Dark Undertones

Is Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith an anti-Bush movie? “Revenge of the Sith’s two greatest moments tap into the uncertainty of our own political climate: the dazzling battle between Yoda and Darth Sidious inside the beautifully spiraling Senate hall evokes Democrats and Republicans scrambling for power and, during an obscenely over-the-top duel in Mustafar, Obi-Wan declares, ‘Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes,’ after Anakin says, ‘If you’re not with me, you’re my enemy’.”