The Official Episode III spoiler thread

[Vympel]

Anakin is about to kill Obi-Wan, based on the shot from the trainer where he's moving his lightsabre to his neck. (Ani seemed to have lost his in that shot.)

Obi-Wan's holding Anakin's lightsabre arm while Anakin is pushing Obi-Wan's sabre down- it takes place on the table in the conference room, the fight starts there, doesn't end. At least that's my impression.

[Vympel]

Pt III description of the trailer:

Music returns.

Emperor's voice from the Original Trilogy.

SIDIOUS:
Every single Jedi is now an enemy of the Republic...

During this line, brief scenes are shown: Sidious' not so pretty face, Obi-Wan looking anxiously at droids closing on him, then Mace with saber and Palpatine's back (his hair indicates strong wind), then Yoda with clones behind his back - aiming blasters at him.

Chewbacca (close-up), roars.

Tantive IV flies by, towards a planet.

PALPATINE (V.O.):
Do what must be done.

During this line: Anakin Skywalker looks very dark and dangerous, hooded in robe, then leading ranks of troopers (shot first from high above and then from ground level, closing to the camera).

PALPATINE (cont.):
Do not hesitate...

During this line: Aayla Secura surrounded by clones who aim blasters at her....

PALPATINE (cont.):
Show no mercy...

Ki-Adi-Mundi also surrounded by clones; they open fire and he tries to block shots with lightsaber.

Then, Anakin Skywalker approaches the camera, probably in a Mustafar bunker, then cuts down two separtists.

OBI-WAN KENOBI (to Yoda inside the Temple):
Who could have done this?

Anakin Skywalker cutting a Neimoidian.

A very sith-like Anakin Skywalker, standing on the pillared balcony on Mustafar, in dark cloak and hood.

YODA (to Obi-Wan):
Twisted by the dark side young Skywalker has become.

Anakin Skywalker cutting another Neimoidian.

Threepio, leaving Padme on the balcony, Coruscant at night: "I feel so helpless...".

Then a montage:

* Battle over Coruscant.
* Jedi starfighter incoming.
* Padme crying.
* Anakin and Obi-Wan duel in large hall.
* Coruscant battle again.
* Kashyyk battle.
* Obi-Wan and Anakin exchange lightsaber blows in a narrow corridor, with sparks flying off the walls.
* Sidious shooting force lightning at a surprised Yoda.
* Obi-Wan with hands outstretched for a force push, determined and tight, like in a contest "who's stronger in The Force".
* A 10-wheeled Juggernaut tank shoots rockets straight ahead.
* Space battle with R2 close-up.
* Obi-wan jumps back, down to the circuit/ pipe hanging over a lava river.
* Anakin Skywalker with lava in the background.
* Obi-Wan Kenobi with lava in the background, shouting very dramatically, almost through the tears:

OBI-WAN KENOBI -
You were the chosen one!

* Space explosions.
* Sidious throwing Senate pods with The Force.
* Yoda avoiding them and rolling over - Senate chamber in the background.
* Sidious with lightsaber close-up, with a very sinister smile or laugh.
* Craft flying over water, possibly on Kashyyyk; fountains of water arise.
* Huge wave of lava falls over a pipe on Mustafar.
* Obi-Wan and Anakin duel on the balcony. (The same place where Anakin stood earlier, Sith-looking).
* Yoda looks up at the camera, close-up.
* Mace swinging his saber and kicking or falling back
* Space battle again.
* Anakin and Obi-Wan exchange lightsaber blows in mid-air, flying over lava on long cables...

Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Breathing...

Shot from their left side, aboard the Star Destroyer: Vader with folded arms across chest with The Emperor staring straight ahead.

Awesome.

[Admiral Bravo]

That's absolutly incredible.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

You know, I don't think I'd have any reservations about knocking one of you guys out and selling all of your teeth to see this trailer at this point...

[Gandalf]

You know, I don't think I'd have any reservations about knocking one of you guys out and selling all of your teeth to see this trailer at this point...

If you let me see it I'd volunteer.

I like that Anakin is killing the Nemoidians. Good to see that loose end tied up.

[VT-16]

According to the insiders, Nute begs for his life, to no avail.

"These Federation types are cowards, the negotiations will be short..."

[Crown]

More from Comingsoon.net on Episode III;

Officially Released Information

In the most recent StarWars.com newsletter, they released some information about the planets seen in Episode III. Here are some of the highlights (note that we get to meet Princess Leia's step-mother):

Alderaan

A center of art and beauty in the galaxy, Alderaan is an unspoiled world that exemplifies pacifist ideals. Representing Alderaan in the Senate is Bail Organa, played by Jimmy Smits, the eventual adoptive father to Princess Leia. Alderaan is seen briefly in the film, with stunning photography gathered in the Swiss Alps, augmented by a gleaming palace added digitally.

The Episode III Art Department developed the look of Alderaanian culture as extremely advanced and sleek, with tight jumpsuits and streamlined headsets being the norm aboard Alderaanian starships. Present in the film are several prominent natives of Alderaan, including Captain Antilles of the Tantive IV played by Rohan Nichol and Queen Breha Organa, played by Rebecca Jackson Mendoza.

Cato Neimoidia

A key "purseworld" of the Trade Federation, Cato Neimoidia is home to many treasure troves belonging to the greedy Neimoidians. In the early development of Episode III, Cato Neimoidia was to be a gas giant ringed by a flat, disc-like space station - reminiscent of the donut-like shape of the Trade Federation battleships seen in Episode I. The opulent interiors of Cato Neimoidia were to be stocked with riches, gleaming precious metals, and other gaudy examples of excess.

In the finished film, Cato Neimoidia is marked with skyscraper-filled cities lining bowed bridges that span enormous gaps - its two-word definition during development was "bridge world." Episode III dialogue referring obliquely to a sticky situation involving Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Commander Cody on Cato Neimoidia was expanded to become the opening chapters of the novel Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno.

Coruscant

The capital of the Republic, and eventual birthplace of the Galactic Empire, the city planet of Coruscant figures prominently in Episode III as it has the entire prequel trilogy. Returning locales include Padmé's apartment, which has been expanded to include a spacious verandah; the Jedi Temple, which includes such new chambers as a high tech computer room, military briefing room, and gunship hangar; and the Senate building, which includes the Chancellor's holding office from which extends his commanding podium.

A prominent new location is the Galaxies Opera House, where Supreme Chancellor Palpatine maintains a private viewing box. In the film, he is witness to a zero-gravity Mon Calamari aquatic ballet.

Felucia

A stronghold belonging to the Commerce Guild, Felucia is the site of a Republic mission led by the Twi'lek Jedi, Aayla Secura. Early in the development of Episode III, George Lucas planned on depicting the fall of the Separatist home-worlds in the Clone Wars, and each Separatist faction and species was given a distinct planet of their own. Felucia was to be home of Shu Mai and her Gossam people. The early artwork described it as a "kelp planet" and a "fungus planet."

For the film, the look of Felucia was locked through a detailed concept model built at Industrial Light & Magic. The planet is a dense mixture of yellow, blue and green hues, expressed through exotic vegetation and fungi, including enormous bottle-like pitcher plants that color the sunlight like a stained-glass window. Native creatures include large grub-like beetles used as mounts and translucent life forms, like gossamer-winged birds with flesh like gummy candy.

See Felucia in action in "Reversal of Fortune," a daily online webstrip by Paul Ens and Thomas Hodges, available only to members of Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club.

Visit the link above for more!

Unofficial Spoiler Leaks

Spoileriffic dropped a little more info this week at the Jedi Council Forums. Highlight to read spoilers:

When Yoda and Obi-Wan come back to the temple there are clones dressed up as Jedi out front, wearing Jedi robes over their armor.

The clones dress in Jedi robes so the Jedi will think it's ok to approach and the clones could then shoot them.

They walk up, Yoda tells Obi-Wan to hang back and then Yoda goes up and then they say some stuff real quick.

Yoda force-blasts the guys away, throws one into a wall, stuff like that. Other regular clones run up and he lights up his saber and goes to town on them, jumping around, decapitating at least one, hacking arms etc.

Then they go in.

Swwweeeeeeeeet!


Oh, and the link also has resources to pics leaked from the movie, and toys.

[Vympel]

Maintaining the proud tradition of SW novelizations:

From darkhorse.com message boards:

Sue Rostoni has just sent me the final version of the Ep III screenplay. Actually, it's the early draft from which Miles Lane and Doug Wheatley produced the adaptation, with all of the parts thaat have been cut from the film marked out in red.

Obviously, it's far too late for us to make any changes, since the adaptation is already at the printer (as is Del Rey's novelization). What that means is the adaptation will feature a lot of action and dialogue which is not in the film (just as the film will contain atons of action for which we did not have space). But the adaptation will also feature one very important revelation that is no longer in the film!

It's kinda cool to be in a position to be the ones with the "scoop," so to speak...

[Crown]

Two words; Planetary Shield.

I hope that that's the 'revelation'.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it's the "Yoda on Dagobah" sequence.

[Crown]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it's the "Yoda on Dagobah" sequence.

Yeah you're probably right, I heard they cut it from the film.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Hopefully they'll put that on the DVD. I know that's there's tons of stuff for the previous two films that never made it into the final film or onto their respective home video releases, and I just hope that sequence makes it for public viewing in some form.

[The Original Nex]

When you think about it, seeing Yoda on Dagobah really isn't that necesary at all. All the facktards over at TFN keep crying "Plothole! Plothole!" But it's not at all. It simply leaves a measure of mystery for anyone who watches the Saga for the first time in chronological order. A sort of "Where did Yoda go?" question that you have to watch two more movies to find out the answer.

[VT-16]

Even more trailer wav's are up at MF.com. Listen carefully to the background sound-effects of the "Do what must be done"-file.

[Vympel]

MUSTAFAR

There is a stronghold (secret bunker) on Mustafar, worth a fortune, as Gunray says, and able to withstand an attack of ten thousand Jedi, as Grievous puts it. From it's command center all battle droids in the galaxy may be deactivated - and they are, as a matter of fact, exactly one hour before Vader's arrival (this means the Clone Wars are over). There is also an automated lava mine built by Techno Union to draw precious metals from liquid stone.

When Anakin arrives San Hill is the first to be killed, followed by Shu Mai, then Rune Haako, Wat Tambor and finally Nute Gunray.

So it looks like the Separatists surrendered ... and were killed anyway. Cool.

and

UTAPAU

* The Boga dies heroically: she takes all the shots from clones upon herself, protecting Obi-Wan. Together they fall down, into the ocean at the bottom of the sinkhole.

* Grievous's home planet was Kalee. He was injured in a shuttle crash and the Sith had the Geonosians create his shell for him. Count Dooku himself trained the General in how to use a lightsabre.

* Grievous is on the tenth level, as told from Tion Medon. The Utapau people are held hostage.

* R4-G9 flies Obi-Wan's starfighter off planet, so that no one knows Kenobi is still on the planet.

* The city is powered by Windmills.

* Obi-Wan uses the Force to get a wrangler to let him use Boga.

* Kenobi is surrounded by Grievous, his guards, and one hundred battle droids on level ten. Kenobi strikes and takes out one of the four guards, slicing it in half. He duels the other three.

* Obi-Wan uses an electrostaff at one point against Grievous

[Dorsk 81]

Even more trailer wav's are up at MF.com. Listen carefully to the background sound-effects of the "Do what must be done"-file.

Sounds very cool, the sound effects too. That'll be the clones taking aim at Aayla Secura and then shooting at Ki-Adi-Mundi *points up to Part 3 of trailer description*.

I like the "Enemy of the Republic" one best. Sounds almost normal and then at "Enemy" it's all Sidious

[Elfdart]

I just got a wav of the sound to the March trailer. The part where Palpatine says "Every Jedi is now... AN ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC!" is straight out of old radio shows like The Shadow.

[VT-16]

The huge CHUD-thread on ROTS has a picture of the Wookiee Catamaran up. It looks much more "high-tech" than in the concept art and leaked black´n´white render from a year ago. Sleak, silver engines and windshields for the drivers.

MF.com has a Clone Commander on a Barc Speeder. That thing looks like a souped-up Speeder Bike, with four blaster-cannons, three engines and a proper seat for the driver. Looks like it´s serving on Kashyyyk as well as Saleucami.

That makes:

- Juggernaut
- Walker-Tank (the one with three legs)
- AT-RT Walker
- Barc Speeder
- Swamp Speeder
- Wookiee Catamaran
- Wookiee Fighter (two-man flying machine with dragonfly-like flapping wings)

In addition to the Corporate Alliance Droid Tank and the Commerce Guild Spider Droid, it´s going to be a busy battlefield.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

CHUD?

[VT-16]

Movie site.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

I see.

I saw both images over at MF, anyway.

[JME2]

When you think about it, seeing Yoda on Dagobah really isn't that necesary at all. All the facktards over at SWN keep crying "Plothole! Plothole!" But it's not at all. It simply leaves a measure of mystery for anyone who watches the Saga for the first time in chronological order. A sort of "Where did Yoda go?" question that you have to watch two more movies to find out the answer.

You've got a point. If the last we see of Yoda is on the Tantive IV, one might assume that he spent those 20 years on Alderaan and when you see the planet get destroyed in ANH, you may think, "Bail and Yoda are dead!" A nice point of misdirection -- from a certain point of view...

[VT-16]

New soundbite, picture and scene description on MF.com.

Liked the part about Yoda not considering Jedi Training as the sole form of self-discipline, and waiting for the "Living Force" to decide when it´s time for it. Change in philosophy, there.

[Dillon]

Someone at TFN made a pretty impressive fan trailer.

+http://boards.theforce.net/Revenge_of_t ... 8579369/p1

[Cabwi Desco]

I Imagine that Lucas MIGHT include all the cut stuff that wasnt on the DVDs in a Prequel Trillogy Boxset Disc like for the OT.