Third in my series of Marathon-day observations, here are my notes for Episode III.

Note that I tried to exclude things that were already listed in my previous Easter Eggs blog entry or the official Easter Eggs article.

- The Star Destroyers and Jedi Starfighters both get notches in their sides for ROTS
- Anakin & Obi-Wan created the first Jedi meld, half a century before the idea is further developed by later Skywalkers
- "Twice the pride, double the fall;" quite an apt statement
- ROTS Special Edition: R2 Rocket Jets
> > I wanna see them get shot off
> > Maybe he tries to fly as a distraction on the Invisible Hand bridge & a droid shoots it off
- Is anyone else reminded of Shuttle Columia by the falling Invisible Hand?
- Episode III is definitely the best movie for turbolift fans
- Love most definitely has blinded you, Anakin
- ROTS Special Edition: Get rid of some of the more distracting transition (esp. checkerboard)
- Regarding the jappor snippet, Padme doesn't "need this to remember you by" (Episode I; rough quote) - but you do, Padme. The Anakin you knew & loved disappeared, and that's your one remaining connection to the old him.
- There's Lonk Nojj! Or so my "What's the Story" says....
- The most clear reference to immortality comes here, of course
- There's Quinlan Vos, the disappearing EU character (one of two, anyway)
- Oops - when Obi crosses his legs, he's not in the same seat as Ki-Adi-Mundi was when he did it, but in the same position camera-wise (see Episode I notes)
- I love how Obi-Wan flicks several switches to turn off hologram after Outer Rim Sieges briefing, with each switch turning off a different layer of the holo
- The Dark Moose's theory makes a lot of sense
- Star Wars, and especially the prequels, and especially Episode III, is extremely dense. Not stupid, of course; just dense, content-wise. A dozen viewings and I still notice something new each time.
- Were the clones spying on the Jedi? Was that, like, Order 65? There's one watching Obi and Ani's staging area good-bye; a few on the gunship as Yoda headed for Kashyyyk; and others everywhere they go, besides the Temple.
- Those loadlifters and gunships and who knows what else had better get off the roof of the Star Destroyer before it takes off! (It's fun to watch them up there.)
- Obi-Wan is kind of eccentric already, even before the endless years in the desert.
- ROTS Special Edition: Extended 4-on-1 Palpatine fight, with better deaths for the other Jedi
- Palpatine lied (or maybe not). He can't save people from death after all; he's just confident he can figure it out. And yet he said his master taught him everything he knew. But if a talking bird taught you everything it knew, would you be able to fly? No. But through technology, you could achieve it; you could build an airplane. That's what Palpatine does; unable to save people with the Force, he does it with bionics.
- The Episode III DVD should have an extended version of the Jedi Purge montage, including Quinlan, Bariss, Shaak Ti, and any other cut deaths that might exist
> > Shaak Ti's death wouldn't be right after Anakin storms up Temple steps, that just wouldn't work; it'd be right after Felucia
- And to think... it's all done in the name of peace. How tragic. That "we shall have... peace" line is pretty eerie.
- Yoda's Kashyyyk escape pod looks like a Port-o-potty
- Nineteen is a special number... Episodes I and III each came out May 19, my birthday is October 19, Emergency Code 9-13 backwards becomes 3-19, as in Episode III on May 19
- Everyone suddenly starts calling Palpatine "my lord" - Commander Cody, Anakin, and Mas Amedda, to name a few
- In the theater (when it's crowded), people often audibly wince when Anakin chokes Obi-Wan's with his mechanical hand
- I'm glad the final duel is blue vs. blue and not red vs. blue. It shows how it's brother vs. brother, evenly matched. Like when they're both spinning their lightsabers in unison, then strike in unison, then Force-push in unison.
- ROTS Special Edition: Qui-Gon
> > Have Qui-Gon talk to Yoda while Yoda's meditating on Polis Massa, before Obi-Wan arrived
> > But NOT when Yoda's telling Obi about that power; Obi hasn't learned it yet, after all
- I wonder if you can see real vital signs on the holodisplays
- ROTS Special Edition: Padme Dying
> > Change medical droid's dialogue
> > People won't believe she just gave up
> > I'd make it a combination of factors
- Notice the six-spoked Imperial insignia on the ground around Vader's operating table
- Breathing is a big theme of SW; "I can't breathe," etc. Vader's first breath is immediately followed by heaving breathing by Padme (one of her last breaths, in fact), and there sure is a lot of choking in III-VI.

I'm currently watching Episode IV... almost done, in fact... and those notes will be coming soon.

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The Plan
What I Notice (Episode I)
What I Notice (Episode II)
What I Notice (Episode III)
What I Notice (Episode IV)
What I Notice (Episode V)
What I Notice (Episode VI)
Review
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