Star Wars Episode 3 Release Date Announced 533
snitty writes "Lucas Films has announced the release date for the last movie in the trilogy of prequels. The date is set for May 19, 2005. The title of the movie has yet to be released. I think I'll give it another year or so before I get on line for tickets."
Whee (Score:4, Insightful)
No surprise (Score:5, Insightful)
Episodes IV, V, and VI were released at three year intervals in May. Episode I released May 1999... Episode II released May 2002. Is anyone surprised that Episode III is being released May 2005?
Worst 3rd Movie Installment Ever (Score:5, Insightful)
Although Revenge of the Nerds 3 was pretty bad.
Re:A New Hope? (Score:0, Insightful)
I think I'll speak for everyone... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:4, Insightful)
I can't wait until Hollwood destroys the rest of my childhood memories (Gilligans Island, Lone Ranger, etc). Sooner or later it is bound to happen
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Insightful)
The movies, although I enjoyed them, have never been a pinnacle example of filmmaking. They're just a fun way to waste a couple hours.
When I was a kid I couldnt wait to see Empire or Jedi. And it wasnt for the brilliant dialogue, I wanted to see some cool space dogfights, neato lightsaber battles, and weirdo looking robots and aliens.
I wasn't as dissapointed in Eps 1 & 2 as the rest of you. I only showed up for the effects, and shut my brain off to watch 'em. Yoda going all Wu-Tang at the end of Ep 2 was cool.
The only character I ever thought was cool was Boba Fett, so I guess I'm a little miffed that they rewrote him as a hot-headed latino with a chip on his shoulder. I liked the mysterious, soulless, motivated-by-cold-hard-cash bounty hunter, myself.
Anyhow, there'll be a ton of cool fights in the next one. The Jedi get their asses kicked and Anakin gets knocked into some acid/lava/wookie urine..
I'll watch it, and enjoy it for what it is.
Re:9770 hours (Score:0, Insightful)
Try about 113,880 hours
Re:May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:3, Insightful)
Why is there no Hans Solo character? (Score:2, Insightful)
People are complaining okay... but... (Score:3, Insightful)
This is /. (Score:5, Insightful)
No way. This is slashdot, remember. Most of the people posting didn't read the article before commenting, why should they watch the movie before bitching and maning?
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Insightful)
He won and raised all three kids as a single father. Granted, a single father with a HELL of a lot of money, but a single father all the same... and one who packed lunches and cooked family dinners.
The guy might have sucked at telling a love story, but I have no doubt he actually loves his kids. I just think a love story didn't play correctly for him as he was writing it...
Of course, in the love story he wrote, the mother dies young, the kids are split apart, the father cuts off the son's hand and the son and daughter have romantic moments together.
Ewwwwww.
Re:Episode II on DVD (Score:2, Insightful)
Unlike most of y'all (Score:4, Insightful)
Whine all you want to: you'll see it, you'll enjoy it on some level (usual the "we're all kids at heart" sort), and then you'll come back here and whine how Jar-Jar didn't die so that you aren't seen as "uncool" in the land of the geeks.
When did we (geeks, I mean) become such hypercritcal, self-loathing, materialistic whiny no-no's? Too much Spam as a kid, or too many jocks? IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE MOVIES, THEN WHY DO YOU FUCKING CARE?!? Go away and do something else.
Anyhow: mod away... I have a shitload of karma to burn and could use a negative number for a post...
Re:Episode 4 remake (Score:1, Insightful)
* Why doesn't C3P0 remember being created by Anakin? He keeps saying "Thank the Maker", when he could easily thank him in person.
His memory was wiped. In fact, droid maintenance schedules include regular memory wipes because droids develop strong personalities (like R2-D2) over time, which isn't usually desirable.
* Assuming that C3PO has had his memory wiped, what about R2D2? Are we going to have to say they wiped him, too, or does he just not bother telling what he knows?
Most people I talk to assume that R2-D2's memory is intact, but he knows how to keep a secret, unlike C-3PO. He knows better than to reveal too much. I don't particularly like that answer myself, because it's a big security risk to leave R2-D2 alone with the knowledge he has. Knowing R2-D2, my pet theory is that he was supposed to have his memory wiped, but he managed to juggle his memory around enough to preserve most of it during the process, then played dumb.
* In Ep IV, Darth Vader doesn't seem to ascribe any particular significance to Tatooine -- his birthplace.
Why should he? Not only are such things unimportant to the Dark Lord of the Sith, but he hated the place, too! There's nothing but pain there for him.
* We were introduced to Luke's future foster parents (in Lucas' trademark ham-handed way) in Ep II. So when Anakin/Darth visited, why would he have them barbequed?
Darth Vader didn't go there, he sent his lackeys (who sent their lackeys, and so on down the chain of command). The Imperials were on a mission of national security (the stolen Death Star plans, remember?), so anyone involved was summarily executed. Although I like the Troops version of the story better (it's the best Star Wars fan film ever made, in case you didn't know). Even if Darth Vader had gone, though, he's evil, so he wouldn't have hesitated to kill them anyway.
* In fact, why would he even need to massacre Jawas to find the droids -- why not just drop in on Owen and Beru directly?
Because they didn't know that the Death Star plans were there! Darth Vader deduced that Leia hid the plans on the escape pod. The stormtroopers landed by the escape pod and found tracks and droid parts. They followed the droid tracks and found Jawa tracks. They followed the Jawa tracks and found Sandcrawler tracks. They followed the Sandcrawler tracks and found a SandCrawler. They killed all the Jawas (national security, as above), and searched the Sandcrawler for the droids. When they didn't find any droids with Death Star plans, they checked the Jawas' records and found a record of sale to the Lars moisture farm. They went to the farm, killed everyone, and still didn't find the plans. They hit a dead end there, so they beefed up security at the starports and parked a few Star Destroyers in orbit until they found the plans. Simple!
What can George do? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:3, Insightful)
Nowhere did the parent imply that all germans are nazis.
It just so happens that Hitler is, in contemporary culture, one of the most popular satirical ranters there is.
Therefore, the parent simply implies it would be amusing to imagine Hitler ranting about Star Wars.
Please try and keep objective instead of going out of your way to put words in people's mouths to make yourself or someone else a victim of nothing.
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:3, Insightful)
If his logical reasoning that a passage must be associated with Hitler based solely on the fact that it appeared to be written in German is not, in fact, accurate, please enlighten me as to what the vague alludement is.
As to your point that it would be amusing to imagine Hitler ranting about something as trite as Star Wars, I disagree. Having personally known people who witnessed first-hand the terrifying spectacle of Hitler "ranting", I can assure you that it would be anything but amusing.
Hey, here's one. Wouldn't it be a riot if Charlie Manson came crashing through the front door and, as he and his followers were carving your unborn child out of the womb of your beloved wife, he merrily nattered away on the unjust treatment of construction workers contracted on the Death Star? Yeah, that would be just fucking hilarious.
On second thought, yeah, you're right. The image of Hitler ranting about some crappy B-grade movie would be a real side-splitter. Too bad we'll never get to truly appreciate the comedic genius that is Adolf Hitler.
That, my friend, is a flamebait.