anakin skywalker turned to the dark side in revenge of the sith.
anakin skywalker turned to the dark side in revenge of the sith.
when did anakin skywalker turn to the dark side?
revenge of the sith
with the release of "episode iii: revenge of the sith", which depicts how and why anakin skywalker turned to the dark side of the force, lucas once again altered "return of the jedi" to bolster the relationship between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy. the original and 1997 special edition versions of "return of the jedi" featured british theatre actor sebastian shaw playing both the dying anakin skywalker and his ghost. in the 2004 dvd, shaw's portrayal of anakin's ghost is replaced by hayden christensen, who portrayed anakin in "" and "". all three films in the original unaltered "star wars" trilogy were later released, individually, on dvd on september 12, 2006. these versions were originally slated to only be available until december 31, 2006, although they remained in print until may 2011 and were packaged with the 2004 versions again in a new box set on november 4, 2008. although the 2004 versions in these sets each feature an audio commentary, no other extra special features were included to commemorate the original cuts. the runtime of the 1997 special edition of the film and all subsequent releases is approximately five minutes longer than the original theatrical version.
return of the jedi
the secret wife of anakin skywalker, and mother of luke and leia and maternal grandmother of kylo ren. she served as queen of naboo, and later as a senator for her planet. her closest friend in the senate was senator bail organa. she reconnected and fell in love with anakin skywalker after he was assigned to protect her from an assassination attempt, and secretly married him shortly after the battle of geonosis. three years later, she reveals to anakin that she is pregnant and plans to raise their child on naboo. she realizes that anakin has started to have nightmares of her dying in childbirth and assures him that it was just a dream and that it won’t happen. after anakin turned to the dark side and massacred the jedi at the jedi temple, she was told by anakin that the jedi had taken over the republic. obi-wan arrives and asks padmé about her husband's whereabouts and informs her that he has turned to the dark side. padmé accuses obi-wan of lying and doesn’t believe that anakin would kill younglings. obi-wan apologizes that anakin is the father of padmé’s child and sets off to find him. padmé tracks anakin, now darth vader to mustafar but when she persuades him to abandon the dark side, vader refuses and force chokes her unconscious when obi-wan arrives. padmé gave birth to her children shortly after the first empire day. before she died, padmé assures to obi-wan that there is still good in anakin, before passing away. obi-wan and yoda decided to separate the children in order to keep them hidden from darth vader.
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