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Post by LivingDeadGirl on May 25, 2004 17:03:12 GMT -5
I agree too about the darkness. As has been stated before the darkness of Empire is what made it so good, imo, & hopefully they will get back to that in the new one.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on May 25, 2004 17:15:22 GMT -5
Just wanna say "Happy Birthday" to STAR WARS!!
It was exactly 27 years ago today that it was released.
May 25th, 1977. ;D
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on May 25, 2004 20:42:09 GMT -5
Woo Hoo! Let's have a party! ;D Any excuse to drink... heh
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jun 10, 2004 20:40:28 GMT -5
Entertainment Weekly reports that Cartoon Network and Lucasfilm are teaming to bring out a second hour of "Clone Wars". This time, there'll be five 12-minute episodes, which will air over five consecutive nights beginning March 21, 2005, two months before the theatrical release of "Star Wars: Episode III". Helming the miniseries once again is animator Genndy Tartakovsky ("Samurai Jack").
The two "Clone Wars" miniseries follow the galactic civil war that began at the end of "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones", between the Jedi-led forces of the Republic and the droid armies of the Separatists, led by the evil Count Dooku. While Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, and Padme Amidala all figure prominently in the miniseries, the character to watch for is General Grievous. The new "Clone Wars" will prepare fans for "Episode III" by offering them an extensive look at the general, the new character who leads the Separatist troops and is one of the primary villains in the forthcoming movie.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jun 11, 2004 16:37:37 GMT -5
*SPOILERS*
From Dark Horizons:
Awesome "Star Wars" Opening Info
Posted: Friday June 11th, 2004 5:18pm (Au-EST)
Coming Soon has landed one hell of an impressive scoop from Lucasfilm detailling the space battle sequence that opens thee third prequel next year and here's a sneak peek:
"The starfleets of the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems are locked in a jumbled brawl of lumbering capital ships and swift starfighters, exchanging fire high in the Coruscant atmosphere.
Hundreds upon hundreds of ships are engaged in this high-stakes battle of the Clone Wars, but the audience will only really follow two small snubfighters into the thick of battle. As Obi-Wan and Anakin dive into the heart of the conflict to carry out a most important mission, they'll be the camera's guide through the chaos.
A dry-erase board hanging in the Animatics Department serves as a recipe list for possible mini-dramas playing in the background of the scene. Note that not all may not be in the final film. This list instead just represents some of the tantalizing possibilities:
- Colliding / scraping starships
- Sacrifice ship to break through blockade
- Diving formation of assault frigates to save cruiser from swarm
- Shockwave causing havoc from large explosion of ship
- Shockwave bombs across surface of larger ship causing damage
- Shockwave bomb on droid fighters
- Tractor beams picking up ships to repair / collision
- Pockets of intense debris caused by explosion that heroes fly through
- Reinforcements dropping out of hyperspace to help less fortunate ships
- Launching and docking tri-fighters / clone fighters
- EMP bomb causing loss of power to large ships, out-of-control collision
- Vulture droids landing on large ships and attacking
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Post by Bartwald on Jun 12, 2004 4:04:10 GMT -5
It sounds nice, obviously. We'll see how it LOOKS, though.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Aug 23, 2004 8:23:43 GMT -5
Hmm. From IMDB we get this interesting tidbit: Star Wars creator George Lucas could be poised to make three sequels to the original space opera trilogy, according to insiders at Lucasfilm. According to fan site Theforce.Net, employees at Lucas's company Industrial Light And Magic (ILM) have all been made to sign non-disclosure agreements to promise not to talk about the possibility of episode's seven, eight and nine being made. Now industry insiders are predicting the American Graffiti director will make the follow-ups, which pick up where 1983's Return Of The Jedi left off, despite insisting he would never be lured into filming them. A posting on the site says, "You didn't hear this from me, but you might be curious as to why everyone at ILM just signed NDA's saying that they will not discuss Star Wars episodes 7, 8, or 9. Since they're not being made, why the NDA's? Of course, since when has Lucas been consistent?"Unless Lucas plans to have ILM create CGI versions of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher & Billy Dee Williams, it obviously couldn't pick up "right" where RETURN OF THE JEDI left off. They're, uh, a little older. Maybe it has something to do with that spin-off TV series that was discussed earlier in this thread. But when it comes to Lucas, who knows what he could be planning? I've gotta admit though, the idea that Lucas might even be contemplating making Episodes 7-9, both excites me and fills me with fear.  |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Aug 23, 2004 9:25:01 GMT -5
Yeah, it's kinda like a car wreck....you afraid to look b/c it might be horrible, but you have to look anyway just to satisfy the curiousity.
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Post by Bartwald on Aug 24, 2004 14:34:21 GMT -5
I want to see those newest episodes! I fear'em not!
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Post by Bartwald on Aug 29, 2004 8:29:12 GMT -5
Whom shall we believe, dammit?!
A spokeswoman for Lucasfilm has denied to E! Online persistent rumors that a third trilogy of Star Wars movies is planned. TheForce.net, citing an anonymous source, had reported that employees at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic visual-effects house had been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements concerning work on proposed episodes VII, VIII and IX.
Not so, company spokeswoman Lynn Fox told E! Online. "The rumors are absolutely untrue," she said. No non-disclosure was ever signed pertaining to future episodes. "Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith is our last and final installment."
(from Visions Of Terror)
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Aug 29, 2004 8:48:05 GMT -5
I think it may have more to do with a possible TV series than another trilogy of movies.
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Post by spacer on Aug 31, 2004 4:32:33 GMT -5
Whom shall we believe, dammit?! A spokeswoman for Lucasfilm has denied to E! Online persistent rumors that a third trilogy of Star Wars movies is planned. TheForce.net, citing an anonymous source, had reported that employees at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic visual-effects house had been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements concerning work on proposed episodes VII, VIII and IX.
Not so, company spokeswoman Lynn Fox told E! Online. "The rumors are absolutely untrue," she said. No non-disclosure was ever signed pertaining to future episodes. "Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith is our last and final installment."(from Visions Of Terror) We'll see if is truu or not generally I don't believe spin doctors. T heir main task is to misinform and manipulate not to give credible data but anyway I guess Heineken's most probably right ;D |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 15, 2004 20:05:10 GMT -5
Straight from the man himself:
Lucas Talks Star Wars TV Series
Posted by From TheForce.Net on September 15, 2004:
The AP has an interesting interview with George Lucas online. Here's a highlight:
AP: After "Episode III," will you ever revisit "Star Wars"?
Lucas: Ultimately, I'm going to probably move it into television and let other people take it. I'm sort of preserving the feature film part for what has happened and never go there again, but I can go off into various offshoots and things. You know, I've got offshoot novels, I've got offshoot comics. So it's very easy to say, "Well, OK, that's that genre, and I'll find a really talented person to take it and create it." Just like the comic books and the novels are somebody else's way of doing it. I don't mind that. Some of it might turn out to be pretty good. If I get the right people involved, it could be interesting.
So there you have it, possible TV based STAR WARS programs in our future. Can't ask for a better source than that either. ;D
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 16, 2004 8:43:09 GMT -5
From IMDB: Wild actor Gary Oldman has pulled out of the next Star Wars movie because he refuses to work overseas illegally. The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban star had agreed to be the voice of evil Jedi knight killer General Grievous in Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith, but quit the production because it was made outside the Screen Actor's Guild rules. Oldman's spokesman explains, "Gary was excited and looking forward to working on the film. The snag is that the movie is being made without members of the Screen Actor's Guild. It means Gary would have been working illegally overseas. Out of respect and solidarity with the other members, he could not and would not consider violating the rules of his union." Damn!  |
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Post by Bartwald on Sept 17, 2004 11:38:54 GMT -5
I don't get this Guild thingy. Does it mean that some other actors are working on Revenge Of The Sith illegally?
Good news about the TV stuff, though!
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