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As I posted over on the 3SA:
Ok, just scan the whole script once and for all, and stop teasing people like that !!!
Sorry, can't help you there. I'm working off of memory.
Just wondering why there is no context to them.
If you keep up on your spoilers, you'd already know the context.
If you mean why there aren't other lines in the same conversations, it's because, frankly, I don't remember them specifically. As I said, this is working from my memory. Some scenes I've seen more than others (like the Dooku duel, for instance) I take pride in my accuracy. I only want to report on what I know to be 100% true of the actual film (or at least the film as of last I saw it). I won't report anything that is meerely based off of something I read or heard... if I tell you about it, it's because I've seen it and I am as sure as I can be that you will see it on May 19th.
And so these quotes are a few that stuck out and I remember specifically... some because they're cool ("You can try") and some because they're, well, not cool ("You're breaking my heart...") and while I know the general context of the discussion and scene, I do not recall the rest of the dialogue with enough accuracy to present it with these quotes.
Plus I just like being a mysterious bastard.
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Wow, what a big (and mostly enthusiastic) reaction. I can see a lot of people are very curious about how the lines come off in the ocntext of their conversations. Well, I'll indulge you.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, during the opening space battle.
I remember this line specifically because I was thinking about how it was kind of waste to use it in that scene. I believe Obi-Wan is simply sensing incomming fighters before they are visible. I mean this is Revenge of the Sith here, the entire movie is back-to-back s***-hitting-the-fan, and plenty of other (more appropriate) times characters could have said the token line. But, it is entirely possible that this line is said more than once in the film.
"Remember what you told me? About your mother and the Sand People?"
- Palpatine, to Anakin in a conversation after defeating Dooku.
Stay tuned for my approximately-1150-word report on the Dooku duel.
"I can't watch any more."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, watching the security records of Anakin's rampage.
All the actors really get a better chance to shine in this film, because the story actually affords all of them some emotions to have. In this scene, we see Obi-Wan watch his former apprentice (via hologram) kill Jedi and kneel to Darth Sidious. Ewan delivers this line in an almost wavering tone as he turns away.
"Destroy the Sith, we must."
- Yoda, watching the security records of Anakin's rampage, alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Probably the coolest line Yoda says in the prequels. Yoda's sullen expression after watching the hologram transforms into determination and he looks to Obi-Wan and delivers this line slowly and with great conviction.
"You're breaking my heart..."
- Padme Amidala, her last conversation with her husband.
As I mentioned before, all the actors get a much better opportunity to act in this film. But that doesn't mean the script is without some less-than-great dialogue. It is a strange thing to see. Hayden and Natalie really act quite well here. There is genuine emotion, concern, and love in each of them, despite some of the dialogue they have to deliver. It's like they're fighting the lines with all the talent they can muster. And a lot of the time, it works... but with some lines, it's hard not to be reminded that this is a Star Wars prequel. Still, as I would watch this scene, I'd feel a little choked-up myself, which is something I can't say I ever got out of the other prequels... or the original trilogy, to be honest.
In this scene Padme comes to talk to Anakin on Mustafar, and Obi-Wan has told her the things that Anakin has done, but she doesn't believe it. She can't. She has to talk to him herself. But as the conversation unfolds she begins to see that Anakin is no longer the man she married, and Anakin wants to convince her that they need no longer fear, because he can now rule the galaxy with her at his side. Padme is shocked to hear Anakin talk like this, and the conversation becomes an argument, and then the argument becomes murder as Obi-Wan reveals himself.
"Only the Sith see things in terms of absolutes."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, in the final argument with Anakin as Vader before The Duel.
Obi-Wan makes every attempt he can to try to make Anakin see the error of his ways, but as they talk, Obi-Wan also sees that Anakin is truly changed for the worse, and he is not coming back. Anakin criticizes the Jedi ways and makes declarations about the power and superiority of the dark side. Something he says the Jedi are simply too afraid to embrace. Anakin tries to relay the simplicity of the situation, to which Obi-Wan replies with this line. This scene is probably the greatest Anakin scene of all the movies. This is Hayden in full-force evil mode. He and Obi-Wan circle each other, and Anakin is yelling at him in a manner we only got a glimpse of in the AOTC scene where he confesses to padme about killing the Sand People. Hayden finally gets his chance to prove why he was a great choice to play the soon-to-be Darth Vader.
"You can try."
- Anakin as Vader, his last words to Obi-Wan Kenobi before The Duel.
Once Obi-Wan finally sees that Anakin cannot be turned back, he knows what must be done, and he tells Anakin exactly what that is. Anakin responds with this line.
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