Revenge of the Sith - things that make you go hmmm

[MaryB23]

I was struck by the moral relatism themes in this film. To name two examples:

In the opening credits (words scrolling across the screen) it says “there are heros on both sides”.

“Evil” Sith believe in absolutes, while the “good” jedi believe in perspective. Guess that means I’m more of a sith there.

 

[MaryB23]

Also noticed:

Yoda talks about the danger of attachments, being a path to the dark side. Then goes on later in the film to tell Chewie, “I’m going to miss you”. Makes you ponder…

 

[Promotor_Fidei]

MaryB23:

I was struck by the moral relatism themes in this film. To name two examples:

In the opening credits (words scrolling across the screen) it says “there are heros on both sides”.

“Evil” Sith believe in absolutes, while the “good” jedi believe in perspective. Guess that means I’m more of a sith there.

Yeah, that really bothered me.

So if the Jedis don’t believe in absolutes, why are they so opposed to the Sith? Why not cut a deal? Do Jedis believe that going to the dark side of the Force some of the time is OK?

 

[PhilNeri]

My one beef: why was there a runway? Every ship in the galaxy can take off and land vertically and only needs a landing pad. Landing pads are the only way of landing you ever see in all six movies. Then suddenly when they are trying to land that half a ship, a runway conveniently appears in front of them. Where did that come from?

 

[wabrams]

MaryB23:

Also noticed:

Yoda talks about the danger of attachments, being a path to the dark side. Then goes on later in the film to tell Chewie, “I’m going to miss you”. Makes you ponder…

I believe they mean attachments such as being IN love.

 

[wabrams]

MaryB23:

I was struck by the moral relatism themes in this film.

“Evil” Sith believe in absolutes, while the “good” jedi believe in perspective. Guess that means I’m more of a sith there.

Maybe Obi Wan meant b/c their friendship no longer meant anything to Anakin and only a Sith would draw that kind of line in the sand, while the Jedi possibly would try to talk them out of it.

 

[qmvsimp]

Nan S:

Did you catch the cameo with George Lucas and his daughter, Katie? Hint: they have blue-grey faces, and George is wearing a brown uniform. :irish1:

No I didn’t. Tell me where in the movie can I find them?

 

[ginnydes]

No kidding… and the deadpan matter-of-fact way the little medical droid delivers this line makes it almost laughable. It just seemed like kind of a cop-out, a throwaway. Surely they could have come up with something better!

I know a lot of people who die from depression or “lose the will to live.” It’s very common. And why wouldn’t Padme be depressed after discovering that her husband, the one she loves to the end, has turned to the dark side and then tried to kill her?
Overall this movie made me sad, even though I loved it. To think that Anakin is predestined to become Darth Vader, conceived in his mother’s womb by midi-chlorians. I know it was only a movie, but it seems so real in the context of today’s world; how so many people fall into sin (the Dark Side) and loose sight of the One who truly gives us life and hope.
I do agree with some viewers that these movies can have much religious significance, just as the Chronicles of Narnia do. One has to watch all 6 episodes in order to fully appreciate this. And in the end good does prevail!

 

[colliric]

In my opinion I always felt, with how much glee and personal knowledge that he tells the story, that Darth Sidious was in fact the murderous apprentice, and he is offering anakin the dark secret of life he stole from his own dead master. Perhaps Sidious was far older than he let on.

The other thing I liked about this film is how it seemed to mirror Return of the Jedi, and there was much diffrence and some simularity in how the emperor approached the temptation of Anakin and later Luke. He tempted Anakin by turning Anakin against his friends and loved ones, but realised Luke was trained very difrently(by a much wiser Obi-wan and the masterful Yoda himself) and his weakness was in how he could not be seperated from them. Even in the dark pits of the Death Star all on his physical own, his friends were fighting with him. The emperor tried, and failed, to temp luke to dispare over the hopelessness of their cause and he inspired his father to salvation, by reminding him he was once a jedi and a loving father.