Even after nine mainline movies in the Star Wars franchise, Revenge of the Sith is arguably one of the most important.
Flawed though it may be, George Lucas’ all-star actioner helped join the dots between one galactic era and the next, while also pinpointing the precise moment when Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. So it’s fair to say a lot transpires during Episode III of the Star Wars saga – not least the moment when Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine executes Order 66 and ostensibly wipes out the Jedi Order we know and love.
Turns out that fateful scene could’ve been darker still, as McDiarmid revealed during Salt Lake City’s FanX event this past weekend (h/t ComicBook.com), though George Lucas ultimately decided against excessive violence in order to retain the film’s PG-13 rating.
“I think it was a little more gruesome than you ended up seeing, you know.
Flawed though it may be, George Lucas’ all-star actioner helped join the dots between one galactic era and the next, while also pinpointing the precise moment when Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. So it’s fair to say a lot transpires during Episode III of the Star Wars saga – not least the moment when Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine executes Order 66 and ostensibly wipes out the Jedi Order we know and love.
Turns out that fateful scene could’ve been darker still, as McDiarmid revealed during Salt Lake City’s FanX event this past weekend (h/t ComicBook.com), though George Lucas ultimately decided against excessive violence in order to retain the film’s PG-13 rating.
“I think it was a little more gruesome than you ended up seeing, you know.
- 9/10/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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