History YMMV / RevengeOfTheSith

* AssPull: At the end of the film, Bail Organa orders C-3PO's mind wiped. There's no reason to do this (especially since he didn't order R2-D2's mind wiped as well) except to maintain continuity with the original trilogy.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In the Japanese dub, Obi-Wan's infamous line: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" was changed to:「シースの論理は独裁主義だ。」, which literally translates to: "The way of the Sith is despotism." Many fans familiar with both dubs agree that the Japanese line makes far more sense given that everything the Jedi do is also absolute (making his English statement wildly hypocritical), and helps to more naturally bridge Obi-Wan's previous line in favor of democracy with his subsequent declaration that he must fight Anakin.

** When Grievous is getting his lightsabers out in front of Obi-Wan, it's pretty easy to tell that Creator/EwanMcGregor is looking at a green screen the whole time, as he shows little reaction to this and keeps his guard down the whole time, just awkwardly standing there. He doesn't even flinch when Grievous waves the lightsabers dangerously close to his face. This could be {{Justified}} as Kenobi's expression indicates this was not [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the first or second time Obi-Wan had faced Grievous in combat]].

* CargoShip: Obi-Wan and the High Ground.

* EvilIsSexy: Anakin/Vader, thanks to his portrayal by the fangirl-friendly Creator/HaydenChristensen. The period between his becoming a Sith Lord and becoming disfigured is where he commits some of his greatest atrocities in the franchise, and is also where he's at his most attractive according to many

* EvilIsSexy: Anakin/Vader, thanks to his portrayal by the fangirl-friendly Creator/HaydenChristensen. The period between his becoming a Sith Lord and becoming disfigured is where he commits some of his greatest atrocities in the franchise, and is also where he's at his most attractive according to many.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Anakin/Vader going on a starfighter mission to save an abducted Palpatine? [[VideoGame/TIEFighter That sounds familiar]]… Also makes it HilariousInHindsight.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While it had highly polarizing reception, the film was considered a breath of fresh air at the time of its release for having a [[DarkerAndEdgier very dark tone]] and tragic plot that let it stand out from the other two Prequels, not to mention [[JustHereForGodzilla depicting Darth Vader on-screen as a villain for the first time in ages]].[[note]]While Anakin spends roughly half of the film as "Vader", he only appears in his iconic suit of armor for one scene at the end of the films.[[/note]] However, Disney's ''Star Wars'' films have caused the film to go through UniquenessDecay; contemporary ''Star Wars'' films are consistently PG-13 and are less blatantly "toyetic" than the Prequels, and the suited Vader reappeared in both ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' (the latter show even having Creator/HaydenChristensen reprising the role) with much more impressive and terrifying scenes than [[{{Narm}} the]] [[MemeticMutation one]] he was given in ''Revenge of the Sith''.

---->'''Yoda:''' Not… if anything to say about it… '''''I HAVE!'''''

** Order 66, while already bad enough on its own, become even worse once you've seen ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' because the clones are being forced by inhibition chips to fire on those that considered them to be actual people and not expendable (such as Plo Koon). Twisting the knife further, is that most of them suffered PTSD as a result.

* ContestedSequel: Like the other two Prequel Trilogy theatrical films, though leaning more towards the positive end of the spectrum. Many fans regard the film as a SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to the previous Prequel Trilogy films, although opinions are all over place. In general, ''Revenge of the Sith'' is one of the most polarizing of all nine ''Star Wars'' films, from both ends, only behind ''Film/TheLastJedi'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. Some fans love the film for its DarkerAndEdgier tone and multi-layered, intriguing and tragic plot. Others hate it for the craploads of {{narm}} and bad acting and dialogue and idiotic character decisions that it retains from the other two Prequels, as well as for trying ''so'' hard to make Vader into a tragic figure when many people come away thinking that Anakin was bad news all along and he had little to redeem himself (most notably killing children and his wife). Others TakeAThirdOption and state that while the film definitely falls short compared to the Original Trilogy and has plenty of narm to go around, it's still the best entry in the Prequel Trilogy and is fairly enjoyable in its own right.

* EvilIsSexy: Anakin/Vader, thanks to his portrayal by the fangirl-friendly Creator/HaydenChristensen. The period between his becoming a Sith Lord and becoming disfigured is where he commits some of his greatest atrocities in the franchise, and is also where he's at his most attractive according to many.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was always regarded as the best of the prequel trilogy, many fans still thought it was inferior to the original trilogy. Over the years, the strong writing, iconic heartbreaking scenes, memorable fight scenes, and positive CharacterPerceptionEvolution of Anakin Skywalker into a TragicVillain, have made this one of the most highly regarded Star Wars movies of all time.

* TheUntwist: Unless you theorized that Padme was RomanticFalseLead for Anakin or that, even after their marriage from the previous film, the mother of Luke and Leia would somehow be another woman [[HeroicBastard out-of-wedlock]], the film outright confirmed in the beginning that she's pregnant with Anakin's child and she (but not Anakin/Vader) only learned it's twins near the ending, with her naming them Luke and Leia. [[DoomedByCanon She also died]] [[DeathByChildbirth from childbirth]] (and [[DeathbyDespair despair]]), explaining why her twin children were adopted into two different families in the Original Trilogy.

** Ditto Anakin's line "If you're not with me...then you're my enemy." This has been interpreted as reference to (one formulation of) the Bush Doctrine that countries that support terrorist groups are to be treated as if the terrorists are acting on their behalf. (It's also a re-phrasing of the [[NotSoDifferent classic liberal political saying, "You're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem."]]) [[OlderThanTheyThink The line goes back to]] Literature/TheBible if not earlier.

** Ditto Anakin's line "If you're not with me...then you're my enemy." This has been interpreted as reference to (one formulation of) the Bush Doctrine that countries that support terrorist groups are to be treated as if the terrorists are acting on their behalf. (It's also a re-phrasing of the classic liberal political saying, "You're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem.") [[OlderThanTheyThink The line goes back to]] Literature/TheBible if not earlier.

*** The above line, changing it to "I will ruin you!", as if Anakin is [[Foreshadowing vowing that he'll have his revenge one day for what Obi-Wan has done to him]].

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was always regarded as the best of the prequel trilogy, many fans still thought it was inferior to the original trilogy. Over the years, the strong writing, iconic heartbreaking scenes, memorable fight scenes, and positive CharacterPerceptionEvolution of Anakin Skywalker into a Tragic Villain, have made this one of the most highly regarded Star Wars movies of all time.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [[VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith video game adaptation]] of the film for [=PS2=] and [=Xbox=] was generally well-received, and is well-regarded over a decade later. Supporters cite it having decent gameplay, a well-polished lightsaber combat system, and of course [[RootingForTheEmpire letting you play as Anakin/Vader at his prime]], complete with an alternate ending.

* {{Fanon}}: Many fans like to believe that Darth Plagueis' life-creating experiments caused Shmi Skywalker's unexplained MysticalPregnancy, and that Anakin has abnormally powerful Force abilities because he's essentially a HumanWeapon created by a Sith Lord. This used to be considered a semi-official theory because Lucas counted it as a possibility in an interview,[[note]]"There is a hint in the movie that there was a Sith Lord who had the power to create life. But it's left unsaid: Is Anakin a product of a super-Sith who influenced the Midichlorians to create him, or is he simply created by the Midichlorians to bring forth a prophecy, or was he created by the Force through the Midichlorians? It's left up to the audience to decide. How he was born ultimately has no relationship to how he dies, because in the end, the prophecy is true: balance comes back to the Force." George Lucas, ''Rolling Stone Magazine'', 2005.[[/note]] but reality was ultimately ambiguous. It ceased being so when the 2012 ''Legends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'' suggested the Force itself created Anakin in response to what Plagueis was doing, but with its de-canonization, it regressed to fanon. The comic ''Dark Lord of the Sith'' from the new canon suggests that it was actually ''Sidious'' who created Anakin, although WordOfGod has clarified this is only what Vader has come to believe.

** The duel in Palpatine's office starts with him pausing and taking his sweet time to stand still for a second, doing an incredibly awkward looking spinning jump [[Memes/ThePhantomMenace (it really is a good trick)]] and ''then'' stab one of the four Jedi masters (Agen Kolar) who doesn't react ''at all'', then cut down the second one (Saesee Tiin) ''with an OffhandBackhand'' (this guy doesn't even move). Meanwhile, the third one (Kit Fisto) just waves his saber around, managing to clumsily parry once before getting stabbed. Only then does Mace Windu, who has been standing quietly to the side, join the fight. It becomes hilarious when watched on slow motion.

** Palpatine is by far the biggest, even by ''Star Wars'' standards. Half of what he says or does in this film has become a meme, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRW0RM4V0k DO IT]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dT34hGRdg The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MHusGl9BeM "I AM the Senate!"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve1889zS030 The Sheev Spin]].

** After the announcement of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', a lot of people began to apply this train of thought to Darth Plagueis, based on Palpatine's comments that his old master was able to conquer death. The ''[[Literature/StarWarsTarkin Tarkin]]'' book dropping a couple of details about the enigmatic figure into the canon also helped the theory gain some support. A number of people are convinced that he was somehow FakingTheDead and could be the BigBad of the Sequel Trilogy as a way of [[SerialEscalation raising the stakes]] from his apprentice. This theory gained greater credibility when fans found that "Snoke's Theme" from TFA's soundtrack sounded very similar to "Palpatine's Teachings" from this film's soundtrack.

** The Trade Federation's [[MechaMooks battle droids]] got a lot of criticism in the first two films for being bland and [[NightmareRetardant not particularly threatening]], with many fans viewing them as a ReplacementScrappy for the original trilogy's Imperial Stormtroopers. In this film, Lucas chose to embrace this, portraying them as pure ComicRelief characters--complete with cartoonish squeaky voices, and a few genuinely funny slapstick gags.

** As far as the fandom concerned, Obi-Wan can defeat ''any'' enemy whenever he has the high ground. Even if the enemy had the high ground, he'd still win and tell them the high ground only belongs to him, as [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] and General Grievous found the hard way. The reason why he's killed in ''Film/ANewHope'' is because he and Vader are on the same level. Likewise, fans would often forget that Obi-Wan's UnderestimatingBadassery on Dooku caused him to [[CurbStompBattle lose after a short fight]] while dismissing Anakin (who actually killed Dooku on his own) as MemeticLoser.
** Mace Windu, due to Creator/SamuelLJackson's own MemeticBadass status. Fans would often forget that Windu's rash and reckless decision to fight Palpatine is the final bait Palpatine needs to rationalize the execution of Order 66.

*** The above line, changing it to "I will ruin you!" As if Anakin is vowing that he'll have his revenge one day for what Obi-Wan has done to him.

** Pretty much every scene with Palpatine. Creator/IanMcDiarmid is devouring scenery left and right in his performance, and the delivery of some lines (such as the infamous "Do it" and "POWAH") is a little weird. But Palpatine is such a deliciously evil villain (and [=McDiarmid=] is so obviously enjoying himself in the role) that they end up as some of the most awesome and likable scenes in the whole prequel trilogy.

** "She lost the will to live" is one of the most infamous moments of the Prequel Trilogy, but it becomes heartbreaking when in December 2016, Creator/CarrieFisher's mother Creator/DebbieReynolds said "[[http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/28/debbie-reynolds-last-words_n_13875932.html I want to be with Carrie]]" shortly before her fatal stroke. Several fans reacted with the exact quote when they heard the news.