Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Opening crawl: Clone Wars raging. Jedi heroes everywhere. Battle over Coruscant. Anakin and Obi-Wan on rescue mission for kidnapped Chancellor. Republic's best defending the galaxy. Final moments before fall.

Palpatine to Anakin: "Good is a point of view." Theme of moral relativism vs. absolutes. Seduction to dark side. "Only through me can you achieve power greater than any Jedi." Manipulation beginning.

Anakin and Obi-Wan rescue Palpatine. Defeat Dooku. Padmé pregnant. Anakin happy but having nightmares of her death. Jedi Council distrusts Palpatine. Anakin torn between Jedi and Chancellor. Storm brewing.

Anakin dreams of Padmé dying in childbirth. Exact same visions as mother's death. Terrified of losing her. Palpatine hints he can prevent death. Seed planted. Fear taking hold.

Council makes Anakin Palpatine's representative but denies him rank of Master. Insult. Palpatine tells tragedy of Darth Plagueis - could prevent death. Should Anakin trust Palpatine or Jedi? Lines blurring.

Anakin discovers Palpatine is Darth Sidious. Reports to Mace Windu. Jedi go to arrest Chancellor. Anakin must choose: Jedi or Palpatine? Power to save Padmé or obey order. Crisis point reached.

Anakin and Padmé's relationship strained by his obsession. She senses change. "You're breaking my heart!" Love that should save him becomes what he'll destroy for. Tragic irony of attachment.

Order 66 executes across galaxy. Jedi killed by clone troopers everywhere. Anakin leads assault on Jedi Temple. Slaughters younglings. Obi-Wan sent to kill Grievous. Yoda faces Palpatine. Jedi Order collapsing.

Anakin helps Palpatine kill Mace Windu. "What have I done?!" Kneels before Sidious. Becomes Darth Vader. Point of no return. "Rise, Lord Vader." False victory for dark side. Anakin lost.

Vader executes Order 66, kills Separatist leaders on Mustafar. Padmé follows, Obi-Wan stows away. Vader: "I have brought peace to MY new Empire." Fully consumed. Obi-Wan confronts him. Former brothers now enemies.

Vader Force-chokes Padmé. "You turned her against me!" Obi-Wan: "You have done that yourself." Duel on Mustafar. Everything Anakin fought for destroying. Love, brotherhood, self - all lost to darkness.

Obi-Wan defeats Vader, cuts off limbs. Vader burning alive. "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you." "I hate you!" Complete destruction of everything good. Absolute lowest point for all characters.

Palpatine rescues Vader, transforms into iconic suit. "Can you hear me, Lord Vader? Yes, my master. Where is Padmé?" She dies giving birth to twins. "It seems in your anger, you killed her." Nooooo! Monster fully born.

Empire declared. Jedi extinct. Vader and Palpatine on Death Star. Obi-Wan and Yoda in hiding. Twins separated - Luke to Tatooine, Leia to Alderaan. Darkness victorious. Republic dead. Hope hidden.

Owen and Beru hold baby Luke, watching twin suns set on Tatooine. Exact mirror of Luke watching suns in New Hope. Cycle complete. Darkness fallen but hope surviving in hidden child. Anakin gone, Vader lives, but new hope born.