Recently several Star Wars: Episode III spoilers and plot outlines have been bouncing around the web, but syndicated writer Gareth Von Kallenbach of SKNR.net has given us an exclusive look at what he has gathered about the final chapter in the prequel trilogy, so buckle up and if you are steering clear of spoilers then turn away now.
With the final installment of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy due next summer, I thought I would provide the storyline as best as I know it. I have gathered this from sources that have proven to be reliable in the past. I am not saying that I have the final word or that I am an insider, rather I am presenting a written form of what I speak about at conventions and other live events.
I am not going to give all the events but rather the highlights and this should be taken as a heavy spoiler.
The film opens roughly three years after the events of Attack of the Clones with a huge space battle above Coruscant between Republic and Separatist forces. It is learned during the opening scroll that the Separatists under count Dooku have kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine and a dynamic battle and rescue attempt ensues.
Anakin is flying a customized Jedi Fighter and reportedly chides Obi Wan about his given name of Ben after he discovers this in his records. After some intense fighting which is said to show capital ships splitting open and bodies flying from the breached hulls, Anakin and Obi-wan board the flagship that is holding Palpatine.
Anakin and Obi Wan make their way through the ship battling druids and eventually work through a tank of liquid fuel to reach their objective. It is believed that Obi-Wan battles the leader of the droid army General Grevious while Anakin attempts to rescue Palpatine. Anakin is told to take Dooku alive but when he encounters Dooku, he is eager to show how much he has grown since he lost his arm to Dooku in their last battle. Urged on by Palpatine Anakin kills Dooku and manages to keep the ship stable enough to conduct a forced yet safe landing on Coruscant. During this, Grevious has managed to escape the ship to regroup with the forces.
Anakin is praised by Palpatine but feels he is not given due respect from his Jedi Peers and grows frustrated. Anakin is soon asked to be the personal guard of Palpatine.
In the meantime, there is some interplay between Anakin and Padme as they discuss the pending birth of their child. There is also of political maneuvering and such during this point so I will move ahead to the next series of events.
Yoda ends up on Kashyyk, the Wookie home world and other Jedi are scattered around the galaxy mopping up the remaining Separatist forces. It is said that the Clone Troopers have an imbedded code that places them under the control of Palpatine and as such they turn on their Jedi Generals and begin the purge. This is hard for Obi-Wan as he is forced to kill a trooper he had bonded with over the course of the campaigns.
It is said that Yoda and Chewbacca are the only survivors of a battle on Kashyyk and that Yoda discovers an artifact or information pointing out the identity of Darth Sidious.
It is said that Mace Windu and several Jedi confront Palpatine with what they have learned causing Palpatine to reveal himself and destroy the Jedi before him. Anakin is conflicted but through Palpatine’s urging, he kills Mace and then heads to the Jedi Temple to complete his task.
Bail Organa learns of the plan and attempts to warn the Jedi all the while under attack from Palpatine’s troops. Anakin enters the Jedi Temple and kills all the Jedi he encounters including the young Jedi younglings. The temple is in ruins when Bail Organa arrives with the local fire department and unknown to him, a beacon summoning all the Jedi to the temple has been activated.
Yoda and Obi-wan arrive at the temple and code the beacon to warn all remaining Jedi to flee and hide. Yoda is said to take on Palpatine and barely get away alive, and Obi Wan is sent on a mission to stop Anakin.
In the course of this, Obi Wan battles Grevious again and dispatches him. Obi wan is said to ride a lizard that can cling to surfaces while Grevious uses a custom speeder. The battle between them is tense but despite Grevious wielding 4 lightsabers, Obi-Wan dispatches him with a blaster to his inner workings.
Anakin is sent to a planet reportedly called Mustaffar where he is to take the surrender of the remaining separatists but is under orders to kill them.
Obi-Wan meets up with Padme and learns of the secret marriage and pregnancy and sets off to locate Anakin. Once all sides meet up, Anakin has killed the Separatist leaders and discovers Padme has stolen away on Obi-Wans ship and he turns on her reportedly force chocking her and tossing her across the room. This starts the reported 12-minute battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan that results in Anakin losing he legs and arms and being badly burned in the process.
With Palpatine’s forces on his heels, Obi-Wan takes Padme onboard Bail Organas private ship, (The same one at the start of the original Star Wars), where she gives birth to the twins and dies soon after.
It is said that around this point a helpful alien played by Bruce Spence helps hide Obi-Wan. Anakin is brought back from the dead and in a gruesome sequence we see the armor grafted to his body in a scene that is disturbing as he is tended by druids and robot arms from above.
Obi-Wan takes the young baby male to the Lars Homestead on Tattooine and Bail takes the female child with him to Alderran in an effort to hide them. Yoda and Obi-Wan go into hiding and C3PO and R2-D2 reportedly have their memories wiped.
The final scenes of the film are said to be Padme’s funeral on Naboo and the emergence of Darth Vader who through the force, nearly destroys his surroundings when Palpatine tells him that he has killed Padme. The final shot is said to be Vader, Palpatine, and Tarkin looking from the bridge of a ship as the first Death Star begins construction.
There you have the general outline of the plot, as it is know to happen. I have left out filler and side moments to concentrate on the main info. It is said to be a very, very dark and gritty film yet the best of the series by far.
