10: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast

A More Civilized Age

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🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 270 minutes

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Summary

With what can only be described as "season finale energy," today we detour from our Clone Wars journey in order to (re)visit the final film in George Lucas' much derided Prequel Trilogy: Revenge of the Sith.

Do we debate at length where the final blame for Anakin's downfall lies? Yes. Do we dream up ways that things could have gone differently? Absolutely. Do we find ways to talk ourselves into circles? Oh, without a doubt.

Join us for this four and a half our dive into Revenge of the Sith. If you (and we) can make it through this, then the rest of Clone Wars will be nothing.

(Also, if you enjoy this, reminder that you can support the show and listen to a monthly Q&A by going to patreon.com/civilized. Oh and be sure to check the show notes on the site to get all the Important Secondary Material we'll reference throughout this pod.)

Next time: Clone Wars Episode 17-18 (The Blue Shadow Virus Arc)

Show Notes

Sheev's Gamer Chair (With Cat Ears)

Hosted by Rob Zacny (@RobZacny)

Featuring Alicia Acampora (@ali_west), Austin Walker (@austin_walker), and Natalie Watson (@nataliewatson)

Produced by Austin Walker

Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)

Cover art by Xeecee (@xeeceevevo)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Let us return once more to a more civilized age, a Clone Wars podcast.
0:12.7	I'm Rob Zachini, joined by Alia Campora, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson.
0:18.1	Just like we promised at the start of this podcast series, we're taking a pause between
0:23.3	the hidden enemy and the crucial blue shadow virus arc to visit Revenge of the Sith.
0:30.3	This is an unconventional chronology I know, but in this essay, we will establish that
0:34.8	this is the most authentic and indeed intended way to experience, no, or you got us.
0:45.0	This was ill-conceived.
0:46.8	Ironically, I didn't realize how ill-conceived it was until I watched Revenge of the
0:52.3	Sith and realized that there is no real drama or attention around the clones at all in
0:58.6	the film.
0:59.6	And therefore, there isn't really anything in the prequel trilogy that the cartoon anchors
1:04.1	into in the least.
1:07.2	So we have to take this movie out of its own merits as the finale of the prequel trilogy and
1:13.3	not for how it pays off on anything that's going to happen in the Clone Wars cartoon.
1:19.0	And gang, I don't think I saw a lot here that changes any of our diagnosis of this trilogy
1:24.4	and Lucas's approach to it.
1:26.6	The execution is better in a couple places.
1:30.7	I would say the cast does seem to be having a little more fun with their roles, even if
1:34.6	the material is still really bad.
1:37.4	And some of the big CGI set pieces are nice.
1:40.1	But the writing is as bad as it's ever been, and at the end of this movie, I am left
1:45.3	enjoying some of the plot beats more as ideas than as actual scenes.
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