I read on Fark yesterday that Gary Oldman may provide the voice of General Grievous in Ep. III, and I found two sources that say he might, too.

http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5250

http://www.wizardnews.com/story.20040624.html

I'm still not sure Gary's doing it, but it would surely be a kick-ass performance if he does. :thumbsup:

Meanwhile, work is coming along on the film at a slow to medium pace:

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/...s20040625.html

Man! I can't wait to see Kashyyyk. :D

Somewhere, George Lucas is crying because he realized what a hack he had become after he saw Peter Jackson not only NOT fuck up lotr, but make it the pimpest shit in town. After I watched episodes 1 & 2, I thought they were subpar AT BEST... But I trying to rationalize it thinking, "Well, Star Wars is such a huge universe with so much hype and material to cover that it would be impossible for anybody to do it any justice." Well now I obviously know that that is not true, because Jackson accomplished what I thought was the impossible.

When will they unveil the title of the 3rd film? I know the rumor is "Episode III: Rise of the Empire", but is there a date set to let us know officially?

It has to be cheesier than "Attack of the Clones."

I can't believe Lucas is STILL going for nothing but crappy CGI. Audiences are getting tired of CGI's obviously fake effects; how long is it going to be until directors catch on?

If I mentioned Supershadow earlier forgive me, I was fooled, realised the error of my ways many many months ago.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/...0040625_bg.jpg

Anakin's not looking like a bitch anymore.

You kidding? No badass could possibly possess those golden locks.

He looks like he's trying for his "mad" face, but it comes off more as "petulant".

He may not look like a bitch, but he'll sure sound like one.

No way the whiny little bastard voice of Annie can turn into James Earl Jones. Thank you Lucas for fucking up another area of the movies.

Will there every be a chance that a ST film will be made not written by Lucas? I wonder.
Probably not but that is something I would look forward to. There are tons of books that could be put into film; hell I thought KOTR would have made a decent flick.

Ahem... regardless of Lucas' propaganda, the rebels are the bad guys. :)

I hope that guys' article is satire, not his real take on the series. :rolleyes:

All I can say is I am going to go see it.

Mace Windu >*

and for the star wars universe holds Lucas please , for the love of all that is holy don't make this about kids and such. its a dark film the jedi are hunted and or killed some make some do not.

The debates about Star Wars prequels are always hilarious.

The ONLY reason people think the first two suck is because of the nostalgia factore created by the first 3. They were something new and innvoative for their time. The story WAS done before (I believe Lucas just merged several popular stories/themes together). Also, most people saw these as kids. There was a HUGE "wow!" factor.

Fast forward 15 years later.. TPM wasn't anything special in terms of graphics. CGI broke boundaries in Jurassic Park 7 years prior, so nothing new in that department.

Considering the original 3 were Episodes 4, 5, and 6, it's the job of the first 3 to simply fill the story that leads up to those movies. Had 1, 2, and 3 been made FIRST, the series probably wouldn't have been as popular. TPM was about.. what? The senate/republic blah blah.. who wants to see that? Well... people clamored for years about the first 3 episodes, and now ya got em! What'd you think it was gonna be about?

Acting was just as shoddy in EP 4, 5, and 6 as it was in EP 1 & 2. Yeah, Jar Jar is a bit out of place, but the character isn't that big of a deal. Anakin in TPM was a horrible actor, but so was Mark Hamill in EP4.

You're witnessing the amazing power of hype. The prequels aren't bad movies at all... it's just that you're expecting them to utterly blow you out of the water when you already know how the story ends, on TOP of a lack of "wow!" from special effects. The MEAT of the storyline was EP 4, 5, and 6... and probably 3 considering it's the turning point of Anakin/Vader. Movies prior to that.. simply filler acts leading to the real deal.

Remember the hype surrounding the Matrix? The first one was goddamn NICE, but because people expected the sequels (which were also good movies) to totally be on par or BEAT the first, they were left disappointed.

The fact of the matter is, if you liked the first 3, you WILL see EP3. You know you will. People can ridicule George Lucas about his money vault all they want, but also realize you're helping him get there ;)

That's it. That's the argument I was looking for. I couldn't have put it better myself, Stompy, because you're precisely correct. I mean, come on, 17 years of anticipation is gonna make anything that you see on-screen, especially something as ultra-hyped as Star Wars, is gonna pale in comparison to your expectations. None of these movies were that bad, the expectations of those who watched them were too high, bolstered by the fact that you had almost 20 years of waiting piled on top of whatever expectations you might have had for the movie. That's just not fair to the people who made them.

The only problem I've had in the two new movies was the teen Anakin being such a whiny little bitch and the putt-putting of the vehicle's engines, the rest doesn't bother me.
Jake Lloyd wasn't that bad for a kid, and I always enjoyed Jar Jar.
I just find him funny. :D

Finally, someone with some god damn sense, thanks Stompy! I've loved every Star Wars film so far and doubt very much that I'm not gonna love Episode III too.

I didn't like the first two, but I'm sure George Lucas is going to try his hardest to make this last Star Wars film great. I'm looking forward to it.

That's easily explained by the machine suit. He doesn't sound like James Earl Jones when the helmet's off.

Stompy, thank you for saying what badly needs to be said...over and over again. You're completely right. I can't wait for episode III - I'm sure I'll enjoy it to some degree. Only time will tell what degree that will be.

Am I the only one who found this fucking hilarious? =D

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/attachm...tid=6667&stc=1
Chewie's family portrait? :D

Some more pics in this thread in Tilted Photochoppin'.
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=67029

Star Wars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith
 

The first two left a lot to be desired, can the third on revitalize the Saga?

I was thinking about starting a Star Wars III thread. Nice work.

Now there are the rare people, like myself, in a strange group. I liked Phantom Menace, and Attack of the Clones! I know my group isn't big, but I'd like to remind people we're out there.

That being said, after reading the script (no, I will not give the script), I will say that this movie is going to be big in a lot of ways. Romance? Not so much anymore. Storyline? A bit. Action? Possibly mroe action than any other movie of all time. Longest and most spectacular space battle scene in history. Longest sword fight.

Typical of Lucas. "Who needs story when I can give them explosions?"

You have to look at the glass as being half full. In this last movie, we will have our last questions answered about what lead to the reality in Episode 4. This film will break new ground in the visual and audio arts front, too. As someone who loves CGI and digital audio arts, I am very, very excited to see what is debued from ILM.

I got goosebumps during the battle between Jango Fett and Obie Wan in the asteroid field.

To each his own. I've been more impressed with the digital effects in the LOTR movies, mostly because they aren't so blatant and very few scenes were shot on blue screen (unlike Star Wars, which is almost all blue screen).

http://home.comcast.net/~tcmack23/pi.../ep3teaser.jpg

What do you guys think?

I kinda like the idea of Anakin having the scar on his face but the cape flowing up to form Vader's Mask is a bit too hokey.

I like the shadow cast by the young Anakin on the Ep1 teaser poster but this one is going a bit far.

On another topic has anybody read or started reading Republic Commando ? It's a novel tie-in with the forth-coming PC game of the same name. It's pretty damn good. I was surprised at how good it was.

You'd be suprised how much of LOTR was shot on blue screens, and how much of the film is purely digitally created


I can't wait until the new film comes out after seeing General G in the cartoon series, it's going to be freaky...

IMO, we didn't need them answered. Nothing that happens in I, II and III changes the greatness of IV, V, and VI. Although, George seems to sure wish they do and is going to fairly great lengths to force an importance of the new trilogy onto the original.

Anyone else want to see Darth Vader in full gear (with James Earl Jones' Voice) at the end of this movie putting some serious hurt on some Jedis?

Knowing lucas he'll probably have some gay-ass half-hearted costume so that Hayden Christensen (mr cardboard) can stay in it longer.

Actually no, there's a big special on the Trilogy DVDs about the Darth Vader costume, it's badass. The lightsaber duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan is supposed to last like twenty minutes or something, so that should be good. Fear not true believers, Lucas didn't screw with the Darth Vader costume, the production guys actually made the mask more symmetrical.

I've watched every featurette on the Ext. Editions, so I know how much is digital. But it still pales in comparison to the new Star Wars films.

I just read the plot summary, and I think if the acting improves and the script isnt too bad it could be a respectable movie.

I wont give anything away, you can read the summary for yourself if you like, Mr.Deflok kindly provided the link to Supershadow several times, but it could turn out well.

Of course, I'll probably be crying in the fetal position in the gutter, like every other fanboy, after walking out of the film, but I choose to remain optimistic to make the pain that much more cutting.

found this on TheDigitalBits.com:

http://thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

I'm thinking about taking two of my kids to see the Incredibles just so that my son and I can see the preview to Episode 3.

Got this in a email.. the SW EP III trailer for those who want to see it.. http://www.worldofepic.net/ep3.mov

Thank you! I was looking for it on the internet, but knew the TFP would come through for me again.

OMG!!! That teaser had me drowling for more...

the teaser trailer is awesome. I now have somewhat of a hope for this movie. Pray to Jesus that this movie redeems Episode II.

Thanks jbleed. WOW!!!! That trailer looks totally awesome. Now lets just hope they didn't put all of the best parts into the trailer. :p

So far episodes 1 & 2 have definitely earned their spots in history and are far superior to the originals. Episode 3 will be no different...






**edit**

In all honesty I do think the trailer for episode 3 makes it look to be the best of the new movies. I also think episodes 1 & 2 were judged too harshly by many. If they had came out on their own, without having to live up to the originals, people would have liked them. They still would have hated jar jar either way, but they would have like them. Come one, the fight at the end of episode 1 with Darth Maul was priceless and who didn't think it was great, or hilarious depending on your point of view, when Yoda fought Dooku?

Did anyone else get chills when Vader appeared on screen? Or when they realised that was motherfucking Sidious weilding that Saber?

Man, I mean I've known about what was in the trailer for weeks now but to actually see it... holy crap... it's amazing. Roll on May 2005.

Awesome clip, jbleed. Thanks, man.
I got chills when they showed all the Wookies, Mr. D. :D

Yeah, I lost it when they showed Vader rising with his hands bound. That and when the Emperor said "Rise." Homina homina homina.

Well my son has watched the teaser now a couple times and is ready for May to be here now :D

Between Battlefront, the DVDs, and the trailer, I am about ready to burst. Gah!! Get here faster!!!!

I was wondering if they made a mistake on the placement of the saber blade, or if this takes place in two separate scenes...
link 1

link 2

might have to copy and paste if you cant see it.

It'll be two different 'scenes', they did the same in the AOTC trailer where it looked like Padme and Anakin were looking at each other but they're from completely different scenes.

Man, this trailer is so bad ass.

Just got back from watching the Incredibles and the first preview was Star Wars 3.

It looked FUCKING AWESOME! Didn't see any jar jar binks or any goofy stuff like that. Hopefully Lucas kept it dark the way IMO this episode should be.

I saw preview tonight as well, I agree with you. Can't wait until May :)

No, but I got goosebumps when I heard Vader's voice. "Yes, Master."

Oh, so fucking cool!

I hope, I hope, I hope this movie is as fucking cool as it looks. I hope Vader shows up early. I just don't know how much more petulant-boy I can take and a good outing by my favorite Sith Lord could do some good in erasing all the bad memories of the other prequels.

Teaser was a good tease
 

I have watched the teaser many times and like it. It is a bit fast paced tho.
I can't wait to see the teaser on the big screen.

The trailer is perfect! perfect! PERFECT!!! Maybe the film will make it up for the other 2. Thanks for the link.

that clip is just nice....wow

now i am pumped for the movie

I'll probably go see it, and I have to agree that the teaser looks cool (who's that scary guy with the messed up teeth?), but don't forget that the Ep.II trailer was cool too. We could still be in for some surprises like Artoo flying again (!?!?!?).

Bring on the mitichlorians.

I saw the trailer in the theater last night, and I hadn't seen it yet. My thoughts were, "Wow that looks cool... but so did the previews for the other prequels. Hope they don't fuck it up." It has the potential to be the best of the prequels. The first one was a children's movie, the second one was a bad episode of teenaged-angst in space. Hopefully this one will grow up and turn out to be something good.

OR, I can be like my friends. As on my left side said, "I only watch these for the lightsaber scenes anyway" and on my right, "I only watch these for Natalie Portman anyway". So at least there will be that!

alright i got two forums i haunt.. if it wasnt anyone here im sorry

hah.. you doubted me.. i was a god.. i told you so anikan got toasted by lava while in a saber battle.. i was right pffft never doubt me again when i tell you something months in advance.. END TRANSMISSION

anyways looks like epi 3 will make up for the first two

I hope so Drider I saw the orignial's in the theater when they premiered....I've seen the last two....Im one of those that thought in no way did they compare to the first set. The special effects were ok but the movies themselves sucked IMO. I will be one of the ones seeing the 3rd one (thus keeping my record for seeing all 6 on premier day) but I'm still not expecting much

any star wars geek knows that :thumbsup:

Spoiler: anakin gets toasted by lava while in a saber battle.....that's how he becomes darth vader (the suit keeps him alive from the injuries or something along those lines)

The character's name is "Tion Medon". His real name is Bruce Spence.
Better known as the Gyro Captain from the The Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. (although, he's a different character in MMBT) :)

ok the link to the trailer didnt work. here is a link to aol's hosted stream of the trailer.

http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/mov...ler023b_dl.mov

Oh shit, I just realized that movie doesn't come out until May of 2005. Soooo much can happen between now and then. Let the anticipation begin.

Here's one of the first images of General Grievous and his bodyguards from the movie.
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/831/_agene...bodyguards.jpg

What do you figure, another 12 months before this is out on DVD?

I don't know if I have that much patience. :D

one of my favorite reviews of the god-awful parts of Episode 2: (some of it was good, but Lucas has clearly lost his touch):

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ...ara.star.wars/
Unfortunately, given Lucas' proven knack for lousy dialogue, you can't help but snicker at the two lovebirds. Special mention has to go to Anakin's head-scratching segue between complaining about beach sand and marveling at Amidala's silky-smooth complexion. For a couple of terrifying seconds, it seems like he might start singing.

Fremen: Great find on the Grievous pic!

I'm a sucker for the image and so I carved one of my pumpkins for Halloween with a likeness of the General.

http://home.comcast.net/~freemantim/...s/DSC01370.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~freemantim/...s/DSC01404.jpg

Hehe, I like that. He does look skull-like, eh?
Good job, Bonesaw. :)

Thanks :thumbsup:

dont worry, its sure to suck. The official trailer is online at starwars.com. you have to register, but that's free. the acting in episode 2 makes pauly shore look like robert deniro.

funny everyone knows it's gonna suck but we're all going to see it anyway...give up our $10 to sit through a badly scripted CGI movie

Slow it down there, son. You have to back up your 'it's gonna suck' stuff.

To all those who think EP3 will suck: Yoda says "Shut up the F, you must!" :)

Episode 1 sucked balls. Episode 2 was awesome. Episode 3 will also be awesome.

:lol:

anyway...i hope that the third one is as good as the teaser looks...i saw it from hollywood.com

You mean, awesomER :)

all i have to say is:

riiiise

*jizm*

ROFLMAO!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

To the max. :)

Has anybody read the new article in Vanity Fair yet? The info in it makes me want to read the Joseph Campbell books to see just exactly how much Lucas is actually pulling from those versus just making crap up to try and justify the new movies.

I bought the magazine just for that article.

revealing my star wars nerd-dom, here is a link that contains many pictures from the upcoming movie. WARNING! LOTS OF SPOILERS

don't click it if you don't want to see.
P.S. may not be up for long, since Lucas has taken down lots of these sights so that you have to pay on starwars.com to see them.

So, here's the best I've found out there so far. You've been warned.

http://blogs.cjb.net/?u=POOTtheMONK

Best collection I've seen yet, thanks.

*Drool* Holy sweet merciful crap! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I think I need to wipe off my keyboard tho...

well thanks most definitely needs to go to you dy156....great collection.

i just wish that i wasn't on dial-up at the moment to truly enjoy. hopefully they stay up long enough for me to get back to my cable connection on tuesday.

oh sweet hey-zeus.

that collection is pretty big. i have not idea how so many pics could have been leaked, but it surely wets my appetite. can't wait til may.

Guys, I found the link, but it's not my collection. Can't take credit for it. Sorry if I didn't make that clear in the post. My nerd-dom was the fact that I found 'em, not that I had posted them. They are pretty cool though, huh?

I was so dissapointed with the first two....I doubt I will hit the theaters for the third. Might rent the dvd someday though.

they've announced the opening crawl for episode III
Spoiler warning:

found here
(along with the opening crawl of all the films)

if you don't want to click on it, I've typed it out. I tried to make it yellow, but it kinda showed up even with the spoiler tag.
Imagine slowly disappearing against a space background:

Spoiler:

War! The Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
Grevous, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
the Galactic Senate.

As the Separatist Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor

Oh yeah. That's the kind of crawl the first two should've had! This movie is going to be great even if it sucks. Too many cool things are present to have it fail. Now I must catch up on my SW reading...so many new books coming out that flesh out the Clone Wars.

i hope all those single character pictures arent shots from the movie where they are in front of a blue screen for 90% of the movie :(

Alright, here's a new trailer

http://www.solid-roc.com/Ep3Trailer_pixelmagic720.mov

It has some awesome footage including General Grievous.

I'm not sure if it's official or not. It kinda of has a fan-made feel...but has footage that is pretty amazing. Plus, how would somebody other than lucasfilms obtain clips like this? Anyway, enjoy :)

Hard to say if it was fan made....too many shots looked like actual footage but the cutting was a bit odd...plus no dramatic voice-over like with the other trailers Lucas has put out before the new trilogy films.

Fun to watch nonetheless..

Good find gnort!

Found this on the official Starwars page

Good news for me, since I watch the OC religiously as it is!

I hope they don't over do it on the special effects like the last two times (I'm dreaming I know). Darth Vader should be the scariest thing in the movie, but I'm sure the most evil looking thing will be some weird alien that we see for 1 scene.

For the full trailer click here:
http://torrentspy.com/search.asp?mod...ails&id=189210

Then clean your pants.

BBC Article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4339023.stm

Hopefully this means that Jar Jar dies, although I wouldn't consider that a "tragedy" per se.

I think I've watched the trailer about 10 times now. It looks like there is going to be plenty of action! Whoa!!!

OMFG!!!!!!!

I don't care if the rest of the movies sucks...the trailer kicks some SERIOUS ASS!!!

Mr. Deflok....thanks for the link :thumbsup:

I so hope it lives up to the hype and can't wait to see it in May. The first two prequels have provided more story but as movies have lacked in my opinion.

First time seeing the full trailer. I didn't watch the teaser.


All I can say right now .....

Anakin ...

speechless...

the dark side is dark for a reason...

Who the hell is General Grevous?

People talk of him like he's famous a la Boba Fett, but I've never ever heard of him in my life. Was he in EP2 or something? I've only seen that once, so maybe he was in there and I missed it... but I KNOW he wasn't in the originals.