As the video’s narrator says, the prequels weren’t just a tragic tale of a Republic’s collapse. Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. “They’re a warning, ...

Years ago, Star Wars finally told the story of Darth Plagueis, and it's well past time for Lucasfilm to revisit the subject.

This little-known Clone Wars retcon reveals why Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious' plot to deceive Anakin Skywalker was so successful in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Anakin Skywalker's ...

The Star Wars prequels are a Death Star with a discourse-powered tractor beam still pulling in deliriously impassioned takes all these years later. Love them or hate them, either you do. There is no ...

20 years after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sithdebuted in theaters, Star Warsis celebrating with the movie's theatrical re-release—but during my re-watch I realized these 11 moments in ...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, returning to theaters on April 25th for a one-week engagement, revealed Emperor Palpatine’s (Ian McDiarmid) machinations coming to fruition, a ...

We’ve arrived at what is widely considered the best movie in the Prequel Trilogy and one of the best in the Skywalker Saga itself: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Debuting in 2005, Revenge of the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and it was a tragic turning point in the Skywalker saga. Set during the final days of the Clone Wars, Jedi Knight Anakin ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany. But in the ...