Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith

[drumdude05]

It would be sweet if someone else picked them up later though, just to finish off the Luke saga.

[kmano8]

It would be sweet if someone else picked them up later though, just to finish off the Luke saga.

no... never.

star wars is a story about anakin who dies in episode 6.

lucas said on 60 minutes that episodes 7-9 don't exist... the story stops at 6.

[dmbnj79]

Everything else is Expanded Universe, like Jacen & Jaina Solo & Mara Jade Skywalker. While it's Lucas licensed, it wasn't his creation or writing....so it stops at 6.

[flyer3468]

I don't know if this has been posted yet or not, but I just found out about this. It's a fan made 40 minute movie called 'Star Wars - Revelations'. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm downloading it as I type this.

http://www.torrentspy.com/download.asp?id=249883

[drumdude05]

no... never.

star wars is a story about anakin who dies in episode 6.

lucas said on 60 minutes that episodes 7-9 don't exist... the story stops at 6.

psh!

[Dancing Ants]

Cooper, I got Volume 2 of Clone Wars bootleg baby! :lol

how'd you pull that off? does it end with palpatine being kidnapped? there's only 25 episodes, right?

[dmbnj79]

I don't know if this has been posted yet or not, but I just found out about this. It's a fan made 40 minute movie called 'Star Wars - Revelations'. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm downloading it as I type this.

http://www.torrentspy.com/download.asp?id=249883
Revelations is very good. I know the maker and pretty much the entire cast. Enjoy it.

Cooper, I got it at a convention. It is completely clear and crisp, as if it were a copy I bought at Best Buy.

Palpy gets kidnapped by Grievous. 25 chapters.

[dm40band]

someone seriously needs to change the thread topic!!!!


also has anyone played the new Star Wars Game??? is it worth getting??? i think i might get it this weekend but not too sure

[Dancing Ants]

Revelations is very good. I know the maker and pretty much the entire cast. Enjoy it.

Cooper, I got it at a convention. It is completely clear and crisp, as if it were a copy I bought at Best Buy.

Palpy gets kidnapped by Grievous. 25 chapters.

yeah i watched them on sw.com. leads right into episode III.

[dmbnj79]

I just picked up the Lego Game. It's pretty friggin funny.

[luke7]

Guy who's a huge Star Wars fan attended the convention in Indy the other week told me Anakin chokes Padme.

[JimiThang1]

You might want to put that in a spoiler tag.

[MistreatedLewis]

Guy who's a huge Star Wars fan attended the convention in Indy the other week told me Anakin chokes Padme.


I hope it happens in the first five minutes of the film.

[luke7]

I hope it happens in the first five minutes of the film.

He has to take care of Jar Jar first.

[bdb23]

someone seriously needs to change the thread topic!!!!

I'll say it again... Please change my thread topic.

[MistreatedLewis]

He has to take care of Jar Jar first.


Yeah. The first five minutes of the film should involve him killing Padme, Jar Jar, and then throwing himself into fire so he can become Vader right away, therefore removing Hayden from the film. Otherwise, it will be a sucky film.

[JimiThang1]

Nice thread topic finally changed.

[dmbnj79]

You might want to put that in a spoiler tag.
It's not really a spoiler anymore. It's been said before in George Lucas interviews, Hayden Christensen interviews and Rick McCallum interviews. There's also magazines that are running pictures of it.

It also happens within the last hour of the film.

[dmbman32]

I don't think this has been posted yet but, Episode III already has an 89% at rottentomatoes.com. Man, from the looks of these reviews, this thing might deliver and then some.....

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

[dmbnj79]

Let me tell you how many positive things I've heard about this one. Lucas was interviewed by Time and he basically said this one really wowed him and he was impressed with it. But then again, he'll say that about Episodes I & II.

Let's hope it's not a big let down.

[flyer3468]

I think this one can't be bad. I & II were a gamble because they really didn't affect the story as much as they needed to. If I were to go back and make the prequel movies I would start halfway in Ep II because the Clone Wars are the only part you really need to know. His childhood helped develop his character a little bit, but that could have been skipped and you could have expended on his teen years, which is what we really want to see. Ep III just has so much important storylines that we need to know, so I don't think it's possible for it to be bad.

[Dancing Ants]

Let me tell you how many positive things I've heard about this one. Lucas was interviewed by Time and he basically said this one really wowed him and he was impressed with it. But then again, he'll say that about Episodes I & II.

Let's hope it's not a big let down.

it won't be. unless it's totally different from the novel and game.

[dmbnj79]

I haven't read the novel....and I didn't buy the game yet. We chose the Lego game. :lol

[luke7]

Early reviews
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

[flyer3468]

Allman Brothers = Wookies?

I just lost all respect for the negative reviews. I read the "Bush" one and it said that there was too much liberal politics in the movie, which makes no sense as to why that its a bad movie. Then the second one takes a stab at the Allman Brothers. This should be 100%, because obviously those 2 reviewers are assholes.

[luke7]

no... never.

star wars is a story about anakin who dies in episode 6.

lucas said on 60 minutes that episodes 7-9 don't exist... the story stops at 6.

until he kicks the bucket of course.

[Tyggress]

They've been pre-selling tickets to this for the last 2 weeks at my local theaters. I don't think there's any way I'm gonna get to see this opening night.

Then again, I have a friend who works at the local Century Theater dn gets me tickets al the time. Maybe I'll call him up and go see the theater's dry run...with no crowd! How sick would that be?

[flyer3468]

A friend of mine got like 20 tickets for midnight showing for all of our friends, and then it turns out that he knows the projectionist at another theatre and he is going to see it the day before too.

[dmbnj79]

I got friends that are seeing it before the 19th as well.

[dm40band]

ok i found this on the 7th page.... its almost crunch time 5 days left time for someone to sticky this sucker but anyways did anyone see Time Magazine with Star Wars on the cover? i just got it but im gonna wait to read it until im on line for the movie to keep me busy... is it a good read?

[Mickey Carson]

I really want this film to be good.

My only problem with Episodes 1-2 is that there isn't any suspense. The problem with this latter/earlier trilogy is that we already know the character arcs. We know that Anakin, OB1, Yoda and a few others will not die because of their character evolution in the original trilogy. So when Lucas has the films climaxing in light sabre battles between those characters...there's no suspense because we know what's going to happen (or at least know that the main characters won't be dying at a young age). That was what was so cool about the original trilogy...at any moment you could be slapped in the face by a dramatic change in the lives of these characters we cared about so much (e.g. OB1 could be killed by Vader, Luke's whole family is slaughtered, Han is frozen in carbonite, Vader is Luke's father, Leia's home planet is obliterated, Yoda dies, Jabba dies, etc.).

The one thing that Lucas has on his side now with the current films he's been making is that there is an incredible amount of dramatic irony because we DO know what will happen to these characters later on. The problem is that he hasn't played that angle enough to make the new films compelling. The best he can do are some fucking in-jokes like OB1 telling Anakin ("you'll be the death of me"). Jesus tapdancing Christ that's the best he can do? Hopefully ROTS will finally show Lucas playing those angles that worked so well in the original trilogy.

Just my 2 cents.

[Jake]

until he kicks the bucket of course.


:thumbsup


in 50 years, someone will re-do all 6 episodes, and the 1st 2 won't suck.



episode 2 showed why George Lucas is still single - that was the most unbelievable love story ever.

[The Incredible]

It'll be good. I gaurentee it.

[gravedigger13]

Some spoiler tags in here would be nice.

[flyer3468]

Some spoiler tags in here would be nice.

Or would could just use common sense and know that this is the middle episode in the series that we pretty much know exactly what happens and how the story ends.

[gravedigger13]

Or would could just use common sense and know that this is the middle episode in the series that we pretty much know exactly what happens and how the story ends.

Sorry. I didn't know that Anakin choking Padme in the last hour of the film was common knowledge. To me, that would be a major plot device of the film, wouldn't it?

On that note, is it possible to get a civilized response on these boards? People jump down other people's throats at the slightest things.

[bdfresh62]

Sorry. I didn't know that Anakin choking Padme in the last hour of the film was common knowledge. To me, that would be a major plot device of the film, wouldn't it?

On that note, is it possible to get a civilized response on these boards? People jump down other people's throats at the slightest things.

Does Padme die? Because in Return of the Jedi, Leia is talking to Luke and says that her mother died when she was small. But she had memories of her. It led me to believe Padme doesn't die until after Episode 3.

[JimiThang1]

Answer to your question:
Yes she does die in this episode. This same quesiton was asked in a newspaper article I read today and it asked since Leia is just a baby in this movie how would she know that her mother. The article responded to say that maybe she could feel her mothers feelings in the womb or when she was a baby since Leia does have ways with the Force.

[JimiThang1]

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=apm&id=1807763769&cf=pg&photoid=572633

Dear god what did Natalie Portman do to her hair???

[bdfresh62]

Answer to your question:
Yes she does die in this episode. This same quesiton was asked in a newspaper article I read today and it asked since Leia is just a baby in this movie how would she know that her mother. The article responded to say that maybe she could feel her mothers feelings in the womb or when she was a baby since Leia does have ways with the Force.

Yeah I know she has her way with the Force and that could be an answer. I was just assuming that since she said "I remember she was very beautiful" (which btw Natalie Portman is) that she would actually have seen/spent some time with her. I guess it goes back to Obi-Wan's and Luke's conversation in ROTJ when talking about point-of-view as they were discussing Vader killing Anakin.

[bdfresh62]

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=apm&id=1807763769&cf=pg&photoid=572633

Dear god what did Natalie Portman do to her hair???

And yes what the crap is that? Is she auditioning for G.I. Jane: The Sequel?

[dmbnj79]

ok i found this on the 7th page.... its almost crunch time 5 days left time for someone to sticky this sucker but anyways did anyone see Time Magazine with Star Wars on the cover? i just got it but im gonna wait to read it until im on line for the movie to keep me busy... is it a good read?


Got it. Very good read.

[ExistenceNow]

got tickets for the wednesday midnight showing... excellent.

[killymagee2000]

Ebert and Roeper give it :thumbsup :thumbsup .

:lol

[Gary]

And yes what the crap is that? Is she auditioning for G.I. Jane: The Sequel?

It's for a prison scene in "v for vendette"

oh and I'm seeing ROTS Wed. afternoon http://antsmarching.org/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[flyer3468]

Ebert and Roeper give it :thumbsup :thumbsup .

:lol

Ebert gave it 3 1/2 stars too.

Here's his review:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050515/REVIEWS/50503002

[dmbnj79]

got tickets for the wednesday midnight showing... excellent.
:thumbsup damn straight. Then going to see it Thursday with my little brother, then going to see it Saturday with friends, and going to see it again on Sunday.

I did this shit for Episode II as well.

[yoda462]

:thumbsup damn straight. Then going to see it Thursday with my little brother, then going to see it Saturday with friends, and going to see it again on Sunday.

I did this shit for Episode II as well.

As fun as this sounds, My girlfriend and I promised each other we wouldn't see it until we could see it together, and she has finals from tuesday to friday. so friday night if she doesnt get back too late.

[JimiThang1]

http://www.sequentialpictures.com/moviestarwarsepisode3.html

Pretty funny fan trailer that is very well made spoofing episode 3.

[bdfresh62]

All I know is, I am so ready to see this tomorrow night. I watched all 5 previous to catch up on all the stroylines. Tomorrow is going to rule!

[flyer3468]

My friend is seeing it tonight (cause he's got connections) and then all my friends are going to midnight show tomorrow night

[bdfresh62]

My friend is seeing it tonight (cause he's got connections) and then all my friends are going to midnight show tomorrow night

Its all about the midnight showing. Well 12:03 am for me, but its the same thing.

[flyer3468]

Now, my friend wants us to get at the theatre at 9:00 so we can get good seats. What the hell am I going to do for 3 hours. Either that or I'll ditch them and show up at 11:00 and have them save a spot in line for me.

[yankees51]

From the NY Times: "This is by far the best film in the more recent trilogy, and also the best of the four episodes Mr. Lucas has directed. That's right (and my inner 11-year-old shudders as I type this): it's better than 'Star Wars.'"

[dmbnj79]

My friend is seeing it tonight (cause he's got connections) and then all my friends are going to midnight show tomorrow night
My friend saw it 2 nights ago, and more of my friends saw it tonight.

[bdfresh62]

12 hours to go!!!!!! :D

[Nitro1515]

12 hours to go!!!!!! :D
Can't wait, hopefully I will be able to get in at my local theatre

[crashintosabine]

I just picked up a couple tickets to the midnight show. Taking my 11-year old brother. He's so excited. :D

[Joyful Girl]

Ryan and I are going to the midnight show - we've had our tickets for 3 weeks now :o It's so nice to be with someone who's a dork like me :p

[defcon]

What is the big freakin' deal about Star Wars? But I suppose I understand, after all, I am assuming we all think DMB is a big deal, and some people might find fault with that. I just never caught on to Star Wars, more of a Trekker myself. I wasn't high, nor old enough, in the heyday of Star Wars to understand it, so I guess that explains it.

Nonetheless, I am still compelled by the irresistable urge to see this monstrosity of a cinematic epic, yet tickets are impossible to acquire. The theaters within an hour of me are sold out for nearly a week. So I guess it's Hitchhiker's Guide for me. We might just show up to the theater anyway and see if we can somehow come into tickets for the midnight show, by any means necessary.

[yoda462]

What is the big freakin' deal about Star Wars? But I suppose I understand, after all, I am assuming we all think DMB is a big deal, and some people might find fault with that.


I'm sure everyone has their own reason for liking Star Wars. Well for me, Every day I would go to daycare, I would watch a tape of Empire, and I was hooked. I've known every line since I was ten. Sad? Yes, but I'm ok with it:)

[Joyful Girl]

What is the big freakin' deal about Star Wars? I think what hooked me was Luke Skywalker - he sure was dreamy to me back then at the tender age of 4 :o

[The J2H]

guess what everyone...

I saw Episode 3 last night

[flyer3468]

When I was like 7 my dad bought me the original trilogy on VHS, it was the last time they would be released as the original editions and we used to watch one every night for months at a time. Even now, I watch one of them every week if I can. My dad also rented the Star Trek movies even though he never liked them himself, just to have me watch them. I got up to the second one and just gave up. I found no interest in them whatsoever. Still today if I try and force myself to watch Star Trek it just seems phony to me.

[flyer3468]

5 and a half hours and counting. I'm leaving now to go over my friend's and then eventually the theatre to stand in line for hours upon hours.

[dmbnj79]

Ryan and I are going to the midnight show - we've had our tickets for 3 weeks now :o It's so nice to be with someone who's a dork like me :p
Gary and I are both enthusiasts. However, we didn't know it until we started dating. I knew he liked the movies, I just didn't realize how much. It's pretty sweet.

[dmbnj79]

I think what hooked me was Luke Skywalker - he sure was dreamy to me back then at the tender age of 4 :o

Han Solo. I love him.

[mollymm16]

IM GOING TO SEE THIS TONITE AT MIDNIGHT!!!

with about half the population of my town *shrugs*

beggars cant be choosers, ill take it :D

edit: dont worry, no spoilers. i can keep my excitement to myself

[JonTheRvelator]

got tickets for midnight.

[cbsauder]

i almost got tix for midnight, but im going tomorrow evening. cant wait!

[drumdude05]

Here we go!

[bdfresh62]

Alright ya'll I'm leaving to go stand in line for 3 hours. Talk to you all later.

[TwoStepFF]

i wonder the massive product placement thats going to take part in this film

[somedevilguy]

i just got a ticket.
randomly.
awesome.

[dancergirl40ky]

My guys are leaving in just a few minutes, they have had their tickets for a week or so. They are excited!!!! Midnight movie on a school night. :LOL

[somedevilguy]

My guys are leaving in just a few minutes, they have had their tickets for a week or so. They are excited!!!! Midnight movie on a school night. :LOL

that's the only way to do it.

[jumpstr24]

im about to leave its gonna be so tight!

[ExistenceNow]

i'm out the door in 5 minutes... taking in a pint of booze... it's going to rock!

[somedevilguy]

im about to leave its gonna be so tight!

have fun nigga!

[RaynorC]

saw it last night(advance screening, I work at a theater). it was awesome. I have some great pics from tonight of the folks that dressed up. some pretty hardcore star wars fans. I might post later.

[tdowe99]

Great movie. Best. Episode. Ever.
I didn't go all out and dress like a character, cuz that's just scary. ;)

[hobi316]

Just got back from the midnight screening. WOW. That movie was incredible, couldn't have imagined it ending any other way, simply amazing.

Very, very dark movie, but damn it was awesome!

[zigbaldi]

that movie was FREAKIN awesome!!!!!!!!!

i LOVED it!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[deafmike]

Jesus, that was a long movie. In the end, far better than the first two.

[Gary]

First half was kinda boring, but second half, WOW. I also thought it was rather poorly edited as the pacing was all over the place.

Overall pretty good though.

[bdfresh62]

All I can say is that was 'effin awesome!

[KevinTH5]

WOW... that movie was awesome. i thought it flowed very well. i wasn't bored for a second. someone taught that kid to act. while no he's not the best actor in the world...i think he made a complete 360 (compared to attack of the clones). that goes up there as one of the best star wars movies. i need to see it more before i say it's my absolute favorite but wow that really blew me away. the end was incredibly gut wrenching. i look back at the last two and they make a lot more sense. it gives you a complete spread of good all the way to evil. you watch this movie and remember the little annoying good hearted kid in phantom menace and now *BAM* he's killing "younglings" and soon burning alive. thanks george lucas you truly delivered with this one...Star Wars is now complete!

[KevinTH5]

that was a long night though. we got in the theater at 10:30 then it got to be 11:43 and someone pulled the fire alarm...that sucked. i thought i was about to be in the middle of the biggest nerd riot in the history of this country. then we get back in and took their sweet ass time getting the movie to start because now we had people trying to take other peoples seats. here is where i thought the next big nerd riot would occur. i thought it was going to start when some kid dressed as darth vader stood up and pretended to give a "choke hold" via the force to some asshole who wouldn't get out of someone else's seat. but it was definitely worth the laughs...i don't think i'll ever forget that girl wearing a trash can and metal bowl all colored like R2-D2. last but not least i now have a head full of the worse nerd jokes you can imagine. when a kid proceeded to blow up a beach ball to hit around the theater and some dork yelled "why don't you blow it up with your butt...just fart in it" that's when i almost turned, and like anankin/darth vader, around and began kick the shit out of every "jedi" in that theater...of course it was all in good fun.

[hobi316]

that was a long night though. we got in the theater at 10:30 then it got to be 11:43 and someone pulled the fire alarm...that sucked. i thought i was about to be in the middle of the biggest nerd riot in the history of this country. then we get back in and took their sweet ass time getting the movie to start because now we had people trying to take other peoples seats. here is where i thought the next big nerd riot would occur. i thought it was going to start when some kid dressed as darth vader stood up and pretended to give a "choke hold" via the force to some asshole who wouldn't get out of someone else's seat. but it was definitely worth the laughs...i don't think i'll ever forget that girl wearing a trash can and metal bowl all colored like R2-D2. last but not least i now have a head full of the worse nerd jokes you can imagine. when a kid proceeded to blow up a beach ball to hit around the theater and some dork yelled "why don't you blow it up with your butt...just fart in it" that's when i almost turned, and like anankin/darth vader, around and began kick the shit out of every "jedi" in that theater...of course it was all in good fun.


...and then you came home and posted on a message board @ 3:40 AM...because you're cool like that

hahha, just fuckin with ya man, i got so pissed when a girl on my row started crying when Obi-Wan tells Padme about Anakin's turn to the dark side, she was bawling

[werkinsnake]

Did any of you all have any hot lookin Amadala dress alikes? I mean I was like, "DAMN"!!! Not what I was expecting at an early screening of a Star Wars movie.

Oh the movie...Well I read the script, knew the lines, and knew exactly what/when everything was going to happen. Never the less, somehow I remained at the edge of my seat for the entire movie. I've never been to a movie where everyone was completely silent and nobody went to the bathroom. Simply amazing!!! I'll be seeing this movie again.

[KevinTH5]

"...and then you came home and posted on a message board @ 3:40 AM...because you're cool like that"

LOL. well done...you got me LOL. i've always been a big star wars fan but only to the extent of playing some of the games and watching the movies...there's just another realm to those movies that i just don't get. never wil make sense to me. i need to get the clip of triumph the insult dog from conan when attack of the clones came out. he goes around the street and makes fun of all the people standing in line...it's absolutely hysterical.

[werkinsnake]

My favorite geek jokes of the night were;
-The guy who came dressed as Mr. Spock. He had to have been beaten by 1,000 fake lightsabers.
-Anyone who dressed as a wookie and would only talk in growls and grunts
-The underage kid who went to the bar and tried to buy a beer. When the bartender asked for ID he responded, "You don't have to see my ID"

[somedevilguy]

just got back as well...
i'm a fan of one word descriptions but i might have to give this movie two words:

bad ass.

[tyler1389]

that movie was really really dark. i loved it, but i was surprised at times. the scene with mace windu was gut wrenching. he actually screamed in pain and horror when his arm was cut off. it was kind of shocking.

[DMBfan22J]

I almost felt bad for Anakin at some points of the movie. I knew his fate, but really didn't want him to change. Awesome special effects though, and overall probably the best of the new star wars.

Jon

[dm40band]

First half was kinda boring

your kidding right... that was probably the most intense 30 mins start of a SW EVER!!!! and thats not opinion its a fact!!! just got back, west coast time!!! simply amazing, mark my words they will do some adding when they make the set of 6!!! especially when Yoda is meditating in his den

[flyer3468]

The scene where they began slaughtering the Jedi was great. Looking back this may be my favorite scene in any Star Wars movie. The second those kids got out to greet Anakin, I just said to myself. "Oh Crap, This is gonna be good." I'm so glad that Lucas didn't actually show it on screen because it's so much more effective to imagine how they die.

The only complaint I had about the movie was showing the Death Star at the end. This movie is 30 years before 'A New Hope' when they first have the death star fully operational. The would've had to keep it a secret for 30 years, and there is no way it would've taken that long to build. It only took 5 years to rebuild it the second time, even though it wasn't finished it was almost done.

Overall I would rank this movie as my 3rd favorite, right after Empire and Jedi. It was just so damn good. Watching this made me appreciate the other prequels more.

[flyer3468]

Oh my geekness almost forgot the ups to 'Antilles' and the original hallway from 'A New Hope.' Those were definite high moments of the movie too.


Also, where was the Lucas cameo, did anyone see it? I figured it was at that scene at the theatre type thing that Palpatine was watching. I didn't notice it in time, if it was that scene.

[guitplyr86]

kick ass. loved it.

[crashintosabine]

I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. :thumbsup

[timber387]

Great. The best of the prequels :thumbsup

[perrinbar]

Saw it last night. I have to say that while considerably better than the last two movies, it still was somewhat disappointing. The acting is atrocious, yet again. Which is likely due to the fact that George Lucas couldn't direct himself out of a paper bag. And the dialogue is God-awful. However, the plot is still fairly strong and the action is wonderful. I just wish his characters behaved in a way that made any sort of logical sense. They often say one thing and then minutes later do the complete opposite of what they said. Oh well, worth seeing, but nothing amazing, if he hadn't lowered expectations so much, i feel people wouldn't be praising it so much.

[Hudak-Budak]

It felt rushed. And in true Lucas fashion, the dialogue is god-awful, which I think affected the acting. There is no excuse for that group of actors to have been as sub-par as they were in this movie.

[dmbnj79]

Oh my geekness almost forgot the ups to 'Antilles' and the original hallway from 'A New Hope.' Those were definite high moments of the movie too.


Also, where was the Lucas cameo, did anyone see it? I figured it was at that scene at the theatre type thing that Palpatine was watching. I didn't notice it in time, if it was that scene.

Grand. Moff.Tarkin. 'nuff said ;)

I had a nice time last night. Except my theater was a couple of jackasses. The story is even posted in theforce.net:
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Another_NJ_Theater_Messes_Up_EP3_92644.asp

Did anyone else think that there was missing dialogue? That they just were on to something, and cut away to something else? Like Bail taking charge (I love him) and then cutting away to something else when we thought that we were going to get a good Bail Organa dialogue?

Also, anyone flashback to Godfather during the destruction of the Jedi? I definitely did.

[Dancing Ants]

i was surprised they didn't show the Forming of the Rebellion scenes from the novelization. I would've liked to see a young Mon Mothma starting the rebellion.

[Dancing Ants]

The only complaint I had about the movie was showing the Death Star at the end. This movie is 30 years before 'A New Hope' when they first have the death star fully operational. The would've had to keep it a secret for 30 years, and there is no way it would've taken that long to build. It only took 5 years to rebuild it the second time, even though it wasn't finished it was almost done.


well it's obviously not thirty years, man. 1) Luke and Leia are only about 19 around a New Hope, and they've only been building the Death Star for probably 2 years maybe, due to the fact that the Seperatists started it's construction (plans on Geonosis). 2) The Second Death Star was probably started about 10 years to fifteen years prior to A New Hope.

[JimiThang1]

i was surprised they didn't show the Forming of the Rebellion scenes from the novelization. I would've liked to see a young Mon Mothma starting the rebellion.
It'll be on the DVD. Lucas cut those scenes at the last minute, supposedly it involved Padme with helping create it.

[dmbnj79]

i was surprised they didn't show the Forming of the Rebellion scenes from the novelization. I would've liked to see a young Mon Mothma starting the rebellion.
Lucas cut a lot of the senate scenes out. It kinda sucks, because I wanted to see Mon Mothma say REBEL! :lol

[Dancing Ants]

Lucas cut a lot of the senate scenes out. It kinda sucks, because I wanted to see Mon Mothma say REBEL! :lol

did you read the novelization? they had a realllllyyy cool scene where Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Garm bel Iblis and I think Obi Wan try to convince Padme that Palpatine needs to have his "emergency powers" taken away. And this was before they realized he was the Sith Lord.

What did you think of the Mace/Anakin/Sidious scene. That was great.

[Dancing Ants]

It'll be on the DVD. Lucas cut those scenes at the last minute, supposedly it involved Padme with helping create it.


oh cool. it'd be nice to have an "uncut" edition, where it lets you select whether or not to put those scenes in the movie, ala the 24 season 2 dvds.

[dmbnj79]

did you read the novelization? they had a realllllyyy cool scene where Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Garm bel Iblis and I think Obi Wan try to convince Padme that Palpatine needs to have his "emergency powers" taken away. And this was before they realized he was the Sith Lord.

What did you think of the Mace/Anakin/Sidious scene. That was great.
No, I did not read the novel. I still think they should have kept it in the film though.

I think that he went out like a bitch and I wasn't happy with that.

[flyer3468]

Grand. Moff.Tarkin. 'nuff said ;)

I had a nice time last night. Except my theater was a couple of jackasses. The story is even posted in theforce.net:
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Another_NJ_Theater_Messes_Up_EP3_92644.asp

Did anyone else think that there was missing dialogue? That they just were on to something, and cut away to something else? Like Bail taking charge (I love him) and then cutting away to something else when we thought that we were going to get a good Bail Organa dialogue?

Also, anyone flashback to Godfather during the destruction of the Jedi? I definitely did.

:thumbsup Yeah, I completely forgot about him. I'm definitely going to have to see it again tonight, because there are just so many great suddle things about this movie.

And as far as the Godfather thing goes, I didn't think it at the time, but now that you mention it I can't get it out of my head.

[RJ2kWJ]

Grand. Moff.Tarkin. 'nuff said ;)

I had a nice time last night. Except my theater was a couple of jackasses. The story is even posted in theforce.net:
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Another_NJ_Theater_Messes_Up_EP3_92644.asp

Did anyone else think that there was missing dialogue? That they just were on to something, and cut away to something else? Like Bail taking charge (I love him) and then cutting away to something else when we thought that we were going to get a good Bail Organa dialogue?

Also, anyone flashback to Godfather during the destruction of the Jedi? I definitely did.

Whos Bail?

[flyer3468]

Whos Bail?

The guy that adopted Leia

[Hudak-Budak]

Also, anyone flashback to Godfather during the destruction of the Jedi? I definitely did.

That's exactly what I thought...all those "reckoning" scenes at the end of each Godfather where everyone is taken care of and Michael is at a wedding or chilling at his desk or something.

[JonTheRvelator]

....ehhhhh....

[KevinTH5]

[QUOTE=flyer3468]The only complaint I had about the movie was showing the Death Star at the end. This movie is 30 years before 'A New Hope' when they first have the death star fully operational. The would've had to keep it a secret for 30 years, and there is no way it would've taken that long to build. It only took 5 years to rebuild it the second time, even though it wasn't finished it was almost done.QUOTE]

The movie is set 18 years before New Hope...not 30.

[Gary]

your kidding right... that was probably the most intense 30 mins start of a SW EVER!!!! and thats not opinion its a fact!!! just got back, west coast time!!! simply amazing, mark my words they will do some adding when they make the set of 6!!! especially when Yoda is meditating in his den

No, I wasn't. Some parts were cool, but some, like the opening battle, were too long and lacked any drama.

[flyer3468]

[QUOTE=flyer3468]The only complaint I had about the movie was showing the Death Star at the end. This movie is 30 years before 'A New Hope' when they first have the death star fully operational. The would've had to keep it a secret for 30 years, and there is no way it would've taken that long to build. It only took 5 years to rebuild it the second time, even though it wasn't finished it was almost done.QUOTE]

The movie is set 18 years before New Hope...not 30.

still, 18 years is a long time considering they have almost all of it built inbetween the time of IV and VI.

[flyer3468]

The MPAA ass raping begin

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050519/film_nm/media_starwars_piracy_dc_5

[Dancing Ants]

The MPAA ass raping begin

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050519/film_nm/media_starwars_piracy_dc_5


i hate that. they're going to have a reason to justify shutting down bit torrent sites. i HATE that. buncha dumbasses doing that crap.

[brydro]

Anyone have the game?

[drumdude05]

Saw it at midnight. Definately the best of the prequels.

[dmbnj79]

That's exactly what I thought...all those "reckoning" scenes at the end of each Godfather where everyone is taken care of and Michael is at a wedding or chilling at his desk or something.
It was during Connie's baby's communion, actually.

;)

[dm40band]

Anyone have the game?

getting it today :D

[Hudak-Budak]

It was during Connie's baby's communion, actually.

;)

I was just referring to the fact that he is chillaxin while everyone else is carrying out his orders.

[Dancing Ants]

getting it today :D


rent it! it's a great game, but too short to justify droppin 50 bucks for it, unless you just HAVE to own it.

[dmbnj79]

I was just referring to the fact that he is chillaxin while everyone else is carrying out his orders.
:thumbsup they're his bitches.

in the Episode III game, there's a scene that's in the game, but not in the movie. Cooper, you know what scene, right?

However, I love the Lego game.

[Dancing Ants]

:thumbsup they're his bitches.

in the Episode III game, there's a scene that's in the game, but not in the movie. Cooper, you know what scene, right?

However, I love the Lego game.

the one that came to mind was Anakin whoopin' that uppity old Jedi Librarian bitch's ass.

[Nitro1515]

Just got back from it, great great movie, so sad. The dialogue and acting was pretty bad in spots, but the action, storyline and drama made up for it. It was definitely the best of the prequels. The only storyline glitch I found was that in Return of the Jedi Leia says that she remembers her mother and that she was kind, but sad...how does that work if she died right after childbirth?

[flyer3468]

Just got back from it, great great movie, so sad. The dialogue and acting was pretty bad in spots, but the action, storyline and drama made up for it. It was definitely the best of the prequels. The only storyline glitch I found was that in Return of the Jedi Leia says that she remembers her mother and that she was kind, but sad...how does that work if she died right after childbirth?

Lucas has already defended this by saying that because Leia is strong with the force she had a strong mental connection with her mother long after her death.

I call bullshit, though.

[JimiThang1]

That question was asked in a newspaper article I read recently. Some people are speculating that Leia could feel her mothers sadness through her ways of the Force.

[Nitro1515]

Lucas has already defended this by saying that because Leia is strong with the force she had a strong mental connection with her mother long after her death.

I call bullshit, though.Ah alright, it does sound like BS to me since Leia has no knowledge of the force in any of the later films.

[Gary]

Ah alright, it does sound like BS to me since Leia has no knowledge of the force in any of the later films.

Or it could just be that she's thinking of her adopted mother.

[flyer3468]

Or it could just be that she's thinking of her adopted mother.

No, in ROTJ Luke specifically asks about her "real mother"

[bdfresh62]

Yeah this part got me confused too. Maybe Leaia thinks her adopted mother is her real mother though.

[zigbaldi]

No, I did not read the novel. I still think they should have kept it in the film though.

I think that he went out like a bitch and I wasn't happy with that.

I wish that mace and anikin had dueled instead of mace just going out like that, but the fight before between mace and the emporer was tight. and i thought it was real sweet that mace was more powerful than the emporer, in that he easily would have killed him had anikin not have been there.

at least he didn't go down like those weak jedi he brought with him. they died in like 1/2 a second. i thought i was watching 24 for a second the way they died so easily:lol

[ExistenceNow]

saw the flic last night... overall, i was very pleased... the only acting that sucked was between Vadar and Padme... when not speaking to eachother, i thought they both did great.

[bigeyedfish917]

GREAT MOVIE! LOVED every minute! I was reading some of the posts from a year ago on this thread...feel pretty stupid, do you??

[airr233]

This movie was fantastic when I saw it last night. Hayden played Anakin/Vader very well in this movie.

[Gary]

GREAT MOVIE! LOVED every minute! I was reading some of the posts from a year ago on this thread...feel pretty stupid, do you??

heh.

what do you mean "if" ?

the movie will suck just as bad as the first 2.

[Joyful Girl]

Oh my geekness almost forgot the ups to 'Antilles' and the original hallway from 'A New Hope.' Those were definite high moments of the movie too.I have to agree with you on every aspect of this film. As for the last scene with the Death Star in the distance, it really did add some drama, but you're right about the time frame. This movie was so intense - I didn't take my eyes off the screen the entire time. When we were on our way home, my fiance said "Wow, I really wish they'd do the other three," but my reply to that was "why mess with perfection - they ended it with a bang," and that's truly how I feel. Everyone in the film did an excellent job, however the scene with the Wookie imitating the Tarzan yell and Anakin and Padme's romantic dialogue was a little hokey for my tastes. Other than that :thumbsup :thumbsup

[dmbnj79]

The only storyline glitch I found was that in Return of the Jedi Leia says that she remembers her mother and that she was kind, but sad...how does that work if she died right after childbirth?

She says it in ANH.

And that's what everyone is still asking. Does she remember the Queen of Alderraan (Bail's wife) or does she remember Padme?

And if they say it's through the Force, I call bullshit. Otherwise she would have used her force powers in the films.

[dmbnj79]

I wish that mace and anikin had dueled instead of mace just going out like that, but the fight before between mace and the emporer was tight. and i thought it was real sweet that mace was more powerful than the emporer, in that he easily would have killed him had anikin not have been there.

at least he didn't go down like those weak jedi he brought with him. they died in like 1/2 a second. i thought i was watching 24 for a second the way they died so easily:lol

That's another thing that pissed me off. You're telling me that five Jedi Masters couldn't take on the Emperor, and the young padawan took on 5 clones? COME ON.

[somedevilguy]

i thought it would've been pretty dang sweet if the ended the film with Vadar's mask coming down but it kept going.

understandably so I supposed since there were still a lot of details to clear up before Ep 4.

[Isilinde]

I dunno if this has been posted yet...but it's freakin' funny.

http://www.storewars.org/flash/

[drumdude05]

I thought it was sweet that we could see the inside of Vader's mask and see what he sees.

[flyer3468]

I thought it was sweet that we could see the inside of Vader's mask and see what he sees.

Yeah, that was definitly surprising. I didn't think it would look all robotic terminator like.

[flyer3468]

I dunno if this has been posted yet...but it's freakin' funny.

http://www.storewars.org/flash/

Consider me on the dark side of the farm. I could care less if my veggies are organic or not.

[Gary]

She says it in ANH.

And that's what everyone is still asking. Does she remember the Queen of Alderraan (Bail's wife) or does she remember Padme?

And if they say it's through the Force, I call bullshit. Otherwise she would have used her force powers in the films.

Luke asks her in ROTJ.

[flyer3468]

From the ROTJ script

LUKE
Leia... do you remember your mother? Your real mother?

LEIA
Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.

LUKE
What do you remember?

LEIA
Just...images, really. Feelings.

LUKE
Tell me.

LEIA
She was very beautiful. Kind, but...sad.

[Nitro1515]

She says it in ANH.

And that's what everyone is still asking. Does she remember the Queen of Alderraan (Bail's wife) or does she remember Padme?

And if they say it's through the Force, I call bullshit. Otherwise she would have used her force powers in the films.
No she says that in ROTJ out on that bridge in the Ewok village talking to Luke. I agree with you on the rest, that would be BS for sure.

[Isilinde]

Consider me on the dark side of the farm. I could care less if my veggies are organic or not.

I try to go organic...but it's really hard.
And expensive.

But I do think it's healthier.

[flyer3468]

Leaving now to see it for the second time.

[jumpstr24]

What was up with Yoda telling Obi-Wan he could communitcate with Qui-Gon at the end when they decide to separate Leia and Luke?

[drumdude05]

What was up with Yoda telling Obi-Wan he could communitcate with Qui-Gon at the end when they decide to separate Leia and Luke?

It's how Obi-Wan communicates with Luke throughout the original trilogy.

[jumpstr24]

Oh shit i forgot about that thanks.

[dm40band]

It's how Obi-Wan communicates with Luke throughout the original trilogy.

i got this feeling when Lucas adds the new scenes in for the DVD that u might see Yoda talking to Qui-Gon... as far as the whole Leia thing, it seems Luke had more time with Padme then Leia did... but the movie still rocked!!! how bout when Anakin was getting burned and all he said I HATE YOU to Obi-Wan that was just classic!!! also i read that Jar Jar doesn't talk in this one but he does have a line, did anyone else catch this?

[ExistenceNow]

i got this feeling when Lucas adds the new scenes in for the DVD that u might see Yoda talking to Qui-Gon... as far as the whole Leia thing, it seems Luke had more time with Padme then Leia did... but the movie still rocked!!! how bout when Anakin was getting burned and all he said I HATE YOU to Obi-Wan that was just classic!!! also i read that Jar Jar doesn't talk in this one but he does have a line, did anyone else catch this?

yea... he has one line... and it was one line too many.

[jumpstr24]

I thought it was hilarious when Vader screamed Noooooooo! after the Emperor told him he had killed Padme

[flyer3468]

He said 'Excuse Me' off camera.

[Gary]

I thought it was hilarious when Vader screamed Noooooooo! after the Emperor told him he had killed Padme

and when R2 was trying to hide the communicator :lol

[ExistenceNow]

^ dude, R2 was fucking hilarious in this one... i laughed my ass off.

[flyer3468]

The funniest thing was when Palpatine was making all those weird grunting noises in the battle at the senate. He was screaming like a little girl half the time. That and when Yoda was in the air duct or whatever that was. The camera was like 2 inches from his face for a good 30 seconds, it was just creepy.

[bdfresh62]

and when R2 was trying to hide the communicator :lol

Oh my gosh that was hilarious. :lol

[Proof2k3]

The funniest part is when Yoda walks into Palpatine's chamber and the two gaurds try to stop Yoda and he just flicks them away.

[RJ2kWJ]

The funniest part is when Yoda walks into Palpatine's chamber and the two gaurds try to stop Yoda and he just flicks them away.

Slammed them right into the wall. :D

[drumdude05]

I also like when Vader ripped himself off of the bed, and took a step forward like Frankenstein. I just burst out laughing, and I got some evil looks from inside the theatre.

[flyer3468]

I also like when Vader ripped himself off of the bed, and took a step forward like Frankenstein. I just burst out laughing, and I got some evil looks from inside the theatre.

a friend of mine I went with laughed hysterically when Anakin turned on his light sabre after the Jedi kids came out of hiding. The entire place seemed pissed off. I have to admit that I smiled too the second I saw it, but I was far from laughing extremely loud.

[dmbnj79]

Luke asks her in ROTJ.
You're right. For some reason, I keep thinking that it was ANH. I don't even know why.

[dmbnj79]

What was up with Yoda telling Obi-Wan he could communitcate with Qui-Gon at the end when they decide to separate Leia and Luke?

I'm beginning to think no one watches the original trilogy these days.

Another thing I disliked:
Palpatine: I believe you killed her.
Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Come on, George. Could you have not done something so "standard?"

Oh, R2 kicks serious ass.

[flyer3468]

I'm beginning to think no one watches the original trilogy these days.

Another thing I disliked:
Palpatine: I believe you killed her.
Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Come on, George. Could you have not done something so "standard?"

Oh, R2 kicks serious ass.


The dialogue in the entire movie was just so cheesy, especially that part, but the rest of the movie more than made up for it.

[dmbnj79]

At least it wasn't AOTC dialogue!

Sean, you should put, "It's a trap!" over Ackbar. :lol

[flyer3468]

At least it wasn't AOTC dialogue!

Sean, you should put, "It's a trap!" over Ackbar. :lol

I thought about doing that, I'm still not sure

[dmbnj79]

I thought about doing that, I'm still not sure
:thumbsup love it.

[flyer3468]

Ah, Why not, you're right :lol :lol

[Hudak-Budak]

Everyone knows Lucas can't write dialogue to save his life.

I thought all the droid humor was lame as hell, but everyone around me was laughing. I just thought it was useless and could have been left out.

[clayj41]

Just got back from seeing this, and I have to say that it definitely makes up for Episodes 1 and 2. I loved it!!!

[RaynorC]

rent it! it's a great game, but too short to justify droppin 50 bucks for it, unless you just HAVE to own it.
my friend said he beat it in an hour and a half. and he's not a super gamer either.

[EST.1980]

it was good but not great

IMO the original three are better than the new three by far.

[onemoredrink41]

I could never get into that crap. Glad I didn't. last one that was out, I fell asleep at the theatre. It bored me. Could be because I haven't seen the other ones. I am not one to get into sci-fi though. I heard there were few hundred people outside in line to see this movie at midnight and then a guy who is first in line, buys 150 tix and it sells out. Man, that would suck for those people waiting in line. The movie theatre should have never let someone buy that many tickets.... but then again, it could have been for a youth group or something of that sort. Oh well, glad I am not a star wars geek!

[Hudak-Budak]

$16.5 million on midnight showings alone. That's impressive, to say the very least.

[Isilinde]

Very very very good movie.

This one, unlike the first two, enthralled me the whole time. It stirred strong emotions in me that the other two had not. I actually teared up during the last few scenes of the film, especially the final scene between Obi-wan and Anakin. Very moving, indeed.
But Natalie Portman still can't act in my book. :p
However, it seemed that she was in very few scenes...so that was a plus.

Also, thank God Jar-Jar didn't say a single freakin' word. Whoever decided this, I applaude you. :lol

I was more impressed with the CG on Yoda this time around. The details of the wrinkles in his face were much better than before and his expressions were more believable overall.

The final scenes had me wanting to watch Episode IV, though it was far too late to do that by the time I got home.
Maybe I'll pop it in tomorrow.

I adore how Vader's first words after he became his 'new self' were addressing Padme's safety. Very nice.

Sidious was quite evil and manipulative. I adore this man in all his wretchedness and evil plots. Also, Grievous was one of the most badass villians ever. Talk about cool... though my bladder was completely full, I felt glued to my seat throughout the entire Obi-wan/Grievous battle. Very engaging....

~~~******SPOILER******~~~















Padme's funeral scene was beautiful.















~~~********END SPOILER*******~~~



And that about wraps up my feelings on this film.

It's the second best in my book, next to Empire. :) Two thumbs up and 4 of 4 stars.

You've redeemed yourself, George.

Now go film something other than Star Wars and other sci-fi. ;)

[proudest_monkee]

I went and seen this last night with a friend. I really liked it. They had several tie ins to Episode IV, which was nice. I was about to list a couple that impressed me, but realized many people have not seen it yet. The best part last night was the 2 couples that brought their babies, both under 2 years old. Did I mention it was an 11:00pm showing? This one is far superior to the first 2, but still lacked in comparison to IV and V. Well done George!!!

[DMBand520]

I saw this yesterday and thought it was really good. I'm gonna take my brother to see it in a few days. He'd never seen any of the SW movies so last week I had him come over and watch 4 and 5 one night. Then we watched 6 the next day. He's gonna watch 1 and 2 this weekend and then we're gonna go see 3 next week.

I actually debated for a little while if I should show him 1, 2, then go see 3 in the theater, then have him watch 4, 5, 6. OR if I should have him watch 4, 5, 6, 1 , 2, and then go see 3. I decided to take the second option.

[MistreatedLewis]

Everyone knows Lucas can't write dialogue to save his life.

I thought all the droid humor was lame as hell, but everyone around me was laughing. I just thought it was useless and could have been left out.

He really should have hired someone else to write the script. Also, I thought the use of the real Darth Vader was lame. There was so much more they could have done with him. Bleh! :lorraine

[Joyful Girl]

The funniest thing was when Palpatine was making all those weird grunting noises in the battle at the senate. He was screaming like a little girl half the time. That and when Yoda was in the air duct or whatever that was. The camera was like 2 inches from his face for a good 30 seconds, it was just creepy.If you noticed, (which I'm sure you did since you've seen it twice now) Palpatine was making sharp croaking noises. I read that Ian came up with the concept when they were filming ROTJ because he thought Palpatine looked like a toad so he decided it would be funny to give him a somewhat hideous croak.

[Joyful Girl]

I also like when Vader ripped himself off of the bed, and took a step forward like Frankenstein. I just burst out laughing, and I got some evil looks from inside the theatre.Did anyone realize Grievous' character was inspired by Nosferatu? They also mentioned the Frankenstein-ish way Darth steps forward. Seems Lucas is a big fan of the classic horror flicks. I read all this stuff in the latest Entertainment Weekly - some good background info on the flick, especially the part where they mentioned that Palpatine created Anakin through the force.

[neumdogg]

I saw it last night here in Hollywood.....Quite a scene. Since I was at work, my buddy had to lineup at noon for a 7pm movie. There were so many people in the theatre dressed up in star wars gear and carrying light sabers. People even brought in beachballs to toss around before the movie started.

Anyway, the movie was AMAZING. Growing up with the original 3 films, I found myself almost crying at the end of this one. Truely a wonderful film.

[Dancing Ants]

so Palpatine created Anakin through the Force....he made Anakin's mom pregnant?

[MistreatedLewis]

so Palpatine created Anakin through the Force....he made Anakin's mom pregnant?

YEah I haven't heard anything about this before now either... wtf??

[chels012002]

Ummmm I haven't seen the first two but my one friend is begging me to go with him cause he doesnt wanna go alone. Is it worth it for a girl who has nothing to do really and doesnt care either way?

[Joyful Girl]

so Palpatine created Anakin through the Force....he made Anakin's mom pregnant?
When Palaptine was talking to Anakin at the opera he tells him that Darth Plagieus had the power to manipulate midi-chlorians to create life and to prevent those he loved from dying and that he taught everything he knew to his apprentice, i.e. Palp. Lucas considered putting in the script that Palpatine created Anakin, but decided to just leave it out there for anyone to interpret as they'd like.

[prosty41]

i read an interesting thing yesterday...apparently in certain parts of episode 2 and three, you can see that mace windews light saber has a BMF inscription on the side

[Dancing Ants]

When Palaptine was talking to Anakin at the opera he tells him that Darth Plagieus had the power to manipulate midi-chlorians to create life and to prevent those he loved from dying and that he taught everything he knew to his apprentice, i.e. Palp. Lucas considered putting in the script that Palpatine created Anakin, but decided to just leave it out there for anyone to interpret as they'd like.

wow that would've been a new twist. Luke's grandad would've been Palpatine..in an odd roundabout way. Hmm....I always wondered if Palpatine, even back before Anakin was a sparkle in the Force's eye, if Palpatine had planned on him being his apprentice, or if it was just a nice coincidence that he met this young man with so much fear and anger inside himself.

[Joyful Girl]

Lucas has repeatedly said that Anakin is the chosen one and he was concieved by the Force. I read that if you pop in the ROTJ DVD commentary Lucas says it at the end, when Vader kills Sidious. Now, when Episode III was in production, Lucas had a change of heart and decided not to make it evident that Anakin was created by the Sith - maybe he didn't want to expose us to too many shocking revelations. Another thing I was thinking about last night as my fiance begged me to shut up so he could get some sleep, was if Palpatine lied to Anakin about being able to learn to prevent those he loved from dying, why didn't Darth kill Palp as soon as he could after he discovered Padme was dead? I now realize that he knew he didn't have the power to defeat him considering the condition his body was in, also he didn't have the power to send charges of electricity through his enemies because he wasn't made of flesh. The first chance he had to defeat Sidious was ROTJ when Luke was there and he did it.

[flyer3468]

Because Palpatine told him that he took her life. She actually lived after he choked her, but he doesn't know that. Anakin thought it was all his fault, and that Palpatine might have been able to save her, but instead Anakin killed her, something Palpatine couldn't prevent.

[Joyful Girl]

Because Palpatine told him that he took her life. She actually lived after he choked her, but he doesn't know that. Anakin thought it was all his fault, and that Palpatine might have been able to save her, but instead Anakin killed her, something Palpatine couldn't prevent.
You mean you think he thought he killed her when he choked her? Didn't she grab her throat after she fell to the ground?

[flyer3468]

You mean you think he thought he killed her when he choked her? Didn't she grab her throat after she fell to the ground?

That's what Palpatine told him.

[Joyful Girl]

That's what Palpatine told him.
I know he told him that he had killed her, but I thought he meant by the fact that he hadn't learned how to manipulate life yet. Wow, you're a Star Wars, Family Guy and wrestling fan - we have too much in common :lol

[flyer3468]

I know he told him that he had killed her, but I thought he meant by the fact that he hadn't learned how to manipulate life yet. Wow, you're a Star Wars, Family Guy and wrestling fan - we have too much in common :lol

Hate to pop you're bubble, but I don't like wrestling

[Joyful Girl]

Oops - my bad, back to the question - Do you really think Anakin thought he killed Padme by choking her?

[flyer3468]

Day 1 totals are over $50 million, new record. Midnight showing accomadated for $16 million of that.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20050520/111662814000.html

[Hoppytoad]

Here's a little something for ya

http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html

I think DMB and Dave the resident Farm-Aid board member would like.

[FunkyTeaParty]

Does anyone think Vader's chokehold actually did lead to Padame's death or was it purely a lie Palpatine told to keep Vader from flipping out?

I find it hard to believe Padame died from losing hope or a broken heart.

[Isilinde]

Here's a little something for ya

http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html

I think DMB and Dave the resident Farm-Aid board member would like.

Beat ya to it. :p

[cbsauder]

i read an interesting thing yesterday...apparently in certain parts of episode 2 and three, you can see that mace windews light saber has a BMF inscription on the side
yea samuel l. jackson had it specially engraved that way.

[prosty41]

yea samuel l. jackson had it specially engraved that way.


i think thats bad ass

[RaynorC]

that bmf thing is awesome...pulp fiction just fucking rocks my socks.

[RaynorC]

here's a few pics from opening night at the theatre where I work.

first pic is of a guy with an incredible vader costume. voice box and everything; wish I had some close ups.

second pic is of a guy dressed as obi-wan and padme from episode II.

[RaynorC]

this pic is of me and a buddy of mine(I'm on the right) with a member of the 501st(people that dress up as storm troopers and the like all over the U.S.; there is a chapter near my town)

[prosty41]

that bmf thing is awesome...pulp fiction just fucking rocks my socks.


anyone actually have a pic of maces lightsaber with "bmf"

[cbsauder]

yea so question: how much would a full stormtrooper costume cost? i think they look soo cool (not that I would buy one.)

[UNC41]

yea so question: how much would a full stormtrooper costume cost? i think they look soo cool (not that I would buy one.)

There were these two guys at a theater where I lived yesterday that said they dropped a little over $1,000 for one.

[Beefsteak1138]

:lol

Some funny star wars related prank calls:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/starwarsprank.mp3

[dmbnj79]

so Palpatine created Anakin through the Force....he made Anakin's mom pregnant?

No. No. And No.

This is JUST speculation.

[dmbnj79]

yea so question: how much would a full stormtrooper costume cost? i think they look soo cool (not that I would buy one.)
About a grand for a really good one.

Cheapest armor? Tie Pilot. $300 if you go to the right sources.

[dmbnj79]

Oops - my bad, back to the question - Do you really think Anakin thought he killed Padme by choking her?
No. That was part of the reason why she was put in the hospital. If you listen to the droid, he says, she's in perfect condition, but she's not going to make it. She lost the will to live. It wasn't the children, it wasn't because Anakin choked her. Because she truly loved Anakin, and living without him was like not living at all, hence, her death.

[dmbnj79]

here's a few pics from opening night at the theatre where I work.

first pic is of a guy with an incredible vader costume. voice box and everything; wish I had some close ups.

second pic is of a guy dressed as obi-wan and padme from episode II.

Great pictures! Where in Alabama are you at? I probably know some of these people thru Fan Force & 501st (I'm a member of both).

[RJ2kWJ]

anyone actually have a pic of maces lightsaber with "bmf"

Am I the only one that doesnt get this BMF thing? thanks! :D

[RJ2kWJ]

Am I the only one that doesnt get this BMF thing? thanks! :D

Nevermind I just remembered. I had a brain fart. Sorry for the 2 posts. :)

[moe.ron]

just saw it and it was pretty bad. I actually found it the most boring of all the movies.

[Bartender84]

[QUOTE=KevinTH5]

still, 18 years is a long time considering they have almost all of it built inbetween the time of IV and VI.

Whoever said they didn't start the second one until the first one is destroyed?

If I have the ability to build the ultimate destructive space station, I'm not just gonna build one of them and wait for that one to get blown up before starting another.

And even if it wasn't started until DS 1 was destroyed, I'd imagine the DS 2 would take a LOT less time to complete. Have you ever built something once, and then built it again a second time? The second time is always much faster, becase you already know what to do, you've learned from your mistakes the first time.

Besides, the DS 2 wasn't structurally finished anyway. That would have added a few more years onto it.

[werkinsnake]

just saw it and it was pretty bad. I actually found it the most boring of all the movies.

Someone check this dudes pulse.

Seriously...the most boring? Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess. But I have to ask, what were you expecting?

[Gary]

Someone check this dudes pulse.

Seriously...the most boring? Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess. But I have to ask, what were you expecting?

While I felt some of the earlier battle sequences were overlong and a little boring, the last hour was the greatest cinematic rush I have ever experienced.

[MistreatedLewis]

No. That was part of the reason why she was put in the hospital. If you listen to the droid, he says, she's in perfect condition, but she's not going to make it. She lost the will to live. It wasn't the children, it wasn't because Anakin choked her. Because she truly loved Anakin, and living without him was like not living at all, hence, her death.


Corny but true. :thumbsup

I still don't understand why she liked Anakin in the first place. He was suuuuch a tool in Episode 2. Love and George Lucas are blind, I suppose...

[Joyful Girl]

No. That was part of the reason why she was put in the hospital. If you listen to the droid, he says, she's in perfect condition, but she's not going to make it. She lost the will to live. It wasn't the children, it wasn't because Anakin choked her. Because she truly loved Anakin, and living without him was like not living at all, hence, her death.I knew that, but I was questioning Flyer who said Vader thought he had killed Padme that way, but thanks anyway for the additional info on helping me shed light onto this subject. BTW, you can die of a broken heart - I did a paper on it recently for Biology class - look it up boys - us women are sensitive creatures ;)

[flyer3468]

I knew that, but I was questioning Flyer who said Vader thought he had killed Padme that way, but thanks anyway for the additional info on helping me shed light onto this subject. BTW, you can die of a broken heart - I did a paper on it recently for Biology class - look it up boys - us women are sensitive creatures ;)

I believe that Vader thought he killed her, but he actually didn't. Palpatine told him that he killed her and his reaction was 'the scream'. He really had no effect on her death, but he believed Palpatine, therefore believes that it was his fault.

[luke7]

Saw the movie earlier today. Good not great. 3 out of 4 stars. The dialog in spots was bad. Especially between Anakin and Padme. The driod explaining her death was silly and Vader's " NOooooo...." was god awful. Sam Jackson sucked with Lucas dialog and direction in all 3 films. I felt someting was missing during the scene when Darth Sidious bestowed the title Darth Vader to Anakin.


" If you're not with me than you're my enemy. " Come on that's the best Lucas can do ?

[Joyful Girl]

I believe that Vader thought he killed her, but he actually didn't. Palpatine told him that he killed her and his reaction was 'the scream'. He really had no effect on her death, but he believed Palpatine, therefore believes that it was his fault.I like you Sean, you're stubborn like me, hence the reason I gave you a rep the other day :D

[Joyful Girl]

Sam Jackson sucked with Lucas dialog and direction in all 3 films. My fiance said Sam needed to add a few "M*th*er F*ck*r's" every now and then and his dialog would have been a whole lot better :lol

[luke7]

The lady seated next to me had her little son with her. She kept checking her watch.
On the way out two dudes were with their girlfriends. The girls walked ahead of them. The one dude said, " ...I'm sure we'll hear it in the car. " His chick said, " No doubt. "
I'm guessing the girls thought the movie sucked.

[luke7]

Plus one guy a couple of seats down started to clap right at the end " Cla " is what came out. The " P " was left out because no one else joined in.

[Tomriddle]

Saw it, loved it.


Kind of related quesiton: anyone know what consol the Eppy 3 video game is for?

[JimiThang1]

PS2 and Xbox

[Rob]

I am of the minority opinion that the movie made the entire saga make no sense. In order for this movie to work, Anakin has to be completely stupid and borderline retarded, and that just doesn't jive with the intelligence they had previously established for him.

[proudest_monkee]

I was watching A New Hope this morning and Obi Wan said "I haven't been called Obi Wan since before you were born" to Luke. That didn't jive with Revenge. There were some other inconsistancies, but what do I expect I guess. I think I am going to see Revenge again Monday during the day.

[luke7]

I was watching A New Hope this morning and Obi Wan said "I haven't been called Obi Wan since before you were born" to Luke. That didn't jive with Revenge. There were some other inconsistancies, but what do I expect I guess. I think I am going to see Revenge again Monday during the day.

Hey there ! What side of Columbus do you live on ? Are You going to see DMB at Germain ? If so maybe you'll spot me there June 8th. I'll probably be the only black guy there.

[airr233]

For the most part, everything clicked. I think the only things that didn't was the part not being called Obi-Wan and Leia remembering her mother being always sad. The Obi-Wan part could have been fixed by having him called Ben after the Vader fight possibly. I don't think fixing Leia remembering her mother being sad because I think it had to be shown that she died in this movie. Other than that, I enjoyed the movie.

Pick up the new rolling stone also as it has Darth Vader on the cover and it has insights from everyone who played Anakin/Darth Vader.

[kgoedman]

overall i liked it. i'm not a huge star wars nut, so i don't whether or not the details were perfect. however, i had two complaints (albeit minor ones). first, it seems like the introduction to Chewbacca and the whole wookie fight scene was thrown for no real reason but to introduce us to wookies, which is a bummer because that could have been a cool fight. second, while the movie did a pretty good job with anakin turning to the dark side, i just wasn't convinced with his reasons for doing so and didn't feel that they focused on the anguish he must have felt.

edit: regarding me not buying the reasoning, i feel the same way that Rob does as he stated above...

edit 2: those love-story lines were still cheesy as hell! absolutely painful!

[proudest_monkee]

Hey there ! What side of Columbus do you live on ? Are You going to see DMB at Germain ? If so maybe you'll spot me there June 8th. I'll probably be the only black guy there.


LOL!!! I am in Galloway. I hate to say "West Side", but it is out West. I am going to both shows. The first one my wife is going with me and the second my best friend is going with me. Where are you at in Columbus?

[luke7]

LOL!!! I am in Galloway. I hate to say "West Side", but it is out West. I am going to both shows. The first one my wife is going with me and the second my best friend is going with me. Where are you at in Columbus?

Stuck between Bexley and Whitehall.

[SideshowRob]

i thought it sucked that it turns out that Bruce Willis was dead the entire movie... i mean... that was a complete anti-climax

P.S. How do you do spoiler warnings?

[soldat51]

overall i liked it. i'm not a huge star wars nut, so i don't whether or not the details were perfect. however, i had two complaints (albeit minor ones). first, it seems like the introduction to Chewbacca and the whole wookie fight scene was thrown for no real reason but to introduce us to wookies, which is a bummer because that could have been a cool fight. second, while the movie did a pretty good job with anakin turning to the dark side, i just wasn't convinced with his reasons for doing so and didn't feel that they focused on the anguish he must have felt.

edit: regarding me not buying the reasoning, i feel the same way that Rob does as he stated above...

edit 2: those love-story lines were still cheesy as hell! absolutely painful!
As for the wookie part at first i thought the same thing but if u think about it yoda had to survive the masacre some how and it could have been done any number of ways so why not do it with the wookies, everyone loves the wookies. but as for anakins reasons for going to the dark side i completely agree. George lucas could have done a much better job elaborating and making his reasons more "intense" if u will

[Sniper15]

What was that whole thing about Qui-gon benig immortal at the end?

[cbsauder]

What was that whole thing about Qui-gon benig immortal at the end?
i'll second that. what did that mean?

[JimiThang1]

i'll second that. what did that mean?
Maybe Qui-Gonn was the chosen one all along and they were just too blind to see it...though that would go against Luke being the chosen one.

[bdfresh62]

What was that whole thing about Qui-gon benig immortal at the end?

I think they were talking about him communicating with them through the force even though he was dead. Remember how Obi-Wan in ANH after he dies still communicates with Luke throughout the original trilogy. Also, remember Qui-Gon never disappeared when he died, like Obi-Wan and Yoda when they die. I think that after Qui-Gon dies, he learns how to do that stuff (don't ask me how, I don't know) and then teaches Yoda and Obi-Wan while they are in seclusion.

[bdfresh62]

Maybe Qui-Gonn was the chosen one all along and they were just too blind to see it...though that would go against Luke being the chosen one.

And no, Anakin is the chosen one. He does bring balance to the force, albeit at the end of ROTJ when he kills Palpatine.

[JimiThang1]

And no, Anakin is the chosen one. He does bring balance to the force, albeit at the end of ROTJ when he kills Palpatine.
Ah yes very true...and your theory does make sense...i'm going with it.