TheForce.net reports that one of the titles in the running for Star Wars: Episode III is Revenge Of The Sith. At this point, evidence backing this rumor is sketchy at best, but the domain name revengeofthesith.net has apparently been registered to Lucasfilm. This in itself doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but it may indicate that the title is at least on the short list.
I for one think that it’s finally a decent title in the first trilogy, and it’s one that has a tie to the original trilogy. As some of you probably know, Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of The Jedi. Some say that George Lucas renamed it to avoid confusion with the upcoming Star Trek II, which originally had a working title of The Vengeance Of Khan rather than The Wrath Of Khan. A more plausible explanation is that Lucas believed that a true Jedi should not seek revenge, and I’m definitely glad that he felt that way. In this sense, I think that this possible title for Episode III is especially fitting, as it’s definitely not going to have a happy ending…
