PlotAsthe Clone Wars rage on, the GalacticRepublic has sufferedmajor setbacks against the Separatists. Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobiinfiltratethe flagship of Separatist commander General Grievous to rescue the abducted Chancellor Palpatine. However, they areconfronted by Count Dooku,who engages the Jedi in a lightsaber duel. After Dooku knocks Obi-Wanunconscious, he tempts Anakin to use his anger and embrace the dark side of the Force. In the ensuingduel, Anakin single-handedly kills Dooku at Palpatine's urging. After askirmish with Grievous, who then flees, the Jedi crash-land the ship onCoruscant. There, Anakinreunites with his wife, Padme Amidala,who reveals she is pregnant. However, Anakin begins to have disturbingpremonitions of Padme dying in childbirth.Palpatine places Anakin on the Jedi Council as his representative, but Anakin isdenied the rank of Jedi Master and ordered to secretly monitor theChancellor. Frustrated at being excluded from the Council, Anakin begins tolose faith in the Jedi and becomes more attached to Palpatine, who tells himabout the dark side of the Force. On the planet Utapau, Obi-Wan engages and killsGrievous. When Palpatine reveals himself as the Sith lord Darth Sidious,Anakin reports his treachery to Jedi Master Mace Windu.In the ensuing lightsaber duel, Windu subdues Sidious by deflecting his ForceLightning back at him. Convinced by Palpatine's promises to save Padme, Anakinsevers Windu's hand and Sidious kills Windu before appointing Anakin as his newapprentice, dubbing him "Darth Vader". Sidious issues Order 66acrossthe galaxy to have the Clone Troopers turn on their Jedi Masters. He sendsVader to the Jedi Temple to kill the Jedi, and then to thevolcanic planet Mustafar to kill the Separatist leaders hidingthere. Sidious addresses the Senate and reforms the Republic into a Galactic Empire, declaring himselfEmperor.Obi-Wan and Jedi Master Yoda discover Anakin's treachery, and splitup to confront Vader and Sidious. Unable to convince Padme of Anakin's turn tothe dark side, Obi-Wan stows away on her ship when she travels to Mustafar.Padme discovers the truth of Vader's misdeeds. Horrified, she tries to takeVader back, but Vader uses the Force to choke Padme into unconsciousness. Vaderengages Obi-Wan in a fierce duel, but Obi-Wan eventually disarms Vader over alava flow by severing his legs and left arm. Burning alive, Vader is left fordead by Obi-Wan, who takes his former apprentice's lightsaber and goes to helpPadme. Meanwhile, Yoda confronts the Emperor, but is forced to escape whentheir duel reaches a stalemate.In a medical facility on Polis Massa,Padme dies after giving birth to twins Luke and Leia. Meanwhile, the Emperor finds thebarely alive Vader on Mustafar. He is brought back to Coruscant and his body isrebuilt with cybernetic limbs and a respirator, encased inblack armor and a mask. Tormented by the discovery of Padme's death by his ownhands, Vader screams, the last vestige of humanity now driven from him. Theythen begin overseeing the construction of the Death Star.A funeral is held for Padme, her body is dressed to continue the illusion ofpregnancy. Knowing the twins must remain hidden from the Empire, Senator Bail Organa adopts Leia and takes her to Alderaan, while Luke is tobe taken to his stepfamily on Tatooine. Organa allows C-3PO and R2-D2 to