The line in which Anakin says that Grievous is shorter than he expected implied that they had never met before, so when making the animated series they had to write it so that Grievous and Anakin would never meet. This is why Obi-Wan fights him so much instead. Even Ahsoka met Grievous before Anakin did.

"Baby i love you but i wont murder children for you" comically real.

An actual fun fact, the start of "Battle of the heroes "(the Anakin Obi-Wan fight), Hayden and Ewan WERE that fast. There is no speed enhancements

That scene, where Obi Wan gives Luke to Beru, always got me. I guess it was seeing him sleeping, blissfully unaware of the tragedy that had just befallen his parents, and the fact that he was going to grow up without knowing them.

By the way Kit Fisto actually died from another reason besides being overwhelmed. He sensed Anakin approaching and that distraction gave Palpatine an opening to take him out. So if Anakin stayed in baby jail, Mace and Fisto could have taken out Palpatine together.

Here is a no so fun fact that made me burst into tears. During the Order 66 scene with Yoda on Kashyyk, we see Gree attempt to execute Yoda alongside another Clone Scout Trooper and then both being decapitated. That other Scout Trooper is Jek, one of the three Clone Troopers that accompanies Yoda on the very first episode of the Clone Wars. We see that he actually listened and took Yoda's advice by actually retraining and becoming a Scout Trooper, the division of clones whose primary focus is reconnaissance and using their environment to their advantage in battle as opposed to firepower. Just goes to show the tragedy that is Order 66. Yoda literally changed Jek's life for the better, and now here is Jek being consumed by an unconscious desire to kill him.

It's easy to poke fun at Yoda for being so quick to kill the Clone troopers when Ahsoka wasn't willing too, but Ahsoka got off light on order 66 in a way because even though though tried to kill her, her perspective on their innocence remained intact. Yoda and Obiwan meanwhile were fighting those troopers over the cold corpses of decades old friends, students and children.

Brother, Anakin was told he was the Chosen One, you literally saw Force Gods tell him in the Clone Wars and Qui Gon of course lmao. Also Lucas

Ian McDiarmid's performence will always be something special.. between the overacting with "No No No No No No!" and the speech when Anakins fate is sealed... great actor, i'll remember seeing this in cinema in 2005 and the whole theatre went silent. And when you get the full picture of the story.. like the origin story of Sheeve Palpatine... i mean, the term "Monster" is not enough to describe him, even his own Master said "This is not a human" basically.

When Padme was buried, you can see the huge belly. They tried to cheat the Emperor, looking like she had died pregnant.

Let's agree that Plo was the best Jedi and his death was the breaking point

so this is how liberty dies with thunder applause this quote is even more relevant today 🥺😔😭

there's one scene you mentioned at the end with Obi-Wan saying he saw Anakin kill younglings and then cover his mouth. that's not because he was forced to, it's because Ewan McGregor struggled to get through that scene without laughing or smiling at the word "younglings", so he was hiding it.

20:28 "Execute Order 66." "Yes, Lord Sidious." -Rex *Moments after Ahsoka sensed what happened.

I’ve been with this Star Wars journey since the start and I can’t belive you guys are done with the clone wars era, brings a tear to my eye

1. I love the detail that, in the Clone Wars series, Anakin and Grievous never interact. A decision made specifically to abide by this movie's timeline 2. Revenge of the Sith is easily one of the most *meme-filled* movies ever made. And even though its definetly alredy the best of the prequels, its permanently elevated by the fact that its forever etched in the internet hall of fame lol 3. The conversation at 13:30 is arguibly the best one in the movie. It has *so many* implications crammed into it while also feeling like a story that's clearly been changed just enough to poke at Anakin's insecurities *specifically* 4. The final lightsaber duels, are honestly just plain epic. They go on for a bit too long, but the choreography is generally amazing.

The Sith use the primal emotions like rage and hate for their power. When Padme confronts Vader on Mustafar, he can't fully control his anger so he lashes out at Padme when he believes she (she TOO) betrayed him.

“His fate will be the same as ours” = foreshadowing. Obi Wan’s killed by Vader on the Death Star, Vader kills himself by way of Palpatine’s lightning on the 2nd Death Star, Palpatine dies (temporarily, at least) when Vader throws him down the reactor shaft

The Clone Wars and now Tales of the Jedi and the Bad Batch give Episodes 2 and 3 and the whole series really so much more weight. Anakin's fall is even more tragic when you see so many of his GOOD moments between him and Ahsoka and Obi Wan in Clone Wars. Anakin always had a dark side but he really WAS a good general and friend and cared for people and his friends deeply. So sad. POOPATINE is a real villain.

Loved how Yoda made the “come at me bro” after Force Pushed Sidious.

To see why Grievous had a cough, you need to watch "Clone Wars 2D"... It is basically a shorter version of "Clone Wars"... The two shows take place in about the same time frame, but 2D has scenes/stories that the newer "Clone Wars" doesn't cover... But... It was made BEFORE "Revenge of the Sith"... The show is basically 2 full length movies... Best part of the 2D is that Grievous is at the very TOP of his game... Also the introduction of Ventress, Anakin becoming a knight, and how he gets the scar on his face...

The fact that when this movie premiered, Ahsoka and Rex weren't characters that even existed yet. The final season of Clone Wars ended as a perfect parallel alongside this film. One interesting detail is the fact that in comparison to Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, the battle droids are much more verbal in this movie and have more a comedic tone to them too. There's actually a reason for this in the lore which also factored into why the droids in the Clone Wars series are much more outspoken and funnier. Droids tend to develop personalities if they don't receive regular memory wipes. Since B1s and Super Battle Droids were designed with quantity over quality in mind, the Separatists likely didn't bother with frequent memory wipes to save costs. They originally wanted the battle droid armies to always be remotely controlled from one command ship (like in Episode 1) but after they saw how that turned out after Episode 1, they needed a new solution. Newer models of droids were given more autonomous functions. They became actual, intelligent droids instead of automatons. They are just intelligent enough to display some personality traits, but dumb enough that their personality is childish and clumsy. When more orders came in for independently functioning droids after the Naboo debacle, the Trade Federation had to scramble to acquire enough droid brains to fulfill the order. As a result the B-series battle droids ended up with a whole assortment of cheap processors designed for worker droids, protocol droids, and whatever else Baktoid could purchase in bulk, all rather crudely reprogrammed for combat. Fun fact for Episode 2: It also partly explains why C-3PO's head is almost plug-and-play compatible with the B1 body and vice versa when his body and head got swapped with a battle droid during the arena fight.

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".

18:46 On the book Windu and Sidious were moving so fast that a bystander could only see light flashes.

@13:21 on the left of the screen you can see George Lucas and his daughter Amanda as Pantorans. Also, the youngling that defended Senator Organa is his son Jett.

Yeah watching Revenge of the Sith after the Clone Wars hits so much harder😢

How did Ewan McGregor not win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Alec Guiness did, and he barely did anything

21:24 "Baby I love you but i wont murder children for you." genuinely made me smile and laugh way harder than I was expecting. Anyway, interesting fact, the reason why the little boy recoils back in the scene when Anakin ignites his saber is because Hayden surprised him by yelling, "Boo!" when filming that. 21:32 And the Jedi padawan who was gunned down in front of Bail Organa is Zett Jukassa who was actually played by Jett Lucas. George Lucas' son. You can also see him appear in the background when Obi-Wan sits in the archives and is looking up Kamino. After Madame Jocasta says that Kamino doesn't exist, she walks away to talk with Zett before the scene cuts. 28:42 Not only was it painful, but Palpatine ordered the medical team not to use any anesthesia at all when Anakin was being treated. He wanted Anakin to feel all of the pain from the operation. He purposefully made the first version of the Vader suit to be slow, heavy, and clunky so that in combat, he would be frustrated and enraged whenever he felt weighed down. Vader would use all of his rage and hate to channel the dark side.

I'm so grateful i was able to rewatch Episode 1 in theaters. It was awesome. Brought back good memories. Rewatching Episode 3 as an adult hits different. So tragic.

Although the decision to turn to the dark side was Anakin's alone, the choice did not come from thin air. His natural proneness to impulsivity and emotion without the support systems he needed in place made it easier for Anakin to stumble down a path of darkness.

30:35 "She just feels so warm" Me: *Snickers*

23:45 Nute Gunray: "Lord Sideous promised us peace!" Bethany: "... I mean, there is a kind of peace in death." ... wow, I wasn't expecting her to go so dark with that. Goddam!! 😂

Fun fact: The reason why General Grievous coughs a lot more in this movie is because this takes place after the events of the original 2003 Clone Wars episode where Grievous captures Palpatine. And right before making his escape, Mace Windu force crushes Grevious body which results in him coughing so much onward

The deleted scene where Padme Hugs Anakin on Mustafar she brings a knife to kill him, but she couldn't do it. Also the move Obi-Wan uses to dismember Anakin is an illegal Jedi move

-8:29 That is explained in the short 2003 2D animated Clone Wars (Mace Windu was involved). Even though it's not canon anymore I can recommend still watching it. Grievous was pretty scary in that and it also introduced Ventress I think. -13:21 Those 2 on the far left we have seen in a clone wars episode. The man is George Lucas himself btw. -15:06 We would have learned so much more about this Utapau planet and it's different tribes of people in that cancelled clone wars Utapau arc btw. The full unfinished version of that arc can be found on YT btw. -18:46 On the book Windu and Sidious were moving so fast that a bystander could only see light flashes. -21:09 The left clone "Commander Gree" we saw in that one CW episode with Ahsoka, Ventress and Luminara and the one on the right was one of the clones who is with Yoda on that mission in the very 1st CW episode 1x1, where they have that touching heart-to-heart talk about each clone being different. It's all very sad and tragic. -25:21 There is a clone wars fan animation of their full fight with added deleted scenes on YT called "Battle of the heroes". I liked it really much and hope you check it out as well. -27:38 His hate keeps him alive for now so it does kinda help him. -28:14 A theory says that Palpatine might have syphoned Padme's live essence to keep Anakin alive.

Despite the Jedi and Yoda talking about fear It's ironic how fearful and distance they're from Anakin which would obviously cause tense incounters when speaking or being near one another that caused Anakin to be much closer to Palpatine It's a mess and while I understand both sides between the Jedi Order and Anakin then again the Jedi essentially allowed the Chosen One to be around a Dark Lord shifting the power balance between the force

Fun film, but I can never get over how much of a cartoon villain they turned Grevious into; The 2002 Clone Wars cartoons treated him like a slasher villain that could fight 6 jedi at once and win. Apparently, George Lucas just gave them the design for the General and the cartoonists made him a powerhouse. Really wish we got that version of him.

*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+.*

34:25 That was actually bc Ewan McGregor was holding back a laugh because it was hard for him to say that line with a straight face 😭

Its amazing how much more pain this movie caused me after clone wars 👌🏽

Also fun fact, Mace lasted longer then the other masters cause he was easily the best duelist there. He actually took an unfinished lightsaber form and refined it into a new form called Vapad. Palpatine had a harder time countering him because it was the only style Palpatine didn’t know cause Mace came up with it. And your guy’s take on the dialogue is pretty accurate. Harrison Ford said that when they were doing the original trilogy there were times he had to go to George and basically tell him “This isn’t how humans talk to one another.”

The Star Was Clone Wars 2D Micro-Series is often overlooked and very worth watching. In their original form they were 3-5-minute episodes shown between other programing on Cartoon Network. It filled in the blanks between the last movie and this one. If you watched them, you had context for the Jedi that fell in this movie and a lot of other events throughout it. It also provided the explanation for General Grievous' wheezing and coughing. This was the first glimpse we got of Grievous prior to the movie. When they started writing and animating the series, they just had rough descriptions of him, and they made him a total badass. Much more dynamic and threatening. Lucas decided Grievous needed to be a prototype Vader and imperfect so the way he was being portrayed wasn't going to work. They ended up giving him a grievous chest wound in a scene that took place just before this movie started.

Ahsoka: "they may be willing to die, but I will not be the one who kills them" Yoda: "for my bodycount, good this will be" also Ian McDiarmid is always so fun to watch as Palpatine, he hams it up and is so camp, but it's an entertaining as hell performance. Count how many times he does a dramatic slow head turn in the Opera scene.

So Anakin normally wouldn't be too bothered by not being granted the rank of master but what he wanted was access to the restricted section of the jedi archives. Being a master grants you access and he wanted access to that knowledge so he could find a way to prevent Padmes death. Palpatine knew the council wouldn't give him that rank as well so they played right into his hands. He also preyed on the council's arrogance in betraying Anakins trust. They may not have been keeping score but the jedi greatly betrayed his trust twice in the clone wars. Him being lied to about Obi-wan's death and the false grieving, and how they treated Ahsoka despite everything she did for the order. It was the perfect chance for Palpatine to goad Anakin to his side. Hypothetically if the jedi weren't so arrogant and saw the writing on the wall they could have did him that one favor to mend some of the damaged trust they had caused. And if not an advanced form of Force heal he would have eventually stumbled upon sith records of their ability to implant dreams in people to manipulate them. Then he would have put two and two together.

5:15 They did, but, in The Clone Wars, they had different, deeper, voices.

Always awesome to revisit Revenge of the Sith reactions from the people you like watching...

I’d recommend y’all read up on Grievous’ backstory. It’s very compelling and I’d bet it’d change your perspective on him

For me, the Jedi council, pushed A LOT Anakin to the dark side. They´re afraid of him, never truly trusted him, never gave him any serious mission... and mixed with Anakin fears (mostly for Padme) and feeling himself always excluded... the final step was all the Emperor´s manipulation during years but... the Jedi Council had big part of responsibility in this disaster. Even in the last chance he said the truth to Windu. Anakin tried and tried to follow the right path, but all these things became him in Darth Vader.

Not sure if you guys have already seen it, but you should check out the original animated Clone Wars. Originally they were 2-3 min episodes which ended with the first viewing of Grievous. The second season got longer with I think 10-15 min (might be less, been a while) episodes and ends right when this movie begins. You will also learn how Grievous got his cough from that series.

This is the only movie that is hard to re watch incredible movie but sends powerful messages

5:02 Love in sync you two were! 😂💪

16:20 I love how the Clone Wars series and this scene connects together flawlessly! So satisfying 😌

Since you've now watched Revenge of the Sith again after The Clone Wars...there is a theory that Anakin was excited at the beginning because Ahsoka might’ve been coming back...it's sad

The reason grevious is only coughing in this movie is that during the chancellor kidnapping, Mace Windu force-crushes his chest/lungs. Shown in the old 2003 clone wars show

30:15 One to grow up royalty with riches, one to grow up scraping sand for moisture and food. Side note. I once read a theory that Obi Wan intentionally put Luke on Tattooine, his father's homeworld with his father's name, and with his father's adopted relatives to lure Anakin there for a final fight and that is why Obi Wan stayed on Tattooine, watching over Luke. This was long before Disney, the Obi Wan series, and even the prequel movies. I'm talking mid 90s and the advent of the internet and people sharing all sorts of information. The Emperor first refers to Luke as "The Son of Skywalker". Luke uses Skywalker as his last name several times. Vader's name is revealed to be Anakin Skywalker. Obi Wan clearly set a trap for Vader forty years ago in movie times, before all of the new stuff. I've never thought differently.

One thing that Clone Wars really does for this film, Anakin looks like so much less of a spoiled brat when he's denied the rank of Master. A major route to becoming a Master is to train a Padawan to the rank of Knight and to Anakin Ahsoka was more than ready for that position but never achieved it due to the Council's lack of faith in her. He trained her well and was denied the recognition normally given for that achievement because of a Council blunder.

21:09 The left clone "Commander Gree" we saw in that one CW episode with Ahsoka, Ventress and Luminara and the one on the right was one of the clones who is with Yoda on that mission in the very 1st CW episode 1x1, where they have that touching heart-to-heart talk about each clone being different. It's all very sad and tragic.

"It's been said that the 501st got the best of the war. We also got the worst. On Felucia, the Seps dug their metal heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them. So we did, only to be met with month after month of flesh-eating diseases, shrieking nocturnal predators, and other sights that haunt me to this day. Cut off and for all we knew abandoned by our superiors, our only hope was Aayla Secura, our Jedi commander. Without her iron will, none of us would have come out of that mess with our sanity, or our lives. When her death came, I hope it was quick. She earned that much." "When the 501st was finally rotated out of Felucia, Aayla Secura made a point of seeing us off personally, calling us the bravest soldiers she had ever seen. It's a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bear to look her in the eye." - Clone Trooper of the 501st Legion

Aw brought back so many great memories. What a great start to my morning. Thanks Kooky and Crazy :)

17:38 I know you two were looking forward to this very moment, ever since the first season of Clone Wars! 😂💪

Grievous coughs because in one Star Wars animation series earlier than Clone Wars, Mace Windu uses the forbidden force crush ability on his chest. That’s what damages his lungs.

Why am I getting still holding hands 13 years later fantastic 👏

heres also another funfact: palpatines deformities arent from the redirected force lightning. it is from the corruption of the darkside that was kept hiden through sith alchemy.

5:01 the way you two just growl “Grievous” makes me imagine you as a pair of Jedi who have encountered him more times than Obi-Wan has and are now just SICK of him

This movie has my favourite use of the force to influence a weak minded opponent, Kenobi making Skywalker give up the low ground advantage.

People have been picking this thing apart for years but it just occurred to me; you'd think if Luke was adopted as a newborn he would call his guardians mom and dad, not aunt and uncle.

The funny thing is that obi cover his mouth cause the actor could not stop laughing while saying that line

I am so glad you did this i am a 1990s kid so I grew up with the prequels so this is my favourite Star Wars movie.

It took me until this moment to realize that the cut down younglings that Yoda and Obi-Wan observe in the Jedi Temple were Reeva's classmates, if I'm not mistaken.

Grievous was coughing because mace window crushed his chest with the force

I vividly remember back in 1998. The Prequels was about to come out, everyone knew it and Star Wars was at it's most massive. I bought a comic "Prelude to Rebellion" and Outlander, books all about Ki-Adi-Mundi and he became a big notable figure from the prequel. Fans got to read comics, play video games, watch series for six long years. We knew these characters very well. And to see the look on Ki-Adi-Mundi's face when the clones betrayed him. It hit different. All of Order 66 was tough especially when we've had a chance to connect with these characters in other media. It's hard. Even after 20 years.

Palpatine is played by Ian McDiarmid and he is a fantastic actor.

I've said for years that George Lucas is a master world-building craftsman when it comes to writing, but his dialogue writing has always needed help. If he had more people he could rely on to write interpersonal scenes for him while he focused on the big picture, George would've been unstoppable.

I remember my thoughts seeing Grevious use 4 sabers for the first time. "Whaaaat theee fliiiip, he got FOUR!? 0.0" Also, Palpatine's unholy screech scared me as a kid. 😂 Anakin's path makes me think of what the turtle in Kung Fu Panda said: "One often meets his fate, on the road he takes to avoid it".

Obi-Wan Kenobi originally specialized in Form IV (Ataru), trained in the form by Qui-Gon Jinn. However, upon witnessing his master's death due to Ataru's lack of defensive capabilities, Kenobi decided to switch his focus to Form III (Soresu) in order to eliminate this weakness in his own technique. Soresu relied on tight bladework and subtle dodges to provide maximum defensive coverage, minimizing exposure to ranged weaponry. Form III focused on strong defensive technique to essentially outlast an opponent, waiting until they began making mistakes due to frustration or fatigue, before taking advantage of these lapses and countering. Master Windu once said that Obi-Wan was THE master of the form. Not a master. THE master of Soresu. He was one of the best options to take on Grievous' multiple lightsaber attacks and also very good at fending off hordes of enemies. Tragically, this meant that for the fight against Anakin, it would be a prolonged duel of the fates in a battle of the heroes. Both of them were brothers, trained together, fought together and been through so much together. Anakin vs. Obi-wan became a fight where you had two Jedi that knew each other's moves and techniques; who would basically fight on equal strength and skill until one would fall and other would be victorious after they wore each other out.

15:06 We would have learned so much more about this Utapau planet and it's different tribes of people in that cancelled clone wars Utapau arc btw. The full unfinished version of that arc can be found on YT btw.

You held his arm!

6:06 My man R2! 🙏🏽💪

Have you ever watched the 2003 cartoon mini-series "Clone wars"? I think you would find it interesting. It may no longer be part of the canon, but was intended as such when it was released, serving as a bridge between "Attack of the clones" and "Revenge of the sith". And I would say at least 75 % of it still works with present canon, and it contains several important scenes and character introductions.

Glad to see your reactions again. Just re-subbed!

Watching this again after Clone Wars, makes the movie hit that much harder. You really got to know the good person Anakin was, and the struggles he was going through; making his fall all the more tragic. You also got to know Padme and the Jedi better; adding a greater sense of loss to their deaths. But worst of all, you saw the clones as the victims they truly are. Seeing everything the clones went through, the bonds they formed with the Jedi, and knowing their free will would be effectively stripped away with three little words makes the Order 66 scene beyond heartbreaking...

not sure if its still cannon but Grevious coughs all the time because Windu force crushed his chest when he kidnapped the Chancellor

Awesome reaction to a enjoyable star wars movie Poor Anakin

I can make the order 66 scene just a little bit sadder. When Aayla Secura was killed, she saw her clones raise their blasters and she immediately looked forward. She trusted her team so much that she never suspected they were betraying her, she just assumed they were aiming at an enemy she hadn't noticed.

Thanks guys. I swear you guys react to all my favorite things. Love your cute raccoon dog.

Palpatine: “Leave him or we’ll never make it.” Anakin: “His fate will be the same as ours.” Anakin was right and so was Palpatine. Obi-Wan surviving led to Luke becoming a Jedi and Obi, Anakin and Palpatine all died on the Death Star because the sequels don’t exist

Darth Plagueis the wise and Palpatine, with dark experiments, unwittingly "created" life... and that´s why Shmi Skywalker was pregnant with no man. When the Emperor Palpatine... Darth Plagueis apprentice... had all over control... he murdered his master Plagueis in his sleep.

5:29 one did talk in the first episode of Clone Wars when Yoda lifted one up to shot at other Super Battle Droids

This was the first Star Wars movie I saw in theaters. Skipped school that day to watch it!

Many people believe that mace windu told anakin to wait at temple because if he was correct mace windu was going to grant him rank of master for ending the sith

fun fact the jedi kid thats shot in front of Bail Organa is actually played by George Lucas' son

You should also check out the 2008 The Clone Wars animated series by Genndy Tartakovsky. It is best interpreted as tales told over drinks in a cantina... "No Pudu, There I was looking at [xxxx] take on an entire [xxxxx]" But it gives extra context to many, many things.

4:29 "Oh, you say that too." God dammit. I love how the TFS vocabulary has infiltrated your lives as it has done mine.

Not believable to cover his mouth? Obi-Wan was feeling grief. People react to grief in many ways and that's one of them. People do that all the time...

8:29 That is explained in the short 2003 2D animated Clone Wars (Mace Windu was involved). Even though it's not canon anymore I can recommend still watching it. Grievous was pretty scary in that and it also introduced Ventress I think.

I am writing this to help out Bethany and Ken and this video and this channel with the algorithm 🥰

Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, and The Bad Batch should be next up, they tell stories before the Clone Wars and in the aftermath of it. Then Andor and Rebels to show the beginning of the Rebellion.

5:01 ... Yeah that's why you are both together hehe. Lovely reaction. Much love from the UK!

They never really say it in the series but the reason grievous has the couch is because when the sith created him, they wanted a way to be able to control or kill him easily. So they ended up giving him asthma after they shot down his ship when he was in his original body.

7:02 Shortly after the Emperor says "Do It" You can Hear the Screams of the Sand People Anakin Slaughter. It's a Detail I don't remember hearing until this viewing.