History Trivia / RevengeOfTheSith

* DeletedRole: Creator/LiamNeeson has said that he recorded a cameo as Qui-Gon Jinn, which was to feature in a scene with Yoda, further explaining the concept of a Jedi communicating from beyond the grave. In the script, the dialogue (in which Qui-Gon is heard, not seen) appeared in the scene, in which Yoda is meditating on the secret asteroid base, just before Bail Organa informs him of Obi-wan's return with Padmé. The scene does not appear in the deleted scenes section of the DVD, however, an unfinished version was included in the Blu-ray release box set.
* DeletedScene: A scene in which Anakin and Obi-Wan discuss battle strategy via hand signals.

** [[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 mockingly thanked [[UnwittingPawn Jar Jar Binks]] for granting him the emergency powers that allowed him to take over the Galaxy.
** Lucas considered having Han Solo appear as a young boy raised by Chewbacca, but decided against it due to the improbability of it and the plot hole that would be created by young Han knowing of and interacting with the Jedi, yet not believing in the Force as an adult. Concept art for this can be found in the ''Art of Revenge of the Sith'' book and is reproduced [[http://www.slashfilm.com/see-lucasfilms-concept-art-of-young-han-solo/ here.]]

** Padmé originally had a much larger role talking with other senators about opposing Palpatine's increasing accumulation of power, the "delegation of 2,000." Officially this remains canon, and was the early beginnings of the Rebel Alliance as many of the same senators became Rebel leaders like Mon Mothma and Bail Organa, but was cut because it was a subplot that ''couldn't'' [[ForegoneConclusion go anywhere]] and it was just a few more political meetings. Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma ended up a DeletedRole in this film, but was [[RoleReprisal brought back]] to play the character in ''Film/RogueOne''.

** The original script revealed that Palpatine used the power of the Force to will the midi-chlorians to start the cell divisions that created Anakin, as part of an evil scheme to breed the perfect Sith. The conversation ended with Palpatine saying "You might say [[LukeIAmYourFather I'm your father]]."

* 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; after the Disney reboot, the second death scene--where Anakin kills her at the Jedi Temple--was eventually confirmed to be canon.[[/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.
** Anakin was originally going to have a mohawk and a tattoo. George Lucas cancelled that because he felt it was "[[TotallyRadical Too Much]]." Another look he had in mind was long hair with a ponytail, but decided against it because it made him look "[[PrettyBoy Too Pretty]]."

** 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.

** Anakin was originally going to have a mohawk and a tattoo. George Lucas cancelled that because he felt it was "[[TotallyRadical Too Much]]." Another look he had in mind was long hair with a ponytail, but decided against it because it made him look "[[{{Bishonen}} Too Pretty]]."

* CreatorCameo: George Lucas is a blue alien in the opera house, named Baron Papanoida.

* Loopinglines: Creator/HaydenChristensen and Creator/EwanMcGregor had to record grunts for when they were fighting. That's right. ''Grunts''.

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

** 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.

** The original script revealed that Palpatine used the power of the Force to will the midi-chlorians to start the cell divisions that created Anakin, as part of an evil scheme to breed the perfect Sith. The conversation ended with Palpatine saying "You might say [[LukeIAmYourFather I'm your father]]".

* RealLifeRelative: All of Creator/GeorgeLucas's adopted children appear in minor roles in this film, in addition to Lucas himself. As Anakin enters the opera house, Lucas is talking to Katie ([[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chi_Eekway_Papanoida who is playing his character's daughter as well]]) and Amanda plays [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Terr_Taneel a red-haired Senator who walks by]]. As some troopers are trying to dismiss Senator Organa during the attack on the Jedi Temple, they're attacked by Jett Lucas (whose character name is [[{{Tuckerization}} Zett Jukassa]]).

* FanNickname: Palpatine is [[MemeticMutation often called]] "The Senate", after his IAmTheNoun line.

* 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 (Creator/DavidProws is 5 inches taller than Christensen) so [[ScullyBox 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.

* 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 (David Prowse is 5 inches taller than Christensen) so [[ScullyBox 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.

* ActingForTwo: Ki-Adi Mundi and Nute Gunray are both played by Silas Carson.

* UncreditedRole: Creator/TomStoppard was an uncredited script doctor on the screenplay.

** Lucas considered having Han Solo appear as a young boy raised by Chewbacca, but decided against it due to the improbability of it and the plot hole that would be created by young Han knowing of and interacting with the Jedi, yet not believing in the Force as an adult.
Concept art for this can be found in the ''Art of Revenge of the Sith'' book and is reproduced [[http://www.slashfilm.com/see-lucasfilms-concept-art-of-young-han-solo/ here.]]

** Lucas considered having Han Solo appear as a young boy raised by Chewbacca. Concept art for this can be found in the ''Art of Revenge of the Sith'' book and is reproduced [[http://www.slashfilm.com/see-lucasfilms-concept-art-of-young-han-solo/ here.]]

** The original script revealed that Palpatine used the power of the Force to will the midi-chlorians ro start the cell divisions that created Anakin, as part of an evil scheme to breed the perfect Sith. The conversation ended with Palpatine saying "You might say [[LukeIAmYourFather I'm your father]]".

** There exists concept art of a teenage Boba Fett killing Mace Windu during Order 66. Windu's killer was changed to Palpatine, as Lucas felt Boba was far too young to believably pose a challenge to a Jedi Master.

* FanNickname: Palpatine is Senate or The Senate.

** Ahmed Best [[http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/star-wars/268861/star-wars-jar-jar-binks-fate-how-actor-ahmed-best-originally-wanted-the-character-to-get-hacked-to asked George Lucas to kill off Jar Jar Binks]] in the film just so the character, already reduced to a cameo role, could have a dramatic send off, but George didn't want to do it.