I love Star Wars, but I still have major issues with the prequels that disappointed me in theaters in the late ’90s and early 2000s. In any case, many other fans think that “Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” is a successful conclusion. But the film in particular, in which so many conflicts are taken to the extreme, disappoints me. Aside from some staging issues, the story is very incomplete, often way too superficial and lacks the feel of the big “Star Wars” world.
When Disney 2020 continued the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series, which had actually ended, I was quickly excited about the new episodes. Then, when events are narrated in the last episodes of the series that played parallel to “Revenge of the Sith”, I wonder several times: why didn’t George Lucas show us everything?
But how simple the solution is, did not occur to me at the time. Then, just a few months ago, I came across an article on the US website with a brilliant idea: You just need to merge the last four episodes of “The Clone Wars” and “Revenge of the Sith” parallel to “Episode III” into one movie! I finally tried it and I’m blown away. Because despite the alternation between live action and animation, it works surprisingly well.
This is how you turn “Revenge of the Sith” and “The Clone Wars” into a movie.
First of all, here is the recommended order , which I also just followed. I’ve added content endpoints for you so you don’t have to watch the clock all the time:
- to start with “The Clone Wars 7.9”
- to minute 4:25 pm
- Ahsoka leaves
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to minute 27:34
- Anakin and Padme embrace
- the rest of “The Clone Wars 7.9”
- “The Clone Wars 7.10”
- to minute 2:59
- Darth Maul has escaped from Ahsoka
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to minute 51:40
- Obi-Wan departs (after the starship launch)
- the rest of “The Clone Wars 7.10”
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to o’clock 1:00:54
- End of the action scene with Obi-Wan
- “The Clone Wars 7.11”
- to minute 2:19
- Ahsoka is told that the Jedi Council wants to see her
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to o’clock 1:01:54
- just the one-minute briefing from the Jedi around Mace Windu
- “The Clone Wars 7.11”
- to minute 9:41
- Ahsoka stares into hyperspace on the command bridge
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to o’clock 1:15:20
- Palpatine kills Mace Windu
- “The Clone Wars 7.11”
- to minute 10:18
- Ahsoka senses through the Force what Anakin has done
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to o’clock 1:23:32
- Yoda fends off the attack on his life and flees with the Wookies
- the rest of “The Clone Wars 7.11”
- “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- to o’clock 1:29:55
- Anakin says goodbye to Padme and continues to dialogue with C-3PO
- “The Clone Wars 7.12”
- to minute 5:08 PM
- Ahsoka survives Order 66 with Rex and they both escape
- the rest of “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
- the rest of “The Clone Wars 7.12”
That sounds more complicated than it is. But with Disney+ it worked pretty well. Because the streaming service remembers where you last stopped. If you switch from series to film or from film to series, you are always in the right place. If you use your browser, you can open the movie and all episodes in parallel from the beginning. This is how it goes on within a few seconds every time, there are no major interruptions.
It’s just a bit annoying that you have to keep an eye on when you need to switch. Since I know the film and series very well and can estimate the time quite well, the nerve factor was limited for me. As I said, I have given you the last moments before the change that I was still missing to help you.
It should be clear that this homemade Revenge of the Sith / Clone Wars supercut cannot remove all weaknesses. Of course, the fact that some action sequences in “Episode III” are really poorly staged and some dialogues remain very flat doesn’t change.
Hopefully I may exaggerate the “masterpiece” in the title of the article slightly, because the leap in quality is still huge. It felt like a whole new movie, which is so much deeper and better. Where the political game of intrigue in “Episode III” remains ridiculously superficial at times, it now gets a double meaning. Emotional storylines finally make an impression.
I can therefore recommend any “Star Wars” fan to try it out for themselves – especially with regard to the upcoming “Ahsoka” series. Because the ex-Jedi also plays a role here, of course.
By the way, if you want to know more about the “Star Wars” timeline, we have a very extensive article for you. There we’ve put all the moving images from the canon of the saga in the right order, so you can see in which order you should watch them if you want to experience the whole story chronologically.