In 1973, Lucas claimed to have written the Star Wars saga's fundamental story in the form of a basic plot outline. He would later profess that at the time of the saga's conception, he had not fully realized the details—only major plot points throughout the series.[14] He began working on Episode III even before the previous film, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, was released, proposing to concept artists that the film would open with a montage of seven battles on seven planets.[15] Lucas reviewed the storyline that summer and radically re-organized the plot.[16] Michael Kaminski, in The Secret History of Star Wars, surmises that Lucas found flaws with Anakin's fall to the dark side, and made massive story changes. For instance, instead of opening the film with various Clone Wars battles, Lucas decided instead to focus on Anakin, ending the film's first act with his murder of Count Dooku, an action that signals his descent to the dark side.[17]
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD on October 31, 2005 in the United Kingdom, on November 1, 2005 in the United States and Canada and on November 3, 2005 in Australia. It was also released in most major territories on or near the same day.[43] The DVD was a two-disc set, with picture and sound mastered from the original digital source material. Unlike any other films directed by Lucas, Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD without any noticeable alterations from the film's original theatrical cut. The only alteration made was the change of a scene transition near the end, which involved the change from a wipe to a straight cut.
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is the official LucasArts 2005 video game based on the movie of the same name. It centers around Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as the Clone Wars come to an end. It was released on May 5, 2005, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Additionally, a version was made available for mobile phones on April 2, 2005.
The game also features a multiplayer duel mode, in which two players face off against each other. Players can choose Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Mace Windu, Cin Drallig, or Serra Keto. Darth Vader, and Ben Kenobi , circa Episode IV can also be unlocked for this mode. If you are Ben Kenobi there is a move for surrendering , in which Ben holds up the lightsaber in a vertical manner, like in Star Wars IV: New Hope. This immediately kills you. Alternate versions of all the players (except Yoda who is only playable in one bonus level called Size matters not. ) are playable in multiplayer duel mode as well.
