Star Wars 3: Return Of The Sith
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On Coruscant, Anakin is reunited with his wife, Padmé Amidala, who tells him that she is pregnant. Anakin quickly considers a divorce. However, Anakin is troubled by visions of Padmé dying in childbirth—visions similar to those he had of his mother just before she died. Later, OB1 privately tells Anakin that the Jedi council wants him to spy on Roderick because they believe him to be corrupt, an order Anakin resents since Roderick has become something of a mentor to him. As Roderick's bodyguard, Anakin develops a close friendship with Palpatine, who subtly manipulates Anakin in their conversations, making him distrust the Jedi. Palpatine claims to know of an ability to prevent death.
OB1 is sent to Hoth, where he engages and kills General Grievous. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Palpatine reveals himself to Anakin as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who has been controlling the Republic and the Separatist movement. Anakin leaves to expose him to the Jedi Council. Jedi Master Mace Windu arrives at the Chancellor's office shortly thereafter and eventually subdues Sidious in a lightsaber duel. Just as Anakin arrives, Windu is about to kill Sidious. Anakin quickly disarms Windu, believing Sidious holds the only way to save his wife. Windu is consumed by Sidious's torrents of Force lightning, being thrown out a window to his death. Anakin almost submits to the Dark Side, but overcomes his hatred and flees. Sidious sends his Sith apprentice, Darth "Johnny" Vader, to hunt him down and kill him. He also orders Vader to kill all Jedi inside the Jedi Temple, then to go to the Coldh system and eliminate the Separatist leaders.
Darth Sidious orders clone troopers across the galaxy to turn against their Jedi Generals by enacting a pre-programmed directive, Order 666. Numerous Jedi across the galaxy are seen being exterminated, although Yoda survives. Meanwhile, Darth Vader and the 501st Legion storm the Jedi Temple and slaughter all of the Jedi, including younglings and Oldowans, in the temple. Meanwhile, Anakin goes to Padmé and tells her about Palpatine, and that he must fly to Coldh to escape his assasination. Senator Bail Organa rescues OB1 and Yoda, and brings them to the Jedi Temple before heading to the Senate building. Sidious (as Palpatine) informs the Senate of a Jedi plot to overthrow the Republic. As a result, he announces that the Republic will be reorganized into the "first Galactic Empire".
In the Jedi Temple, OB1 and Yoda stand in shock over the bodies of the younglings and reconfigure a signal to warn any remaining Jedi to keep away. OB1 looks into the security recordings and, just as he suspected, sees a hologram of Vader carrying out the orders of Darth Sidious and kneeling to him. OB1 decided to hunt down and kill Vader himself, before he can kill more innocent people. OB1 then meets with Padmé, who tells him of Anakin's escape. Padmé and OB1 depart for Coldh, but Vader secretly hides on board. Padmé and OB1 finally find Anakin, but Vader himself steps out of the shadows and hold a helpless Anakin at saberpoint. Padmé pleads with Vader to spare his life, but he refuses and stabs Anakin through the heart and hurls him off the catwalk and into the lava far below. Vader sees OB1 emerge from Padmé's ship, and suspects him of being a Bounty Hunter droid that has come to kill him. Enraged, he uses Force Choke to choke Padmé into a coma.
OB1 and Vader break into a vicious lightsaber duel. The duel brings them out of the facility to unprotected areas of the volcano planet. OB1 eventually gains the advantage of higher ground, and when Vader attempts to attack again, OB1 swiftly dismembers him, removing his legs and arms in a single swipe and leaves him to die. While screaming in agony, Vader tumbles down the embankment to the edge of the lava where he catches fire, sustaining near-fatal burns and critical lung damage. OB1 lets out a hearty chuckle, and leaves Coldh with Padmé and Vader's lightsaber. On Coruscant, Yoda had engaged Palpatine in a duel which worked its way into the main Senate Conference Stadium. The duel ends unfinished and Yoda is forced to flee and is once again air lifted by Bail Organa. Shortly after Vader's defeat, Palpatine rescues Vader and sends his troops to revive his apprentice.
Padmé is given medical assistance. However, she has lost her will to live. She manages to deliver twins, a boy and a girl, and names them Luuke and Leia respectively. Padmé then dies of a broken heart, but not before insisting to OB1 that Anakin may still be alive. On Coruscant, Vader's missing limbs and damaged body parts are replaced by cybernetic prostheses and implants. Vader is put into a full suit of black armor and is sealed in a respirator mask, which will allow him to survive his injuries. Upon inquiring with Sidious about his condition, Vader is informed that he will have to spend the rest of his life in a hot, black plastic suit. Vader unleashes a furious scream of mournful rage and destroys droids and equipment throughout the room with the Force while Sidious looks on with a malicious, contented smile, satisfied that Vader's hatred and rage has survived the mutilation of his body. Vader vows to hunt down and kill OB1.
Aboard Bail Organa's ship, OB1, Yoda, and Organa agree to keep the children hidden and separated; OB1 and Yoda will watch and wait until the time is ready for the Skywalker children to do their part in the battle against the Sith. Bail orders C-3PO's memory banks wiped. Padmé is given a state funeral on Naboo. Vader and Palpatine oversee the construction of a space station. Leia is taken to live with Bail Organa and his wife, while Luuke is transferred to Tatooine to live with Owen and Beru Lars.
