Star Wars Ep3 update. - HUGE SPOILERS IN THIS THREAD!!!

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I repeat, huge spoiler, like the entire storyline for the movie - so if you don't wanna know until you go see it, then do not read beyond this post......you have been warned, don't take it out on me if you read past this and then are ticked that you read it all ahead of time.

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[JUNKY]

Episode III begins - set three years after Attack of the Clones. The Republic is at war against Count Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Due to the sheer strength and number of the Clonetroopers, The Republic continues to gain ground against the Confederacy.

Chancellor Palpatine has been captured by the Separatists at the beginning of the film.

The film opens with an epic space battle near Coruscant. The battle is massive and involves Trade Federation Droid Control Ships, TIE-prototypes (which look like a cross between the classic TIE-fighters, the TIE-Interceptor and the Sith Infiltrator), the new Jedi Starfighters, Droid Fighters, Clone Fighters and Republic Assault Ships.

A young Captain Tarkin commands one of the Republic Assault Ships during the opening space battle. At the same time, Yoda, Bail Organa and Mace Windu command another Republic Ship that engages many other Federation ships in battle.

Aboard the most heavily guarded Separatist battleship, Dooku and Grevious command on the tower of the ship. The control room can only be described as busy, close and confined. It has a circular or oval shape, with a "hive"-like appearance and several sets of stairs around it.

It is in this tower control room where Palpatine is being held. He is chained to a throne-like chair in front of a large window (a la Return of the Jedi). The scene shows Palpatine as captured, but the subtext is that he is controlling everything in the scene just as he was on the second Death Star. Around the throne/chair to which he is chained are force-field generators.

During the space battle, the Separatists release little attack droids. Several of these droids attach themselves to Obi-Wan Kenobi's Starfighter and begin tearing into panels and wiring. Despite Kenobi's insistance that he can handle this situation himself, Anakin Skywalker (his former Padawan, now a Jedi Knight) comes flying over shooting the little droids off. He also uses his ship's wings and body to help scrape the parasitic droids off Kenobi's craft.

Following this, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker board the Separatist command ship. The Jedi move about and begin searching the Command Cruiser. R2-D2 leaves the Jedi Starfighter on his own and is not ordered by Anakin to follow. It doesn't take them long to come across a new enemy named General Grevious and his Droid Henchmen.

Clad in white and silver armor, the cyborg general controls the actions of the Separatist Droid Army. Grevious' eyes are visible through his mask and his brain is visible through a plasteel device on his alien head - the rest of his body is mechanical. He has been taken on by Darth Sidious and Count Dooku as a Jedi hunter, and is extremely skilled at doing so. He collects the lightsabers of the Jedi Knights he has killed.

Jedi Master Shaak Ti, entrusted with the role of Palpatine's Security Escort, has been captured also, by Grevious. She is on her knees and the General already holds her blue lightsaber. Her hands are bound behind her back. Grevious turns and runs her through in a similar manner to the way Darth Maul killed Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan and Anakin approach the scene cautiously, but are spotted and battle droids instantly begin firing upon them.

In the confrontation between the Jedi against the battle droids, Grievous and his Droid Henchmen, which have individualized shield technology that is designed to block lightsaber attacks, the Jedi deflect the blaster bolts back at the battle droids.

While the action is taking place, Artoo engages his jets - he flies to avoid the droids and the Grievous Henchmen.

The action of the Jedi boarding the ship is said to be far more intense than at the beginning of The Phantom Menace. The idea being that even though there are some light moments, the tone is darker and there is a conveyed feeling of bleakness.

As more Battle Droids arrive, the Grievous Henchmen, droids which have individualized shield technology that is designed to block lightsaber attacks, move to attack the Jedi. The Henchmen are armed with a weapon similar to a Force Pike/pole, designed to absorb energy. They thwart the Jedi attempts to block blaster fire by absorbing the deflected blasts with their weapons. Even more battle droids arrive at the scene. The Jedi begin to give ground. Anakin is said to be aggressive. Believing they are overmatched, Obi-Wan knows the points of the mission can’t be lost: Rescue the Supreme Chancellor, take Count Dooku into custody…alive! They must escape.

R2-D2 causes a distraction by creating a smokescreen (as he will later do on Bespin during the events of The Empire Strikes Back), and Kenobi and Skywalker escape up a steep ramp and quickly make their move: Obi-Wan cuts with his lightsaber into the ground to escape, while Anakin (more willing to stay and fight it out) holds off the enemy.

The two jump down through the opening and land in another room: the engine room. When they jump down the room is already filling with liquid fuel due to bombardment from Republic forces attacking from space. Droids appear above them looking down through the hole Kenobi has made, but they do not fire. They see the fuel and understand the consequences should they try to blast the Jedi. However, other droids actually start to make their way around to the entrance door to the engine room...

The fuel fills the room quickly and the ship rocks and shakes from the bombardment outside - the Republic forces are beginning to get the upper hand in the space battle.

The droids enter the fuel-filled room, and the Jedi must come up with ways to destroy them without igniting their lightsabers. Realizing they are no safer here than before, Kenobi and Skywalker quickly search for an alternate way out as they battle the droids.

The fuel is filling the room very quickly, but the Jedi finally find a shaft with a ladder connected to the side. They climb up and out to another room. As battle droids climb out of the fuel and up the ladder, they cover the shaft up with its hatch. Anakin welds it shut. The droids are trapped in the shaft and in the engine room. The fuel continues rising higher, dangerously close to some kind of control panel on the wall...

They make their way through the room and elsewhere in the ship, along a long and slender pole and then into a ventilation shaft that leads them to an elevator. The Jedi partners then stumble across Count Dooku and the captured Chancellor Palpatine.

A lightsaber battle begins, which Grevious eventually joins. As Anakin begins to confront Dooku, Kenobi calls Anakin to take the Count alive. However, during the commotion, the Jedi friends are separated, which sees Obi-Wan fighting Grevious on his own. Anakin fights Count Dooku, observed by Palpatine, still shackled to a chair.

As Grevious and Kenobi battle, the battleship they are on is suffering heavy bombardment from the space war outside. The ship literally begins to fall apart as the duels within continue. Grevious injures Kenobi in a move that knocks the Jedi Master unconcious.

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Meanwhile, back in the engine room, the fuel reaches the control panel and a MASSIVE explosion happens - the damage is so extensive that a huge chunk of the ship is lost in the explosion. The ship, after suffering heavy bombardment from Republic forces and now the huge explosion, is so damaged that it begins to descend towards Coruscant. On the command bridge, the Neimodian pilot officers panic as the ship begins to break up slowly and lose control.

Meanwhile, a grisly and dark lightsaber duel between Skywalker and Dooku occurs in the control tower, and it is clear from the beginning that it will be a fight to the death. Palpatine talks a lot during the duel, as does Dooku. Skywalker takes out Dooku, by first severing one of his limbs and then finally decapitating him using two lightsabers. Palpatine laughs at the death of Dooku. The young Jedi then frees Palpatine and hides him in an escape pod (the pod isn't launched) together with R2-D2 for his own safety.

The burning ship continues to plummet straight for Coruscant. Anakin rushes to the bridge, recovering the unconcious Obi-Wan Kenobi along the way, where he guides the ship in an emergency landing to the surface. The landing is a rough one, and Coruscant Fireships approach the wreck to put out the fire.

The end of the battle sees the Chancellor now safe and the Separatists without a leader. Kenobi and Skywalker are seen as war heroes. Palpatine is then taken by Mas Amedda and the Royal Guards to the Senate in a huge ship. The Chancellor and company are greeted by senators and Jedi.

It is clear at this point of the film that security had been previously raised on Coruscant during the Clone Wars, as the senators are escorted by Clonetroopers. The planet has the feeling of a police state.

Among the senators that greet Palpatine is Padme. She is pregnant, but hides it behind her large wide dress - no-one must learn of her marriage to Anakin, as it is against the Jedi Code.

Palpatine addresses the senate and announces that Separatists are on the retreat. He announces the Republic forces will destroy them under the guidance and leadership of the Jedi Generals.

Several Senators meet with Bail Organa, Padme and Obi-Wan to discuss the seriousness of events at a Palace. The issue of Palpatine's "special ruling powers" is brought up. Some view it as a concern.

Following the rescue of the Chancellor and his address to the Senate, Anakin and Padme share some quiet time together in her senatorial apartment on Coruscant. Padme removes Anakin's shirt, which displays his scars of war across his body and his face.

The Jedi Generals and the Clonetroopers are ordered to spread out across the galaxy to a variety of planets to capture and/or destroy the rest of the Separatists. Yoda goes to Kashyyyk, the homeworld of the Wookies - a technologically advanced civilization that live among the trees of the forest planet. There is a Republic presence on the planet, which is fighting a Separatist invasion. Yoda joins forces with the Republic Troopers, Chewbacca and many other Wookiees to fight and destroy the Battle Droid invasion force.

Jedi Generals Ki-Adi Mundi and Plo Koon lead a group of Clonetroopers to the planet Utapau, where the Separatists have located their battle droid reinforcement camps - a location that will allow the quick deployment of droids to battles against the Republic. Mundi and Koon report their discoveries to the Jedi Council via hologram. Following this, they lead their Clonetroopers into battle.

Obi-Wan, at the request of the Jedi Council and the Chancellor, is sent with some Clonetroopers to track down Grevious. At the same time, Darth Sidious orders Grevious to continue his Jedi hunting and to start with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Disheartened, disappointed and angry by not recieving orders or a mission from the Council (especially after his pivotal role in the space battle in having rescued Palpatine), Anakin is invited by Chancellor Palpatine to replace Shaak Ti and take on the role of being his Security Escort. Skywalker accepts the role and states, "It will be an honor to serve you".

Senator Bail Organa holds a meeting with the Loyalist Committee in Padme's apartment. They discuss further Palpatine's promise to give up his emergency powers at the end of the war. While they discuss matters, C-3PO serves the loyalists drinks. It is concluded they want him to now fulfil this promise. Not long after the meeting, Padme leaves Coruscant to head back to Naboo.

The Separatists are now failing further after having being chased by the Jedi and the Clonetroopers on the many different planets they have been sent to. The remaining key members retreat to Mustafar, a lava planet, which serves as the secret headquarters of the Separatists that also holds further droid foundries.

The Republic Force, which will eventually become the Imperial Navy, has been established by this point, and humanoids from all over the galaxy are recruited. The Navy acts as a supplement to the Imperial Military composed of Clonetroopers/Stormtroopers.

In several scenes while Anakin is by Palpatine's side, the Chancellor implies many things to the Jedi that will build up to Skywalker's eventual decision to stand by Palpatine for good - one such implication is Palpatine suggestively referring to ways of cheating death.

Palpatine attends festivities at a threater where there is a bombing. Several senators are killed in the attack. Anakin protects the Chancellor and takes him back to his office chambers - where Mace Windu is waiting for them.

Mace Windu suspects that Palpatine is a Sith Lord. Accompanied by Kit Fisto, Aalya Secura and two other unnamed Jedi, he confronts Palpatine about the issue in his office. Palpatine reveals himself as Darth Sidious, and what ensues is a large battle that begins in the Chancellor's office and moves onto a ship.

At one point during the confrontation, Windu deflects Palpatine's force lightning with his lightsaber. Skywalker observes as witness and as the Chancellor's bodyguard to the battle for a moment as Palpatine calls that "The Jedi are corrupt" and that "they had kept you from reaching your full potential" to him. He must decide where his loyalties lie - to the Jedi Order, or to the Chancellor who he is to protect. During the confrontation, Fisto dies at the hands of Palpatine.

Anakin steps into the fight and initially appears as though he will help Windu. In actual fact, Skywalker has made a different decision, and steps into the battle where he begins to duel with Windu. Following this, he cuts further at Windu, severing his arm and finally delivering the final cut. Anakin kills Mace Windu with ease - there is almost no duel between them - Anakin is too quick for him. The other Jedi have also been destroyed.

Palpatine explains to Anakin that the Jedi are now not to be trusted. The leader of the Separatists was a Jedi and Palpatine has now been betrayed and attacked by a leading member of the Jedi Council. Therefore, they have turned on the Republic and must be destroyed. He explains his intentions to Anakin, and that it is now time for a new order - an Empire. He also reveals his Sith identity to Anakin and explains that only by embracing the dark side can he reach his full capability and potential.

Palpatine also tempts Anakin by mentioning that he knows of ways to cheat death, and indicates that Qui-Gon Jinn was the first Jedi to take advantage of this death-cheating ability. He makes comparisons between Jinn and Skywalker also. Skywalker makes his commitment to his "new master". Palpatine then orders the Clonetroopers to take action on their Jedi Generals, while Anakin is ordered to take care of what's left of the Jedi on Coruscant.

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Kenobi and his Clonetroopers have tracked Grevious to a new (currently unnamed) planet. The group are attacked by Grevious' droids on a high rising cliff. The droids are destroyed by the Clonetroopers. A short lightsaber battle happens between Kenobi and Grevious. However, Grevious attempts to escape on a mechancial vehicle, while Kenobi chases him by riding on a large lizard-like creature, which is able to scale walls and even walk upside down. The chase is fruitless - Grevious escapes.

In the next Senate hearing, the Loyalist committee make their demands for Palpatine drop his emergency powers. Palpatine refuses and then convinces most of the Senate (with the exception of the Loyalists), and indeed almost the entire Republic, that the Jedi are useless and have turned on the Republic they once served. The Jedi have already begun to come under fire and harsh criticism from The Republic for which they stand for, and the leader of the Separatists was a former Jedi - the "attack" on Palpatine that was "thwarted by his loyal bodyguard Anakin" is the final straw. Palpatine calls for a New Order, and at the support of the Senate, he declares himself Emperor. The Empire is born.

The Loyalists stenuously disagree with Palpatine's moves. This group, which includes Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Garm Bel Iblis and Ackbar among others, form the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The Rebel Alliance is born.

Aware of Palpatine's orders, Bail Organa makes plans to warn the Jedi of the danger they are in. As he boards a speeder to take off to send word to the Jedi, he is fired upon by Stormtroopers. After ducking behind the red speeder to avoid the blasts, he escapes to the skies of Coruscant.

At this point the Loyalist Alliance are aware that if they are to disagree with Palpatine, their lives could be at risk - as highlighted by the attempt on Organa's life. They leave Coruscant for their own safety.

The Clonetroopers turn on their Jedi Generals as per Palpatine's orders. The Clonetroopers, as promised by the Kaminoans in Episode II, are totally obedient, especially with them made with genetic data that enables the Emperor to take complete control of them when needed.

Yoda, on Kashyyyk when the Clonetroopers turn, uses the familiar phrase, "away put your weapons, I mean you no harm!" to the troops in an effort to confuse them - while Chewbacca sneaks up from behind are knocks some of them unconscious. With Chewbacca and the Wookies by his side, Yoda makes quick work of hundreds of Clonetroopers. Many Wookies die during this confrontation.

Ki-Adi Mundi and Plo Koon are killed by their Clonetroopers on Utapau.

Meanwhile, on the planet where Kenobi is located, the Clonetroopers receive their orders to turn on the Jedi. One particular trooper has developed a friendship with Kenobi, after having fought in many Clone Wars battles together. The Clonetrooper picks up Obi-Wan's lightsaber, which had been dropped on the ground. With helmet off, the trooper's face becomes expressionless and he raises his blaster at Kenobi. Obi-Wan then must take the life of the Clonetrooper to save his own, a symbolic scene that ends the relationship the two had developed over the course of the war.

Kenobi then flees to the planet's local inhabitants, a bird-like race. The leader of this peaceful race (played by Bruce Spence) welcomes Kenobi and promises to help. The Leader makes arrangements to help Obi-Wan safely and secretly make his way (via the Millenium Falcon?) to Coruscant.

Anakin sends orders to the remaining Jedi across the galaxy that they are to return immediately to the Jedi Temple.

Anakin, along with a squad of Clonetroopers, infiltrates the Jedi Temple and destroys all of the Jedi who have returned and the Jedi remaining within - Masters, Knights, Padawans and even Younglings.

Palpatine informs Skywalker that the Separatists have retreated to Mustafar and that he is to go there and finish them off.

Yoda and Kenobi return to Coruscant after Anakin departs for Mustafar, where they discover some surveilance hologram of Anakin slaughtering the Jedi in the temple. Both agree that he must be stopped. They also discover that Skywalker ordered the Jedi Knights to return. Yoda and Kenobi send another message to tell the remaining Jedi (if any alive) are not to come to Coruscant - a message sent in the hopes of saving any other remaining Jedi if alive.

The mystery of how a Jedi disappears in death is finally revealed when Qui-Gon Jinn finds a way to contact Kenobi. He does not appear before Kenobi and Yoda, but offers guidance on how to deal with the Sith Lords.

The two Jedi agree that Skywalker must be stopped. Kenobi decides to track down his old apprentice, while Yoda remains on Coruscant to discern what is to be done about Palpatine.

Upon returning to the Jedi Temple, Yoda finds an old file regarding the Sith in the Jedi Archives. He states that he must "go and meditate on what is to come".

In his meditation chamber in the Jedi Temple, Yoda meditates on the Sith Discovery in the archives and what to do about Palpatine. The Jedi Master discovers that if the Sith Master is destroyed, then the apprentice will fall too.

He is then faced by Palpatine/Sidious in the temple where the two masters fight using their lightsabers. Palpatine clearly has the upper hand in the battle. Yoda is defeated in combat, but escapes.

Anakin goes to Padme on Naboo to explain what he is required to do on Mustafar. Despite his actions, he still loves Padme and looks forward to the birth of their child. Both are unaware that Padme carries twins. He explains to her that the Jedi Order are traitors, are corrupt and not to be trusted. His explanations seem justified to Padme, and is convinced that Anakin is doing the right thing. She completely supports him.

After seeing what Skywalker has done on Coruscant, Kenobi heads to Naboo in an effort to track Anakin down. Upon arriving at Naboo, Grevious (still following Darth Sidious' orders) intercepts Kenobi in orbit. Kenobi's ship is shot down by Grevious, and he crash lands on the surface of Naboo.

Meeting on the surface, Grevious' robot arms split into four and he wields 4 of the lightsabers he has taken from Jedi he has killed. The Jedi Hunter and the Jedi Master duel.

After losing his lightsaber during the battle, Kenobi kills Grevious with a blaster to his stomach - destroying circuitry and fluids within. Grevious' death is gruesome, as his eyes come out of his alien head along with seeping fluids. With his Jedi Starfighter destroyed, Kenobi takes Grevious' ship and continues his journey across Naboo to track down Skywalker.

Anakin arrives on Mustafar. The planet is literally a natural disaster: lava and volcanoes everywhere, severe wind and thunderstorms cover the planet. Skywalker enters the secret droid foundry headquarters of the Separatists. Their complex is a gothic industrial building, consisting of droid foundry areas, meeting rooms and long corridors, all separated by trapezoid doors. The Separatist Leaders, gathered around a large pentagonal table, are discussing the planets upon which their battles were raging - the table displays holograms of each of these plaents. Suddenly, along with his troopers, he takes out all of the remaining Separatists, leaving Nute Gunray for last.

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Obi-Wan encounters Padme in a tense scene. She refuses to tell the Jedi Master where Skywalker is. She tells Kenobi that despite his actions "there is still good in him".

Somehow, Kenobi manages to track the location of Skywalker to the lava planet of Mustafar. He takes off for the planet in Grevious' ship, but does not realize that Padme has stowed away secretly on board.

Upon landing, Kenobi finds Skywalker in the Separatists Control Room, where the two begin to argue about the recent events. At some point during the arguement, Padme reveals herself to them. Anakin is speechless: he believed that Padme would not reveal his whereabouts to Kenobi or any Jedi - he believes he has been betrayed.

Even though Padme tries to explain peacefully to Anakin she stowed away on Kenobi's ship with the thought she could intervene if something happens, Anakin still feels betrayed. She then lies to Anakin and says that the child has died - she has had a miscarriage.

Obviously upset at the revelation and also angered by what has transpired, Skywalker takes revenge upon Padme for what he believes as her betrayal. He Force-chokes her, but underestimates his ability. The Force attack leaves her near death. Using the Force, he then throws her to the side, where she hits her head upon hitting the ground.

Kenobi steps in at this point. Skywalker ignites his lightsaber and the duel between the two Jedi begins - among the corpses of the dead Separatist leaders.

The fast-paced, detailed and extensive duel goes for quite some time. Throughout the fight, volcanoes erupt around them and the ground shakes. The long duel occurs over various locations, in and out of mechanical rooms and so on. The two Jedi fight within the raw foundries, where the basic core raw material for the battle droids are put together. The foundry has two large circular pits that act as hot steam exhausts - one of the Jedi somersault over this at one point. They battle inside and outside the Separatist complex, and onto the volcano that the base is built onto the sides of - a volcano that towers above the rest in the area. The mouth of the volcano has industrial towers and aerials on it.

During the Kenobi/Skywalker duel, Anakin's real arm (not the mechanical one) is cut off. The two leap to and from repulsorlift crafts that hover above the lava and rocky ground below. Towards the end of the lightsaber battle, Skywalker loses both legs.

What is remaining of Anakin falls into a molten pit during a huge tremor. Obi-Wan picks up Skywalker's lightsaber and then gathers Padme and goes to take off from the planet. The ship he arrived on is damaged and destroyed by lava - and the planet is unstable. It looks like there is no way off planet.

Then, Bail Organa's ship, the Tantive IV Blockade Runner arrives, with Organa, Yoda and the droids on board. They rescue Kenobi and Padme, and leave, just as a Star Destroyer enters the Mustafar system.

Anakin's limbless body remains on a ledge, very close to lava. He lays there limbless, hairless, scarred and practically burnt to a crisp. He lays there alive, but very near death. A Star Destroyer lands on Mustafar and Troopers retrieve what is left of Anakin.

When Anakin is pulled out of the pit, he is placed into something of a floating stasis chamber (similar to how Han in carbonite floats in ESB). The small chamber looks exactly like a coffin. By this stage, Skywalker has already lost consciousness, and the troopers intend to take him to medical facilities at the request of the Emperor. After returning to the Star Destroyer, the ship takes off and leaves the planet.

Padme is aboard Bail Organa's ship, the Tantive IV Blockade Runner, on the way to Alderaan. Along their journey, Bail, Kenobi and Yoda realize she will not make it to Alderaan. Dark times are upon them: the Sith now control the galaxy, and all the Jedi are extinct.

The Tantive IV lands on a yet unseen and unnamed planet, where Padme gives birth to twins. The injuries she has sustained from Anakin's Force-choke has left her near death. Leia is born first, while Padme still lives.

She speaks a few words to her daughter, and then to Obi-Wan, but as Luke is delivered, Padme dies. Her death is due to a combination of her weakened state from Anakin's Force-choke and childbirth trauma. Only Leia has a short Force-connection with her mother, as Padme was alive when she was born.

Meanwhile, Anakin is undergoing medical reconstruction. At first, he is placed into a bacta tank. The stormtroopers leave, while the Emperor watches the medical droids take over. While in the tank, Anakin shows some recovery as his scars begin to heal.

After being removed from the tank, Skywalker is moved to an elliptical clinical room of the medical facilities. Anakin Vader is strapped to a gurney, while the medical droids work on him - adding his new cybernetic implants (new arms and so on) - and making him more machine than man.

As Anakin is nearly ready to be awakened, he lays on the gurney in an almost crucifixion style pose. He is without mask, and still has many scars, but lays there and looks very evil. Unable to breathe due the injuries he sustains, his new bionic suit consists of machinery that makes him breathe - bringing forth the familiar respirator sound. The Emperor gives the command to wake him up. As the Skywalker twins are born, Vader's helmet slides onto his scarred head from above for the first time.

The scenes of the twins' birth, Padme's death and Anakin's rebirth as Darth Vader are shown as an inter-cutting montage.

It is decided by all involved that the twins must be hidden for their own protection and as a possible future new hope for the galaxy. As part of a measure to protect and conceal their real identities as the offspring of Vader, Bail ensures C-3PO's memory is erased. R2-D2's memory is preserved for future use. The group decides to head to Naboo, where Padme can rest in peace.

As Anakin Vader awakens for the first time since his duel with Kenobi on Mustafar, Palpatine is present. He officially dubs the former Jedi Knight as DARTH VADER, in a scene where the meaning behind his new name is explained. He is now officially a Dark Lord of the Sith. Anakin Skywalker is, literally, dead, and Darth Vader will stand in his place.

Following this, Vader asks Palpatine where Padme is. He is told that "You killed her". Vader goes into some kind of "Force-rage", screaming, "Noooooo!" His use of the Dark Side of the Force is so powerful with his anger that the room buckles and twists, and in his rage he Force chokes people and destroys the droids in the same room.

Anakin Vader's screams lead into the next scene, which is Padme Amidala-Skywalker's funeral, being held on Naboo. In attendance is Kenobi, Organa, Yoda, her family, many of her handmaidens, Captain Typho and Sio Bibble.

After the funeral, Kenobi decides to take the children to Tatooine, where he can care for them, or place them in the care of Owen and Beru Lars. The gang board the Tantive IV and make their journey.

The group's first stop is Dagobah, where Yoda has decided to stay until he is needed. The planet seems too dangerous to navigate in atmosphere for a safe landing, so Yoda takes an escape pod.

En route to Alderaan, the Tantive IV detours to Tatooine. In a scene eerily similar to that of the opening sequence of Episode IV, their ship is boarded by Imperial Troops. The twins have been separated on the ship. In the confusion of the boarding, Kenobi takes Luke and escapes to the surface of Tatooine. When questioned about baby Leia, Organa replies to the Imperial Troopers that it is his adopted daughter. Knowing he is unable to retrieve Kenobi from the surface of Tatooine under the watchful eye of the Empire, Organa takes Leia to Alderaan with him.

Upon his landing on Tatooine, Kenobi knows he is unable to immediately care for young Luke. He has no ship to take him off-planet, and he has no shelter. Obi-Wan Kenobi delivers baby Luke to the Lars family. Owen expresses his distaste at the circumstances that lead Kenobi to him, stating that Anakin should never have left to go on some damn fool idealistic crusade.

Baby Leia is under the care of Bail Organa on Alderaan. R2-D2, C-3PO and Jar Jar Binks are with them.

Kenobi changes his name to Ben (believed by some to be his "real" name), and goes into hiding on Tatooine, to keep a watchful eye on young Luke Skywalker.

Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine and Captain Tarkin stand on the bridge of a Star Destroyer overseeing the very early beginnings of a Death Star construction. "I don't fear the Dark Side," says Vader. "I embrace it".

In the last scene in the film, Kenobi walks into the binary sunset of Tatooine.

[LA_MERC_goose]

HOLY!!! I can not believe I just read that. Well since I haven't seen Eps. 1 or 2 the spoilers for 3 didn't hurt too much. However it did make me want to see 1 and 2.

[JUNKY]

The reference to Obi Wan possibly making his way back to Coruscant on the Falcon is an interjection by whoever wrote this storyline, not me, but I doubt it to be true.

Following the chronology of the stories, Han is a young teenager, and more likely under the age of 13 at the time all of this happens. The Falcon is probably in existance, and if it is included in the film, it's just for an obscure tie-in. The ship didn't get it's military-grade hyperdrive (Making her the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy) until after Han won her in a sabacc game in his early 20's.

Wookies, on the other hand live a couple of hundred years, so a 17 year younger Chewie shouldn't be much different than the Chewie from episodes 4-6.

[LA_MERC_Sabre]

ahhhh i can't read......... noooooooooo... it's consuming me!!!!!!! i won't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

w0000000000t! Excellent find Junky!! What site did you find this at?!

[JUNKY]

It came from a website that some firends of mine run, and I'm not going to link to it, due to bandwidth issues.

And the one who posted it there didn't link to where he found the info, but I trust the sources, because he tends to find stuff like this all the time before I see it anywhere else.

I did a google search for Episode 3 story lines and it found a couple of other sites that don't have the exact same text I have here, but the stories do all seem to be the same.

[Maximus]

"The scenes of the twins' birth, Padme's death and Anakin's rebirth as Darth Vader are shown as an inter-cutting montage."

THAT is what I wanna see...