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00:00A Point of View
00:02What I'm about to say will probably make more than one person explode in anger.
00:22In my opinion, Star Wars Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith, is the best Star Wars movie made to date.
00:33Calm down, calm down.
00:35Before you all go after my throat, let me explain, because, well, this is just my opinion.
00:43What we can't deny is that the original Star Wars trilogy movies were made with children and teenagers in mind.
00:50They're very bright and family-friendly.
00:53And that ultimately makes them quite childish.
00:58And understand me, that's not a bad thing, but I'm one of those people who was born well after the original trilogy was released.
01:06And in fact, at 7 years old, I still remember that the first Star Wars movie I saw in theaters was The Phantom Menace,
01:13which by the way made me fall asleep too, but hey, we all know what The Phantom Menace is like.
01:18But that was my first contact with the world of Star Wars.
01:21I didn't experience the craze of the original trilogy, but I think the order in which you watch the films has a great influence on the way you perceive the entire saga.
01:31It's like what they usually say with Zelda video games.
01:35The first one you play is almost always the one you remember most fondly, and at the end of the day, they all have the same archetypes and tell similar stories.
01:43The first one, even though it was a film aimed at a young audience, created a unique universe and an adventure tone that would more or less be repeated in all of them.
01:54In my case, I've watched them all chronologically, that is, starting with the prequels and then all the others.
02:02And I saw it quite clearly.
02:05For me, Revenge of the Sith is the best of the nine by far.
02:08And I really feel sorry for the people who love the originals, but you have to understand me.
02:15After watching epic laser fight scenes and a super expanded universe, as well as a much more political and serious tone, I suddenly come across this.
02:23Seriously, what's wrong with Yoda in the 80s trilogy?
02:37He looks like he's smoked 20 joints.
02:40I swear I couldn't stop laughing every time he came out because I'd gone from seeing a super powerful Yoda to a doddering, crazy old man who was impossible to take seriously.
02:49But hey, apart from that, I was quite surprised by the goofy tone, so to speak, of the original trilogy.
02:58But hey, I also have to say, don't make me talk about the sequel trilogy because, well, anyway.
03:07So get comfortable because today isn't just another sense-a-scene video.
03:12Today what I'm going to bring you is a whole manifesto on why, for me, Revenge of the Sith surpasses the rest of the Star Wars movies.
03:19By far.
03:22From the meticulous lighting work, the use of color to narrate in a subtextual way, to the compositions and camera framing that are not just for the typical space blockbuster, but also make it the most cinematic and shakespearian.
03:34And as always, we encourage you to subscribe to the channel and hit the bell so you don't miss new videos like this one if you like them.
03:43We also have a playlist on the channel where you can enjoy the rest of the episodes of They're Not Like the Others, a format where we break down and analyze our most beloved films of today and always.
03:52Let's get started.
03:55Hello.
04:01If there's one thing that characterizes George Lucas, it's that he's someone who's not afraid to take risks.
04:07Back in the day, when the first Star Wars film was released, he was surrounded by people who told him he was crazy and that no one would like that weird movie about robots and laser swords in space, and they were wrong.
04:17He took the risk to make it happen, and it became a cultural sensation.
04:25And in the same way, 16 years later, he took the risk of creating a new Star Wars trilogy with a completely different tone from the original trilogy.
04:34But why did he decide to return to the world of Star Wars so many years later?
04:37After the last release of Star Wars Episode VI, Return of the Jedi in 1983, the production company that George Lucas founded in 1971, Lucas Films, was looking for a way to revitalize the franchise a bit and expand the Star Wars universe.
04:56That's why they decided to commission several authors to write novel versions that would continue the story after Return of the Jedi.
05:02The first author chosen for this task was Timothy Zahn, who was in charge of writing a trilogy of spin-off novels between 1991 and 1993.
05:13Heir to the Empire, Rise of the Dark Force, and The Last Order.
05:20The novels were a huge success, so they could see that the world of Star Wars still generated a lot of interest among the public,
05:27so they thought it was a good time to return to the cinema with a new trilogy.
05:32If there is something that also characterizes George Lucas is that despite being known for being a director,
05:38he could really be identified as an entrepreneur.
05:41He has always been aware of the release of new technologies for making films,
05:46and from his own production company he has always tried to push new 3D animation techniques,
05:50special effects and the digitalization of cinema to the maximum.
05:53Therefore, when it came to approaching these new films,
05:58he was eager to be able to exploit everything that technology had to offer to be able to tell parts of Star Wars that he could not before due to technical limitations.
06:06And well, he did indeed take risks and thanks to that we have things like Jar Mix.
06:12But hey, in the end that is also part of taking risks, sometimes it works out well and sometimes it doesn't.
06:25But thanks to these special effects we were able to see things that we had never seen on screen before.
06:30Before production began on Attack of the Clones, he had already started writing the script for the third installment.
06:39But if there's one thing that also characterizes George Lucas, it's that, well, one, he doesn't write very well and two,
06:46he doesn't stick 100% to the things he writes, but rather tends to explore and try different things on set.
06:52When he was shooting key dramatic scenes, he used to use two or more cameras rolling at the same time to get different angles of the same performance.
07:02That way he could have multiple takes and at the same time have more options in the editing room.
07:08And from what I've seen in documentaries, the guy was quite picky.
07:14The editor's face is completely situational the whole time, I'm telling you,
07:18and then he puts in these little cuts that look like they're taken from Movie Maker,
07:22but hey, those are authorial things, I guess, and winks and things that escape me.
07:29For this last installment, there was also someone in particular who had quite a lot of pressure on him
07:34for this last installment of the trilogy, Haydn Christensen.
07:39His performance in the second film was heavily criticized and it obviously affected him quite a bit.
07:44And for this third film he had to give it his all.
07:50He spent months on extremely strict diets accompanied by daily training.
07:58He had to eat six very specific meals a day to help build his muscles to reflect Anakin's maturation over the years
08:04and constant sword rehearsals with Ewan McGregor for the fight scenes.
08:08The one that drove them the most crazy was the final battle.
08:15They also spent months rehearsing just that battle,
08:18even months before filming began so that it would come out as beautiful and perfect as possible.
08:25And well, I don't know what you think,
08:27but I think it was completely worth it because they choreographed the most epic battle,
08:31without a doubt, in all of Star Wars.
08:33There are several things that I saw in Revenge of the Seth that I had trouble seeing in the rest of the Star Wars films.
08:53There is a lot of intentionality in the use of light and shadow,
08:56as well as in the use of color,
08:58as well as in the framing and composition of the shots,
09:00and all of them serve to tell the story in a much more visual way.
09:05The two main characters in this film are Anakin and Obi-Kinobi.
09:10And the way each one is lit is quite different because each one represents different ideas.
09:16Anakin tends to be almost always in the dark part of the shot or in poor lighting,
09:20and Obi-Wan is where the light sources are.
09:23Here, for example,
09:25we can see how Anakin is in the darkness and Obi-Wan has two lights behind him.
09:29Or here, for example,
09:31where Anakin remains in the shadows and Obi-Wan in the light.
09:37It is a dynamic that is repeated and intensified as the film progresses,
09:41representing how Obi-Wan is always on the bright path of the Force,
09:45but Anakin becomes darker and darker,
09:47gradually falling to the dark side of the Force.
09:49And this culminates when he definitively falls to the dark side of the Force
09:56and there is no longer any light on his face,
09:59just as there is no light on Palpatine's face when he reveals his true nature.
10:04This is also reflected in the color of Anakin and Obi-Wan's clothing.
10:09In the previous film,
10:11Anakin still had some white on his clothing,
10:13like on the inside,
10:14but here his clothing is completely black and Obi-Wan's is white.
10:22The lights also serve to narrate what illuminates
10:24and what overshadows Anakin along his path.
10:27Let's compare these two scenes.
10:30For example,
10:31the scene begins with Anakin with his face completely in black.
10:36Then,
10:36Palpatine approaches a source of light and his face lights up.
10:39He asks him what's wrong and when he turns around
10:43we see how his face lights up from the same side as Palpatine.
10:48Palpatine's presence illuminates him
10:50and partially brings him out of his solitary darkness.
10:53Now let's see this,
10:54but in a dialogue with Palpatine.
10:59When he sits down and tells the old legend Shish,
11:01Anakin turns to Palpatine,
11:03that side of his face is shadowed,
11:05if not almost plunged into darkness,
11:07representing that this character is tempting him
11:09and eating his ear to bring him closer to the dark side.
11:15Another shot that I think has a suggestive use of lighting
11:18is this shot here.
11:21Anakin breaks away from the group for a moment
11:23and runs towards Palpatine,
11:25who is completely covered by a large, long shadow
11:27and Anakin's face is almost completely plunged into darkness.
11:33We see the reason why he will end up on the dark side,
11:36the reason why he will end up in the shadows
11:38and that is Palpatine and the love he feels for her.
11:42And you have noticed something else here.
11:44Come on, I'll give you a moment to look at it carefully
11:47and see if you notice.
11:48Okay, now.
11:50And yes, indeed, it is the color.
11:54They are completely surrounded by an intense red
11:57that is accompanied by said shadow,
11:59the red of the dark side of thee
12:00and the inclination of Anakin's heart.
12:07It is a red that will gradually appear in key scenes
12:09in which something happens or occurs
12:11that will eventually make Anakin fall to the dark side,
12:14like here,
12:15where Anakin takes Doku's sword and kills him with it,
12:18like the seed that begins to germinate,
12:20and that color appears every time he is near Palpatine
12:22and their conversations.
12:23All this is accompanied by shot compositions
12:28that also narrate the story in a subtextual way.
12:33For example, in this scene,
12:35the beginning of the film,
12:36we see a full shot where we see Palpatine on the left,
12:39Anakin in the center
12:40and Doku on the ground on the right.
12:44I really like this shot
12:45because if we were to press stop,
12:47as if we were looking at a painting or a photo,
12:49we can perfectly understand
12:50what is happening in the scene.
12:54On the left we have the instigator,
12:56the provoker.
12:58He is the one who causes the action
13:00to begin in the scene
13:01and he is also seated,
13:02emphasizing the idea
13:03that although he provokes the action,
13:05he is someone who does not do anything personally
13:07with his own hands,
13:09but rather manipulates others to do it.
13:12In the center we see the incited,
13:14the manipulated,
13:16the tool,
13:16the one who carries out the action
13:18that was initiated by the agent on the left,
13:20the act itself.
13:21And on the right we see the result of the action,
13:25the death of Doku.
13:27I like it because in a single image
13:29there is already a beginning,
13:31a middle and an end
13:32that makes clear to us
13:33what the essence of Anakin's story is.
13:36And it is that he simply needs
13:37a little push to fall into the dark act.
13:41But this painfully ironic thing
13:42also works the other way around.
13:44He only needs a little push
13:47to fall to the light side,
13:49but Palpatine takes advantage
13:50of the Jedi organization
13:51and takes him over.
13:56Let's go to another shot and stop here.
14:00Okay,
14:01I also really like this shot
14:03because it is very representative
14:04of what is happening
14:05in the plot at that moment.
14:06In the center are Anakin and Palpatine
14:10completely immersed in darkness,
14:12showing how Palpatine is leading
14:14Anakin to the dark side.
14:18They are also surrounded by red,
14:20the colors of the Sith,
14:21but I love the detail
14:22that they are walking down a corridor
14:23surrounded by lights.
14:27But you can see that
14:28something strange is happening.
14:30Indeed,
14:33despite passing close to them,
14:34the two characters
14:35are not illuminated.
14:38It is logical
14:39that some light bounces off
14:40as they pass by,
14:41but I love it because,
14:42as we have seen,
14:43the lights represent
14:44the path of light and the Jedi.
14:49And here we see visually
14:50how there are two of them
14:51moving in the darkness
14:52and they are surrounded
14:53by light and the Jedi,
14:54but without the Jedi
14:55even realizing
14:56that these two Seds
14:57are walking between them.
15:00I don't know,
15:02I think it's cool.
15:03To finish this section,
15:04I would also like to mention
15:05a couple of scenes
15:06with strong parallels
15:07between them.
15:10One of them is the moment
15:11of Anakin's definitive
15:12fall to the dark side.
15:13We see Anakin watching a sunset.
15:17And when characters
15:18are placed in sunset scenes,
15:20it usually symbolizes
15:21the end of something,
15:22in this case the end of Anakin.
15:26And this also happens
15:27right in the middle of the film,
15:29at the midpoint,
15:29at the point of no return
15:31in the story.
15:33We see in his face
15:35that he is struggling inside
15:36and at the same time,
15:37the editing intersperses
15:38landscapes with Patmi's face.
15:42Both are looking at that landscape,
15:44but from different,
15:45separate places,
15:46because the path
15:47to the dark side
15:48is a solitary path,
15:49an idea that is reinforced
15:51with shots of Anakin
15:52alone in the scene.
15:55I can't follow.
15:56At the same time,
15:58it is not only the moment
16:00of Anakin's symbolic death,
16:01but also of Patmi.
16:04Because the moment
16:05Anakin succumbs
16:06to his dark side,
16:07he seals Patmi's fate.
16:10It is a sunset
16:11that foreshadows
16:12the death of both.
16:12This parallelism will be
16:17reinforced in a birth scene,
16:19when Anna,
16:20who is on the stretcher
16:21being transformed
16:21into Darth Vader,
16:23is interspersed
16:24in the editing
16:24with shots of PME,
16:26also on a stretcher
16:26giving birth.
16:27The fate of both
16:35is linked,
16:35not only in death,
16:36but in what they
16:37give birth to.
16:38The birth of Darth Vader
16:39and the birth of Luke
16:40and Leia,
16:41ending with a scene
16:42that takes place
16:42during a sunrise,
16:43when Obi-Wan
16:44hands Luke over
16:45to his uncles,
16:46symbolizing that
16:47after that sunset,
16:48after Anakin's death,
16:49comes the birth
16:50of a new hope.
16:51Luke,
16:51the true chosen one,
16:52who will bring balance
16:53to the force.
16:57And the thing is,
17:00oh, really,
17:01I have to tell you,
17:02I don't understand,
17:03I don't understand
17:04the harsh criticism
17:05that Hayden Christensen
17:06received back in the day.
17:08Personally,
17:09I think he gives
17:09a very emotional portrayal
17:11of Anakin and his tragedy.
17:13He is a character
17:14who as a child
17:15was torn from his mother's arms
17:17to join an organization
17:18that has distrusted him
17:19from the very beginning.
17:22As we know,
17:23it was Quiggan
17:23and not Obi-Wan
17:24who had to raise Anakin.
17:27Obi-Wan finds himself
17:28unexpectedly becoming
17:30a father due to his
17:31respect for Quiggan,
17:32but he has a non-classical
17:33Jedi way of being,
17:35clinging to the rules
17:35of his organization.
17:39Quiggan had enough
17:40ambiguity and social
17:41intelligence to guide
17:42someone like Anakin,
17:43and above all,
17:44the heartfelt commitment
17:45to want to do so,
17:47to raise a child
17:47with so many possibilities.
17:51But her death
17:52was the first event
17:52that would mark
17:53Anakin's tragedy.
17:54Then he had to watch
17:56his mother die
17:57in his arms
17:57and at the same time
17:58continue to coexist
17:59with an organization
18:00that still does not
18:01validate or accept him.
18:03All they tell him
18:04is that he must flee
18:05from the pain,
18:06from the fear of losing.
18:08They despise him
18:09for feeling emotions.
18:12He is a person who,
18:13when he most needed
18:14guidance in his life,
18:15found himself rejected
18:16by those around him.
18:17And it is when we are lost
18:20that we are most fragile.
18:23When he began
18:24to have dreams again,
18:25but now with Patmi's death
18:27he shows us the danger
18:28of self-fulfilling prophecies.
18:31The more we worry
18:32about things
18:32that haven't happened yet,
18:34the more likely
18:34we are to self-sabotage
18:36and end up having
18:36exactly what we've feared
18:37so much happened to us.
18:41The Jedi organization,
18:43instead of helping him
18:44with this set of intense
18:45and confusing feelings,
18:47represses him
18:47and doesn't realize
18:48that the more they send him
18:49to talk to Palpatine,
18:51the more opportunity
18:51they give him to fill
18:52that emotional gap
18:53he has in understanding
18:54and validation
18:55at his most fragile moment.
19:01And it moves me
19:02to see Anakin like this,
19:03with that tear on his face,
19:05because I think
19:06we can all relate
19:06to falling into doing
19:07bad things because
19:08of our fears,
19:09having the desire
19:10to do things right
19:11with all our heart,
19:12but when the pain
19:12is so strong
19:13that it blinds us
19:14to our own actions.
19:15And anyway,
19:31I would love to continue
19:32delving deeper into
19:33analyzing Anakin's character,
19:35but I'm afraid
19:35that's the end of the video.
19:38Anyway,
19:38what do you think?
19:41I think I've made my position
19:43on the matter quite clear,
19:44but I'm also looking forward
19:45to reading your comments
19:46on the subject
19:47because, well,
19:48one thing's for sure,
19:49Star Wars is something
19:50we can talk about
19:51for a long time
19:52and there are many opinions
19:53on the subject.
19:56And as always,
19:57thank you very much
19:58for watching this video
19:59and leave a like
20:00if you also think
20:01it's the best Star Wars movie
20:02and if not,
20:03even if it's just a like
20:04out of compassion
20:05for the mental wank
20:06I've created.
20:06The end.
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