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In the "Star Trek" episode "Plato's Stepchildren", Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) beam down to a nearby planet to investigate a distress call. They find no distress, but a species of ultra-powerful hedonists dressed in classical Greek garb. They drink wine, lounge about on couches, and call themselves Platonians. They also have eerie telepathic powers that allow them to manipulate others to their will. Over the years, the power has gone to their heads, and they now operate without morals, doing whatever they please, believing that they are like the philosopher kings Plato wrote about in "The Republic."

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will immediately become enslaved by the Plantonians, notably their leader, an arrogant a-hole named Parmen (Liam Sullivan). The Platonians will, for their own amusement, psychically force the Enterprise crew to act against their will. They force Kirk to behave like a horse.

When you’re making a TV show called The Rings of Power, there’s a lot of pressure on whoever has to make and design the actual titular rings. The team working on season two of Amazon Prime’s Lord of the Rings series had another challenge as well. Season one was shot in New Zealand, but production shifted to the UK for season two, and as a result, many of the crew behind the scenes only just joined the project this season, including production designer Kristian Milsted, supervising art director Martin Foley, and set decorator Tina Jones, taking over from season one’s Ramsey Avery, Jules Cook, and Megan Vertelle, respectively.

This means that the various Rings of Power in the show will be designed and made by different people in the real world, but they still need to look like they have been made by the same two...

Anakin's fall was rushed in Revenge of the Sith but The Clone Wars showed it was gradual. Obi-Wan's mission to save Leia adds depth to Revenge of the Sith and ties into A New Hope beautifully. Ahsoka's role as Anakin's Padawan in The Clone Wars adds layers to his character and contributes to his fall.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith has become one of Star Wars' most beloved movies, and these 11 changes that have taken place in the 19 years since the movie's release have made the iconic prequel trilogy movie even better. Although the prequels at first received considerable criticism, they are now considered some of Star Wars' best movies, Revenge of the Sith in particular. In fact, among Star Wars movies and TV shows, Revenge of the Sith stands out as one of the most important in terms of the Star Wars timeline.