10 Moments Of Star Wars Foreshadowing You Never Noticed
6. Anakin's Fatal Dooku Choice Mirrors Luke's
Keeping with that impressionable Skywalker now and to a beat that would cheekily callback to one of the Original Trilogy's defining moments, whilst also technically acting as a piece of clever foreshadowing too; the advantages of telling your story back-to-front, eh?
Tasked with "rescuing" Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the Separatists in Revenge of the Sith's opening sequence, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are gifted a rematch with Count Dooku aboard an enemy vessel.
With a captive Palpatine watching on, Kenobi is sidelined early, leaving only the future Darth Vader to contend with another fallen Jedi. Brilliantly lining up with another all-important duel featuring The Chosen One, only this time opposite his own son, in Return of the Jedi, a seated Darth Sidious enjoys witnessing Anakin's inner turmoil before he finally forces him to give in to anger and dispatch Dooku.
Yet, while Skywalker senior opts to lash out, Luke notably passes up the opportunity to strike his own father down in that Original trilogy-closer, highlighting the vital differences between the two generations of Skywalker.