Honestly? Still hits hard.
Revenge of the Sith is exactly what it says on the tin—dark, sad, and kinda beautiful in a tragic way. Watching Anakin lose it is gut-wrenching, and a lot of that's thanks to Ian McDiarmid being such a creepy, manipulative Palpatine, plus Ewan McGregor giving us peak Obi-Wan. The opening space battle is insane, but the real soul-crusher is the Mustafar duel. Just two best friends trying to kill each other with laserswords. Devastating.
Yeah, some dialogue is goofy ("from my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" — really, Anakin?) and the CGI hasn't all aged great. But honestly? Who cares. Order 66 still stings, and Vader's first breath still gives you chills.
Now watching it today? Yikes.
It doesn't feel like space fantasy anymore. It feels like a warning. A whole republic falls apart not because of some outside enemy, but because a slick, charismatic leader uses fear, declares fake emergencies, pits everyone against each other, and people actually cheer while he burns democracy down. Anakin going all "you're either with me or against me" hits way too close to home now. And the Jedi just trusting the system while it rots from inside? Yeah, that one stings differently in 2026.
What used to feel like over-the-top tragedy now just feels… uncomfortably possible.
Wondering how you feel/ think about @DarthCoin's experience, and what you Darth have to share about your experience.
Darth Vader aka Anakin Skywalker is The Chosen One, The Balance into The Force.
The Balance is the most ignored thing by all people watching Star Wars. People are mostly focused on the Disney story, instead of Star Wars story. You will need to read more SW books to understand it not just watching the Disney movies.
Anakin was deceived by Palpatine not to "join forces" but to learn how to control life.
Keep in mind that Anakin loved so much Amidala that he was afraid of losing her.
So that isea of controlling life was seeded into his head by Palpatine to make him fall into the Dark Side.
Here is the most important scene that people didn't paid too much attention, how Anakin was deceived:
But once he saw what he did with him with all that machinery, immediately started his own plot to kill and destroy all what Palpatine wanted: the empire.
Yes, you are right, Anakin anger in Revenge iof the Sith is so powerful, because he realized that was betrayed by both sides and he's trapped now, is a huge fight inside him, trying to escape.
Darth Vader is not the villain in the whole story, is the only one that can bring peace and balance. Not even Luke Skywalker couldn't do that, that's why he retreated on that lost island because he knew that could not bring the balance.
So yes, in conclusion, IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB.
Darth loved a lot Amidala and all he did was because of that love.
"Love is blind, love deceives you."