10 Traumatic Star Wars Facts You Wish You Hadn’t Heard

10. You Can See Dooku's Decapitated Head If You Look Closely Enough

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith wasted no time when it came to scarring its audience, with Anakin Skywalker brutally decapitating Count Dooku within the opening 10 minutes.

Christopher Lee's terrified face as his secret master demanded The Chosen One to "do it!" and the brief shot of the Sith Lord's head rolling along the floor both left audiences stunned early on.

And if all that wasn't traumatising enough, it turns out that George Lucas secretly left another unquestionably grim detail in this scene.

Watch closely as Palpatine tries to get Anakin to leave a knocked-out Obi-Wan Kenobi behind shortly after the Dooku death, and you can actually clearly see the remains of the former Jedi.

It's not just Darth Tyranus' head that's on show here either, his recently severed hands are also visible next to his lifeless body on the ground.

The final prequel is undeniably the darkest of Lucas' trilogy, and the only one of those films to earn a PG-13 rating. But this is a subtle and quite shocking visual that wouldn't have looked out of place in the background of a scene in an R-rated feature.