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Tuesday 19th April 2005: Movie News: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: |
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Posted by: Gary Gray:
I received the following press release today.
I think it says all you need to know!
"LONDON'S LEICESTER SQUARE TO CELEBRATE
THE FIRST SCREENING IN THE WORLD OF THE ENTIRE
STAR WARS SAGA!
UK PREMIERE OF STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE
OF THE SITH ON MAY 16TH AT THE ODEON LEICESTER
SQUARE
WILL BE THE GRAND FINALE IN A UNIQUE DAY LONG
LEICESTER SQUARE CELEBRATION OF THE STAR WARS
SAGA
LONDON
(April 19) – The Force will be strong
in London's Leicester Square on May 16 as Star
Wars fever grips the capital for an unprecedented
day of events celebrating the entire Star Wars
saga, culminating in the U.K. premiere of the
eagerly awaited Star Wars: Episode III Revenge
of the Sith, to be attended by writer-director
George Lucas and the stars of the movie.
Fans will want to prepare to have their lightsabres
out at dawn, fighting to get a perfect seat
for a world exclusive: all six episodes of the
Star Wars saga presented back-to-back in a once
in a lifetime "Star Wars Marathon"
at UCI Empire, Leicester Square. Beginning at
7 a.m. with Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
and ending with an evening public premiere of
Revenge of the Sith, the entire saga will be
shown in a single day for more than a thousand
lucky fans.
And that's just the beginning! The day will
be filled with never-to-be repeated activities
presented by Lucasfilm Ltd and Twentieth Century
Fox – open to the general public, so everyone
will have the chance to experience the galaxy's
most exciting, action-packed celebration of
the Star Wars saga.
At Leicester Square's VUE and Odeon West End
Cinemas, individually ticketed performances
of Episodes I, II, IV, V and VI of the Star
Wars saga will screen throughout the day.
Star Wars fans will also be able to attend special
free performances of unforgettable Star Wars
music presented by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;
other surprise activities are also planned.
The 501st UK Garrison of Stormtroopers will
be on duty all day to ensure order is upheld
in the Square.
"Revenge of the Sith is a remarkable movie,
and this extraordinary celebration reflects
the fun and excitement that are the hallmarks
of Star Wars,"said the movie's producer,
Rick McCallum. "The Star Wars movies have
a strong connection to the United Kingdom, so
it's very fitting to hold this one-of-a-kind
event here in London."
The culmination of Star Wars "Celebration
Day" will be the UK premiere at the Odeon,
Leicester Square with expected attendance by
Lucas, McCallum and stars Hayden Christensen
(Anakin Skywalker), Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine),
Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca),
along with other celebrity guests.
Notes
1. The first-ever Star Wars Marathon will kick
off "Celebration Day" with a breakfast
screening of A New Hope and continue throughout
the day with The Empire Strikes Back, Return
of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace and Attack of
the Clones, followed by the U.K.'s first public
presentation of Revenge of the Sith. "Galactic
Passports" to the Star Wars Marathon costing
£50 per person will be available from
9.00 am on Monday 25th April at the box office
of the Empire, Leicester Square on Tel: 08700
10 20 30 or via www.uci.co.uk. Only those holding
a "Galactic Passport" will be able
to complete the journey and see Star Wars: Episode
III Revenge of the Sith, before its UK release
on May 19th.
2. Tickets for The Phantom Menace, Attack of
the Clones and Return of the Jedi are available
at VUE box office on Tel: 08712 240 240 or via
www.myvue.com
3.
Tickets for A New Hope and The Empire Strikes
Back are available from Odeon West End Box Office
on Tel: 0871 22 44 007 or via www.odeon.co.uk
4. Tickets for the general public to the UK
premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square are not
available.
5. All other events at the Star Wars Celebration
Day on Leicester Square will be open to the
public.
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH will
be released in the UK on MAY 19TH"
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Posted by: Gary Gray:
As I just mentioned the Premiere for Revenge
of the Sith will be in London, and no doubt
the tickets will be ahrder to come by than hens
teeth! So I guess the only way to get in will
be to win a ticket, and it's just as well that
Orange have set up a website with cool new Star
Wars stuff as they are doing precisely that!
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| 30th March 2005: Movie News: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: |
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News Item Posted by: Gary Gray
Now just take a look at those goodies to the right that Orange are releasing to coincide with the release of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith! They are releasing a mobile box set that is just jam pack with Star Wars good nesss and includes a customisable Nokia 3220 phone, themed lenticular, a Darth Vader desk phone cradle and a furry Wookie-pouch! And for the Star Wars collector who just has to have everything Star Wars related it's a must get. Click Here to read the full article.
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28th March 2005: Movie News: Star Wars: Episode III:
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Star Wars Producer Rick McCallum has revealed that
the digital print for Revenge of the Sith may have
differences from the celluloid version "The
digital version of the movie will be different from
the version that goes out on film. That has to be
locked down so much earlier, whereas the digital
can go right up to a week-and-a-half before the
film comes out. " Which, considering that George
Lucas has already said he has finished the movie
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Thursday 24th March 2005: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Update:
The following promo images for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith were just received!
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News Item Posted by: Gary Gray
Better get the coffee on as you'll be wanting to stay up late tonight as pre-sale ticket's for Revenge of the Sith go on sale at 1 minute past midnight tonight! And also news reaches us that the UK premiere will take place at Leicester Square on 16th May. I'd probably recommend avoiding that whole area of London that day as it's going to be mayhem I'd guess!
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The official Star Wars site has been relaunched to tie in with the imminent release of Revenge of the Sith. A ton of cool new Revenge of the Sith related material has been added, so click here to check it all out.
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| 14th March 2005: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Movie Trailer: |
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| The FINAL movie trailer for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is now online and available to all! |
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Item Posted by: Gary Gray
Thursday March 10th, 9pm Pacific time in the US. Yup that's
the time you'll be able to see the FINAL Star Wars trailer.
Well it will be if you subscribe to AOL or the official
Star Wars website's Hyperspace section. For the rest of
us you'll have to wait until it's released to us cheapo's,
and no going looking on dark areas of the net for stolen
copies of it now, I mean George needs the money after
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Friday
4th February 2005: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:
The voice of General Grievous in Episode III has been voiced
by Matthew Wood who's usually behind the scenes on the trilogy
in the sound department.
Thursday
27th January 2005: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:
The official Star Wars web site have released the opening crawl
of Episode III, check it out...
Episode
III
REVENGE
OF THE SITH
War! The
Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.
In a stunning
move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
Grievous, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
the Galactic Senate.
As the Separatist
Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor....
Wednesday
5th January 2005: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Update:
On one hand I so want Episode III to suck so it might finally
kill off the corporation that is the Star Wars franchise and
finally put a full stop on that era of our childhood 25 plus
years ago. But the 10 year old kid in me wants to see the final
part and wrap up the story in a way that makes me have the same
sense of awe and wonder that I did then. Here's hoping for the
latter on 19th May.
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Wednesday
17th November 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
Pics of the Star Wars promotional material available at Burger
King can be seen over at The
Force.net.
Sunday
14th November 2004: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:
The teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith is now available without having to be an AOL or Hyperspace
member.
Star
Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Teaser Trailer
Tuesday
9th November 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
The first shot of General Grievous from Episode III can be seen
over at Coming
Soon.
Saturday
6th November 2004: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:
The teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith is now online.
Star
Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Teaser trailer
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4th November 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
The teaser for the third installment of the Star Wars prequel
can be seen by either signing up for Hyperspace
or AOL.
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29th October 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
The first teaser poster for Episode III can be seen over at
Coming
Soon. The anticipated third and last prequel in the "Star
Wars" saga, opening May 19, picks up when the Clone Wars
are nearly at an end after three long years of relentless fighting.
The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) to
bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the Separatist
droid army, to justice. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Chancellor
Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) has grown in power. His sweeping political
changes transform the war-weary Republic into the mighty Galactic
Empire. To his closest ally, Anakin, he reveals the true nature
of power and the promised secrets of the Force in an attempt
to lure him to the dark side.
Wednesday
27th October 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
Three images from the third Star Wars prequel can be seen over
at Moviefone.
Thursday
21st October 2004: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith update:
The teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode III will be packaged
with The Incredibles when it's released on November 5th. Members
of Hyperspace
will be able to view it a day before online.
Monday
11th October 2004: Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith update:
A trailer description of Episode III has been posted over at
The
Force.net.
Tuesday
21st September 2004: Episode III: Revenge of
the Sith update:
Lord of the Rings star John Rhys-Davies is reportadly stepping
in to voice General Greivous in Star Wars Episode III.
Monday
26th July
2004: Episode III Update:
George Lucas has announced that the title for the next Star
Wars movie will be Revenge of the Sith. The story picks up after
three long years of relentless fighting, when the Clone Wars
are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi
to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the Separatist
droid army, to justice. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Chancellor
Palpatine has grown in power. His sweeping political changes
transform the war-weary Republic into the mighty Galactic Empire.
To his closest ally, Anakin Skywalker, he reveals the true nature
of power and the promised secrets of the Force in an attempt
to lure him to the dark side.
Monday
28th June
2004: Episode III Update:
George Lucas has reported that he'll carry out two weeks of
additional shooting to hone his next cut of the final Star Wars
movie. Silas Carson, Hayden Christensen, Anthony Daniels, Samuel
L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Christopher Lee, Ewan McGregor and
Natalie Portman return for more blue screen work while there
will be new scenes between Anakin and Yoda.
Tuesday
15th June
2004: Episode III Update:
George Lucas has revealed that the title of the next Star Wars
episode won't be announced until November but that it has already
been guessed in the press somewhere.
Friday
21st May 2004: Star Wars Episode III Update:
With just under a year left to go, it was pretty inevitable
that the rumours would start up again over the title of the
final Star Wars movie, and this week the word is that the title
will be Birth of the Empire.
Wednesday
7th April 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
The US release date for Star Wars: Episode III has been set
as 19th May 2005. No word on the UK release date, but at a guess
I'd go for two weeks after.
Thursday
25th March 2004: Star Wars: Episode III: Update
Rumours, and I very much stress, this is RUMOUR, is that George
Lucas has titled Episode III: The Creeping Fear, must admit
if it sounds like codswallop it is codswallop.
Monday
22nd March 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
The official Star Wars site has finally revealed the opening
crawl for Episode III "
After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars
are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi
to bring the deadly leader of the Separatist droid army to justice.
Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine has grown
in power. His sweeping political changes transform the war-weary
Republic into the mighty Galactic Empire. To his closest ally,
Anakin Skywalker, he reveals the true nature of power and the
promised secrets of the Force in an attempt to lure him to the
dark side."
Friday
12th March 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Producer Rick McCallum has revealed that the reshoots/pickups
for Episode III will take place this August "Due to actor
scheduling unavailability, it became better for us to do this
in August, when everybody would be free." He then talked
about how work is progressing on the digital character General
Grevious "The wireframe model has been built and approved,
and now we are starting modeling and animating him," and
also talked about the voice for the character "We haven't
even looked for him yet," says McCallum. "There's
still a long way to go. Voice-work for Grievous and other characters
isn't likely to begin until August or November." Let's
hope they rethink the look of this character as well!
Thursday
11th March 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
A new pic of General Grevious that appears on the cover of the
new Star Wars Insider has appeared online. And is it juts me,
but does he look, well a bit crap?
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Monday
16th February 2004: Episode III Update:
On the Force.net
light sabre co-ordinator Nick Gillard has been speaking about
the all-out battle that will be Star Wars Episode III...
"It's
going to be the best prequel. I can't see how it won't be. Episode
III has got everything the other films had and more! The movie
is 60 to 70 per cent fighting. Ewan [McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi]
had 1,000 moves to learn, as opposed to the three pages he had
to learn in The Phantom Menace.
There's
tons of fighting in this one. Episode III also ties in beautifully
with all the other movies. And when I read the script, I was
really surprised by how emotional it is. Everyone working on
the film took so much care with it. Nobody wants to get it wrong".
Tuesday
13th January 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
News reaches us that ILM have been given the first major sequence
of Episode III to complete the finished effects for. They are
working from animatics that George Lucas has supervised. The
scene in question is the opening space battle between the Republic
and the Separitists. ILM are hoping to have 160 effect shots
completed by May 2004. That would still leave nearly 2,000 shots
to be completed before the film's release!
Tuesday
6th January 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
News reaches us that George Lucas is planning three separate
sessions of reshoots/additional filming for Episode III. The
first will take place in London in March, with the others being
planned for November and February 2005. Also news reaches us
that actor Wayne Pygram has been signed up to play a character
from A New Hope, and the rumour has it that it will be a young
Grand Moff Tarkin, who was played by Peter Cushing!
Monday
5th January 2004: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Natalie Portman has been discussing the much fabled fight between
Obi-Wan and Anakin in Episode III "I saw a pretty amazing
fight scene between Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. It's
pretty sick.They did it all themselves. They were thinking of
having stuntmen do it, but they were better than the stuntmen.
It's pretty awesome."
Tuesday
30th December 2003 Episode III Update:
Check out the latest photos of the stars from the next Star
Wars movie here.
Tuesday 2nd December 2003: Episode 3 Update:
Initial effects work has started at Industrial Light & Magic on Star Wars Episode III. ILM artists are preparing the digital assets required for the estimated 2,000 visual effects shots to be delivered, and the teams are closely examining the previsualized sequences provided by the Animatics Department from Skywalker Ranch. At this stage, the ILM team is currently a small fraction of what it will become. "Right now, we've got about 18 or 19 people," said producer Rick McCallum. "We've probably got 150 [digital] vehicles, objects, and model work done and painted. George comes down to ILM every Thursday and we spend a couple of hours going through all the models. We started our Matte Department, we've got three matte painters that are working on five set backgrounds."
Thursday 27th November 2003: Star Wars: Epsiode III Update:
A ton of info on how work is progressing on Episode III has been revealed on the official site: "We're breaking down the first 25 minutes, which we need to have from George locked by January 5th, so that we just keep moving," describes Producer Rick McCallum.
Each day Ben Burtt and Roger Barton, the editors of "Episode III," continue cutting away, finding the best takes, and piecing together continuous action and scenes to tell the story.
"What happens is that George comes in about 8 a.m, answers his mail, and works with Ben from 9 to 12:30," McCallum says, describing the typical working day. "Ben's doing all the action sequences and cutting together the animatics for those, like the opening space battle, and two other sequences that are the primary things he has to work on. Roger is doing the drama, and George works with him from 2:30 until 6."
Barton and Burtt are also identifying the missing pieces of the puzzle. With so much of the movie yet to be developed as visual effects, there is much that is missing. The editors have the tools needed to temporarily fill in the gaps. Next to Burtt's AVID workstation is a microphone. Into this, he records placeholder dialogue for digital characters or principal actor dialogue that has been changed.
The two editors also have their disposal a tool called iViz. This computer graphics package allows the creation of quick-and-dirty low-resolution digital stand-ins to previsualize the characters that ILM will eventually create to populate the scene. "You load in your models, and you have a virtual camera you can actually move around. It helps George plan out a shot in real time," says McCallum.
In between his sessions with both editors, Lucas heads upstairs to the Animatics Department. In the film industry, animatics are generally regarded as a pre-production function, but the malleable nature of digital filmmaking has blurred the lines between pre and postproduction. Previsualization Supervisor Dan Gregoire's group of artists are designing the motion of entirely synthetic shots, plugging in low-resolution versions of digital elements into plate photography, and pre-planning live action sequences to be shot in later rounds of additional photography. There are entire sequences that were not shot during principal photography in Australia, but are instead reserved for shooting planned for next year. These rounds of production are also for "re-shoots," additions, inserts or modifications of sequences that add and/or replace what was shot this past summer.
"In March, we'll most probably go to London, since it'll be easier for scheduling. I'd like to able to isolate the Wookiee shoot, and do that in Australia at a later date, so that I don't have to bring everybody from Australia over to London," says McCallum.
"It's going really well," adds McCallum. "I'm really pleased. Hopefully, by Christmas we'll really see the film for the first time."
Tuesday 25th November 2003: Episode III Update:
Ewan McGregor has been talking about Star Wars: Episode III. He says that although principal shooting on the final chapter is complete, he expects to be called back for some re-shoots in March. "It's been the pattern with the first two, so I'm keeping most of March free," he said. McGregor added that while shooting the Star Wars movies is not actor-friendly, with a lot of the acting in front of blue screen, the great reward is how the fans have responded. "Children see the wonder of it all. When young fans come up to me and ask what it was like to use the light sabre and things like that, I see myself at their age. I'm happy to be a small part of something that has meant so much to so many people and will continue to do so."
Thursday 20th November 2003: Episode III Update:
Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson have been talking about Star Wars: Episode III (spoiler alert). "You'll hear the [Darth Vader] breathing. I might get in trouble just for saying that. I do get to finalize my character arc, and where that ends up most people know." He went on: "There's an amazing light sabre fight that'll knock people's socks off. Geographically, it covers the most distance of any other swordfight on film. And depending on the way they cut it, it should be the longest swordfight, time wise, that's ever been on film." As for Jackson's character, Mace Windu, he said: "Yeah it was hard work, a lot harder than before. You get what you ask for sometimes, and it's... ah, damn! So, I ended up in Australia, and then I guess I had to rehearse for eight days before I actually shot it, and learned a 137-move sabre fight. It was crazy."
Saturday 15th November 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update: Carnegie Mellon University has inducted George Lucas' "Star Wars" droid 'R2-D2' into its newly-established "Robot Hall of Fame" in a recent ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, November 10. NASA's 'Mars Pathfinder Microrover Flight Experiment' (MFEX), aka 'Sojourner', along with 'Unimate' the first industrial robot and 'HAL-9000' from Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", created by sci-fi author Sir Arthur C. Clarke, were also inducted in the first annual Hall of Fame event.The Hall of Fame was created to honor robots and their creators.
There are two categories :
1. 'Real robots': Robots that have served an actual or potentially useful function and demonstrated real skill.
2. 'Fictional Robots' : Robots that have achieved fame as fictional characters .
A panel of experts, including author Clarke, 'MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Director' Rodney Brooks, Raj Reddy, founder of the 'Robotics Institute' and Minoru Asada, founder of the 'International RoboCup Federation' chose robots in each category to be inducted.
"The jury for the Robot Hall of Fame chose R2-D2 to be one of the first robots inducted ... because he represents our highest hope for what robots might do for humans," said James H. Morris, dean of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science who conceived the Hall of Fame concept.
"In the Star Wars stories he performs countless services and save the lives of humans many times. He seems to understand technology deeply and responds to human needs unerringly. He does not try to imitate humans or compete with them. He's all robot!"
Kathleen Holliday, Director of Special Programs at Lucasfilm, accepted for R2-D2.
Thanks to Michael Stevens
Thursday 13th November 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Samuel L. Jackson has been talking about playing Mace Windu again in Star
Wars: Episode III, claiming that George Lucas won't disappoint in the final
prequel. “I think in Episode III he's definitely answered a lot of the
questions that people had over the years about how this particular thing
happened, or why this person is this way, you know...who is connected to
this and who is connected to that. But I think he's also done what a lot of
people have asked and probably gone a little further in that people were so
angry about the first episode because they thought it was just a kiddy movie
and the second episode because it is kind of, well...that didn't answer all
the things we need. So now, he has put all these things together and tied it
up. It’s very dark and Shakespearean...and adult, and more violent than a
Star Wars movie used to be. Hopefully they'll be satisfied with this
particular episode.”
Thursday 6th November 2003: Star Wars Episode III Update:
Hayden Christensen has been talking about Star Wars: Episode III: “There's
no question that there was an excitement on this film that wasn't as
prominent on the last, particularly George's approach, [which] was much more
hands on this time around as far as how much he wanted to relate motivation
and sort of the things that actors like to talk about. And just the inherent
art of what Anakin's journey is was more enthralling than the last and there
was more for me to sink my teeth into and that final transition is one for
the books. It'll be a neat film, definitely."
Friday 24th October 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Ian McDiarmid, who plays Chancellor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode III, has
been talking about his role in the eagerly anticipated movie. He says his
character will be featured in "action-packed scenes" for the first time when
the third prequel hits cinemas in 2005. "You'd imagine that my character has
been rather deskbound in the past, but this time he will get to take part in
the action," he reveals. "I can't give the story away, as George Lucas would
kill me, but I have been engaged in far more physical activities than any of
the other films. I have found myself sliding down chutes at speed and
landing on heaps of rubber, it's been a completely new experience for me. I
haven't had to go down the gym to get fit for the scenes, but I did need a
few rehearsals to get up to speed. Most of my scenes have been with Anakin
Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) who eventually becomes Darth Vader.” He adds:
"There's a lot of anticipation about the movie and I think it will be worth
the wait."
Monday 20th October 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
A fan site has pieced together all the tidbits of info about the plot of Episode III and has worked it into what they think the ENTIRE plot of Episode III Click Here if you want Episode III spoiled.
Monday 20th October 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Hayden Christensen has been talking about his transformation into Darth
Vader in the next Star Wars film. "My character in this one is more or less
in the entire film, in every scene in the movie,” he said in a recent
interview. “The character arc is very specific and graduates to the dark
side nicely. It was a great part to play. It's definitely darker in tone,
but I turn into Darth Vader, so how could it not be?" He added: "In the
first act of the film, there's lots of adventure and Ewan [McGregor] and I
are in our element there acting as Jedi Knights. There's a nice banter
between the two of us. It has its light-hearted humour but, as the film
progresses, it gets darker and darker."
Thursday 15th October 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Hayden Christensen has been talking to Latino Review about Star Wars:
Episode 3. To read his teasing revelations click here.
Thursday 9th October 2003: Star Wars: Episode 3 Update:
The rumours are circulating again for the title of the final Star Wars movie. This time they are going for Revenge of the Sith, and it all comes from a chancer trying to buy the domain name and being told that LucasFilm had already purchased it.
Friday 3rd October 2003: Star Wars Epsiode III Update:
An interview with Christopher Kirby has appeared online Click Here
Thursday 2nd October 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
An interview with Christoper Kirby who has a role in Episode III has appeared online Click Here
Tuesday 23rd September 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
A 13-year-old New Zealand actress has been cast as a "regal leader" in the
latest Star Wars movie. Aucklander Keisha Castle-Hughes, who won rave
reviews for her acting debut in Whale Rider, is thought to be playing the
Queen of Naboo. Keisha's agent, Graham Dunster, has refused to discuss Star
Wars Episode 3, which will be released in 2005, but says most of the filming
has been completed. Earlier this year, Castle-Hughes stated she had no
ambition to make a career in Hollywood.
Friday 19th September 2003: Episode 3 Update:
Shooting has wrapped 5 days early but completion of the final prequel is still 18 months away with all the CG shots to be carried out. As producer Rick McCallum puts it "Shooting the film is only a small part of the whole process. George is enthusiastic about getting back to the Ranch and starting the next component. This will enable him to start thinking about what he needs to pick up when we shoot in March 2004. For George and I, this is only the mid-way point. We still have eighteen months to get through." Grand Moff Tarkin will appear with an unknown actor cast and made up to look like a young Peter Cushing.
Wednesday 17th September 2003: Episode 3 Update:
Four new pictures from Star Wars: Episode III have appeared online. To check them out click here.
Thursday 11th September 2003: Episode 3 Update:
More news from Star Wars III. But beware, spoiler alert ahoy! New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison will apparently be returning for the movie, even though his Jango Fett character was killed in the last one. "I know in episode two I died, but they cloned me," he explained. "Of all the people in the world, they cloned a sheep and me."
Monday 8th September 2003: Star Wars Episode 3 Update:
In Star Wars Episode 3 Vader wont have the same suit as in the original trilogy but it will be similar. All vehicles will start to look like the originals. All of Vaders injurys will be revealed except 1. Tarkin might be in the film. Darth Sideous might wield a lightsaber. Count Dooku will be decapitated. One of the main characters is a clone and its not Boba Fett. The dark jedi is the cooest looking star wars villian yet.
Courtesy of Alex Bain Star Wars Insider.
Friday 5th September 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Word reaches us that Jobal Naberrie (Trisha Noble) and the Beru Whitesun
(Bonnie Maree Piesse) character's will return in Episode III.
Tuesday 2nd September 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
News from the set of Star Wars: Episode III is that three members of the
Naberrie family will be part of the cast once again, even though they never
made it to the theatrical cut of Episode II. The family’s brief appearance
was only included among the deleted scenes on the DVD, but the trio will
apparently feature in the next movie. So, Claudia Karva will again play
Padmé Amidala's sister, Sola Naberrie, while child actors Hayley Mooy and
Keira Wingate will again appear as Pooja and Ryoo Naberrie respectively,
daughters of Sola.
Tuesday 19th August 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
More from the Star Wars spoiler machine. Producer Rick McCallum has revealed
that the film's resident baddie wields two light sabres and that we will see
how Darth Vader gets his name and what it means. Meanwhile, Samuel L Jackson
has said he is undergoing tough sword-fighting training as his character
will constantly be on the defensive. Sources on the set have also said that
the major focus of Episode III, which is set three years after Attack of the
Clones, is the breakdown in friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin. McCallum
also said that there would be some "glorious death scenes".
At this rate, there won’t be much point in actually seeing the film when it
eventually comes out. Not that the last two were up to much anyway.
Thursday 14th August 2003: Star Wars: Episode III Update:
Peter Mayhew has been chatting about getting back under the skin of
Chewbacca for Star Wars: Episode III. Unlike some of the cast who have
already finished filming, Mayhew has yet to get started. "I just went out
there to do some publicity for it, and they said: 'Right, we'll keep in
touch and let you know when we need you,'" he said. "I talked to George, and
he was pleased to see us out there. When I go back [to actually shoot
Chewbacca scenes] he will be even more pleased, because he'll be one step
closer to getting the movie finished." He added that he has already done
some costume fittings for the role. "Chewie looks exactly the same as he
always has. It was a wonderful feeling for any actor or artist to create
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