A Few Episode 3 Tidbits (MAJOR spoilers later in thread)

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-08-21 01:51pm

Durandal wrote:
I've often thought of how wicked a well-done Star Wars mini-series that didn't focus on the major players would be. Something that involved everyday people in the Star Wars galaxy would be cool. Hell, even something like "Judge Vader's Courtroom" would be badass.

Wouldn't Judge Vader be really ... really ... short?

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-08-21 01:55pm

Edited for major spoiler.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-08-21 02:52pm

If worst comes to worst and any space battle we get is crap would a CGI scene made without ILM be any good? With Modelers like Crix and Kojikun arround here maybe a SD.Net presentation of how the Battle Of Endor shoulda been might be in order.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-08-21 03:49pm

Lord Pounder wrote:If worst comes to worst and any space battle we get is crap would a CGI scene made without ILM be any good? With Modelers like Crix and Kojikun arround here maybe a SD.Net presentation of how the Battle Of Endor shoulda been might be in order.

The Battle of Endor in RotJ (space) was excellent, just about 10 minutes too short for my taste.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-08-21 05:36pm

Dooku dying is no big thing since he did nothing in AoTC. He had a fight with Yoda, big wow. Peter Cushing was more menacing in his first ten minutes than Dookus entire (and lets be frank rather short) performance in AoTC.

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-08-21 09:21pm

Maybe Dooku commits suicide to his suffering at the hands of Anakin's whining!

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-08-21 10:20pm

In a recent web diary entry, Lucas is asked about one of the scars Vader has (as we see in TESB and ROTJ) His response:

"So how did Anakin get that scar, George?" asks John Knoll

"I don't know. Ask Howard," says George, referring to President of Lucas
Licensing Howard Roffman. "That's one of those things that happens in the
novels between the movies. I just put it there. He has to explain how it got
there. I think Anakin got it slipping in the bathtub, but of course, he's
not going to tell anybody that."

Rick McCallum had a recent chat, and this is one of the questions he answered:

"Does George explain all of Anakin's injuries in this film?"

Yes, except for one.

So, Lucas is leaving it up to the EU to explain one of Vader's injuries?
This is strange. He'd have to receive it AFTER he's been put in the Vader
suit, then. That means a blow THROUGH the helmet?? For one thing, Vader's helmet molds have already been seen in the background of the webcam:

July 29 - 12:33:20 - Vader helmet molds on shelf

so we can assume we'll see a fully suited Vader in Ep 3. Another strange
Vader thing. The folks at Aint it Cool News were fooled yet again into thinking fanart was actually ep3 preproduction art:

http://www.teamgt.com/4.4art/pages/02_char14.htm

But now, if you go to www.starwars.com , there's a pic on sidebar depicting
Dark Horse artwork from a recent comic where a guy in a breath mask similar to Vader's is strolling around with the Emperor! (This isn't Vader, but a Moff who's name I've forgotten). And remember, one of the earliest Vader sketches has him without a helmet.

So what's the deal? Vader is going to be engaged in a MAJOR EU fight to get one of his famous scars??

McCallum transcript here:

http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jsp?f ... ead=133984

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-08-21 10:58pm

That GL quote there is yet another nail in the coffin against the no EU bit.

Be interesting to see how the injuries are handles. I would expect Lucas is going to have them occur all at once, but I think it would be better if he gets a bunch, but then we get a sequence of him having more and more bits replaced as he hunts down the Jedi and some of them manage to wound him

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-08-21 11:34pm

Knife wrote:I've always figured that a series about 'insert random squadron color here' squadron durring the OT would be grrrrreat.

Hmm...somehow, "The Adventures of Puce Squadron" just doesn't do it for me

.

Although I can just imagine the nicknames they'd pick up

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As far as Anankin's head scar: it's possible that it occurred during the Hunt. A lightsaber could have sliced through the helmet, but not cut completely through Anankin (last-second telekinesis?). Just a possibility, though we'll have to wait for the movie to see whether or not he gains the scar in Ep.3.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-08-22 01:31am

Hmm...somehow, "The Adventures of Puce Squadron" just doesn't do it for me

Well I guess with how many fighter squadrons there must be in the NR, some one had to get puce.

Clone Sergeant · Post by **Clone Sergeant** » 2003-08-22 01:37am

The impression I got from the comment from the set diary is that Anakin already has the scar, and Hayden Christansen is sporting the appropriate make-up. If not why would John Knoll be asking Lucas on the set during filming? Anakin probably gets the scar during the course of the Clone Wars before the movie.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-08-22 04:38pm

Knife wrote:
Hmm...somehow, "The Adventures of Puce Squadron" just doesn't do it for me
Well I guess with how many fighter squadrons there must be in the NR, some one had to get puce.

IIRC, "Puce" was the name of the squadron in that 3D parody I posted sometime ago that nobody liked.

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