Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tar_wars_title

Sounds pretty lame to me. Then again, anything less than "Episode III: Schindler's List" would probably sound lame to me :(

There is too high of an expectation of this movie for me to really enjoy it.


Who on earth dresses up to a name unveiling? Premiere surely, but this is just too far. The fact that it ties in with Return of the Jedi just makes it seem lamer and more contrived.

I think the Star Wars movies are highly overrated anyway. Sure, I liked them a lot when I was a kid, but watching it now, it just doesn't hold the same appeal to me. I have yet to see Episode 1 and Episode 2 was pretty crappy. I may or may not go see this one, but I definately am not holding my breath. If it's any good then it'll be a pleasant surprise.

im one of the few people who actually liked Episode I

I don't mind the name, but Lucas used special effects as a crutch to allow Episode 2 to limp along to mediocrity... Let's see if he does it again

I have low hopes for 3

I liked all of them, I just sympathize with the creators of the film for not being able to live up to impossible expectations/hype. I admit, there were some cringeworthy parts in Episode II, and some actor issues in Episode I, but, overall, both were really good movies. I liked 'em. Episode III, for me, seems to be the redeemer for the series.

Pretty damn cool news in this fans' mind...

As a fan, I think it's an awesome name. Makes me think about how cool-sounding Revenge of the Jedi would have been.

Hells yes.

It's the perfect title, mirrors ROTJ and distinguishes the difference between the Sith and the Jedi, Revenge and Return.

Fantastic news, please don't let this thread turn into a "oh my god lucas raped my childhood 'cause i didn't like episode 1 and episode 2 omg lame greedo shot first."

I'm pretty hyped up for the next sequel, Star Wars is my favourite saga, gonna be sad when it's all over.

I completely agree. Except I think Ep II was better than Ep I.

I think 'Rise of the Empire' would have been a lot cooler. Or something to that effect. But it could have been a lot worse than it is. Now we'll just have to see what the actual movie is like.

Episode one was awful.
Episode two wasn't quite as bad, but still had very few good points, other than nice effects.
Episode three I'm hoping for a decent movie.

Otherwise, i'll stick to my original trilogy.

whenever I see a thread titled with Star Wars I always know that it's going to degenerate into what you said...

i'm going to enjoy it for what it's worth.

I agree. I loved Episode 1. Good acting (except for a few, you know who they are...ok, fine, Anakin sucked), good CGI, a good plot...it had everything that a Star Wars movie needed to do great. It had a few flaws that kept it from being a masterpiece (the aformentioned acting issues, even though a majority of the film's actors were superb). I wish Liam Neeson could have been in the last two movies as well. He really made Episode 1 a very good movie.

Episode 2? AHH! I hated it. The acting was very bad at some parts (even though a lot of the actors did good with what they had), but the worst part about 2 was the fucking script. Did they get sixth graders to write it? Where the hell was George Lucas' editor? They had the actors for the movie, they had the time and money as well. What they DIDN'T have was a good script. I wish I could go back in time and tell George to get a damn editor.

I have really low hopes for Episode 3. If it's anything like the first trilogy or anything like Episode 1 then I'll be happy. I simply hope it's not a CGI-fest with a poor script like Episode 2.

Oh, and I like the title as well!

-Lasereth

I can't wait for it to come out. And believe it or not Episode 1&2 are growing on me and I do enjoy them both now.

I like the title too :)

--jaded

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Lots of people dress up to go to Comic-Con; they have a costume competition every year.

I sense a great disturbance in the force as if millions of people cried out in anger in how long it will be till they can actualy see the next StarWars movie,

Episode III: Fuck you I'm rich and I'm putting in a transvestite serial killing Wookie as Chewbacca's distant cousin and making Obi Wan do a song and dance number...

Die George... just die...

Not watching it...

I have high hopes for episode three but I gotta say....I fuckin can't stand hayden christenson....I dunno I just hate his acting....especially in episode 2....I wish they had picked someone else.

Asta!!

i think its a good name.

and you have to admit, despite whatever it was you felt about the last two films (I & II), its always a special feeling to see that Star Wars openning with the text rolling up the screen.

i hope its a fantastic film. and i hope its an international release (ie, opens in Australia same time as the States) because i hate it when you see threads pop up in Tilted Entertainment about films you want to see, but still have to wait a month or two.

When in Rome, act as the Romans do...

When in a Star Wars thread, complain...

I want to finally see Ewan McGregor throw Hayden's ass into a volcano. I've been hearing that rumor since I was about 8 years old, and I'm ready for it to come around. You know what? That could be the whole movie for me. Title screen, shot of Mcgregor hoisting Christensen up and hurling him bodily into the gaping fire-rimmed mouth of an active fumarole, end credits.

All my complaint is that it's taken too long for this to come out. Should have been out this year, but noooooo. Names okay with me though.

I don't get it. Revenge of the Sith??? Revenge for what?!? Yeah, their plans in Episodes 1 and 2 were kinda foiled....kinda....but not really. The Sith were still slowly taking over. I don't think the name makes sense. I agree that something like 'Rise of the Empire' would have been much better.

It's a great title, and I love how it mirrors the Jedi logo.

It will never live up to everyone's expectations. So all the bitching in here about how the movie is going to suck is actually a positive thing, isn't it? Maybe you'll see it and be surprised if it doesn't suck 100%.

The first Star Wars came out in 1977. Second in 1980. Third in 1983.

Episode 1 came out in 1999. Episode 2 came out in 2002. Episode 3 comes out in 2005.

Star Wars movies have always been seperated by a three year period. The wait is normal, even though it does seem forever sometimes. I remember that the wait for Episode 2 seemed an eternity!

-Lasereth

Revenge for their defeat and near annihilation by the Jedi in the great Sith-Jedi wars that happened a few millennia back.

Or so I've read. :)

That makes sense. Is that brought up at all though in Episode 1 or 2? I guess it probably was at some point and I just don't remember. I try to forget Episodes 1 and 2 as much as I can.

are these the wars that happened before the mandalorian wars, when the Sith were an actual race?

I remember this whole issue back in the day over why Ep. VI wasn't called "Revenge of the Jedi", something along the lines that a Jedi wouldn't take revenge or something like that.

Fader, I don't remember if they were mentioned in them for sure, but it seems like Qui-Gon Jinn did tell Obi-Wan about the Sith and the war when they first meet Darth Maul.

Most of the things I remember about the war was stuff I read in the Expanded Universe novels and the Star Wars Encyclopedia. My memory is notoriously bad so I can't give any details. I do know some of the stories involved the Jedi Holocron cubes. (devices used by the Jedi to record their history and lessons.)

ironchef, according to this lo-o-o-ng explanation, they were after the Mandalorian Wars.
(I didn't quote it because it was way too long, and basically off topic.) ;)

BSW4 = Before Star Wars IV (I believe)

This qualifies as DVD rental to me so far and that is unlikely to change after watching the first two in theatres. Ranks up there with Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol. 2 as 'might watch someday when it costs $.99 for a five day rental and the odd mood strikes me'.

um...dude...Pulp Fiction ROCKS - are you on crack? :p

Anyway, this thread gave me an idea for the next Star Wars video game. How sweet would it be to play a game of the Sith-Jedi wars where you can choose to play as a Jedi or as a Sith? :D

I thought they already had a game out like that.

Asta!!

heh, maybe they do - can't say I've played most of them.

The game "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" takes place 4000 years before Episode 1, and the Sith-Jedi Wars are already over (I think). The Sith are more of a militant faction than a race at that point. The Mandalorian wars were very recently concluded at the start of KOTOR

Knights of The Old Republic offers that opportunity. Damn good RPG. If you haven't played it and have an Xbox (that seems almost impossible!:)) then I would suggest picking it up. IMMEDIATELY. Same thing for the PC version, but only if you have a current or within 1 year of current generation computer.

EDIT: Damn! Derwood posted approximately .00000000001 seconds before I did! Oh well. He's correct though, KOTOR takes place after the Jedi-Sith war of Exar Kun. Damn good game though.

I'll see it but my expectations will be low. Ep I was pretty good, II was below average, hopefully III won't follwo that trendline.

Darth Vader (Who Gives A Sith)

Darth Vader
Maybe not now but sometime later
You're very phallic
You're big, black and metallic
Only you could be so bold
Lord Vader
Fuckin' shit up with your light saber
You re but the learner
But now you re very much gayer
I sence a disturbance in my ass
Darth Vader

(Courtesy of MSI)

In all seriousness, the new movies aren't all that bad.

One of the arguments that I die laughing at is the "the acting is horrible." Yeah, you remember the first 3 Star Wars movies? Acting wasn't go grand in that either. Mark Hamill couldn't act his way out of a paper sack at times in Ep 4.

The reason people think these movies are bad is because it's all in your head. The original Star Wars was beyond anything that was done in movies before while the newer ones are filled with CGI that was used way back in '92 with Jurassic Park.

That and you're no longer a kid. Adults probably though that the things you liked as a kid were just flat out stupid.. movies, toys, whatever. Ep 4-6 had a good story, but if it had started at Ep 1-3, it would've been boring as hell. You're not introduced to Darth Vader, or Luke Skywalker. There's a reason he released 4-6 first.

The first 3 movies serve merely to tell what happened before the original trilogy. The "wow" factor is long gone. You already know the story, you already know what happens, so just sit back, relax, watch the movies and take them for what they're worth.

Think of it this way... if someone tells you how a movie ends and you pretty much know everything that happens before you even see it, there won't be anything to make you doodie in your pants with excitement; you already know everything that happened.

Once again, I must compliment and applaud Stompy's attitude and view on this matter. He is entirely correct, in my opinion. People's expectations for this movie have, and will be for some time, far too high or are expecting something entirely different from what they'll get from watching these movies. It's the same as with the Matrix Trilogy, or rather the latter 2/3 of the trilogy. If you expected a re-telling of the original, guess what, that's not what you're getting. If you start making up reasons for the movie to suck, then guess what, for you, it's gonna suck. If you don't accept the changes as decisions of what the artists who created the source material deem as acceptable, then you're obviously gonna think it sucks. I think we have exhausted this topic of "SW is gonna suck because X wasn't like the original trilogy" to the point where saying it's akin to beating a dead horse.

never have seen more than a minute of it or so, but there have been no compelling reasons to watch it yet and the dialogue I saw about McDonald's food struck me silly or stupid.

As far the latest Star Wars film, my expectations are the same as they were the for first two - none at all, the film can live or die on its two feet.
The first two mostly flounder and flop for agonisingly long periods, show some good moments (the pod race for example), then die painful overly CGI deaths while the talented actors try to work with a languid script and screenplay.
This one may be fanstatic or the biggest piece of s--t since Titantic but I would withhold all judgement and evaluations until I have seen the final product. If Jar-Jar is killed by a light sabre or (even better) by a slow torturous method then I would pay just to see that in the theatres.

If you haven't watched Pulp Fiction yet, you

a) don't know what you're missing
b) are not really a movie fan
c) have very particular tastes


Mr Mephisto

I was wandering through some links from Theforce.net and found these... apearntly these are Episode III promo posters... Heres a link to where i found them LINK
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/6740/mf_ep...con_promo1.jpg
http://img5.exs.cx/img5/8884/mf_epis...con_promo2.jpg
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/9648/mf_epis...con_promo3.jpg
Looking purty sweet.

Ohh and heres some cleaner ones... should have scrolled down a little more there.
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/5539/Ep3promo1b.jpg
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/1703/Ep3promo2b.jpg
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/8760/Ep3promo3b.jpg

All I get are six rexes. :(

I can see em, but they could easily have been put together by a fan -- which doesn't make them any less awesome.

The first one is the image they're using for the backing card on the upcoming Episode III figures.. The next two are posters that make me moist.

Now I see them.
I'm with Mr.D's sentiments...cool ass visuals! :D

as an aside from this thread, agreed. I thought Tarantino was an idiot and just a hack at the right time and right place until I watched Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. While the McDonald's dialogue is the most trite of the conversations, there are countless others in his writing that are incredible.

There wasn't a single thing wrong with the McDonald's dialogue :)

Perhaps you need to check your sense of humor ;)

Jeez, I hope like hell they improve the film...

have not seen either one of those films, but I have seen some of the spoofs of the dance scene with Travolta and Urman. Is Reservoir Dogs the film where the chaps are all different colours?

I did like the original From Dusk to Dawn but most of his movies fail to even register on my radar and Silent films or films before 1950ish or so tend to get my attention that much more. Films that are mostly action orientated dreck like Kill Bil Vol. 1 tend to push me away from his work in general though.

creeping back ontopic, after some thinking I probably will rent Episode 3 when it hits DVD. As previously mentioned, If any kind of Jar Jar death scene is in this one then the odds of me seeing it in the theatres near the end of the run rise quite a bit.

yes, RD = chaps all different colored names. I too enjoy the old films too having watched all the golden age films long ago, and the movies I tend to like best are the ones that have good solid writing and screenplay.

Special effects are nice, but are necessary if the reset of it comes together well.

back to thread:

I don't know what to think about reshooting parts.. we'll see.

My response to the title is best summed up in a web-comic

http://www.reallifecomics.com/daily.php?strip_id=1250

Obviously, you are letting KB V.1 color your perception of Tarantino too much. That was his most action oriented film, believe me. There was 100 times more action in that film than any of his others, including KB V.2. Now, they are all crime/violence oriented, and the violence can be extreme and graphic, but I would not call any of his works outside of KB V.1 an action movie. He is a good director with a distinct style, but, much like Star Wars, I believe he is very overrated.