The Official Episode III spoiler thread

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-07 11:51am

gladius wrote:Anyway, I just prefer to think that Shmi had some drunken encounter one night and forgot about it for whatever reason.

Blah, I'm getting so fucking sick of that "hypothesis..."

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-07 02:21pm

Bothan Spies report new clips on MF.com ... The first one features awesome scenes in lightsabre duals; Anakin vs Dooku, Palpatine vs Mace et al, Palpatine vs Yoda (mostly Force dual), and of course Anakin vs Obi-Wan.

It really got my blood pumping.

There are 6 clips all up.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2005-05-07 02:28pm

You guys are assholes. Stop making navigate that stupid fprum and produce broken links.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-07 02:31pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:You guys are assholes. Stop making navigate that stupid fprum and produce broken links.

Stop acting like a TF.net baby.

The tread is 'New Behind the Scene Videos: ... ' in the EpIII forum. Jesus, had you asked nicely, I would have linked for you too.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2005-05-07 02:39pm

Yikes, its really wierd to see McDiarmid talk. Its like Palpatine's sitting down and having a chat with you.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-07 02:47pm

Aaaaaanyway, clip 2 is about 'tying up loose ends', clip 3 is about Hayden putting on 'the mask', clip 4 is the scene with Anakin and Palpatine in the Opera house discussing, power, the Jedi and the Sith, clip 5 is the scene between Yoda, Mace and Obi-Wan about Anakin's assignment and clip 6 is, well the biggest and I haven't seen it yet.

EDIT :: Clip 6 is about the costumes (wardroab).

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-07 02:48pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:Yikes, its really wierd to see McDiarmid talk. Its like Palpatine's sitting down and having a chat with you.

The part where he said he's waited six years do this movie? Yeah, I agree with you.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-07 03:00pm

Very nice. I especially liked the gunship scene, of how it helps to re-inforce what we already know: the the Jedi failed to understand what bringing balance to the Force would entail.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-07 03:06pm

Oh, and at about 4:17 in the bottom left corner, look for Lucas in his cameo, in the last clip.

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2005-05-07 03:08pm

Is this the first time we've seen a Mon Calamari in the prequels?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-07 03:17pm

No, we saw some in the Senate for TPM, IIRC.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2005-05-08 01:21am

For those of you who were annoyed by that woman and her "Anakin shouldn't become Vader" rant, I found her blog (the link given in the BNN article had been deactivated).

http://cait-seyes.blogspirit.com/

GEORGE Lucas is about to receive a letter from my nine year old son informing him that his history of that famous galaxy far, far away is about as accurate as a light saber in the hands of an ewok.

Anakin Skywalker, my little boy's hero, was never tempted by the dark side, let alone fated to become its leading evildoer, and Lucas's attempts to cast him in that evil twilight have caused the Stars Wars writer and producer to grow horns on his head and develop glowing hot coals for eyes.

This week I explained to my son that he wouldn't be seeing Revenge Of The Sith, the final instalment of Star Wars, for two reasons - one because of it's reputed violence and darkness and two because seeing the hero of The Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones turn so breathtakingly evil, particularly when he is the idol of children the world over, is amoral movie making at its worst and a betrayal of childish trust.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-05-08 01:30am

Wow.

What a dumbass.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-05-08 01:33am

So where was she when Vader was first revealed as Anakin Skywalker, former good guy?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-08 01:56am

Do you think that's really going to keep the son from seeing it?

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-05-08 02:30am

What an idiot.
She probably hasn't even seen ROTJ.

"It's too stupid. If Anakin was Darth Vader then Darth Vader couldn't have been so bad, could he? George Lucas is dumb".

Hasn't let her son see it either evidently. Poor kid.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2005-05-08 02:34am

I was convinced it was all a joke (like the anti-Two Towers online petition) untill the writer pointed out in her blog comment replies that the 'revisionism' babbling was in fact tongue-in-cheek.

So it's not the devious charade of a well-informed Ep III spoiler-watcher, it's just the moronically-construected complaint of some concerned parent trying too hard to complain about a movie that wasn't even rated for audiences her kid's age in the first place.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-08 05:53am

Man, I can't get over Yoda running his hand through his hair in that fifth clip. That's simply stellar character animation...

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2005-05-08 09:42am

Who would've thought that crazy writer was interested in bioethics, Revenge of the Sith is just as bad as stem cell research according to her logic and beliefs

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Back on topic, wondering where this shot comes from, maybe after the Padme choke but I thought Obi appears from behind her not Anakin.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-08 10:01am

^^^

I thought that was when they were on the platform. They stopped for a breather or something.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-08 10:27am

+http://www.millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/v ... 929f224ecd

Sidious announces the formation of the Galactic Empire.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-08 11:36am

Crown wrote:^^^

I thought that was when they were on the platform. They stopped for a breather or something.

Yeah, I think that's one of several points where the fight kind of slows down and the two exchange dialogue.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-08 11:39am

Crown wrote:+http://www.millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/v ... 929f224ecd

Sidious announces the formation of the Galactic Empire.

Specifically, that's the TV spot known as "Tragedy 2," which IIRC, was first shown on MTV's Total Request Live.

These TV spots just keep getting better, with that one perhaps being the best one yet.

Great choice of clips, great editing, more Yoda animation that is simply stellar, and gorgeous music. I can't help but get choked up about halfway through after the chorus starts and the music turns absolutely tragic, around Yoda's line, and then again at the string and brass cues for the clips at the Battle over Coruscant and Battle of Kashyyyk. It's just so emotional...

Then again, maybe I"m just a soft-hearted sissy.

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2005-05-08 12:03pm

what is palpatine saying? "the republic will be reborn as.. into (?) the first galactic empire!" into is what it sounds like to my ears but that isn't right is it?

hearing again "reborn..as into the 1st gl..."
still wierd

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-08 12:15pm

"The Republic will be reorganised into the first Galactic Empire!"