Yes, I know, but I’ve never seen a movie more than twice in a theatre. I might manage a third viewing, but I’m not sure…
Palpatine’s transformation…I thought it was funny at first (he sounds like he’s doing a Gollum impression) but now it just comes off as horrific. Which I assume was what they were going for. ;) It’s just one of things you almost want to look away from…
One bit I like which I haven’t seen many people point out: Anakin jumping back in the lift and Obi-Wan almost attacking him before he realises who it is. Nice bit of foreshadowing – next time he pulls a lightsabre on him, it’ll be to kill him.
I still love Order 66 (well, in a sense), the Anakin-and-Padme-staring-at-each-other-across-Coruscant scene (that has to have a name…) and Obi-Wan’s ‘I will do what I must’ :( The attack on the Temple still depresses me.
I wonder if Obi-Wan actually suspected it was Anakin, if it was lurking in the back of his mind and he was waiting for (and praying he wouldn’t get) confirmation. Maybe when Anakin’s body was nowhere to be found among the others in the Temple…
And later, when Obi-Wan starts talking to Padme about Anakin killing younglings, he sort of puts his hand over his mouth, and I can’t help wondering if he was stopping himself being sick. (Actually, he seems to put his hand over his mouth a lot in this movie…maybe it’s what he does when he’s under stress.)
On The Death Scene: my twelve-year-old brother said ‘She must be feeling his pain’ (By the way, was that Luke’s heartbeat heard when Vader is being made, or Padme’s?) And I think Vader’s NOOOOO works…it’s supposed to sound like a genuine cry of grief (which it is) but it sounds wrong coming from the machine he is, and that’s how he’ll sound for almost the rest of his life.
Oh, and I also love the ‘Destroyers!’ bit which parallels TPM so nicely. Not many people have mentioned that one, either, and it is easy to miss but it’s cool. :)
Speaking of ROTS-TPM parallels, here’s my favourite, though I don’t know if it was intentional:
Creepy, huh? (Screencap by spitefairy, by the way.)