RotS: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Chapter I: Revenge of the Sith

Opening Crawl

 * EPISODE III


 * REVENGE OF THE SITH


 * War! The Republic is crumbling
 * under attacks by the ruthless
 * Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
 * There are heroes on both sides.
 * Evil is everywhere.


 * In a stunning move, the
 * fiendish droid leader, General
 * Grievous, has swept into the
 * Republic capital and kidnapped
 * Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
 * the Galactic Senate.


 * As the Separatist Droid Army
 * attempts to flee the besieged
 * capital with their valuable
 * hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
 * desperate mission to rescue the
 * captive Chancellor&hellip;

001 - EXT: SPACE
John Williams' Star Wars Main Title opens the film, seguing into The Revenge of the Sith. The film uses an alternate version to that which appears on the soundtrack CD, notably using war drums following the pan down.

The title is an homage to the original title of Episode VI, Revenge of the Jedi. This was puportedly changed to Return of the Jedi when George Lucas decided Jedi would not take revenge, though by this time, merchandise bearing the original name had already been produced. Several items of Revenge of the Sith merchandise also paid homage to the style of these products.

During production, the Official Star Wars Site stated that the title of Episode III would be The Creeping Fear, though this was merely an April Fools Day joke.

This is the first and only opening crawl to include an exclamation point ("War!"). The events alluded to in the crawl were depicted in several sources, most notably Season III of Star Wars Clone Wars, the lead-in novel Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno, and Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune, a webstrip made available on The Official Site to members of the Hyperspace fan club. General Grievous himself first appeared in Chapter 20 of the Clone Wars cartoons.

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