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Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on July 25, 2004, 12:16:08 am: Right, Episode III is now officially Revenge of the Sith. Try saying it out aloud, it's worse :rolleyes:

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/news20040724.html

I know, I know, Empire Stikes Back and Return of the Jedi aren't that great names either but this, combined with something like General Grievous (an alien/robot guy with four lightsabers) and the quality of the first two prequels, isn't very promising.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Rictor on July 25, 2004, 12:24:45 am: 4 lightsabers? Call me a purist, but isn't that pushing it a bit? And...he's a robot?

I'm not a huge fan or anything, more of a casual admirer, but has George Lucas gone senile or something? Something needs to be done, for the sake of the series. Ge was good back in the day, but Episodes 1 and 2 have been bad enough to warrant his removal from the project.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 12:50:03 am: Bah.. Nevermind.

GENERAL GRIEVOUS??????? YOU'RE ****ING KIDDING ME. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Turnsky on July 25, 2004, 01:00:49 am: Lucas has lost the plot entirely.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: jdjtcagle on July 25, 2004, 01:03:02 am: Really guys, we should gripe about this one. They are his movies... :D
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 01:09:43 am: The hell they are...

*sticks his fingers in his ears and screams until 2006*
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 01:25:47 am: [plays Revenge of the Nerds theme song in background]
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: NeoHunter on July 25, 2004, 02:06:28 am: A little lame if you ask me....
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Turnsky on July 25, 2004, 02:15:58 am: Quote
Originally posted by NeoHunter
A little lame if you ask me....

the master of understatements, you are. ;)
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 02:34:18 am: He must have liked Phantom Menace...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Gloriano on July 25, 2004, 02:48:33 am: Bah, I'am still going watch it even it sux.

and it's only name and Siths take their revenge in that
Palpatine ends up as Emperor, Anakin Turns Darth Vader
and other evil things happens
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 02:54:10 am: ... no duh? That doesn't mean Lucas still won't **** it up.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Turnsky on July 25, 2004, 03:02:21 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
... no duh? That doesn't mean Lucas still won't **** it up.

i sense a great disturbence in the force, as though a million geeks cried out, then were silenced. :p

and a misquote to go with this...

"Continuity be Damned!" --George Lucas
altho he prolly said this in private, away from microphones. :p
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Gloriano on July 25, 2004, 03:04:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
... no duh? That doesn't mean Lucas still won't **** it up.

Yeah he does **** it up That happened before :p
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Martinus on July 25, 2004, 03:05:19 am: [color=66ff00]The only thing I'm hoping for at this point is that once he's had his fun with the prequels that he allows others to make starwars movies.

It's the only way you're ever going to see a good movie that starts with 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...'.
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Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 03:06:30 am: "I've got a bad feeling about this"

Here's to hoping it's not just ROTJ with the characters juggled up.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 03:07:17 am: Only thing good that can come out of a Star Wars movie now is if Spielberg directs and Zahn writes...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Turnsky on July 25, 2004, 03:08:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...'.
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..from george lucas'

sorry, i'm just having way too much fun poking fun at george lucas.;)

i mean, who doesn't?
but yeah, well, at least the soundtrack will be good.:nod:
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Post by: Martinus on July 25, 2004, 03:17:35 am: [color=66ff00]Actually I'd be more favourable to a movie/2 movie version of I Jedi which as I have stated many times could redeem the entire franchise, erase all of the sins of the past and dry the eyes of the children who were orphaned and go hungry because the prequels are so bad.

Bless their little hearts.
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Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 03:19:23 am: Indeed. I, Jedi = Jesus of Star Wars

Directed by Spielberg of course.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Gloriano on July 25, 2004, 03:26:30 am: Once George Lucas was great director but he has losted
his touch in movies
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 03:29:27 am: Quote
Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Actually I'd be more favourable to a movie/2 movie version of I Jedi which as I have stated many times could redeem the entire franchise, erase all of the sins of the past and dry the eyes of the children who were orphaned and go hungry because the prequels are so bad.

Bless their little hearts.
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:lol:

Although I sort of liked AOTC. :D Certainly a LOT better than "The Phantom Menace"
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 03:53:30 am: Wait... film or title wise?
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 03:56:53 am: Film, specifically the action sequences. It seemed more like a lightsaber fight than a lightsaber ballet, didn't have a dozen meetings, and the romance subplot is conveniently divided up on the DVD into different chapters. :D

And there was a whole lot more action, and a whole lot less Jar-jar.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: karajorma on July 25, 2004, 03:56:55 am: Yeah. We all complain but who's NOT going to go see this?

Had we done that with Attack of the Clones this film might have been better but that film proved to GL that he could make any movie, slap the star wars name on it and millions would go watch it.

So why bother making it good?
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Sigma957 on July 25, 2004, 04:00:31 am: :no: While it would be nice too see how Anikan became Darth Vader and he is the soul responsible for taking out the Jedi why do they have to introduce a cybernectic robot type person that weilds 4 b***** light sabres.:confused:
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 04:01:42 am: Because it's likely to be the last truly major feature film he'll be directing?

At this point, I can't see an outside studio because of the negative association of his name, and the feeling that he's "some Star Wars guy".

Better to go out with a bang than a whimper, as they say.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 04:02:44 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Film, specifically the action sequences. It seemed more like a lightsaber fight than a lightsaber ballet, didn't have a dozen meetings, and the romance subplot is conveniently divided up on the DVD into different chapters. :D

And there was a whole lot more action, and a whole lot less Jar-jar.

Okay, if there's one thing TPM got right besides Qui-Gon, it was the lightsaber fight. I still haven't seen better from Star Wars. AOTC just had mass lightsabers and then the stupid hack-n'-slash from retarded angles battle at the end.

And if by romance subplot you mean the "Love me now, or I'll ****ing rape you" relationship between Anakin and Padme'... it's like she finally realised he wasn't kidding on their way to Genosis and started to play along...
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:11:30 am: Yeah, I can see Lucas just sitting back and saying "**** it, 's not like I don't already have a billion, let's have this one be about Star Wars for the first half and then suddenly cut to an educational cartoon about hemmoroid cream usage for an hour!"
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 04:13:08 am: Huh. I've always found the TPM fight to be too staged...maybe it's because it just seems so unrealistic that they could remain completely focused for so long, and barely show any signs of any kind of exhaustion. And the Force jump at the end looks completely staged. As did Darth "I'll-just-stand-here-and-let-you-cut-me-in-half".

People say "Well, he just didn't exploit that opening where he kicked Obi-wan because he was overconfident", I say that a better example of overconfidence is Darth Vader fighting with one hand.

It's beautiful choreography, but it just seemed too, well, perfect.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 04:15:16 am: Well, I guess you get a nice counter-balance, with all the saber fighting in AOTC being ****e.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:18:14 am: It's people running around swinging what amounts to huge plasma cutters at each other. A good fight'd be one where half the participants acidentially sliced their hand off and reduced a third of their arm to charcoal by miscalculating a swing while force-backflipping over their opponent and simultaneously whistling the Star Spangled Banner through their nose or whatever the gimmick is this time.

Mmm, plasma cutter fight. Now there's a kickass idea.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: karajorma on July 25, 2004, 04:19:24 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Okay, if there's one thing TPM got right besides Qui-Gon, it was the lightsaber fight. I still haven't seen better from Star Wars. AOTC just had mass lightsabers and then the stupid hack-n'-slash from retarded angles battle at the end.

I agree. That scene was near perfection. If the rest of the movie had been only half as good no one would be complaining about it.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 04:21:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
It's people running around swinging what amounts to huge plasma cutters at each other. A good fight'd be one where half the participants acidentially sliced their hand off and reduced a third of their arm to charcoal by miscalculating a swing while force-backflipping over their opponent and simultaneously whistling the Star Spangled Banner through their nose or whatever the gimmick is this time.

Mmm, plasma cutter fight. Now there's a kickass idea.

Hash = Baaaaaadd
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:22:18 am: Admit it, you wanna do it now too.

Problem is they're so ****in' heavy. Need to figure out how to get a good backpack mount that doesn't get in the way of movement...

And there has never been a good idea in modern history that wasn't partly inspired by some good bud. George Washington? Total pothead. Same with whatsisname, philosopher dude, France or wherever...
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 04:25:29 am: Backpack mount? A bit of party plant is one thing... but a backpack mount??

I must admit, it does sound kind of fun now. :D
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:27:46 am: Hell, yeah. Like a Jedi Ghostbuster duel.

Except with more fire and ****, probably. Overcharge one of those torches, and man....
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 04:30:13 am: I was thinking more of a backpack mounted brick of hasheesh.... but, well... suit yourself.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:31:46 am: Why'd you bother with that? It smokes just fine off of your back.

And it'd get in the way of the plasma cutter.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:32:54 am: You know what were really awesome? Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots.

Man, I wish I had a set right now...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 25, 2004, 04:50:20 am: Look on the bright side, at least Derek isn't making EpIII.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Gloriano on July 25, 2004, 04:54:29 am: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Look on the bright side, at least Derek isn't making EpIII.

Indeed:lol:
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 04:55:19 am: There's a bright side to not having Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots?
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 25, 2004, 05:03:22 am: You've got me there.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: TopAce on July 25, 2004, 05:06:28 am: Comment on General Grievious: Even two lightsabers were an overkill in Jedi Academy(the game :p). Four lightsabers is simply too much for me to digest.
Comment on Episode I saberfight: They were not exhausted becase they are JEDI! The scene when Dath Maul is sliced in half is also wrong a bit. But that's still better than the scene when Darth Vader was knocked to the floor in the Return of the Jedi.
[EDIT] I liked all five episodes yet. And I will also like Ep. III. I do not know what your problem is with the Geonosis battle, it was at least as good as any of the battle scenes from Troy.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: aldo_14 on July 25, 2004, 06:41:14 am: You pays your money, you takes your choice.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Cyker on July 25, 2004, 06:49:23 am: The main problem I had with TPM sabre battle is that, while it looks very cool, it doesn't look right - I think I figured out why; First of all, the stikes are all very 'soft', no momentum or apparent force - This is semi-acceptable since they are suppsoed to be wielding blades made out of truncated beam-cannon beams ;)
However, the other thing is that NONE of the three are actually trying to hit their opponent, they're trying to hit their sabre-blade!

The battles in the original trilogy were a lot less flashy, but the strikes had more weight and momentum in them and they were actually aimed at body-parts, not thin-air :)

Now see, if I ever had a light-sabre, I'd disable whatever it is that limits it to ~1m in length and just blast the guy from long range...

EvilSithGuy: "Pathetic Jedi, prepare to meet your doom!" *extends twin triple-bladed light-sabres*

Me: "Jedi? No no, look, it says GTVA! Pfft, Jedi." *presses a button marked 'VSlash'* "Commence plasma-core insertion..." *zzzzzBZZZZT!*

Me: "I win!"
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Post by: Turnsky on July 25, 2004, 07:08:57 am: Quote
Originally posted by Cyker
The main problem I had with TPM sabre battle is that, while it looks very cool, it doesn't look right - I think I figured out why; First of all, the stikes are all very 'soft', no momentum or apparent force - This is semi-acceptable since they are suppsoed to be wielding blades made out of truncated beam-cannon beams ;)
However, the other thing is that NONE of the three are actually trying to hit their opponent, they're trying to hit their sabre-blade!

The battles in the original trilogy were a lot less flashy, but the strikes had more weight and momentum in them and they were actually aimed at body-parts, not thin-air :)

Now see, if I ever had a light-sabre, I'd disable whatever it is that limits it to ~1m in length and just blast the guy from long range...

EvilSithGuy: "Pathetic Jedi, prepare to meet your doom!" *extends twin triple-bladed light-sabres*

Me: "Jedi? No no, look, it says GTVA! Pfft, Jedi." *presses a button marked 'VSlash'* "Commence plasma-core insertion..." *zzzzzBZZZZT!*

Me: "I win!"

lightsabers have no weight bar the hilt. so little inertia by the strikes can be explained right there and then.
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Post by: Cyker on July 25, 2004, 08:09:01 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky

lightsabers have no weight bar the hilt. so little inertia by the strikes can be explained right there and then.

Yeah, I know, I said that! :p

But they way they were fighting, it looked better with the more weighty-forceful blows of the original-trilogy battles IMHO.

The thing with light (weight) bladed fighting, e.g. rapiers or fencing, is that you would be moving around a LOT more to get better position and dodge attacks, but in that battle they actually moved relatively little while they were swinging at each other, trying to hit each other's sabres
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Post by: chris_2xtreme on July 25, 2004, 08:33:46 am: *spoilers*

for the fans who like the star wars fights the big fight scene rumor is that it is going to be 12 minutes long without any interruptions

theres also a space battle at the beginning that will make the one in ROTJ seem small.

*End Spoilers*
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: TopAce on July 25, 2004, 08:41:58 am: It is well-known that there is much in Episode III to be shown. Anakin must turn to the Dark side, several Jedi should die, Palpatine must seize his ' finalposition'.
And I would like to comment it in spolier:
Spoiler:
Dooku will certainly not survive. I think he will either be killed by Anakin or Windu.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 25, 2004, 09:15:44 am: But when will C3PO forget that he was ever on Tatooine, thereby allowing him to not recognise the Lars family in A New Hope?
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Post by: BlackDove on July 25, 2004, 10:44:55 am: Oh dear god...General Grievus, kill me now.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Rampage on July 25, 2004, 11:17:35 am: The first Star Wars movie ever (A New Hope) was about the only one I really liked. I like realism - and not that crap you see later that combines the terrible inbalance of mysticism and technology.

And another thing - I prefer science fiction films to somewhat be true to its physics - or have its own physics derivative.

First of all the thing about "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." ticked me off immediately, even though it was in the first film and became the official banner of Star Wars.

Again, the most annoying thing with Star Wars is its misuse of physics. In the first film, magnetic fields were constantly misused - as was the case in other films. In the next film, was good - but not AS good as the first. The asteroid belt that Solo was in actually should be the planetary ring, and not to mention the asteroid worm monster in zero gravity (is it Shivan?).

It was then when Lucas changed his target audience from science nerds to just kids. The Ewok - well, I never liked that scene. They seemed cheesy. Then came the Phantom Menance, which was nothing but a fancy show of 3DS MAX (the ideal movie-editing tool used in the industry) that seemed to ONLY targeted kids.

Certainly politics was added to the 21th Century films, but come on - they weren't politics. It was really sour - what Lucas did to implement econo-poli-sci into the film. And plus - it was made for kids.

The Clone Wars film was, I think, a big failure on Lucas' part to impress the sci-fi community. Basically the Phantom Menance gave me a dislike for the movies, but this film really killed it for me. It was good to see less mysticism and more science, but the robot who had to tweak his voice protocol in order to speak correctly was way too much - get Microsoft SAM SDK or something! But that rag on that banker (ohh - I forgot his name in real life) by the alien (his speech and visage) was priceless! :D And finally, the arena scene with the beasts was too divergent - what is it? Sparticus?

General Grevious? It's a name that only kids could understand! Ohh - - four light sabers, daddy! Kool!

So here the bottom line - Lucas spoiled it for me. And now, I'm going to dig up my Star Trek movies and TV recordings - and watch them!
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 25, 2004, 11:27:56 am: Oh go and write for the SWTC you pedantic bastard.
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Post by: vyper on July 25, 2004, 11:37:00 am: It's a film. :wtf:
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Post by: Admiral Nelson on July 25, 2004, 11:40:23 am: I believe that this film correctly describes how the plot of Episode I & II came to be:

An Explanation (http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2474284)
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: TopAce on July 25, 2004, 12:13:46 pm: Quote
Originally posted by chris_2xtreme
*spoilers*

for the fans who like the star wars fights the big fight scene rumor is that it is going to be 12 minutes long without any interruptions

theres also a space battle at the beginning that will make the one in ROTJ seem small.

*End Spoilers*

At least we will see more from that battle than we did in the Return of the Jedi.

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
But when will C3PO forget that he was ever on Tatooine, thereby allowing him to not recognise the Lars family in A New Hope?

Dunno. Theoretically, his memory will be erased. I think I will be spending my next hours on starwars.com.
[EDIT] I find no official info about it.
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Post by: aldo_14 on July 25, 2004, 12:45:40 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce

At least we will see more from that battle than we did in the Return of the Jedi.

Dunno. Theoretically, his memory will be erased. I think I will be spending my next hours on starwars.com.
[EDIT] I find no official info about it.

http://www.theforce.net/episode3/jtf/r2d2.shtml
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Post by: TopAce on July 25, 2004, 12:54:51 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14

http://www.theforce.net/episode3/jtf/r2d2.shtml

Thanks
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Post by: jdjtcagle on July 25, 2004, 01:12:23 pm: Yep His memory is erased...

http://www.theforce.net/episode3/jtf/c3po.shtml
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Post by: Martinus on July 25, 2004, 01:19:01 pm: [color=66ff00]Meh, I dare anyone to tell me that any saber fight from the prequels irrespective of how well choreographed they were has anywhere near the same urgency or power as Luke vs. Vader in either ESB or especially ROTJ.

The prequels depicted people dancing around with fun glowy swords, the originals depicted two people literally fighting for their lives with weapons of mass destruction.
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Post by: jdjtcagle on July 25, 2004, 01:20:56 pm: :nod:
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 03:08:09 pm: Uh, this is a few points late, but I guess I should point out that in bladed-weapon combat you're supposed to be spending most of your attention on where the other guy's poky stick is going. About 90% of any successful lethal combat is dodging the other guy's shots- after all, it's not like you should need more than the other 10% to resolve the situation. ;)

You're also not supposed to take big baseball-bat swings unless you're handling something with an effective range that's longer than you are tall. But that did look cooler, so that gets a pass.
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 03:10:50 pm: Indeed. If you're being attacked by some dude with a laserswordofdoom, you're not going to be worrying about killing him so much as not getting hit by the laserswordofdoom. That's why they move to block rather than take a risk to try to hit him from some weird angle and get sliced into pieces.

Go get a friend and two sticks and pretend you're Star Wars geeks and try it if you want to understand.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 03:12:47 pm: KT: I thought the complaint was that they were mostly trying to hit each others' blades...?
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 03:15:59 pm: Right. It looks like they are, but I don't think they're aiming for the blades as much as they're just blocking attacks from each other back and forth so it looks like they are.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 03:18:02 pm: Yeah. Could do without all the backflipping, but it looked more or less fine to me.
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Post by: Flipside on July 25, 2004, 07:20:12 pm: On a side note, it's hinted that a book character will make an appearance in Ep3. And it's not Thrawn, worst luck :(

Mara Jade would be too young, I would have thought, though she was the 'Emperors hand'..... and female Jedi are specifically mentioned in this one. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 07:23:23 pm: MJ would kick ass.... my bet is on her, because she is most likely to be the best recognized by Lucas in the post Star Wars era.
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Post by: Flipside on July 25, 2004, 07:51:45 pm: This is true, I think Mace is going to go down fighting the grievously badly named one. And I have a sneaky suspicion theres going to be a lightsaber duel between Yoda and Sideous, which will no doubt be cut short, since they both survive.

Reading up on this film, it does actually look like someones been gently thumbscrewing George into doing something a bit more along the pace of the original movies.... I'll wait and see though.
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 07:54:39 pm: Indeed...... minus a robot that kills jedi and has lightsabers...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: MicroPsycho on July 25, 2004, 08:15:06 pm: Some questions will need answering:

Will we find out how the Rebel Alliance is formed?
who is Luke's mother?
when do Tie Fighters come in?
will there be prototypes of the more "modern" spacecraft? (early versions of the X-wing? Z-95?)

And if anyone has player the game "Rebel Assault II"(its old) remember ther "Phantom Fighters", a tri-winged Tie Fighter with cloaking device, wouldn't those be cool? or would that be in another trilogy?
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 08:16:15 pm: uh... I can safely say those will not be in Ep. III
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Post by: Flipside on July 25, 2004, 08:18:37 pm: Luke and Leia are the twin children of Anakin and Padme, by the way :)

As for the others, nope, doubt you'll see any sign of them, possibly the very start of the Rebel Alliance.
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 08:23:17 pm: No doubt Lucas will form them based on disputes over the Emperor's new Star Destroyer Tax increases...
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Post by: Grey Wolf on July 25, 2004, 08:47:42 pm: Hmm....

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Ryan designed the prototype for the X-Wing. -RC

I wonder if that's a reference to the Z-95...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Krackers87 on July 25, 2004, 08:56:45 pm: <--- Consumer Whore
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Warlock on July 25, 2004, 09:45:42 pm: I still get a kick out of you guys going off on the man for making the prequels the way he feels they should be told. I mean Christ if the guy literally gave us a 2 hour movie of Anakin whining to Padme' that he really meant to pull out but they'd be able to handle raising kids, and nothing else ,.......it's his movie. I've seen each one on opening day and personally I've enjoyed all five thus far and will doubtfully enjoy the final one just as much.

So let's save the ranting for after it's out ;)

BTW Grievous was debuted in the Clone Wars toon short final, and he's not a robot,...just a cyborg that's more bot (Insider had an issue about him a few months ago,..really cool reading thou.) His point is pretty obvious if one thinks about it,....how the hell do you kill off several thousand Jedi really fast? Hence the Saber in each hand and a pair for the feet moves. Sides,...as names go take a look at past ones:

Vader: Yes cool
Maul: What else would we name a Sith who's sole purpose is to 'maul' the Jedi?
Tyranus: Hmm not too shabby
etc etc

Personally I think the film name is either a working title,..or just something to keep the masses attention for a bit,..wouldn't shock me at all to find out it's false,...I mean ROTJ was originally Revenge of the Jedi,.. a bit ironic ain't it?
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 25, 2004, 10:05:35 pm: Ooohhh teh spoilage. :(

I was going to post that if Grievous were something like Lord Nyax, he could be cool. (Six lightsaber blades, cybernetically enhanced to augment physical, mental, and Force strength, with no goal except to find and take sources of Force power, and fully capable of ripping through a Yuuzhan Vong battalion and destroying Vong cruisers.)

But it sounds like he could be :D Though the next question'll be, why don't the Jedi just use their Force powers to flick his off switch. :p
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Post by: BlackDove on July 25, 2004, 10:07:28 pm: Lucas himself says the prequels suck in one of his interviews. After viewing that, I don't have a high standard for his films anymore.
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Post by: Martinus on July 25, 2004, 10:18:59 pm: [color=66ff00]He did?!?
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2004, 10:49:24 pm: Warlock: He isn't an artist. There's no grand higher vision there he's seeking. He's a corporate whore. He's making movies he thinks will sell. Hence, he should whore to us effectively. He has failed at that. It isn't "his" movie, it's "our" money. And I didn't waste any on AOTC, sure as hell not gonna waste any on this atrocity.
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Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2004, 11:19:03 pm: And for the record, Vader was original for the time, Maul worked, but Sidious and Tyranus were loads of crap. So is Grievous. That'd be like naming Admiral Ackbar Admiral Fishypants or Admiral Goodluck...
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 26, 2004, 01:04:18 am: Admiral Fishypants could lead to some very odd situations for the SWTC project.

Vasudan: I hear you have fish in your pants. Give them to me! I WUV FISHES!
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 26, 2004, 01:25:01 am: I'd think the Vasudans would fry him up for lunch then. :lol:
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 26, 2004, 01:28:00 am: "The fish is strong in this one!"
"Look at the size of that fish!"
"Obi-wan never told you want happened to your fish..."
"That's impossible, even for a fish!"
"If you strike me down, I'll become more fishier than you can possibly imagine."
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Knight Templar on July 26, 2004, 01:29:01 am: Am I the only one who construes all of those into sexual statements?
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 26, 2004, 01:32:58 am: Probably. :p
"Somebody get this walking fish out of my way!"
"Don't be too proud of this technological fish you've constructed."
"You, like your fish, are now mine..."
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Dough with Fish on July 26, 2004, 01:47:09 am: Well, I dunno, we may see a Z-95 or something along the lines of it, the timeline fits for these things being brand new and top of the line.

And, as to a hint of a character making an appearance, how about Corran Horns (from the X-Wing, and NJO series) father? He was a Jedi, and from what I gathered, he was a very important figure on Corellia.
Title: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Martinus on July 26, 2004, 03:20:40 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
"The fish is strong in this one!"
"Look at the size of that fish!"
"Obi-wan never told you want happened to your fish..."
"That's impossible, even for a fish!"
"If you strike me down, I'll become more fishier than you can possibly imagine."

[color=66ff00]"There's always a bigger fish" - Liam Neeson.
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