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hayden most definitely is the perfect casting for anakin im so glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves

It's pretty sick that Palpatine made sure that Vader's life support system is calibrated to keep him in a constant state of un-comfort just enough for him to maintain his anger which in turn keeps his mind clouded and easier for Palpatine to control.

What I like most about Palpatine's declaration of the Galactic Empire, is as he promises peace and security to the senate, it's interspersed with cuts to the last group that got the same promise from Palpatine.

It's such a nice touch that, on Vader's first breath, the smoke above the mask is disturbed to show him breathing. One of the saddest parts is hearing that iconic evil voice ask "Where is Padmé?" with such tenderness and concern. It makes you think about what is still within the suit. Apparently they deliberately made Padmé still look pregnant, so that nobody would suspect the babies had survived. That would help them stay hidden from the Sith.

There is actually a thought behind the pregnant belly at the end, it is to make people (primarily Vader and Sidious) think that the children died as well so that they wouldn't come looking for them. Anakin would've never stop searching if he knew his children with Padme were alive.

"I HATE YOU!" "I loved you." 😭😭😭💔💔💔

You probaably noticed that in the Original Trilogy, whenever some asks R2 to "stay with the ship" he absolutely refuses. Well, as you saw in Ep3, because the last person who told him that never came back, that person being Anakin.

"You were the chosen one!!! It was said that you would DESTROY the sith not join him!!!" "Bring balance to the force!!! Not leave it in darkness!!!" "I HATE YOU!!!" "You were my brother Anakin I loved you." That part also made me bawl 😭😭😭. He loved him like a brother 😭💔

Revenge Of The Sith is my absolute favorite out of the prequels. The double climactic lightsaber duel that takes place toward the end of the movie, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader VS Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar and Yoda VS Emperor Palpatine on Coruscant in the Senate chamber are top-notch across the board. Musical score, fight choreography, visual effects, audio effects and emotional impact. I give them all an A+.

"Only a sith deals in absolutes" such an ironic line

52:23 This is (for me) the saddest moment in all of Star Wars, when Padme is holding the japor snippet Anakin gave her when they first met. It connects his youthful innocence to the dark villain he became.

Nothing has topped this movie in all Star Wars movies. Great acting, great action, very good cgi for it's time. As a kid, I was convinced those clone troopers were real. Still to this day I forget they are cgi.

Colette, I must've seen this movie over a hundred times. But seeing you cry at the last scene between Obi-Wan and Anakin just broke me 😢

We were waiting for so long for you to put it all together Colette, that Palpatine was Darth Sidious. He was controlling both sides so he could create a war and make himself the Emperor. I'm happy no one spoiled it for you until you figured it out on your own.

As a lifelong Star Wars fan and someone who collects a *TON* of lore books and merch…. I have to say great job on noticing alot of the small details throughout the films!!!

"Was the director's script to Palpatine saying 'look as suspicious and weird and uncomfy as possible'?" - almost certainly yes xD

Colette: Anakin! Do something! Anakin: Good soldiers follow orders.

This movie taught me a very important life lesson that has helped me dearly… Always have the Highground lol

Anakin: Is it possible to learn this power? Palpatine: Not from a Jedi. Which is why I use Skillshare!

As I saw someone eloquently put it: "The true horror of what's being depicted in ROTS is still hardly grasped. Children wantonly slaughtered, a pregnant woman weeping, her life breath being cut off in Hell, the mutilated remains of humanity giving birth to a hateful machine man. This is the nightmare."

The changes in Anakin's face that you describe is fear. He fears the loss of Padme. That look of anxiety and disturbing thoughts. He did good.❤

Obi-Wan's expression and sigh after Anakin says "this is the end for you, my master" I think is the moment when Obi-Wan finally admitted to himself that he really has to kill Anakin. He probably thought that he did too, when he left Anakin to die.

I remember re-watching The Phantom Menace on VHS when I was kid, a few years after seeing it in theaters (but not aware enough to appreciate it at the time), and always loving Palpatine. He seemed like such a kind, grandfatherly figure. Then came Qui-Gon's funeral. Mace Windu says, "But which was destroyed, the master or the apprentice?" And the camera slowly pans over the attendees just enough for Palatine's side profile to come into view. When I noticed that, I was like "🧐 . . . 😲 Palpatine's the Sith Lord! He's Darth Sidious!!!" Ooooh, I was hot! My dad couldn't stop laughing.

R2: Anakin doesn’t talk to me anymore 3po: well he is under a lot of stress r2

Obi-wan had to kill Anakin but he couldn't do it, and letting him burn was the only way to fulfill that mission since he was so sure it would be fatal. He could barely look at him

39:25 Yes, the senate did notice. Palpatine used it by saying the Jedi attempted to assassinate him which explains why his face was deformed as the perfect excuse for them to believe he was attacked. Anakin came & saved him which explains how he survived the outcome from the Jedi attack & why Anakin is the one who’ll be leading their military against them.

Oh my goodness what a wonderful, heartbreaking reaction! I definitely suggest watching Kenobi if you get a chance, as well as the Clone Wars TV Show, both of which add tremendous depth to all the characters. Clone Wars first though, it adds context for a number of references made in later works. Nice job picking up on the parallel between Mace and Sidious "He's too dangerous to be kept alive"! Another interesting parallel I noticed was with Anakin disarming Dooku earlier and Mace later (believing the lie of Palpatine's weakness, thinking this could allow cooler heads to prevail) leading to Mace's death and Skywalker's corruption. In comparison to Return of the Jedi, Luke moves to kill Palpatine and Vader (learning from what happened to him falling to darkness after killing Dooku and Mace being killed after his hand was cut off) deflects Luke's Blade, preventing Luke's corruption and disarmament. An absolutely heart-wrenching further bit of detail from the end where Vader gets his forever-mask comes from the novelization of Revenge of the Sith (beautifully done, absolutely worth the read for whoever can get a copy): The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew at your flesh. You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me? And you can’t, not in the way you once did. Sensors in the shell that prisons your head trickle meaning directly into your brain. You open your scorched-pale eyes; optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a hideous simulacrum of the world around you. Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous. Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? you try to say, but another voice speaks for you, out from the vocabulator that serves you for burned-away lips and tongue and throat. Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? I’m very sorry, Lord Vader. I’m afraid she died. It seems in your anger, you killed her. This burns hotter than the lava had. No…no, it is not possible! You love her. You have always loved her. You could never will her death. Never. But you remember… You remember all of it. You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader’s blood. You remember the furnace of Vader’s fury, and the black hatred of seizing her throat to silence her lying mouth… And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker. That it was all you. Is you. Only you. You did it. You killed her. You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking about yourself… It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith - Because now yourself is all you will ever have. And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were. You are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world-destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow. In the end, you do not even want to. In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself- And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker. Forever…

Anakin was certainly genuine when expressing his gratitude to obi wan. It was also pretty much the last words they spoke to each other as allies since he had become Darth Vader in their next encounter. A sweet parting of ways that ends up tragically devastating.

Qui Gonn spirit taught Obi Wan to become a force ghost, (at the end of the movie Yoda said to Obi that someone returned from the netherworld of the force). In all those years in solitude in Tatooine Obi Wan learnt it. That´s why he told Vader in episode IV: "if you strike me down, I´ll become more powerful that you can possibly imagine".

If you watch the Clone Wars series, it makes this ending far more tragic.

There is something so gutteral and primal when Hayden Christianson utters those lines. Such an underrated performance, and it's why this film is the best overall and my personal favorite Star Wars film. Sad to see the state of the franchise after Disney got their grubby little hands on it.

Just discovered your channel this week. I've seen many reactors watch Star Wars for their first time, and it's always a beautiful journey. Yours was definitely one of the most enjoyable ones. I hope you will watch Kenobi (admittedly could've been better but a fun watch none the less) and Rogue One. Cheers Colette! The Force will be with you, always.

It's tragic irony. Anakin had knowledge of the future and tried to prevent that future. But in doing so, he caused the very thing he was trying to prevent in a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's a common theme in classic literature, particularly in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.

Nice wookie/Chewbacca impression at the beginning Collette! Ewan's acting ability really shined in this one, especially during Obi-Wan's painful last words to Anakin. They made Padmé appear to be pregnant after her death to conceal the fact that she had given birth in order to protect the babies.

48:15 Colette: "Get him! Stop!" Me: "Yeah, at that point, just push him into the lava with the force, mate."

General Grievous is using lightsabers from Jedi he killed during the Clone Wars. He has a whole collection, this is why he switches his lightsabers from time to time.

It speaks volumes how in all of anakins pain screaming as the droids ripped charred skin from his body. All that pain. Didn’t touch the droids. But when he heard lord sidious say that he killed padme. His journey to the dark side was truly complete. Because there was no one he hated more at that moment then anakin skywalker. Darth Vader took the droids out. Not anakin. In that moment where sidious smiled. He knew this was no longer Anakin. But the tool/weapon he desired since basically grooming him to the dark side for years.

Sick fact: At the moment, vader gets his helmet on. If you pay attention, you can hear him whisper: Padme Help me

I love that the prequels are getting the love now that they always deserved. Obi Wan was very conflicted about what to do about Anakin. He was told by Yoda to kill Anakin but Obi didn't want to do that at all. And that in the bottom of his heart I think he thinks that Anakin could be saved. But letting him burn was an easy way to not have to kill Anakin himself and that he might just die from his injuries. Whatever decision Obi Wan made I wouldn't blame him for it because that's such an extreme choice to make.

Anakin: I'm having concerns, i need help. I'm lost Yoda: damn have you tried not caring?

Anakin’s turn took place for more than a decade. Palpatine was patient and calculating. His attempt to turn Luke took place over a much shorter amount of time. See what happened.

Wow I don't think I've ever seen such a genuine heartfelt reaction, thank you for posting this!

I love Colette's empathy, no matter who it is

Your reaction to the final scene between OWK and AS/DV was so heartfelt 💔 Your thoughts as always were top tier ...

Palpatine (Darth Sidious) manipulated Anakin so perfectly that he made him believe in his lie! Also in my opinion, Padme was never going to die at the first place..! That dream Anakin had was all created by the Emperor!

you had a smart thought that didn't even occur to me: palpatine using the darkside to feed Anakin his nightmares about his wife dying. Bravo.

As you finally found out that Palpatine was the Emperor, there was a clue left in The Phantom Menace that hinted that Palpatine was the Sith. Near the end of the film, when Yoda and Mace Windu were having the discussion about who was killed the master or the apprentice, the next image was Palpatine.

The reason Padme still had her baby bump was probably because they padded her to make it appear as if her babies died with her. Both Vader and the Emperor would be looking for any potential child she may have birthed...Anakin for obvious reasons, and Palpatine because he knows how powerful the Skywalker bloodline is. Faking the death of the children would ensure their safety. It's worth noting that in the comics, Palpatine arranged for Padme to be embalmed and her body displayed prominently in a memorial on Naboo. Although it was customary for the dead of that world to be cremated, Palpatine wanted to ensure that there was always a physical location where Vader could visit and see his dead wife, as an eternal reminder of his failure. It was just another way of tormenting him, fueling his hate and anger, making him even stronger in the dark side of the Force.

That wookie growl/call etc... at the beginning is priceless!🤩

"His fate will be the same as ours" Obi-Wan: dies on the Death Star. Anakin/Vader: dies on the Death Star. Palpatine: dies on the Death Star.

20 seconds in Colette: *Does Wookiee call* Me: That’s hott

This movie is so much more sad when you watch the clone wars series and you see the friendship between him and obi wan. And the fact that Anakin had an apprentice and their relationship which he will never have again is even more tragic.

What’s up Colette Cherry. Your reaction to Revenge Of The Sith was fantastic, as well as your entire journey through the Star Wars universe. Plus, I felt so awful when you were watching Anakin, I just wanted to hug you. I, too, was horrified by that scene when I first saw the film, so I completely relate to your pain. I’m so psyched for more reactions to the franchise, if that’s part of your game plan, as well as other universes. Keep reacting and enjoying. Your subscriber, Sam Smith ❤️👌🏻

“How is he able to see the future?” It’s one of the most common traits of a Jedi. The same thing happened to Luke Skywalker when he was being trained by Yoda from Empire Strikes Back.

Don't feel bad, we all cried at that scene, it's hard not to the music and situation is so tragic

"Oh poor Padme. She knows something's very very wrong." She would. She has two Force-sensitive babies in her womb.

What I find amazing is how well they hid that Palpatine is the Emperor given Ian played him in both trilogies. He was a young guy wearing a lot of makeup in 4, 5, and 6. And actually grew into the younger version of the character before he creates his own disfigurement. His role is so overlooked as well. The emperor was a genius. He purposely disfigures himself just to sway the republic to turn on the Jedi, which helps help take complete control of the galaxy. I really hope you watch the Obi-wan series too. Hayden and Eean McGregor both reprise their roles and its actually the first time Hayden gets to wear the full Vader suit. Clearly you've grown to love these characters though and its always great to see new fans. There's so much star wars out there that it can be a bit overwhelming and all of it is both loved and hated. The Clone Wars animated series is absolutely amazing given it shows how Anakin grows into Vader throughout the time between The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith. There's a ton of potential views for you taking on star wars too. Just don't burn yourself out on it.😅

Anakin would not have kept strangling Padme if only one had not interrupt because Aniken would not have strangled Padme if Obi-Wan has not shown up, both Yoda and Obi-Wan choose to believe that Anakin is completely gone and that only Darth Vader remains, this is why they set out to kill him, they tell Luke the same thing, it is only Luke and Padme who refuse to believe this and instead choose love over violence in order to try to bring Aniken back, believing that he is still there. Luke in episode six proves that if Padme had a chance like him, she would’ve also had successfully converted him. It is only because Obi-Wan shows up to kill Anakin, making Aniken blind with the rage and the dark side believing she’s betrayed him that he chokes her.

Some great action in this movie, but it's the story that makes it. Anakin's motive was to help others, but he allowed himself to get too obsessed. And the desperate man is capable of anything 💀

I like how when Anakin put the red lightsaber and blue lightsaber to count dookus neck. Symbolizing Anakin's confliction with the dark side and the light side. He chose to kill dooku which shows Anakin's lean more towards the dark side.

36:58 the actor who played Anakin said “boo” to make the kid jump back like this. Over a decade after this movie came out, he says that same kid again, and he says “oh, you survived”

I love the small detail that you can hear Anakins heartbeat stop a while before the mask comes on and after he takes his first breath it starts again. Padmé still had her babybump because they wanted everyone to think the baby died with her to throw Palpatine off the scent of the Skywalker children, so they faked the bump to sell the story

Padme's baby bump at her funeral was bigger than it was when she was alive and pregnant. I guess it's to pretend the kids died with her, another layer of safety for them.

Aww the way she got so sad at the end 😢 she's in for a long ride if she thought that was bad😂😂

An interesting tidbit about Ben and Anakin's final duel is that, because Ewan and Hayden trained and rehearsed so intensely, the speed at which it was shot is the speed at which it appears in the completed film.

Imo one of the best this one. Absolutely amazing emotional rollercoaster. Especially the ending I cried loads like you. Episode 9 gave me the same feels (despite its hate)

You have such incredible insight into every moment. So much more than many others and genuinely emotional!

I know it's no longer canon but the reason the general was coughing is because Mace Windu crushed his chest with the force. Don't know the new canon reason

I had the same reaction, especially at Padme's funeral; that music John Williams wrote for that scene is intensely emotional! It's always kool to see someone experience Star Wars for the first time 😭

Wow, you’re sad reaction and crying brought tears my own eyes.

YES! FINALLY! Revenge of the Sith at last! Now you finally see how Darth Vader comes to be!

Her emotions during the movie beginning 😊 middle 😐 end 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

i actually felt that when you said "the first thing she did was ask if anakin is ok" that made me realize why you were crying. rip to anakin, hello to darth vadar

One cool little detail you can pick up if you turn up the volume is that, during the scenes where Anakin is being operated on, you can faintly hear his heartbeat. But, it stops when the mask and helmet are attached to him, indicating that Anakin has died and Darth Vader is born.

The baby bump was put on Padme at the end to give the appearance that the babies died with her.

and the award for best star wars movie goes to! Revenge of the Sith

Surprised not many notice that palpatine is just trolling with the "I'm too weak, please don't kill me" and you did lol 😅

Yes you're right... Palpatine gave Anakin those nightmares and he waited for Yoda, Obi-Wan, and for Ahsoka to be away from Anakin leaving Anakin even more vulnerable, ...which is genius in itself to wait for all those that were his supporters to be away from him before tempting him.

Woah, you got the falcon cameo first try. Tip of the hat! Impressive, most impressive.

Awesome cosplay Collette and watching Star Wars episode 3 have a great day thanks.🌞🌞

I'm sorry, but I died laughing when you said "get him before he burns!" 😂😂😂. I'm still dying lol.

Palpatine is the one that is giving Anakin the dreams, the dreams if you play close attention are actually fake, they never literally come true. This is why he knows about them and mentions them to Anakin, and we see proof of this when he speaks directly to Anakin through the force when he is trying to decide whether or not to follow mace Windu to Palpatines office. We hear Palpatine‘s voice in Anakin‘s head, but it’s dialogue that is completely new, because Palpatine is saying it as Anakin is hearing it.

I’ve always felt like this movie should have just ended after anakin took his first breath with the mask

General Grievous is a prototype for the technology that keeps Darth Vader alive. He's much more droid bodied though, his head and organs are all that's left of him inside the robotic body.

"LIAR" "Let her go Anakin" "H-h-harder Ani"

Watching you understand in real time was amazing! Every time I watch Star wars it resonates different with me depending on the time in my life. Can't wait to watch more of your reactions!

Anakin actualky tries to pull off the same move Obi-Wan that he did on Maul. But in his dark side fueled arrogance he didnt stop to think that Obi-Wan not only knew how to pull off that move he knew hiw to counter it as well.

45:00 I don't know if this detail will be interesting to you, but Yoda practices a lightsaber form called Ataru, which is the form that specializes in acrobatics. He's the best expert in that form in the era that this movie depicts. Qui-Gon Jinn also practiced Ataru, as did both Obi-Wan in Episode 1 and Anakin in Episode 2, but Obi-Wan switched to a form called Soresu in Episode 2 that emphasizes absolute defense while Anakin switched to a form called Djem So, which emphasizes aggression, speed, and power strikes. This is all stuff that is explained in books and other extended literature. It's not essential for watching the movies, but it gives extra context for what you see that adds depth to what you see on screen.

34:13 Sidious does know how to keep people from dying because he was Darth Plagueis’s apprentice and as he stated Plagueis could keep people from dying and he taught his apprentice everything he knew, including how to keep people from dying. But he never mentions that he was the apprentice so he tells Anakin that he doesn’t know in order to string him along. Notice how when he finds Vader on Mustafar he puts his hand on his forehead? The novel states that when he does that he’s using the dark side to keep Vader alive until the clones bring the medical capsule.

8:33 “he was to dangerous to be kept alive.” - Palpatine 32:32 “he’s to dangerous to be left alive.” - Mace Windu…. The lesson to learn from this.. is revenge even from a place of trying to do good, will result in the same way as doing it with malintent.

No way Obi-wan was going to help Anakin after taking his legs and left arm off. He walked away under the impression he would die of his wounds and the flame.

Was heartbroken 💔 watching u care for characters I’ve fallen in 🥰 with…brought back memories 🫶 Almost as adorable as ur pronouncing “Fie-endish” 😂

I think the reason that they kept Padme's baby bump for her funeral was to protect the children and make the empire think that they died with her so they wouldn't be hunted.

I saw this in theaters opening day my freshman year of college with my friend, Jon. When the movie ended, the entire audience applauded. Jon died from COVID. I think about him every time I watch this movie.

50:40 I like that she called it "his forever helmet".

I 100% agree. I have always found pregnant women to be attractive. The fact that women create life with their bodies is incredible.

I truly loved your reaction! Your emotional reaction to Anakins’ betrayal and Obiwans’ responsibility as well as saddening scene of having to stop his fallen apprentice by any means necessary even though he saw of anakin as brother and padme’s death.

The time you hear darth's iconic breath is my favorite moment in the all of the prequels

the reason he left him in the book was obi wan didint want to kill kill him he loved him too much so he thought the fire would do the job without him doing it so thats why theres a book on the thoughts on everyone it goes in details of how they thought in their mind