20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
11. Qui-Gon And Anakin Share A Funeral Theme
Music has always acted as a seriously powerful tool in the crafting of many a Star Wars story, with George Lucas regularly using motifs as a way of foreshadowing a dark fate for a set of characters, seen in his using of the Trade Federation march when introducing the Clones, or subtly connecting events and characters from across his series.
That was definitely the case when it came to the long-awaited introduction of Darth Vader in his final cyborg form late in the day, with a rather familiar piece of music alluding to a conclusion Obi-Wan Kenobi was having trouble coming to terms with.
With the same music used during the cremation of Master Qui-Gon Jinn being present in the scene involving Vader going on a mad one after hearing of his beloved Padmé Amidala being supposedly killed by his hand, Lucas seems to be musically hinting at Anakin being very much dead and gone in this moment much like Jinn was in The Phantom Menace.