]MythologyGag: The novelisation says the Jedi [[SdrawkcabName Cin Drallig]] (played by Nick Gillard, the guy who instructed the actors in the original trilogy on sword fighting) is the Jedi order's main [[MasterSwordsman lightsaber instructor.]] He's also in the video game adaptation as a boss for Anakin during the Jedi Temple massacre.

* NamesTheSame: The planet Utapau is most likely named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]], which was used as a base by the US Air Force during the VietnamWar.

** ''StarWarsCloneWars'' ended up showing the actual kidnapping of Palpatine, which was present in the early drafts of this movie but then passed over to be depicted in that series. The opening battle was originally over 45 minutes in length even after they cut out that part, including one scene having Grievous execute Shaak-Ti in front of Anakin and Obi-Wan.