Saw the Episode 3 trailer

[Captain Trips]

It was a bootleg that was downloaded from millenniumfalcon.com, so it wasn't the best quality visually, but the sound was great. All I can say is this movie is going to be utterly amazing. Anyone who is a fan of Star Wars is going to be blown away by these 2 and a half minutes.

The most chilling scene is the quick cut of Palpatine charging four Jedi who have come to arrest him. I think he is going to steal the film. And the shots of him fighting Yoda in the Senate are unbelievable.

I cannot wait until May 19.

[rac]

Just finished watching it myself.
Man it looks good..!
I'm starting to feel the buzz.

[hulahulk]

Is it online yet? I just did a google search and only found the other trailers, unless I overlooked something.

[billdo75]

Question:
Is it online yet? I just did a google search and only found the other trailers, unless I overlooked something.

Answer:
It was a bootleg that was downloaded from millenniumfalcon.com

Google will rarely, if ever, turn up 0-day goods like this right away. ;) It is a bootleg, cam version. The hi(gher)-quality version won't be online until later tonight.

[Spiff]

I can't wait for the HDTV rip so I don't have to sit through an episode of The OC.

[hulahulk]

Question:


Answer:


Google will rarely, if ever, turn up 0-day goods like this right away. ;) It is a bootleg, cam version. The hi(gher)-quality version won't be online until later tonight.


Cool, thanks man.

[Inkthinker]

I can't wait for the HDTV rip so I don't have to sit through an episode of The OC.


VCRs are your friend... I plan to fast-forward through everything that isn't the trailer.

Does anyone have a clue as to when during the program the trailer will air? I'm guessing the very end, but it's also possibly right in the middle.

[Grant]

I can't wait for the HDTV rip so I don't have to sit through an episode of The OC.

You know it'll probably be over at Apple.com by Monday...

[Leslie Lee III]

VCRs are your friend.

No they aren't. HDTV DIVX Rip > Quicktime > Caveman VCR Tape

[Grant]

No they aren't. HDTV DIVX Rip > Quicktime > Caveman VCR Tape

How pristine do you guys want your movie trailers... the whole movie is going to be out in two months anyway.

[Leslie Lee III]

How pristine do you guys want your movie trailers... the whole movie is going to be out in two months anyway.

Thing is, it'll take more effort to tape it or get it in quicktime than it will to get it in the best quality so you might as well.

[Grant]

Thing is, it'll take more effort to tape it or get it in quicktime than it will to get it in the best quality so you might as well.

Where's the effort? You tape it, or wait for Lucasfilm to post it like they did with the last two Star Wars movie. I'll check the trailer out when it's up somewhere.

[Leslie Lee III]

Where's the effort? You tape it, or wait for Lucasfilm to post it like they did with the last two Star Wars movie. I'll check the trailer out when it's up somewhere.

See, that's already more waiting or effort than just opening a torrent a couple of hours after the OC airs. Better quality, no waiting for Apple, no using primitive analog recording equipment, and no watching the OC. Technology is great.

[Inkthinker]

Well, I'm not taping it for YOU monkeys... I just want to take a look at it. And programming a VCR is a snap, it really is :D

I'd Tivo it if I could, but since I am poverty-stricken, Tivo is a bit past my budget. Besides, I wouldn't want the thing to start thinking I actually like angsty teen drama.

It's not as though the Hyperspace QT that's coming out tomorrow won't be all over the net an hour later. If you've got any kind of savvy you won't have to wait past midnight Friday for a nice, high-quality Quicktime file.

It should have aired by now, being as it's past 9PM. When during the program did it come on?

[Mon-el]

It should have aired by now, being as it's past 9PM. When during the program did it come on?

Last 3 minutes. 8:57 according to my watch.

[Zero Hunter]

Well I know they wouldn't show it until the end of the show so I just flipped over then. WOW. That baby looks so cool. The effects look the best so far and the fight scenes I think are going to be better then all the other movies combined.

I think this one will make all the young Anikin/Jar Jar crap and all the otehr little missteps of the first two films worth it. This is going to be the payoff in a major way. All that and it is so good to see Chewbacca again.

And once again Lucas makes the opening day my birthday. :D

[elheffe]

Well, that kicked ass. It does look like Vader hunts down and kills all the Jedi.

[cable guy]

I had goose bumps!

Wow, I Can Not Wait for this movie. It's going to be like torture now these next couple of months.

[cable guy]

All that and it is so good to see Chewbacca again.

And once again Lucas makes the opening day my birthday. :D

Is that Chewy or just a wookie?

[Spiff]

Still no Grievous. Kind of disappointed in that, yet I'm not all that concerned, given the fact the only background knowledge we'll have of him is from the Clone Wars shorts. I guess they don't want to spoil the surprise, unlike Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber (would've been 10x cooler if I hadn't seen that in the trailer).

Really like what I see from McDiarmid, but I still don't buy Hayden's performance. Too much angst, not enough anger (if that makes any sense whatsoever).

[Sadyv]

Damn, the way he delivers the line "Are you threatning me, Master Jedi?" is chilling. You don't even need to next few shots to know that Windu and company are about to be in a whole world of hurt.

[Grant]

Really like what I see from McDiarmid, but I still don't buy Hayden's performance. Too much angst, not enough anger (if that makes any sense whatsoever).

Maybe if he read his lines much faster and more intense it'd be better ;)

[Inkthinker]

Last 3 minutes. 8:57 according to my watch.


Hahaaa... I figured as much. Make you watch the whole show, then give you the goods. Typical...

:D

[Grant]

Still no Grievous.

He's in there. Very quickly though.

I was more impressed by the jumping Wookees.

[Spiff]

He's in there. Very quickly though.

I was more impressed by the jumping Wookees.

There was more than one?

Damn, I need to start paying attention...

[Leslie Lee III]

Real good trailer. Still felt that sense of impending disappointment when watching it though.

[Slayven]

Still no Grievous. Kind of disappointed in that, yet I'm not all that concerned, given the fact the only background knowledge we'll have of him is from the Clone Wars shorts. I guess they don't want to spoil the surprise, unlike Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber (would've been 10x cooler if I hadn't seen that in the trailer).

Really like what I see from McDiarmid, but I still don't buy Hayden's performance. Too much angst, not enough anger (if that makes any sense whatsoever).
grevious is int eh new republic commando game. but only a quit cameo

[Davideaux]

One scene was very reminiscent of Frodo on Mt. Doom.

[Buried Alien]

Real good trailer. Still felt that sense of impending disappointment when watching it though.

You're never going to enjoy it if you let your mind keep telling you that you can't.

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[Captain Trips]

Still no Grievous. Kind of disappointed in that, yet I'm not all that concerned, given the fact the only background knowledge we'll have of him is from the Clone Wars shorts. I guess they don't want to spoil the surprise, unlike Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber (would've been 10x cooler if I hadn't seen that in the trailer).

Really like what I see from McDiarmid, but I still don't buy Hayden's performance. Too much angst, not enough anger (if that makes any sense whatsoever).


He's in there, but very briefly. The far away shot where Obi-Wan is surrounded by droids, Grievous is located on the right side of the screen (Obi-Wan is facing him). Grievous has two of his bodyguards on each side of him. He's also in a quick shot throwing a punch at Obi-Wan. If you notice, Grievous's right foot is gone. Chopped off by a lightsaber?

Actually, I think Hayden is doing a really good job of playing Anakin. I think the emotion he conveys on his face without even saying a word is terrific.

[Buried Alien]

I thought Ewan McGregor/Obi-Wan Kenobi's impassioned cry of, "You were the Chosen One!" was one of the most emotionally powerful moments ever seen in a STAR WARS movie (or any movie).

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[Steve]

It was indeed awesome. Love the darkness of it all.

[Grant]

I thought Ewan McGregor/Obi-Wan Kenobi's impassioned cry of, "You were the Chosen One!" was one of the most emotionally powerful moments ever seen in a STAR WARS movie (or any movie).

Still not as cool as the jumping Wookees.

Anyway there's a few decent links popping up. I managed to get a cquicktime file before the Lucasfilm lawyers shut the site. But I'm pretty impressed. Though not crazy about the acting in the beginning of the trailer. But I like the emphasis on Ian McDiarmind who did a great job performing in the last two.

And I was worried there wouldn't be a lot of space ship battles in this one but it seemed to be quite a bit. And like I said before jumping wookees. Can't beat that.

[Mia]

I admire you people's faith....

Tell me has Hayden Christiensen taken any acting lessons since the last film? Because truly he made the last film unwatchable for me. My hair stood on end. I trust me I had been looking forwards to seeing that film.

[Buried Alien]

I admire you people's faith....

Tell me has Hayden Christiensen taken any acting lessons since the last film?

You've got to see Christiansen's non-STAR WARS films. The man can clearly act, but STAR WARS doesn't afford its actors too many chances to really stretch out with their acting abilities. ROTS might prove the exception, however.



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[Leslie Lee III]

You're never going to enjoy it if you let your mind keep telling you that you can't.

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Maybe you need to keep positively reinforcing yourself in order to enjoy the movie, but I don't. I'll enjoy if it's good. I'll really enjoy it if it's as good as the trailer looks. But it's quite possible, maybe even likely that it won't be.

[Dennis K]

WooooooooooooHooooooooooooooooooo

[ScottDMSimmons]

I admire you people's faith.... Tell me has Hayden Christiensen taken any acting lessons since the last film? Because truly he made the last film unwatchable for me. My hair stood on end. I trust me I had been looking forwards to seeing that film.

Movie recommendation time: SHATTERED GLASS
I loved this film. He and the Peter Sarsgard were excellent.

--Scott

[Captain Trips]

I admire you people's faith....

Tell me has Hayden Christiensen taken any acting lessons since the last film? Because truly he made the last film unwatchable for me. My hair stood on end. I trust me I had been looking forwards to seeing that film.


Wow. Really? I thought he did a good job. In particular the scene where he confessed to Padme about how he slaughtered the Tusken Raider tribe was a very good performance by him in my opinion.

[Private America]

Wow. Really? I thought he did a good job. In particular the scene where he confessed to Padme about how he slaughtered the Tusken Raider tribe was a very good performance by him in my opinion.

I thought he was excellent in AOTC too.

[SlightlyMad]

If you go here (http://www.movie-list.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11299) and register, you can download a high quality version of the trailer.

Funny that the highlight of the last movie was seeing Yoda kick some ass & the highlight of this one is seeing Yoda getting his ass kicked! :p

[StoneGold]

Snagged the trailer last night off of Bittorrent. Good stuff. Although the Vader costume moves funny when you cross your arms in it apparently.

[Nate Grey]

If you go here (http://www.movie-list.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11299) and register, you can download a high quality version of the trailer.

Can't seem to get that link to work.

[Ite]

http://wakur.net/media/star-wars-ep3-trailer-640x360.mov

Awesome awesome trailer.

[Ned Leeds]

Wow. That was fan-tabulous. I just might go see Robots to watch it on the big screen.

Favorite part: When the jedi go to arrest Palpatine. "Are you threatening, master jedi?" Then he grabs his lightsaber and attacks them. It looks like they are so suprised they peed themselves.

The duals and space battles... heck, even the dialogue sent chills down my spine.

Very, very dark. The PG-13 rating makes me all warm inside.

/yes, I am an uber-SW geek.
//Don't care who knows it.
///New girlfriend got scared when I freaked out over this trailer. Now she knows about my dark side. :evilsmile

[Dennis K]

Did anybody else think of the scene in the original Star Wars when Vader told Obi-Wan that he was the Master now when Windu told Anakin that even though he was on the Council they would not call him a Jedi Master.

[Toonimator]

Anakin's such a crybaby. Ki-Adi-Mundi wasn't a Master during Episode I, yet was part of the Council.

:p

[Ned Leeds]

Did anybody else think of the scene in the original Star Wars when Vader told Obi-Wan that he was the Master now when Windu told Anakin that even though he was on the Council they would not call him a Jedi Master.

No, I didn't until you mentioned it. Good catch.

[Captain Trips]

Anakin's such a crybaby. Ki-Adi-Mundi wasn't a Master during Episode I, yet was part of the Council.

:p

He's probably pissed because he feels he deserves to be there because of all of his exploits during the Clone Wars. And he knows the reason they won't make him a master is because they don't trust him.

[Ned Leeds]

Love your new Avatar Captain Trips. Very nice.

And did you get your name from The Stand?

[Jared_Humpherys]

If anyone wants some real spoilers, go here. (http://www.lewed.net/ep3/index.html)

[SlightlyMad]

Can't seem to get that link to work.

Here's their main page. (http://www.movie-list.com/) Register to download the trailer, so it can be watched in fullscreen.

[BoosterBronze]

I am getting this sense of melancholy about the end of Star Wars. I'm now a grown man, and I know that I will probably never feel this sense of giddy, childlike excitement for another event.

Yeah, there are the novels, and the games, and the RPG, and the cartoons, and the high likelyhood of some spinoffs in future years, but it will enver be the same.

I'm going to miss Star Wars.

[Patman]

The problem I have with Hayden is that his acting is stiff, when he says his lines, he manages to squeeze the life out of the words he's speaking, I'm always aware that he's trying to act, and doesn't have a naturalness while on camera that better actors have.

[Captain Trips]

Love your new Avatar Captain Trips. Very nice.

And did you get your name from The Stand?


Thanks for the comment. And, yep, Captain Trips is the nickname of the super-flu in "The Stand", which is one of my favorite books.

On another note, I thought the quick shot of Grievous fighting Obi-Wan in the trailer showed that Grievous's right foot was missing. Actually, it is there, but it blends in with Obi-Wan's boot because of how they are standing. Not a huge issue, just something I thought I'd mention.

[Leslie Lee III]

I think they should continue making movies related to Star Wars even if they aren't part of a Trilogy written by Lucas. Why not movies based on certain characters, times, situations, aspects of Star Ways outside of the big storyline. The video games, novels, comics, etc. seem to have done very well with this so why not? If any franchise could pull it off, it would be Star Wars.

[Grant]

I think they should continue making movies related to Star Wars even if they aren't part of a Trilogy written by Lucas. Why not movies based on certain characters, times, situations, aspects of Star Ways outside of the big storyline. The video games, novels, comics, etc. seem to have done very well with this so why not? If any franchise could pull it off, it would be Star Wars.

That's not such a bad idea. I'm all for a Chewbacca movie.

[hulahulk]

Wowsers. This will be huge. Simply huge.

[elheffe]

That's not such a bad idea. I'm all for a Chewbacca movie.
Shilarious!

[Buried Alien]

Maybe you need to keep positively reinforcing yourself in order to enjoy the movie, but I don't.

OK, let's stop right there. Are you insinuating that I need to brainwash myself into enjoying the next STAR WARS Prequel movie because they are incontrovertibly and factually worthless as movies, and that I only "like" them because I'm a mental slave of George Lucas' who will thoughtlessly like anything he puts out just because he slaps a STAR WARS label on it? I've seen this insinuation made numerous times since THE PHANTOM MENACE was released six years ago, and frankly, it's one of the most disingenuous and plain stupid insinuations I've ever come across. Frankly, I take umbrage every time I see it leveled anew. :mad:

I've only demanded one thing from STAR WARS movies: that they entertain me. The Original Trilogy did, and so does the Prequel Trilogy. Are any of the movies flawless works of art? No, but why should I have any expectation that they should be? That's not what I enjoy STAR WARS for.

There has been nothing egregiously wrong enough with the two Prequel films to compromise my enjoyment of them. Honestly, I haven't even perceived enough wrong about them to really justify the endless complaining I've read/heard about them during the past six years. Jar Jar? I wouldn't have missed him if he weren't included in TPM or AOTC, but his presence wasn't enough to ruin either movie for me. Whiny Anakin? No worse than Whiny Luke in the OT. Darth Maul died stupidly and didn't get enough lines? Not something that bothered me much...or at all, really.

I have one fully-developed complaint about TPM, and even that wasn't enough to ruin the film for me: the pod-racing sequence was too long. Shave about three or four minutes off it and it works.

AOTC: some awkward cutting of scenes aside (including what seemed a very truncated duel between Anakin and Dooku), good enough to entertain me. That's all I ask.

Bottom line is I really wish that those who aren't enjoying and can't bring themselves to enjoy the STAR WARS Prequels will stop assuming that such feelings apply (or should apply) to everyone else. I don't like STAR WARS (old or new) because I'm a mindless Lucas zombie; I like STAR WARS films because they're fun.

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[ScottDMSimmons]

I think they should continue making movies related to Star Wars even if they aren't part of a Trilogy written by Lucas. Why not movies based on certain characters, times, situations, aspects of Star Ways outside of the big storyline. The video games, novels, comics, etc. seem to have done very well with this so why not? If any franchise could pull it off, it would be Star Wars.

I'd be all up for a series based on Jedis further down the Skywalker and Solo lines (after Luke, Han and Leia are gone, so no other actor replaces them)....so long as they have R2-D2 (my fave) and C-3P0 as regular characters.

--Scott

[Dennis K]

If done right, I think a Sith Wars Trilogy would be worth watching.

[Windbreaker]

love, love, LOVE this new trailer!!! there are so many great moments, I had to keep pausing. like someone else mentioned, the "are you threatening me" scene was awesome. it's a gut-wrencher watching Anakin lead the army of troops on a Jedi-hunt.

[Dennis K]

Now that I think about it, there are a sh*tload of stories that could be done about Palpatine alone. Who knows, Palpatine may finally become one of the best movie villains ever.

[Leslie Lee III]

OK, let's stop right there. Are you insinuating that I need to brainwash myself into enjoying the next STAR WARS Prequel movie because they are, incontrovertibly and factually worthless as movies, and that I only "like" them because I'm a mental slave of George Lucas' who will thoughtlessly like anything he puts out just because he slaps a STAR WARS label on it?[/COLOR]

No, only saying that I don't need to keep thinking happy thoughts in order to enjoy this movie when it comes along. As long as it's good I'll be happy, but there is every chance that the trailer may be the most enjoyable experience of the entire movie event. I hope for the best, but I still realize I may just be disappointed yet again, for the 3rd straight time. Frankly, I don't care if you like TPM or not. I think it's worthless trash that isn't easily put out of my mind when watching a trailer for it's sequel.

[StoneGold]

The Gungans cartoon!

[Buried Alien]

No, only saying that I don't need to keep thinking happy thoughts in order to enjoy this movie when it comes along. As long as it's good I'll be happy, but there is every chance that the trailer may be the most enjoyable experience of the entire movie event. I hope for the best, but I still realize I may just be disappointed yet again, for the 3rd straight time. Frankly, I don't care if you like TPM or not. I think it's worthless trash that isn't easily put out of my mind when watching a trailer for it's sequel.

OK. I apologize if I came off too confrontational. I just can't seem to discuss this subject calmly. Something about it just pushes all the wrong buttons with me. Nothing personal.

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[Dennis K]

I hope for the best, but I still realize I may just be disappointed yet again, for the 3rd straight time.


Only the third straight time? For all intent and purposes, the Ewoks ruined ROTJ for me.

[Captain Trips]

OK. I apologize if I came off too confrontational. I just can't seem to discuss this subject calmly. Something about it just pushes all the wrong buttons with me. Nothing personal.

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The way I look at it is that everyone has their own tastes and opinions. I like the prequels and that's all that matters to me. If others don't like them, then they don't like them. Just as you, I have heard the same criticisms over and over. For what it's worth, I thought the Anakin/Padme romance worked. I didn't mind that Darth Maul was killed off without being really developed. The name of the movie is "The Phantom Menace." He was supposed to be a mystery. And I never found Jar Jar to be as annoying as most seem to.

There's no point in getting upset over it. I can understand why you do, but it's not worth it. If you enjoy the films, then basically those who don't are missing out. Simple enough.

[Buried Alien]

The way I look at it is that everyone has their own tastes and opinions. I like the prequels and that's all that matters to me. If others don't like them, then they don't like them.

That's legit, and I don't have a problem with people not liking the movies. I do take offense, however, when I perceive that someone is telling me that I *shouldn't* like the movies because they're obviously worthless and I'm just too much of an idiot/brainwashed by Lucas to realize it. I understand now that that's not what LLIII meant to say, but I have heard other people *really* using that argument before and it's just incredibly offensive to me.



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[Dennis K]

Does anybody think that Lucas may have gotten carried away with the marketing area of Star Wars for awhile? Too much concern about what he could turn into toys instead of concentrating on having a great story?

[Leslie Lee III]

Only the third straight time? For all intent and purposes, the Ewoks ruined ROTJ for me.

Well of course I didn't mind them when I was younger. And now watching the DVDs that came out post Jar Jar, they don't seem half as bad as they probably should. ROTJ benefits from good time I guess.

[Grant]

Well of course I didn't mind them when I was younger. And now watching the DVDs that came out post Jar Jar, they don't seem half as bad as they probably should. ROTJ benefits from good time I guess.

Yeah I liked them when I was younger too. They weren't annoying as Jar Jar. I mean at least they couldn't talk.

[Chuckg]

Does anybody think that Lucas may have gotten carried away with the marketing area of Star Wars for awhile? Too much concern about what he could turn into toys instead of concentrating on having a great story?

Whoa yeah.

I've had that feeling non-stop ever since I found out that the Ewoks were originally supposed to be Wookiees, escaped slaves from Death Star construction crews reduced to a primitive existence on Endor.

And one of their leaders was were supposed to recognize Chewbacca as an old friend, and Han Solo the guy who busted some Wookiees out of slavery way back when, and thus ally with them, instead of C3P0 being mistaken for a fuggin' god.

And the final battle scene was supposed to be 500+ of Chewbacca's cousins tearing apart Imperial stormtroopers in righteous fury.

... then Lucas decided he wanted to sell plush dolls, and invented the Ewoks instead.

*bleargh*

[DonC]

And the final battle scene was supposed to be 500+ of Chewbacca's cousins tearing apart Imperial stormtroopers in righteous fury.

... then Lucas decided he wanted to sell plush dolls, and invented the Ewoks instead.

*bleargh*


Or, ya know, maybe he found out casting shorter extras was easier than casting extras who are 7 feet tall.

[cable guy]

I am getting this sense of melancholy about the end of Star Wars. I'm now a grown man, and I know that I will probably never feel this sense of giddy, childlike excitement for another event.

Yeah, there are the novels, and the games, and the RPG, and the cartoons, and the high likelyhood of some spinoffs in future years, but it will enver be the same.

I'm going to miss Star Wars.

Yeah, it's a bummer ain't it.

Enjoy it while it last's.

[cable guy]

Only the third straight time? For all intent and purposes, the Ewoks ruined ROTJ for me.

The Ewok's definitely ruined the ROTJ. That or just plain how goofy the Storm Troopers were, getting their asses kicked by the little teddy bears. I think the cloning process went wrong.

Santa, didn't you like episode 2, The Clone Wars?

[Chuckg]

Or, ya know, maybe he found out casting shorter extras was easier than casting extras who are 7 feet tall.

Hey, LOTR managed to distort heights all day without using /any/ CGI. Perspective camera tricks worked even back then.

[Grant]

Or, ya know, maybe he found out casting shorter extras was easier than casting extras who are 7 feet tall.

Maybe he has a midget fetish.

[Nate Grey]

Hey, they had the Episode III trailer everyone was talking about as one of the trailers before Robots! Boy did it look great. Grevious actually has two blink and you'll miss it cameos in it. And I loved that "Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?" line from Palpatine. For some reason it reminded me of Beavis's Cornholio when he said that.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

WOW.

Gentlemen, I believe I may have spoiled my pants.

Y'see, say what you will about the prequels, but DAMN, can Lucasfilm cut some kickass frickin' trailers.

I'm just waiting for someone with too much time on their hands to re-cut all six movies together into one 2 hour long montage of Star Wars greatness that I can watch anytime I need that little endorphin rush that only Star Wars gives me.

[Perry Holley]

Episode 3 "not for children" says Lucas (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4339023.stm)

He told US TV show 60 Minutes that Revenge of the Sith would be the darkest and most violent of the series.

"I don't think I would take a five or six-year-old to this," he told the CBS programme, to be aired on Sunday.

Lucas predicted the film would get a US rating advising parents some scenes may be unsuitable for under-13s. It opens in the UK and US on 19 May.

He said he expected the film would be classified PG-13 - roughly equivalent to a British 12A rating.

[Sadyv]

Hey, LOTR managed to distort heights all day without using /any/ CGI. Perspective camera tricks worked even back then.

Yeah, for a couple shots of people standing around talking. A large battle scene would be a different matter entirely, and would not work.

[Grant]

Episode 3 "not for children" says Lucas (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4339023.stm)

He told US TV show 60 Minutes that Revenge of the Sith would be the darkest and most violent of the series.

"I don't think I would take a five or six-year-old to this," he told the CBS programme, to be aired on Sunday.

Lucas predicted the film would get a US rating advising parents some scenes may be unsuitable for under-13s. It opens in the UK and US on 19 May.

He said he expected the film would be classified PG-13 - roughly equivalent to a British 12A rating.

Be funny if the MPAA ends up rating it PG just because it's Star Wars.

[Grant]

Yeah, for a couple shots of people standing around talking. A large battle scene would be a different matter entirely, and would not work.

Actually wouldn't be that hard to even do that.

[mgs]

I think the movie will be scary, but not for the reasons Lucas thinks it will be.

edit:
http://wakur.net/media/star-wars-ep3-trailer-640x360.mov

Awesome awesome trailer.
excellent trailer, thanks, Ite, but, trailers are often made to look cool.

[Leslie Lee III]

I'd really like to see a really dark and gritty Star Wars film, centered around the Sith or maybe the commandos. If you've played the recent games you'll know what I mean. There's definitely some horror movie type stuff in the Star Wars universe.

[Captain Sarcasm]

Actually wouldn't be that hard to even do that.

They could cast children as Stormtroopers and normal people as wookies.

[Grant]

They could cast children as Stormtroopers and normal people as wookies.

Or just 5 foot tall people as Stormtroopers and the Wookies as 6 foot tall. You can get away with a lot if you can't see the actors face. If Lucas really wanted Wookies in ROTJ in 1983 he would have had Wookies.

But who cares we are suppose to get Wookie action in this one ;)

Did I mention how awesome the jumping Wookies were?

[Grant]

I think the movie will be scary, but not for the reasons Lucas thinks it will be.

I don't know if he's going to top Anakin's talking in his sleep scene in Attack of the CLones. Well at least I hope not.

[sir_snikt'alot]

i saw the trailer today,it was kickass! some of the highlights for me were-

palpatine asking mace windu if what he just said was a threat,only to pull a red lightsaber out of his sleeve!!!!! holy crap!

wookies,damn hell assed wookies!!! jumping,looking like theyre gonna rip someone a new asshole!

yoda and palpy fighting in the senate chamber!

anakin marching with clone troopers,menacing!

it was amazing,i am gonna love this movie,although im gonna have to see alot of my favourite jedis get killed off horribly,in the trailer it showed one getting a full shot from a clone trooper's blaster,and a couple more getting waisted by anakin's lightsaber antics.

i cannot wait for this movie.

[cable guy]

The second movie was awesome, but this one looks even better.

You guys thought the Clone Wars was awesome right?

[Grant]

The second movie was awesome, but this one looks even better.

You guys thought the Clone Wars was awesome right?

The cartoon? Yeah I love the cartoon.

[sir_snikt'alot]

The second movie was awesome, but this one looks even better.

You guys thought the Clone Wars was awesome right?

some of them where fairly slow paced,but others just rocked,like the grievous episode or any that involved asaj ventress or durge.

[Steve]

The second movie was awesome, but this one looks even better.

You guys thought the Clone Wars was awesome right?
I thought Attack of the Clones was decent. A little too much on the CG use though.

Clone Wars the animation was awesome though. Volume II is going to premiere on the 21st I believe. Anyone seen the promos yet? I wish Cartoon Network would put it up on their site.

Can't wait to get the DVD for Volume I.

[Raziel]

All right just saw the trailer...very, very good. But it still bugs me to no end that in ep I they call him the "chosen one and he will bring balance to the force" what does that mean when you are living in a utopia with how many Jedi and no opposing dark side? Wouldn't the "chosen one who will bring balance to the force" bring evil to balance all the good running around?

or is it just me?

[Captain Sarcasm]

All right just saw the trailer...very, very good. But it still bugs me to no end that in ep I they call him the "chosen one and he will bring balance to the force" what does that mean when you are living in a utopia with how many Jedi and no opposing dark side? Wouldn't the "chosen one who will bring balance to the force" bring evil to balance all the good running around?

or is it just me?

No, it's not just you.

All jedi are, in fact, morons.

[cable guy]

All right just saw the trailer...very, very good. But it still bugs me to no end that in ep I they call him the "chosen one and he will bring balance to the force" what does that mean when you are living in a utopia with how many Jedi and no opposing dark side? Wouldn't the "chosen one who will bring balance to the force" bring evil to balance all the good running around?

or is it just me?

I thought the same thing when I heard it as well.

[Leslie Lee III]

The more I see of the Jedi, the more they come off as stupid, repressed, naive, hypocritical liars. If there was ever another Trilogy it should reveal that the Dark/Light binary dichotimy that the Jedi impose is flawed and misses the point of the force.

[Grant]

The more I see of the Jedi, the more they come off as stupid, repressed, naive, hypocritical liars.

You know that's one of the few things I thnk sort of works storywise in the Prequels. Lucas doesn't make all the Jedi noble. I like the fact that they can be arrogant and short sighted. It makes their downfall more believable then having them just be wiped out by the Emperor and Darth Vader. I think Lucas made the right move there.

[Deathstroke]

To me, that was a magnificent trailer.

It didn't give away everything, but it gave enough of a tease to really heighten the anticipation.

[elheffe]

All right just saw the trailer...very, very good. But it still bugs me to no end that in ep I they call him the "chosen one and he will bring balance to the force" what does that mean when you are living in a utopia with how many Jedi and no opposing dark side? Wouldn't the "chosen one who will bring balance to the force" bring evil to balance all the good running around?

or is it just me?
I always assumed that Anakin fulfilled his role as "chosen one" in Return of the Jedi when he threw Palpaltine down that shaft in the Death Star. But you could argue that Anakin brought balance in the time Luke was just a boy, because there were two jedi, Yoda and Obi-Wan, and two sith, Darth Vader and Papaltine.

[jwd]

According to Lucas the Force is balanced when all the Dark Side Force users are gone. I can't remember where I read this but its out there some where.

It's kind of like clean air. The Jedi are the light side of the force. Pure air that you can breathe. The dark side (the Sith) are like pollution. The corrupt the air and make it hard to breathe.

Anakin was the only one powerful enough and the only one close enough to the Emperor to be able to kill him. All the Jedi Council knew was that this boy was supposedly going to get rid of the Sith (pollution) someday. They didn't know he'd also basically wipe them out while doing it. They were leary of him. He stood by the Emperor for 25 to 30 years so the Emperor never expected him to turn at the moment he did.

Of course as mentioned above... some people consider a balance to be equal good and equal evil so when Anakin did turn it was 2 to 2. Yoda and Obi-Wan vs Emperor and Vader.

His balance didn't last too long if you follow all the post-ROTJ novels though. :)

[mgs]

one thing I still don't seem to understand about all the prequels....how in the world, lightsabers are considered old and antiquated weapons, by ep. 4, when it seems like everyone and their mother are using them, effectively, throughout these movies all over the galaxies!!??!!??!? O.o

[sir_snikt'alot]

can anyone identify the jedi with mace who fight palpatine,and the jedi getting whomped by anakin in the trailer,also,does anyone know anywhere u can download it that isnt hyperspace? as i only saw it on tv.

[ChrisII]

Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto, and Saesee Tinn are Mace's Jedi "posse".

[cactusmaac]

one thing I still don't seem to understand about all the prequels....how in the world, lightsabers are considered old and antiquated weapons, by ep. 4, when it seems like everyone and their mother are using them, effectively, throughout these movies all over the galaxies!!??!!??!? O.o

Ant-Jedi propaganda circulated by the Empire with dissent and debate being dealt with by laser blasters.

[Captain Sarcasm]

one thing I still don't seem to understand about all the prequels....how in the world, lightsabers are considered old and antiquated weapons, by ep. 4, when it seems like everyone and their mother are using them, effectively, throughout these movies all over the galaxies!!??!!??!? O.o

Well, technically, Blasters are even older than Lightsabers. It's just that melee weapons of all sorts fell out of use when they developed guns, and the only people good enough with lightsabers to not casually bisect themselves were Jedi.

[Grant]

one thing I still don't seem to understand about all the prequels....how in the world, lightsabers are considered old and antiquated weapons, by ep. 4, when it seems like everyone and their mother are using them, effectively, throughout these movies all over the galaxies!!??!!??!? O.o

What? Only non Jedi/Sith who used a light saber so far is General Grievous. Who I think was trained by Dooku. Sword fighting is hard. I mean the military doesn't use swords these days.

[Donald M.]

Exactly. Why would someone use a weapon as likely to take off their own limb as an opponent's when they can just as easily use a gun?

Throughout the original trilogy there appeared only five characters skilled enough in the Force to use a lightsaber effectively, and two of them never do. In the prequels there are hundreds of Jedi and a scatterting of Dark Jedi and Sith, so natually more people are going to be using lightsabers.

As Grant said, only one character in the prequels is known to wield lightsabers without being a Force adept to some degree, and that character is a droid.

Lightsabers are seen as outmoded weapons in the original trilogy because by that time all but the tiniest fraction of a fraction of people who could actually use the damn things are dead.

[ChrisII]

Han actually uses Luke's lightsaber to slice open the dead Tauntaun in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

Grevious is actually a Cyborg, btw. Similar to Vader...

[Grant]

Han actually uses Luke's lightsaber to slice open the dead Tauntaun in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

That's different though. He wasn't fighting anyone. I can slice a turkey with a samurai sword but I probably couldn't take on a whole bunch a people with one ala Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.

[Slappy san]

http://wakur.net/media/star-wars-ep3-trailer-640x360.mov

Awesome awesome trailer.

the dialogue and action arent synched up for me.

EDIT: ok it worked for me. I might actually watch this movie....some day. :)

[Slappy san]

OK, let's stop right there. Are you insinuating that I need to brainwash myself into enjoying the next STAR WARS Prequel movie because they are incontrovertibly and factually worthless as movies, and that I only "like" them because I'm a mental slave of George Lucas' who will thoughtlessly like anything he puts out just because he slaps a STAR WARS label on it? I've seen this insinuation made numerous times since THE PHANTOM MENACE was released six years ago, and frankly, it's one of the most disingenuous and plain stupid insinuations I've ever come across. Frankly, I take umbrage every time I see it leveled anew. :mad:

I've only demanded one thing from STAR WARS movies: that they entertain me. The Original Trilogy did, and so does the Prequel Trilogy. Are any of the movies flawless works of art? No, but why should I have any expectation that they should be? That's not what I enjoy STAR WARS for.

There has been nothing egregiously wrong enough with the two Prequel films to compromise my enjoyment of them. Honestly, I haven't even perceived enough wrong about them to really justify the endless complaining I've read/heard about them during the past six years. Jar Jar? I wouldn't have missed him if he weren't included in TPM or AOTC, but his presence wasn't enough to ruin either movie for me. Whiny Anakin? No worse than Whiny Luke in the OT. Darth Maul died stupidly and didn't get enough lines? Not something that bothered me much...or at all, really.

I have one fully-developed complaint about TPM, and even that wasn't enough to ruin the film for me: the pod-racing sequence was too long. Shave about three or four minutes off it and it works.

AOTC: some awkward cutting of scenes aside (including what seemed a very truncated duel between Anakin and Dooku), good enough to entertain me. That's all I ask.

Bottom line is I really wish that those who aren't enjoying and can't bring themselves to enjoy the STAR WARS Prequels will stop assuming that such feelings apply (or should apply) to everyone else. I don't like STAR WARS (old or new) because I'm a mindless Lucas zombie; I like STAR WARS films because they're fun.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)


You left yourself open for it with:

You're never going to enjoy it if you let your mind keep telling you that you can't.

[cable guy]

According to Lucas the Force is balanced when all the Dark Side Force users are gone. I can't remember where I read this but its out there some where.

It's kind of like clean air. The Jedi are the light side of the force. Pure air that you can breathe. The dark side (the Sith) are like pollution. The corrupt the air and make it hard to breathe.

Anakin was the only one powerful enough and the only one close enough to the Emperor to be able to kill him. All the Jedi Council knew was that this boy was supposedly going to get rid of the Sith (pollution) someday. They didn't know he'd also basically wipe them out while doing it. They were leary of him. He stood by the Emperor for 25 to 30 years so the Emperor never expected him to turn at the moment he did.

Of course as mentioned above... some people consider a balance to be equal good and equal evil so when Anakin did turn it was 2 to 2. Yoda and Obi-Wan vs Emperor and Vader.

His balance didn't last too long if you follow all the post-ROTJ novels though. :)

Well that would explain it, but I find "balance" an odd word to use.

[leg end]

Well that would explain it, but I find "balance" an odd word to use.


Maybe it should have been 'he will almost bring total annihilation to the force' would be better?

[elheffe]

Well that would explain it, but I find "balance" an odd word to use.
That's the trouble with prophecies, they are open to interpretation.

[Donald M.]

It was a good trailer, but then, trailers aren't supposed to make a movie look bad. They're advertisements.

Besides, most of the people praising the trailer in this thread already had their minds made up long ago. They'd be stoked for Episode III if the trailer had been three minutes of a naked man in a Darth Vader mask tap dancing while giving the audience the double deuce.

[Dennis K]

most of the people praising the trailer in this thread already had their minds made up long ago. They'd be stoked for Episode III if the trailer had been three minutes of a naked man in a Darth Vader mask tap dancing while giving the audience the double deuce.



:rolleyes:
Hey, that was really *yawn* funny. *sigh*

[Captain Trips]

It was a good trailer, but then, trailers aren't supposed to make a movie look bad. They're advertisements.

Besides, most of the people praising the trailer in this thread already had their minds made up long ago. They'd be stoked for Episode III if the trailer had been three minutes of a naked man in a Darth Vader mask tap dancing while giving the audience the double deuce.

I don't think I'd take it quite that far, but obviously this trailer is going to have a bigger impact for fans of the series. I seem to be in the minority on these boards, but I am a fan of the prequels and haven't felt let down at all. The first one was good, the second one was better, and from everything I have seen and heard about this one, it is going to be the best.

Watch Episode I in the context of seeing all the movies back to back as one big story. It does a good job of laying the foundation for the series, in my opinion. The Sith have made their presence known after a 1,000 years in hiding, an ambitious Senator with a secret agenda plays all sides against each other to put himself in a position of power, and a young Jedi takes on an apprentice dismissing his mistrust and uncertainty of the boy in lieu of a dying promise and an inner defiance that he can do the job.

[Donald M.]

:rolleyes:
Hey, that was really *yawn* funny. *sigh*

Yeah, whatever.

All I'm saying is Star Wars has it's die-hard fans and those people were already going to see the movie regardless of the quality of the trailer.

Anyone who was actually waiting for the trailer before making up their mind is forgetting the nature of trailers.

Once upon a time, based on the trailer, I thought Hudson Hawk was going to be an incredible movie. (Which is not to say that I'm comparing Episode III to Hudson Hawk, and hell, even Hudson Hawk has its fans.)

[Grant]

I can't recall a lousy Star Wars trailer. I thought the Phantom Menace trailer was cool. The movie not so much. Then I thought the Attack of the Clones trailer looked cool despite how I felt about the last movie. But wasn't thrilled about Clones either. And I think this trailer is awesome but then again it's just be a highlight reel of action scenes. It's the scenes between the action that worry me.

[Buried Alien]

I can't recall a lousy Star Wars trailer.

Got the Original Trilogy DVDs? Some of the old trailers for the Original Trilogy films as they were shown back in the 1970s and 1980s look *cringingly* bad today, but I suppose they looked cool back then.



Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Buried Alien]

All I'm saying is Star Wars has it's die-hard fans and those people were already going to see the movie regardless of the quality of the trailer.

Anyone who was actually waiting for the trailer before making up their mind is forgetting the nature of trailers.

Or, it could just be that good. What makes that impossible?

The "it's not going to be good as the trailer" camp doesn't have any monopoly on the truth over the "it's going to be as good/better than the trailer" camp. Let's all wait and see (and yes, see...people want to criticize this movie without even seeing it, which really shoots their credibility to all hell).


Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[blopblopblop]

guess this means aayla secura has to die

--too bad. she's hot.

[Grant]

Got the Original Trilogy DVDs? Some of the old trailers for the Original Trilogy films as they were shown back in the 1970s and 1980s look *cringingly* bad today, but I suppose they looked cool back then.[/COLOR]

I wasn't alive in 1977 but I'm sure plenty of people were intrigued by the first couple trailers. Personally I like a lot of the older trailers. I'm glad they put them on the DVD.

[Grant]

The "it's not going to be good as the trailer" camp doesn't have any monopoly on the truth over the "it's going to be as good/better than the trailer" camp. Let's all wait and see (and yes, see...people want to criticize this movie without even seeing it, which really shoots their credibility to all hell).

Hey now. I want to like it too. I'm just saying I was impressed by the trailers of the last two movies and I didn't enjoy the movies themselves. I've been pretty hopeful that I might enjoy this movie. I don't ask a lot from Star Wars other then to entertain me.

[Donald M.]

Or, it could just be that good. What makes that impossible?
[/COLOR]

Well, it is a good trailer, but the point of trailers is to make movies look good. They're carefully amnipulated highlight reels that may or may not reflect the overall quality of the final product.

I can't say the movie won't be as good as the trailer, nor did I. All I said was the trailer's good, but that's no surprise and most Star Wars fans had already made their minds up one way or the other long before the trailer. If there's anyone out there who was waiting for a full trailer to make up their mind about whether or not to see the movie, were they honestly expecting the trailer might be bad?

[Brock]

guess this means aayla secura has to die

--too bad. she's hot.

Yeah, I guess some of the Jedi characters, like Aayla and Kit Fisto are going to have their popularity work against them in Ep III :( . If they were more obscure maybe they'd slip through the net, and not have their deaths depicted on screen. That way they could possibly survive in the EU (Just check out how many other Jedi purge survivors have turned up over the years in the comics).

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Watch Episode I in the context of seeing all the movies back to back as one big story. It does a good job of laying the foundation for the series, in my opinion. The Sith have made their presence known after a 1,000 years in hiding, an ambitious Senator with a secret agenda plays all sides against each other to put himself in a position of power, and a young Jedi takes on an apprentice dismissing his mistrust and uncertainty of the boy in lieu of a dying promise and an inner defiance that he can do the job.

There was nothing wrong with the story of Episode I, it was the execution of this story that I think most people didn't like--and Jar Jar. Boy, did they hate Jar Jar....

[Captain Trips]

There was nothing wrong with the story of Episode I, it was the execution of this story that I think most people didn't like--and Jar Jar. Boy, did they hate Jar Jar....


And that's where I differ from those opinions. I liked how it was presented. Also, while Jar Jar will never be my favorite character, he didn't bother me near as much as he seemed to bother others.

[Captain Trips]

Well, it is a good trailer, but the point of trailers is to make movies look good. They're carefully amnipulated highlight reels that may or may not reflect the overall quality of the final product.

I can't say the movie won't be as good as the trailer, nor did I. All I said was the trailer's good, but that's no surprise and most Star Wars fans had already made their minds up one way or the other long before the trailer. If there's anyone out there who was waiting for a full trailer to make up their mind about whether or not to see the movie, were they honestly expecting the trailer might be bad?


You could say the same thing about all the Batman fans who are going to see Batman Begins. Of course the core audience is going to have their minds already made up. This is a franchise that is nearly 30 years old.

I think the main point here is that the trailer wasn't just good. It was amazing. The trailers for the other prequels were top-notch, but this one eclipses them. It conveys the idea that this film is bigger and more intense than the others. I know that's why I had such a strong reaction to it.

[jessecuster]

I watched the trailer a few times now, saw the bit on 60 minutes and the making of docs on starwars.com, now I'm starting to get too excited for the movie. I think Im goign to have to put a moratorium on all things star wars until the movie comes out. I don't want to ruin by making it out ot be the best ever.

[Donald M.]

I think the main point here is that the trailer wasn't just good. It was amazing.

Nope, sorry, that's a matter of opinion.

I thought it was merely okay . . . you know, for a trailer.

[Captain Trips]

Nope, sorry, that's a matter of opinion.

I thought it was merely okay . . . you know, for a trailer.

You were speaking in the context that a Star Wars fan had already made up his mind about the trailer. I think that in the eyes of Star Wars fans, this trailer was amazing.

[Toonimator]

can anyone identify the jedi with mace who fight palpatine,and the jedi getting whomped by anakin in the trailer,also,does anyone know anywhere u can download it that isnt hyperspace? as i only saw it on tv.
No Jedi get whomped by Anakin in the trailer (nor, re: your previous post, do we see any Jedi getting blasted by clones)

In the trailer, Anakin's slicing up Neimodians, not Jedi. The editing of the scenes coming AFTER his march into the temple with clones just makes it APPEAR like he's slashing up Jedi, but you'll note his is the only active lightsaber. The Jedi may be lazy enough to get killed en-masse by a bunch of battle droids (see Attack of the Clones), but some'd still be able to light up a weapon before Anakin can bisect them.

As well, we see clones aim their blasters screen right, then a shot of Ki-Adi-Mundi looking off screen-left, then blaster sounds & a white screen... but for all we know those scenes aren't consecutive as shown in the trailer. We don't actually SEE him blasted, but it IS implied. That's all.

[sir_snikt'alot]

yeah on closer inspection i noticed they werent jedi,and that certain scenes had been edited and interwoven,but still the film is gonna be very dark,and cool,which i like,cause episode 1's cutesyness annoyed the pants off of me.

[Captain Trips]

yeah on closer inspection i noticed they werent jedi,and that certain scenes had been edited and interwoven,but still the film is gonna be very dark,and cool,which i like,cause episode 1's cutesyness annoyed the pants off of me.

We will see Anakin fighting other Jedi. I don't know how much, but it will be shown when he attacks the Jedi Temple.

[ChrisII]

In a picture leaked out a few weeks back, there's a scene of Obi-Wan watching a Hologram that shows Anakin fighting the Jedi's Swordmaster (Played by the film's "real" swordmaster, Nick Gillard) and a few other Jedi. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to find...

[cable guy]

yeah on closer inspection i noticed they werent jedi,and that certain scenes had been edited and interwoven,but still the film is gonna be very dark,and cool,which i like,cause episode 1's cutesyness annoyed the pants off of me.

Oh yeah, it is definately going to be Dark.

[cable guy]

In a picture leaked out a few weeks back, there's a scene of Obi-Wan watching a Hologram that shows Anakin fighting the Jedi's Swordmaster (Played by the film's "real" swordmaster, Nick Gillard) and a few other Jedi. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to find...

I can imagine the look on Obi-Wan's face upon viewing the Chosen One in action.

[UniqueFrequency]

i just saw the trailer and i'm so convinced that this is gonna be the most awesome movie yet

the palpy vs mace, kit, agen and saesee scene gives me chills.

CANNOT WAIT

[cable guy]

Only 2 month's left to go.

[cable guy]

i just saw the trailer and i'm so convinced that this is gonna be the most awesome movie yet

the palpy vs mace, kit, agen and saesee scene gives me chills.

CANNOT WAIT

Where did you see it?

I still couldn't get a couple of days ago.

[Captain Trips]

It's available for everyone at www.starwars.com

[Deathstroke]

It's available for everyone at www.starwars.com

I got the online link for an aol site that was playing the trailer. I'll be including the link in my column for this Tuesday.

I saw the teaser trailer that's in the theater on Friday night, and it looked rather crappy, but the full length trailer is awesome.

[spoon_jenkins]

I just watched the trailer. I was underwhelmed by the first two prequels, but after watching the trailer, I'm pretty hopeful about this one. I mean, I don't think it'll be as good as the originals (the bits of dialogue weren't fantastic old school stuff), but it seems promising. Too bad the last film will probably be a downer with all those folks getting killed.