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Then there is Palpatine. Though I take it as read that Palpatine and Darth Sidious are one and
same (and seem to recall canon support for this, beside
fact that it just seems so totally obvious), I have also heard
possibility voiced that they are different people. It doesn't seem at all likely to me, but maybe Lucas has some little strings he can pull to show up
full picture, like some complex origami fold which requires one last simple tug to unfurl a vast tangle of deceptive brilliance. I'm not holding my breath.
Taking
line of thought used for Mace Windu, as Padme is not mentioned in
Trilogy, she either dies or goes into hiding and becomes totally unimportant to
rest of
series;
latter seems highly unlikely. Padme's last major contribution to
story is
delivery of Luke and Leia into
Galaxy, but once that bit of established "history" is out of
way, anything could happen. Since Vader is unaware of
locations or perhaps even existence of his children, Anakin probably won't know about
birth or perhaps even
conception. It is likely that Padme leaves him shortly thereafter, once he has revealed that his inner darkness isn't something she can help him defeat.
There are a few other bits which don't necessarily have to be addressed in this story. One is
change from clone troopers to stormtroopers; since stormtroopers seem to be normal citizens of
Empire, it shouldn't be
same group of people. Somewhere along
way Palpatine must make this change, probably as
supply of clone troopers dwindle, but there is no reason Lucas would have to put it in Revenge of
Sith. Also, of course,
ships, vehicles, and armor shown in Attack of
Clones are quite similar to those used by
Empire in later years,
Imperial designs evolved from those of
Clone Wars. Since this would take some time to change, it will probably not be shown in Revenge.
To summarize: Anakin and Obi-Wan fight, and Anakin probably gets hurt; more Jedi die, possibly at
hands of Anakin later in
movie; Obi-Wan and Yoda survive and set up Luke and Leia for their roles in
Trilogy; Palpatine may choose this time to reveal his inner darkness to
Galaxy, now that it's too late for them to do anything about it; and Mace Windu and Padme probably die. Most likely
Clone Wars are still raging, so we can count on them to infuse
movie with action, and since
Empire is on
rise, we can assume that
movie will have a darkening theme, though with
light at
end of
distant tunnel in
form of
Skywalker twins. It'll be interesting to see how Lucas manages to pack all of this into one movie. But will
movie satisfy
gads of millions of fans? Only time, and
power of
Force, will tell.

David Kuhne is a co-administrator of A Happy Time - Kids' Party Supplies (http://kids-party-supplies.com). He enjoys Sci-Fi books and movies.