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At the same time, Sidious executes Order 66, an apparently pre-programmed contingency or trigger within all clone troopers to kill the Jedi fighting alongside them.  Every single one obeys, and almost every Jedi is killed.  Two of the survivors are Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda, who with the help of his Wookiee friends escapes Kashyyyk.

At the same time, Sidious executes Order 66, an apparently pre-programmed contingency or trigger within all clone troopers to kill the Jedi fighting alongside them.  Every single one obeys, and almost every Jedi is killed.  Two of the survivors are Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda, who with the help of his Wookiee friends escapes Kashyyyk.

Sidious makes an announcement to the Senate that, in light of the Jedi "betrayal"--the attack on him that transformed him used as physical evidence--he is using his powers to transform the Republic into an Empire.  After returning to the Chancellor, Vader is given his next mission: kill the civilian leaders of the Separatist movement, headquarted on Mustafar.  He no longer needs the war to motivate the citizenry, as he has all the political power he'll ever need.

Sidious makes an announcement to the Senate that, in light of the Jedi "betrayal"--the attack on him that transformed him used as physical evidence--he is using his powers to transform the Republic into an Empire.  After returning to the Chancellor, Vader is given his next mission: kill the civilian leaders of the Separatist movement, headquartered on Mustafar.  He no longer needs the war to motivate the citizenry, as he has all the political power he'll ever need.

Obi-Wan and Yoda return to Coruscant and battle their way into the temple, attempting to find out what happened.  Obi-Wan finds bodies of Younglings--the youngest Jedi--with [[lightsaber]] burns, and wonders who would have killed them.  He goes to find Yoda in the security section.  Yoda asks him not to review a particular holo-record of the battle, even though it shows what happens.  Obi-Wan does anyway...and sees Anakin dueling with a Jedi.

Obi-Wan and Yoda return to Coruscant and battle their way into the temple, attempting to find out what happened.  Obi-Wan finds bodies of Younglings--the youngest Jedi--with [[lightsaber]] burns, and wonders who would have killed them.  He goes to find Yoda in the security section.  Yoda asks him not to review a particular holo-record of the battle, even though it shows what happens.  Obi-Wan does anyway...and sees Anakin dueling with a Jedi.

==Criticism==

==Criticism==

It caused a very minor controversy for its supposed political overtones.  Anakin Skywalker's declaration to Obi-Wan that, "If you're not with me than you are against me," was interpreted by some conservatives as a dig at [[President Bush]], and the fall of the Republic is seen as allegory for the rise of the so-called [[American Empire]].  For his part, Lucas has denied this is true except in the broadest terms, saying that whenever democracy becomes empire you will find similarities. Despite this controversy, the film was hailed by critics as a vast improvement over the previous prequels.

It caused a very minor controversy for its supposed political overtones.  Anakin Skywalker's declaration to Obi-Wan that, "If you're not with me than you are against me," was interpreted by some conservatives as a dig at [[President Bush]], and the fall of the Republic is seen as allegory for the rise of the so-called [[American Empire]].  For his part, Lucas has denied this is true except in the broadest terms, saying that whenever democracy becomes empire you will find similarities. Despite this controversy, the film was hailed by critics as a vast improvement over the previous prequels.

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