8 Hidden Facts You Never Knew About Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith

8. R2-D2's Background Shenanigans

George Lucas and the brilliant visual effects team behind Episode III - Revenge of the Sith evidently had a blast throwing in a number of cheeky background interactions during some of the movie's more action-packed moments.

And the first of these that will be looked at in this list involves everyone's favourite astromech making a silly battle droid's day even worse.

As Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi pick off a few of those panicking clankers during the opening Invisible Hand sequence, keep a close eye on R2-D2 not long after General Grievous fled the crashing cruiser.

With the visual of Anakin and Obi-Wan slicing through useless droids likely being the thing you're focusing on here, it's easy to overlook Artoo hilariously tripping up a B1 battle droid on the bridge.

It's a quick bit of computer-generated slapstick comedy, but once you catch the little beat, it's difficult to get through this sequence without letting out a chuckle at good ol' Artoo doing his part to fend off the overwhelmed mechanical grunts.

That's not the only amusing chunk of droid comedy squeezed into the background of this CGI-stuffed ride, though...