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51 free Revenge of the Sith trivia questions with answers. Revenge of the Sith is the prequel that fans came round to, and this quiz treats Episode III as the deep subject it has become. Fifty questions cover the plot from the rescue over Coruscant to the twins' separation, the cast and their cameos, the record-breaking effects work, John Williams's score, the deleted Senate subplot, the novelization, the video game and the film's 2025 return to cinemas. It opens with warm-ups any viewer can answer and climbs to production detail only obsessives know: how long Christopher Lee had on set, where the Kashyyyk mountains were really filmed, how many man-hours went into 49 seconds of the Mustafar duel. Use it solo, or run it as a round at your next Star Wars quiz night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the film, its characters, score, novel and game, and each question carries its source.
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Q 01In which year was Revenge of the Sith released in cinemas?
2005
It opened in the United States on May 19, three days after its official premiere at a French film festival.
Q 02Who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith?
Ewan McGregor
He and Hayden Christensen performed their own lightsaber duel without stunt doubles after months of rehearsal.
Q 03Which actor plays Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious?
Ian McDiarmid
He had first played the Emperor in Return of the Jedi in 1983, twenty-two years before playing the same character younger.
Q 04Which senator, played by Jimmy Smits, takes baby Leia home to Alderaan?
Bail Organa
Smits had joined the saga in Attack of the Clones; his character raises Leia as his own daughter.
Q 05Which command, issued by Sidious, turns the clone troopers against their Jedi generals?
Order 66
In later canon the clones obey because of an inhibitor chip; Ahsoka Tano escaped by removing Captain Rex's.
Q 06On which volcanic planet do Obi-Wan and Anakin fight their climactic duel?
Mustafar
The lava world was built as a 33-foot miniature model, and 910 artists spent 70,441 man-hours on just 49 seconds of the fight.
Q 07Which Sith Lord does Anakin execute aboard Grievous's flagship at Palpatine's urging?
Count Dooku
Christopher Lee was 81 when he filmed the beheading, and the ship-bound duel is the last time the two Sith apprentices ever share the screen.
Q 08Which Jedi Master does Sidious kill with Force lightning after Anakin cuts off his hand?
Mace Windu
Samuel L. Jackson had asked for a purple lightsaber so he could pick himself out in the crowded Geonosis battle of the previous film.
Q 09Where does Padmé give birth to Luke and Leia?
Polis Massa
The remote asteroid outpost is where Yoda regroups with Obi-Wan and the Alderaan senator after his stalemate with Sidious.
Q 10Obi-Wan tracks General Grievous to which sinkhole planet?
Utapau
Bruce Spence, the Gyro Captain from Mad Max 2, plays its administrator Tion Medon.
Q 11How does Obi-Wan finally kill General Grievous?
Shoots him with his own blaster
The Jedi pulls the general's DT-57 pistol to himself with the Force and fires into the organs behind the chestplate, then mutters 'So uncivilized.'
Q 12How many lightsabers can General Grievous wield at once?
Four
Each mechanical arm splits in two, and the trophies were taken from Jedi he had killed.
Q 13Why did George Lucas ask for General Grievous to have a hacking cough?
To emphasise his organic, flawed cyborg nature
Q 21The limestone mountains of Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld, were filmed in which country?
Thailand
The plates were shot around Phuket, and Peter Mayhew returned as Chewbacca to stand in front of them.
Q 22How many visual-effects shots does Revenge of the Sith contain, then a world record?
2,151
Almost every frame was touched by Industrial Light & Magic; the film runs 140 minutes.
Q 23Hayden Christensen bulked up for the role. Roughly how much weight did he put on?
25 lb
Three months with a Sydney trainer and six meals a day took him from 160 to 185 pounds so he could fill out Vader's armour.
The wheeze was Lucas's idea, and the voice actor gave it an Eastern European accent to match.
Q 14General Grievous first appeared not in Episode III but in which earlier production?
The 2003 Clone Wars microseries
He debuted in Chapter 20, the finale of Genndy Tartakovsky's second season, to set him up for the film.
Q 15Which member of the Star Wars voice cast provides General Grievous's voice?
Matthew Wood
Wood was Skywalker Sound's supervising sound editor and got the part after submitting an anonymous audition tape.
Q 16At which festival did Revenge of the Sith have its official premiere, out of competition?
Cannes
The May 16, 2005 screening put a Star Wars film on the Croisette three days before its US opening.
Q 17Roughly what was the film's production budget?
$113 million
It returned about $850 million in its first run, and the total climbed past $905 million after later re-releases.
Q 18Where in 2005's worldwide box-office rankings did Revenge of the Sith finish?
Second
It was the top film in the United States that year but was edged worldwide by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Q 19Revenge of the Sith held the record for the biggest opening day on a Thursday. How much did it take?
$50 million
Many fans had queued for weeks; the DVD went on to sell 15.1 million copies, second only to The Incredibles that year.
Q 20Where were the soundstage scenes of Revenge of the Sith principally filmed?
Fox Studios Australia, Sydney
Principal photography ran there from June 30 to September 17, 2003, with pick-ups later at Shepperton and Elstree in England.
Q 24Through which part of the Darth Vader helmet did Hayden Christensen have to look while wearing the suit?
The mouthpiece
The costume was rebuilt to fit him, complete with shoe lifts and a muscle suit, but the 6-foot actor was still shorter than the original Vader.
Q 25Which stunt coordinator, who trained the actors for the duel, appears on screen as the Jedi Cin Drallig?
Nick Gillard
The name Cin Drallig is his own spelled backwards; he is cut down by Anakin in the Temple in security footage.
Q 26George Lucas makes a cameo in Revenge of the Sith as which blue-faced alien?
Baron Papanoida
He is seen outside the opera house; his daughters also appear in small roles in the same sequence.
Q 27Which famous director was brought in as a 'guest director' to help previsualise the film's climax?
Steven Spielberg
He worked with the animatics team on the final duel and the Grievous chase, though he took no on-screen credit.
Q 28Which actress plays Mon Mothma in Revenge of the Sith, though her only speaking scene was cut?
Genevieve O'Reilly
She finally got her lines seventeen years later, reprising the role in Rogue One and Andor.
Q 29A deleted subplot showed Padmé and a group of fellow senators forming which kind of group?
An alliance against Palpatine's emergency powers
The scenes were the seed of the Rebel Alliance and survive as DVD extras, along with Yoda's arrival on Dagobah.
Q 30Which Jedi Master is killed by General Grievous in a deleted scene included on the DVD?
Shaak Ti
The scene was dropped so she could die in the Temple instead, which was also cut; canon later killed her in the Order 66 attack.