The Revenge of the Sith Game Writer Still Thinks About Its Wild Alternate Ending

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith turns 20 years old later in May, and for many, the film will bring to mind its tie-in game. One reason it holds a special place in fans’ hearts is its two endings: the canonical one where Obi-Wan defeats Anakin to begin the Original Trilogy, and an alternate one where Anakin kills his former master, then Palpatine, and becomes the new Emperor. Talking to Inverse, game writer Jeremy Barlow revealed the ending partially came from an idea pitched by LucasArts. When developer The Collective scaled back its ambitions for separate Anakin and Obi-Wan campaigns into a single one with alternating perspectives, it opted to stick with that different take, and Barlow got to handle the specifics. To him, Anakin killing Obi-Wan was a “no-brainer,” since it’d prove he was the strongest Force user in the galaxy and give him the confidence to betray his childhood confidant. “It totally fit in with the whole Sith ideal of the apprentice growing and killing th ... Read full article.