OFFICIAL STAR WARS THREAD

[EvilYoda]

as in that shopping channel on TV. They've had tons of signed books, posters...a die-cast Slave 1, lightsabers...I'm just sitting here drooling.

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
as in that shopping channel on TV. They've had tons of signed books, posters...a die-cast Slave 1, lightsabers...I'm just sitting here drooling.

Set the credit card down and walk away from the phone...

 

[Jynx980]

Originally posted by: SmackdownHotel

- The scene where Vader steps off the operating bed for the first time and walks around like some clumsy Frankenstein is dumb. The "noooooooo" scream was also pointless. It was especially disappointing because it followed a very intense/emotional battle scene as well as the graphic scenes of a charred/disfigured Anakin being rescued by the Imperial doctors.

- Closing scene was perfect.

On Science of Star Wars, on the discovery channel, they said that the vader suit was custom, digitly created for Hayden Christensen with a weight in the helmet part to make it look awkward as its the first time he is wearing it along with being emotionaly and physically crippled.

Watched Episode II tonight on Fox (damn you! where was Family Guy!) I didnt understand
the Jango Fett/cloning deal. Did the emperor order the clones? What was that mentioned a Jedi ordering the clones but dieing 10 years ago? Jango's son is really his unaltered clone correct? Who was Padme's security gaurd? He looked a lot like Jango.

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

He also knew Vaboda.. the lost saber combat style..

Who is Vaboda?

Just found out that there is a ton of info at *surprise surprise* http://www.starwars.com/site/">Star Wars.com</a>

Yet another edit:

On the subject matter of Leia and her true mother:

Leia has few memories of her true mother, Padmé Amidala. All that Leia can recall is that she was beautiful, but sad.

Taken from Star Wars.com

 

Originally posted by: Jynx980
Who is Vaboda?

It's a light sabre combat style.

 

[WdnUlik2no]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
I'm at hte point that I simply want episodes 4,5,6 in their unmodified state. Not THX, no picture enhancement, no new scenes. This series has gone no where but down hill since 1983.

And unfortunately, with the success of these 3, expect 7,8,9 to be announced in short order.

Your best bet is Ebay. I got the originals from there even though it took me two tries to actually get them. The first time I ordered the trilogy it turned out to be the THX versions. I kept the THX versions and then went back on Ebay and got the absolute unmodified originals that were released in the late 70's and early 80's. It cost me about $120, but I think well worth it being that they are very hard to find these days and are no longer being produced.

Just be sure you know what you are buying. A lot of unscrupulous people on Ebay will put "ORIGINAL" in their auction title to draw traffic hoping to trick somebody into thinking they are getting the original unmodified versions when they really are not. And also some people honestly don't know what exactly there are selling.

 

[WdnUlik2no]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
as in that shopping channel on TV. They've had tons of signed books, posters...a die-cast Slave 1, lightsabers...I'm just sitting here drooling.

Is it a REAL light saber??

 

[WdnUlik2no]

Originally posted by: Jynx980

Originally posted by: SmackdownHotel

- The scene where Vader steps off the operating bed for the first time and walks around like some clumsy Frankenstein is dumb. The "noooooooo" scream was also pointless. It was especially disappointing because it followed a very intense/emotional battle scene as well as the graphic scenes of a charred/disfigured Anakin being rescued by the Imperial doctors.

- Closing scene was perfect.

On Science of Star Wars, on the discovery channel, they said that the vader suit was custom, digitly created for Hayden Christensen with a weight in the helmet part to make it look awkward as its the first time he is wearing it along with being emotionaly and physically crippled.

Watched Episode II tonight on Fox (damn you! where was Family Guy!) I didnt understand
the Jango Fett/cloning deal. Did the emperor order the clones? What was that mentioned a Jedi ordering the clones but dieing 10 years ago? Jango's son is really his unaltered clone correct? Who was Padme's security gaurd? He looked a lot like Jango.

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

He also knew Vaboda.. the lost saber combat style..

Who is Vaboda?

Just found out that there is a ton of info at *surprise surprise* http://www.starwars.com/site/">Star Wars.com</a>

Yet another edit:

On the subject matter of Leia and her true mother:

Leia has few memories of her true mother, Padmé Amidala. All that Leia can recall is that she was beautiful, but sad.

Taken from Star Wars.com

To answer a couple of your questions. I believe Boba Fett is indeed a clone of Jengo. Remember when Obi won was told that Jengo wanted one un altered clone of himself? I think that clone is Boba.

I could be wrong about this but, I also believe that the emperor came up with the plan for the clone army. He needed an army that was completely in his control so that he could take over the Senate and kill all of the Jedi.

As for as the Jedi that ordered the clones that supposedly died 10 years ago, I have no idea. I was thinking it was Dooku (Tyrannus), but that didn't make any sense because everyone knew that Dooku never died.

 

[Gamingphreek]

It is called Vaapad, and it is not a lost saber technique. Mace Windu invented it and is the only person able to use it.

It is used by using all his anger and hatred and turning that into energy for the use of good. That is why not many people can use it because it is so close to the darkside.

 

Originally posted by: bentwookie
I absolutely can't stand the stupid song/dance number they added to ROTJ..the old one was very funky and fit.
How can you say salacious crumb wasn't kiddie or childish? that looked worse then kermit the frog.

I watched the original unscathed copy of the film. No stupid SE scenes or DVD hacks. I didn't mind Crumb. All of the ROTJ creatures looked like muppets, IMO. Overall bad so Crumb didn't really stand out.

C3PO was pretty much left out of this film..thank god..he was really annoying in the prequels.

I thought he was pretty stately in Sith. All polished up at Padme's side. Sort of like a butler or something.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Can someone quickly explain why they would choose Janga (sp.) Fett as the model for all of the clone troppers? Why would they pick that random guy for them? Thanks.

Lord Tyrranus(Count Dooku) put out a challenge for Bounty Hunters to try and find the best of breed- Jango won the challenge and was hired as the basis for the clone troopers.

A few random observations from other comments- based on everything I am aware of all of the Force powers are much like a martial artist learning weapon skills. Each individual skill needs to be honed by each individual person. If you spend thousands of hours training with a sword- it doesn't make you any better with sais.

Anakin never exhibited the ability to 'Force Jump' as Obi-Wan did in EpisodeI. When Obi-Wan already had the high ground in EpIII there was no way an unpracticed Jedi was giong to be able to clear him- even though it was the most powerful of all Jedi.

Anakin's conception- it was spoken of in the movie that Palpatine's master was capable of creating a child simply by using the force but Palpatine wasn't capable of doing it himself.

Boba is the unaltered clone of Jango- it is explicitly stated in EpII.

 

[Al Neri]

I liked eps 1-3 don't get me wrong

but as a kid (born1982) i grew up watching the movies on VHS casettes on an old school tv, and always loved the fact that star wars was futuristic in some ways but very primative in others.. i always liked how lucas meshed those so well, and made the characters in a sense a good single dimension... from a movie POV boba fett always wore the mask and played the role, you didn't see him without the mask on, didnt think of what he would look like without it, didn't wonder if he had a family....

episode 1,2,3 made the universe seem a lot "cleaner" and futuristic, and we find out that some of these guys had families and children showed emotion outside of their bravado, not sure if im explaining my point because as i reread this i confuse myself but i'm sure some of you guys understand what i'ms aying

just my $0.02

 

[Taggart]

This is on Fark:

Give Darth Vader something else to scream "NOOOOOOOO" about

Funny stuff

 

[dabuddha]

The movie was great. Worst part was from the audience. When one of the wookies (maybe Chewie?) picked up yoda, two girls near the front went "Awwwwww!!" :|

 

[K1052]

'Star Wars' Earns Record-Breaking $158.5M
'Star Wars' Takes in $158.5 Million Since Opening, Shattering 3-Day and 4-Day Box-Office Records
By ALICIA CHANG
The Associated Press
May. 22, 2005 - Moviegoers have turned out in full force for the final chapter of the "Star Wars" saga, which took in $158.5 million since its opening to shatter three-day and four-day box office records.

"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" grossed $124.7 million from Thursday to Saturday, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's higher than the three-day record set by the first "Spider-Man," which took in $114.8 million in May 2002 though "Star Wars" had a lower Friday-Sunday take ($108.5 million) than the Tobey Maguire film.

"Revenge of the Sith" rang in a whopping $50 million on its opening Thursday, a single-day record boosted by eagerly anticipated midnight showings, and its total receipts since then beat the four-day $134.3 million opening of 2003's "The Matrix Reloaded." The George Lucas film has also grossed $144.7 million overseas for a total of $303 million worldwide.

"The reaction to the movie is absolutely spectacular," said Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution at Twentieth Century Fox.

Last weekend's box office champ, "Monster-in-Law," which marked Jane Fonda's return to the big screen as Jennifer Lopez's villainous prospective mother-in-law, slipped to a distant second with $14.4 million, a 38 percent drop. The Will Ferrell soccer comedy "Kicking & Screaming" took in $10.5 million to finish third.

Theater owners, studios and marketing partners were pleased to see "Star Wars" jump-start the summer movie season.

"It's a very strong start to what will hopefully be a very strong summer," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The Adam Sandler-Chris Rock remake of "The Longest Yard" and the animated zoo tale "Madagascar" open in wide release during Memorial Day weekend, traditionally one of the busiest movie viewing times of the year.

But "Star Wars" which has sold an average of eight tickets per second online at Fandango.com could remain at the top of the box office despite the competition.

"I think we have a shot to be No. 1 next week even with two giant pictures coming out," Snyder said.

The third and final installment in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy chronicles the transformation of the heroic Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker into the villainous Darth Vader. Studio exit surveys showed the audience usually dominated by men for sci-fi films was 58 percent male and 42 percent female, with nearly half the viewers under age 25, Snyder said.

"Revenge of the Sith" is the first "Star Wars" film to earn a PG-13 rating. The first five films were rated PG. Considered by critics to be the most entertaining of the prequel trilogy, it easily outperformed "Episode I The Phantom Menace" and "Episode II Attack of the Clones," which grossed $64.8 million and $80 million, respectively, in their opening weekends.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith," $108.5 million

2. "Monster-in-Law," $14.4 million

3. "Kicking & Screaming," $10.5 million

4. "Crash," $5.5 million

5. "Unleashed," $3.8 million

6. "Kingdom of Heaven," $3.4 million

7. "House of Wax," $3.2 million

8. "The Interpreter," $2.8 million

9. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," $2 million

10. "Mindhunters," $909,049


Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=780620

 

[WdnUlik2no]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
The movie was great. Worst part was from the audience. When one of the wookies (maybe Chewie?) picked up yoda, two girls near the front went "Awwwwww!!" :|

LOL p*sses you off doesn't it. :laugh: For me, during that scene, everybody laughed.

 

[torpid]

As a movie, this was not good. I'd say it was very slightly better than the previous two, neither of which were very good. Lucas is perhaps the worst mainstream writer in hollywood, if the past 3 episodes are any indication. The only character whose actions seemed believable in the entire movie was Obi-Wan. Everyone else said and did things not because it's what their character might do, but because the script said so. The "romantic" scenes in the film were probably worse than those in Gigli. Oh wait, I guess Jimmy Smits' character was fairly believable.

On the up side, hayden christiansen actually did a decent job delivering the verbal diarrhea that some might call his lines. Unfortunately all of the actions of his character made no sense, even given the actions of others (specifically, all the jedi except obi-wan) which made no sense as well. Ewan McGregor was solid as usual. Does McGregor convincingly delivering a performance in such a mess of a film 3 times in a row make him one of the finest actors around? I say yes.

The visual effects were ok. To be honest, I thought ep 1 and ep 2 looked better, other than a few horribly done green screen scenes where the actor is apparently standing on a rodeo bull which is later drawn as some enormous monster.

These prequels, as far as I am concerned, should never have been made. I feel they have only degraded the star wars universe. Not that lucas hasn't done this before, with the ewok adventure and that one variety show. Clone Wars was about 100,000 times better than these prequels.

The matrix trilogy was significantly better than these prequels, as sad as that is.

Also, to clear something up, I am fairly certain that in Ep 2 they inferred that Yoda was a supreme swordsman and Windu was extremely powerful. There was some line like, "not as powerful as master windu or as good of a swordsman as master yoda".

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: bubbadu
Just got back-
Very solid movie.

Can someone quickly explain why they would choose Janga (sp.) Fett as the model for all of the clone troppers? Why would they pick that random guy for them? Thanks.

Really, I think it was because Boba Fett was such a popular character from the original trilogy (despite being a tiny role) that Lucas was looking for yet another way to tie the movies together. I'm surprised Han Solo, Lando and the Millennium Falcon didn't make an appearance in Episode III.

Regarding the dialogue... I don't see how anyone who's seen the original trilogy can complain about the dialogue in this one. The dialogue and acting in the originals were just as bad and just as cheesy, especially any scenes involving Han Solo and Leia.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: mugs
Regarding the dialogue... I don't see how anyone who's seen the original trilogy can complain about the dialogue in this one. The dialogue and acting in the originals were just as bad and just as cheesy, especially any scenes involving Han Solo and Leia.

The lines weren't as bad. They weren't exactly shakespeare or mamet, but they were good enough. I can't think of any exchange in the prequels that were as entertaining as the various exchanges involving han solo. Maybe a few lines in ROTJ were at the same crap level, but for the most part you could take almost any line from this and episode 2 and it would be worse than any line in the first trilogy.

I've not had any problems with the acting, aside from natalie portman. I'd say it may actually be a little better acted than the original trilogy, other than Yoda who was god awful.

 

[FreshPrince]

anyone know how much this movie made for the opening weekend?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
anyone know how much this movie made for the opening weekend?

$108.5 Million on opening weekend. Short of the record of $114 million set by Sony's Spiderman.

 

[CRXican]

I will agree with those that said Anakin's move to do Dark Side was waaaay to rushed and waaay to unnatural.

I know he loved that chicken head that he knocked up but I don't think he would have sacraficed eveything else good in his life just to save her.

 

[Hammerhead]

What if Lucas threw in a major curveball where Padme had triplets instead of twins...

 

[BenSkywalker]

I'm surprised Han Solo, Lando and the Millennium Falcon didn't make an appearance in Episode III.

I've read in a few spots the Millenium Falcon does make an appearance in the movie, although I missed seeing it if it is there.

 

[Queasy]

Finally saw it over the weekend through uhhh....alternative means....since the wife is in the hospital and we likely won't see it in the theaters. Lucas should be banned from writing dialogue ever again. About the only good dialogue was between the Emperor and Anakin. Obi-Wan was good but his use of the word "younglings" made me want to chuckle instead of feeling bad for dead kids.

And should I say this, Samuel L. Jackson is not the baddest mofo in a galaxy far fary away. He stunk. His cry in pain was almost as bad as Vader's no.

Speaking of which, Vader's "Nooooooooooo" at the end was hilariously bad. It was like some bad 50s monster movie. Someone else had the great idea of replacing Vader's "Noooooooo" with Rainer Wolfcastle's "Meeeeennnndozzzza!" from the Simpson's.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

I'm surprised Han Solo, Lando and the Millennium Falcon didn't make an appearance in Episode III.

I've read in a few spots the Millenium Falcon does make an appearance in the movie, although I missed seeing it if it is there.

Yes, it is there.