Anakin Skywalker dodging lava is not generally considered a high point of Star Wars or sci-fi cinema. But if Revenge of the Sith’s lava-surfing, lightsaber fight on Mustafar not happened in 2005, the VFX landscape of the 21st century would be very different today.Here’s how Revenge of the Sith raised the bar and allowed an array of daring, VFX-laden sci-fi epics to follow in its bold path.
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