Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (title confirmed)

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2004-07-24 11:15pm

Hayden himself mentioned that he needed lifts in his shoes to add to the height. He also said he had bulked up for the part as well (said the bulk was gone now though).

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-07-24 11:21pm

desertjedi wrote:Hayden himself mentioned that he needed lifts in his shoes to add to the height. He also said he had bulked up for the part as well (said the bulk was gone now though).

How does bulk come and go like that?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-07-24 11:22pm

Stofsk wrote:
desertjedi wrote:Hayden himself mentioned that he needed lifts in his shoes to add to the height. He also said he had bulked up for the part as well (said the bulk was gone now though).
How does bulk come and go like that?

If you go off the diet and exercise regime.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-07-24 11:25pm

It just seems bizarre. Actors are weird. You need to bulk up for a part, so you bulk up. You need to be skinny for a part, you starve yourself. I just don't get it.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-07-24 11:27pm

Stofsk wrote:It just seems bizarre. Actors are weird. You need to bulk up for a part, so you bulk up. You need to be skinny for a part, you starve yourself. I just don't get it.

Two words; Personal Trainer.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-07-24 11:42pm

IT's part of being an actor. You modify yourself to suit the role. Val Kilmer put on tonnes of weight to play Phillip in an upcoming Alexander the Great movie.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-07-25 12:05am

Hey, according to Starwars.com the clone war's last 3 years.

Luke and Leia could have already been born in the movies.....

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-07-25 12:23am

AWESOME! ROTS. ROTS. ROTS. We will be using this acronym often. That picture of Sith Anakin looks cool. Wonder where it's from?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-25 12:32am

Stofsk wrote:It just seems bizarre. Actors are weird. You need to bulk up for a part, so you bulk up. You need to be skinny for a part, you starve yourself. I just don't get it.

Robert De Niro is the poster boy for this phenomenon. His physical transformation in "Raging Bull" is the stuff of acting legend, and younger actors always keep him in mind when they prepare for a role.

In any case, while they won't admit it, these personal trainers probably put the actors on pro-hormone regimens (read: quasi-legal steroids) in order to rapidly put on muscle mass. That would explain why so many actors bulk up and then seem to shed the extra muscle mass overnight after filming concludes. Normal, naturally-acquired muscle mass does not disappear so quickly; Steve Reeves once went a year without working out, and did not look substantially different. In other words, easy come, easy go.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-07-25 12:39am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Which was of course a bogus title leaked to spot bootlegged merchandise. It was always going to be Return of the Jedi, but neither Kenner or Fox knew that until they were finally informed by Lucasfilm.

They made movie posters of "Revenge of the Jedi" too. The Loews movie theatre down at the Pgh. Waterfront has one of the old ones.

Still, that's an awesome title. 150 times better than "Attack of the Clones".

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-07-25 12:56am

Vympel wrote:AWESOME! ROTS. ROTS. ROTS. We will be using this acronym often. That picture of Sith Anakin looks cool. Wonder where it's from?

What picture you over excited fanboi

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-07-25 01:10am

Crown wrote:
Vympel wrote:AWESOME! ROTS. ROTS. ROTS. We will be using this acronym often. That picture of Sith Anakin looks cool. Wonder where it's from?
What picture you over excited fanboi

The one on the menu on the left I imagine.

ROTS!!!

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-07-25 01:12am

In that case count me in as a fanboi too!

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-07-25 01:13am

Crown wrote:In that case count me in as a fanboi too!

On this grand day, we are all fanboys!

Elfdart · Post by **Elfdart** » 2004-07-25 01:38am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Kashyyyk sounds cool, but where's Christiansen going to pick up another foot of height? Vader was gianormous.

Try four or five inches. Hayden Christiansen is 6'1". David Prowse is @ 6'5-6". Padding the costume to make him look more muscular is no big deal. Boris Karloff was only about 5'10", but to this day everyonethinks he was well over 6'. Bela Lugosi was actually taller.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-07-25 02:09am

Darth Wong wrote:
Stofsk wrote:It just seems bizarre. Actors are weird. You need to bulk up for a part, so you bulk up. You need to be skinny for a part, you starve yourself. I just don't get it.
Robert De Niro is the poster boy for this phenomenon. His physical transformation in "Raging Bull" is the stuff of acting legend, and younger actors always keep him in mind when they prepare for a role.

In any case, while they won't admit it, these personal trainers probably put the actors on pro-hormone regimens (read: quasi-legal steroids) in order to rapidly put on muscle mass. That would explain why so many actors bulk up and then seem to shed the extra muscle mass overnight after filming concludes. Normal, naturally-acquired muscle mass does not disappear so quickly; Steve Reeves once went a year without working out, and did not look substantially different. In other words, easy come, easy go.

Is raging bull the one where he gained and then lost 90 lbs?

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2004-07-25 02:45am

Darth Wong wrote: In any case, while they won't admit it, these personal trainers probably put the actors on pro-hormone regimens (read: quasi-legal steroids) in order to rapidly put on muscle mass. That would explain why so many actors bulk up and then seem to shed the extra muscle mass overnight after filming concludes. Normal, naturally-acquired muscle mass does not disappear so quickly; Steve Reeves once went a year without working out, and did not look substantially different. In other words, easy come, easy go.

I always figured they are on full-blown steroids of some type. Edward Norton put on ~30lbs in a couple months I think for American History X and he was fucking ripped. Unless the pro-hormone stuff works a lot better than I think, I think they are using the real stuff.

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-07-25 05:05am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Which was of course a bogus title leaked to spot bootlegged merchandise. It was always going to be Return of the Jedi, but neither Kenner or Fox knew that until they were finally informed by Lucasfilm.
They made movie posters of "Revenge of the Jedi" too. The Loews movie theatre down at the Pgh. Waterfront has one of the old ones.

I don't buy the "bootleg" story. All evidence points to "Revenge" being the original title until Lucas decided to change it based on the ethics he wanted the Jedi to portray. They even released a trailer to the theaters with that title (it's on the Definitive Collection laserdisc). Are you saying that Lucas would go that far in a ploy to root out bogus merchandise?

If you truly want to spot bootleg material, it would really help your cause if the people producing the actual mechandise, like Kenner and Fox, were aware of the scheme. Otherwise, you'd just be shooting yourself in the foot.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-07-25 06:39am

Wow, really pleased with the title. And also on the OP link to sw.com announcement of this, I REALLY hope that picture on the left is of Anakin from the movie. Because, holy fucking shit that is a bad ass pic, he looks really menacing and evil. Really hope that is in the movie.

Cao Cao · Post by **Cao Cao** » 2004-07-25 06:53am

I'd say it's the best of the prequel titles.
I always imagined it being something like "Rise of the Empire" or "Fall of the Republic", but this is good.

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2004-07-25 08:32am

The title is great. the best thing i like about Revenge of the Sith is that it pays homage to the original last movie. I think Lucas loved to get here in Episode 3 ever since he had to change the name of Episode 6. Revenge of the Sith makes sense

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2004-07-25 09:57am

Hehe... "The Revenge will be ours!"

A good title. I never really liked "the Phantom Menace". "Attack of the Clones" was better. But "Revenge of the Sith" sounds really good. Just let's hope, that the translation won't be rubbish for foreign languages.....

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2004-07-25 10:28am

I disagree. "The Phantom Menace" might not be the sort of name that would cause me to take interest in a movie if I know nothing about it, but it properly describes how that movie fits in with the plot, and sets the tone for the film. Without the title, it would be easy for someone who doesn't know Star Wars and isn't paying really close attention to miss the entire point of the movie, which seems on the surface to be about some little kid who ends up saving the day repeatedly, like some some damn disney movie.

"A New Hope" is just as uninteresting a name as TPM, but it also describes where the movie fits in with the others.

My least favorite is definitely "Attack of the Clones," in part because it sounds more like the name of some awful B-movie than the others (which is something Lucas was sort of aiming for, but nevermind), but principally because it utterly fails to describe the film. Yes, there are some clones, and they attack the droid army at the end, but it seems only tangentally related to the key points of the movie: the Republic is split in two, the clone army is formed, war begins, Anakin begins to turn to the dark side, and, just as if not more importantly, Anakin and Padme spend the whole damn movie trying to figure out how to produce some more Skywalkers but are really, really inexperienced and don't seem to know how to say "hello" to each other without making fools of themselves.

Revenge of the Sith, though, is definitely right up there with Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. I don't think I want to decide which of those three I like more.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-07-25 12:02pm

I really don't place much with the names of the movies in Star Wars. I view them more like Chapter names and in that context they do sound alot better.

Spice Runner · Post by **Spice Runner** » 2004-07-25 02:50pm

I agree. Attack of the clones didn't fit as the name for the second movie. It sounded out of place for starwars. On the other hand Revenge of the Sith is up there with ESB and ROTJ.