""I did talk to George about one of the episodes," Stoppard told in 2014. "It must have been ten years ago. Actually, it was Steven. Steven Spielberg asked me to read a script and do a kind of dialogue polish. I did a bit, but I wouldn't want to usurp the writer's claim on the movie. [ Laughs] Polish is such a strange word for what one does. I interfered with George's script in a mild way.""
""So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause""
Tom Stoppard, playwright of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and co-writer of Shakespeare in Love, died at age 88. Stoppard performed uncredited script polishing on Revenge of the Sith and worked on other films such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. His straightforward, theatrical style is present in the Mon Calamari ballet scene in Revenge of the Sith and likely influenced quotable lines including the Darth Plagueis speech and the line about liberty dying with thunderous applause. Stoppard described his contribution as mild, saying he did a bit of dialogue polish at Steven Spielberg's request and avoided usurping the writer's claim.
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