The Official Episode III spoiler thread

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-04-05 11:17am

Sweet.

Looks like noone informed the Clone Wars guys that Anakin would put a glove over his metal hand. Or get a prosthetic?

This picture pisses me off. Torn up Republic/Imperial flag my arse.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-04-05 11:21am

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

Tell me these are the real things;

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-04-05 02:53pm

Vympel wrote:This picture pisses me off. Torn up Republic/Imperial flag my arse.

Er? Why?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-05 03:56pm

Yeah, I mean, that red one IS a torn up Republic flag...

What's interesting in that picture is the blue standard held by the battle droid. Could that be the emblem of the Confederation? It has only six spokes/sections around the central circle, like the later Imperial emblem.

So evidence suggests that the emblem used by the Empire could be a merger between those of the Republic and the Confederacy. Interesting...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-05 04:02pm

Vympel wrote:Looks like noone informed the Clone Wars guys that Anakin would put a glove over his metal hand. Or get a prosthetic?

Or maybe Anakin waited until the later days of the war (or just after a certain point) to put a glove over the bare mechanisms.

It could also be a different prosthetic from the "gold bone" hand entirely, like a replacement after he lost or broke it.

I'd wait a bit though and see. It could end up that he just puts a glove over his gold hand at some point in the movie, much like Luke did in ROTJ (but for different reasons).

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2004-04-05 05:56pm

"We will see the next step in evolution of the Republic ship to the Imperial ships." - JK

Victory Star Destroyer anyone?

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-04-06 02:35am

In the Republic comic series, which takes place in between AOTC and Episode III, Anakin is depicted with a black glove over his gold hand, but the same arm is still in place.

My guess is that the glove is supposed to protect the fragile mechanisms on the hand, as they seem quite exposed. At the same time, the glove is reminiscent of Luke's gloved hand in ROTJ.

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-04-06 02:39am

Insider 75 has a good shot of Hayden resting after filming the duel with Obi-Wan, you can have a good look at his glove (which has some sort of metal bindings on it) and his lightsaber; it is the same one that Luke uses in ANH and ESB. I guess that means that the duel will be a blue saber vs. blue saber match up, the first in SW history

. That should contrast well with the supposedly reddish background on the rumored lava planet Mustafar.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-04-06 05:01am

President Sharky wrote:Insider 75 has a good shot of Hayden resting after filming the duel with Obi-Wan, you can have a good look at his glove (which has some sort of metal bindings on it) and his lightsaber; it is the same one that Luke uses in ANH and ESB. I guess that means that the duel will be a blue saber vs. blue saber match up, the first in SW history . That should contrast well with the supposedly reddish background on the rumored lava planet Mustafar.

Errr ... can't you see the pictures I posted?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-04-06 05:01am

I keep expecting Anakin (Mr. Good with machines) to invent the realistic looking prosthetics that Luke uses later.

I just can't picture someone with his vanity and skills not trying to design and build something that he would feel comfortable touching Padamé with.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-04-06 02:02pm

There is a rumour (nothing more) kicking around that the title for Episode III is 'The Creeping Fear'.

+http://forums.thebothanspy.com/showthre ... #post32663

Wouldnt rate it particularly highly on my last of reliable sources, and I'm quite happy to sit around and wait till they actually bother to announce a title. If it's true, it's a bit of a silly name, I don't think it is, as the creeping fear doesnt quite sum up all the spilled blood we're going to have to see, there's no way Lucas can make EpIII 'creeping' and subtle, so I think it's bollocks.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-06 02:05pm

Yeah, it doesn't seem to fit with the expected story arc.

The titles are often announced around August of the previous year, so we'll have to wait a few more months until it's actually known.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-06 02:54pm

The title was an April Fool's joke.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-06 02:57pm

neoolong wrote:The title was an April Fool's joke.

You sure? Because I remember reading about it more than a week ago...

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-06 03:20pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
neoolong wrote:The title was an April Fool's joke.
You sure? Because I remember reading about it more than a week ago...

Pretty sure. I'll look for the source later. And it wouldn't be very good of a joke if it only happened on the first.

THEHOOLIGANJEDI · Post by **THEHOOLIGANJEDI** » 2004-04-06 04:48pm

I Have a Gen. Greivous question: Is he a Force-Adept??

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-06 05:01pm

You mean is he Force sensitive?

I don't think anything's been said whether he is or isn't.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-06 05:40pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
neoolong wrote:The title was an April Fool's joke.
You sure? Because I remember reading about it more than a week ago...

theforce.net says it was a joke.

"EP3: TOS April Fool's Joke
Thu, Apr 01, 04 10:02:11 PM EDT

Now that StarWars.com has changed the submenu back to In Production from The Creeping Fear, the April Fool's gag is finally over. Yes, we did see it and yes, we got plenty of email about it. In fact, we may just send them all to our good buddies at StarWars.com to enjoy.
Pablo and Paul, we hate you

"

And it was taken off starwars.com, so...

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-06 08:30pm

I never even noticed the "title."

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-04-07 12:40am

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Er? Why?

I can't stand the thought that those incompetent droids would ever attain victory against the glorious forces of the Galactic Republic, that's all. Long like the Clonetroopers and their progeny.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2004-04-09 01:37am

Crown wrote:"One of the things that will get explained in the films is how Ben was able to retain his identity, because it happened somewhere in between the third and fourth movies. It is a discipline that he learned from Yoda. We don't ever get to see how he does it, but the idea of retaining your identity after you've passed on is something that Ben learned as a Jedi." -Pablo Hidalgo and George Lucas

I always thought Anakin would be the one to figure or invent the passing on thing, considering what he says in Ep1 about one day learning how to stop people from dying. Question is when does Obiwan tell/teach Anakin? Makes for a better tie in the other way around IMO.

Though at least there's some hinting in increased jedi powers, just hope its not matrix revolutions like powers

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-04-09 02:59am

I think that you weren't alone in that thought, I believe Stravo made the same point in this forum a while ago when we were commentating on the AotC commentary by George Lucas.

Although in the EU it appears to be a technique which is well known among the Jedi (Callista). Although, admitantly, that instance was of transfering your soul/presence/personality/intelligence/whatever into another body (like Palpy does with his clones) than maintaining identity within the Force...

Maybe it requires preperation, explaining why Qui-Gon didn't manage to do it.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2004-04-12 03:48am

I've read that the Cartoon Network Clone Wars mini series is acutally part of the Star Wars universe now, it's a source of hints about the future, though poorly drawn.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-04-12 08:03am

InnocentBystander wrote:I've read that the Cartoon Network Clone Wars mini series is acutally part of the Star Wars universe now, it's a source of hints about the future, though poorly drawn.

Yes...it's on the offical level.

Now what does this have to do with Episode 3 spoilers?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-13 03:07am

About a page or so back it was revealed that characters from the CN series will be showing up in episode 3