SILVER

Three years after the Clone Wars erupted between the Republic and the Sith-led separatists, Jedis Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) lead a mission to rescue the kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from the separatist forces led by General Grievous and Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. But friend and foe will soon change places as Anakin is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice — Darth Vader. The Jedi are decimated, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. DIR/SCR George Lucas; PROD Rick McCallum. U.S., 2005, color, 140 min. RATED PG-13

The original STAR WARS trilogy plays May 2–8 for May the Fourth.