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Revenge of the Sith TV Spots Revealed 360

Posted by CmdrTaco from the not-as-good-as-the-first-one dept.
Bobert@flixnjoystix.com writes "StarWars.com has unveiled three TV spots for STAR WARS: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH!" The three spots are shorter than the longer trailer that has been seen earlier, and a little bit more pop action than the dark trailer that gave me hope. Anyway, here is Spot 1, Spot 2, and Spot 3.
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  • High cheese factor (Score:5, Insightful)

    by BWJones ( 18351 ) * on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:17AM (#12282579) Homepage Journal
    A little more pop action? Gave you hope? *Sob!* "But I love her sooo much". Seriously. Starwars has been moving more and more to a TV soap opera type thing for a while now using tired old tools many of which have been borrowed from other films of the past. Yoda hanging on to a ledge? This seems to be a common theme in Star Wars films and perhaps action films of all kinds. Remember the quote from another geek fav? Run you fools!. Slapstick comments from C3PO and the scream of R2D2 are just stereotyped now. And the use of this particular narrator for the TV spots is just silly. Seems a little soft, like they got the narrator for a feel good Disney movie to appeal to the kiddies. I expect if I saw the film, one might find many other completely cheesy references and pop culture call outs like explaining away the Force by invoking pop culture understanding of molecular biology. That was weak as can be and completely ruined the magic of having Sir Alec Guiness explain the Force as "It's an energy that surrounds all living things.. The best films create an atmosphere that allows you to populate many of the questions with your own imagination rather than spelling everything out.

    Don't get me wrong. I loved the first two Star Wars films.... well A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, but it started falling off for me with Revenge....whoops, Return of the Jedi. The next two had me shaking my head in disbelief. How could they go so wrong? What happened? Ewoks and Jar Jar and lightly veiled racism combined with poor dialogue. Yeah, the modelers at ILM are still some of the coolest, the animation is fabulous, John Williams is John Williams, but as a franchise, Star Wars has lost that magic for me........

    For any aspiring film directors out there, please use the following guidelines as listed in order of importance.

    Story>Writing>Acting>Direction>Cinematography>Ef fe cts/costume.

    • Actually, I think it was "Fly, you fools!"

    • Re:High cheese factor (Score:4, Interesting)

      by Tibor the Hun ( 143056 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:22AM (#12282637)
      You know what annoys me?
      that all the freaking sentient aliens are pretty much the same size.
      why can't we have some superdense 15 foot giants walking around talking trash.
      Why are they all the same size?

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:5, Funny)

        by gowen ( 141411 ) <gwowen@gmail.com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:29AM (#12282738) Homepage Journal
        that all the freaking sentient aliens are pretty much the same size.
        Gghmmm. One major exception, forgotten you have. Ghhghmmmm.
        • sure, there's yoda, and ewoks and those little guys in hoods with yellow eyes, and then there are wookies on the other side, but I mean, how about something twice the size of a wookie?
          like the big orcs in LOTR. it was so cool to see them smash around and being used as heavy infantry.

          • Re:High cheese factor (Score:2, Interesting)

            by Golias ( 176380 )
            but I mean, how about something twice the size of a wookie?

            So... about the size of Jabba the Hutt, then?

            Here's the thing: Actors tend to be human sized. The more odd-sized and odd-shaped aliens you have the less detatched from humanity your story becomes.

            Farscape is cool and fun, but it borders on feeling like H.R. Puffinstuff every once in a while.
            • The more odd-sized and odd-shaped aliens you have the less detatched

              er.... ummm...

              g/less/s//more/

              Typing fast while waiting for little blue fill-bars on the other screen can lead to lazy errors sometimes.

              Animation and puppetry have their place, but you get a lot more subtle nuance out of a live actor in most cases... Keanu Reeves being an obvious exception.
          • theres teh rancor, but thats not an intellegent being, just hungry

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Tenebrious1 ( 530949 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:38AM (#12282836) Homepage
        You know what annoys me? that all the freaking sentient aliens are pretty much the same size. why can't we have some superdense 15 foot giants walking around talking trash. Why are they all the same size?

        Jabba is pretty big. Maybe the Hutts killed off all the other 15 foot giants to control the underworld, and thus you don't see any other giant creatures talking trash.

      • why can't we have some superdense 15 foot giants walking around talking trash.

        Or something like a super-intelligent shade of the colour blue ?

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:3, Interesting)

        by robson ( 60067 )
        You know what annoys me?
        that all the freaking sentient aliens are pretty much the same size.
        why can't we have some superdense 15 foot giants walking around talking trash.
        Why are they all the same size?
        Glad you asked :)

        Haldane's On Being the Right Size [ucla.edu]

        Of course, his essay does make certain assumptions about an Earth-like atmosphere and gravity...
      • You know what annoys me? that all the freaking sentient aliens are pretty much the same size. why can't we have some superdense 15 foot giants walking around talking trash. Why are they all the same size?

        Common sense. Larger creatures have spinal cords/neural pathways that take longer to traverse. Therefore, the brain can't be the sole controller in such an arrangement - "limbic" supplemental neural aggregates, located at the base of the spinal cord, are used to compensate for these neural delay times i

      • It's the same reason every ship in the galaxy is flying along the same imaginary horizon.

        An oversimplification that sacrifices accuracy for easier visual digestion.
      • Why are they all the same size?

        Even though they are humanoid, they all have different forehead wrinkles! That makes them alien!

        Oop, sorry -- wrong sci-fi universe.
      • Lucas couldn't cut a deal with the giant performer's union.

    • LOL (Score:2)

      by mfh ( 56 )
      Starwars has been moving more and more to a TV soap opera type thing

      Yeah that Woooookie and the Eeeeewoks are two shining examples of how serious this franchise has always been. Master Yoda know force STRONG: must STRIVE, overcome temptation, or be turned to dark side, you will be! Hate, anger... (a drizzling of zen philosophy smoked with a pound of pot philosophy, and a dash puppet-mastery to boot: presto -- instant million dollar project)... etc.
    • Story>Writing>Acting>Direction>Cinematography>Effe cts/costume.

      I really hope directors are reading this. They still cannot understand that story is the most important thing in a movie. No matter how good anything else is, without story and good acting, its all bullshit. Matrix Revolutions is great proof of this.

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:4, Insightful)

        by kevin_conaway ( 585204 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:03PM (#12283145) Homepage
        You want story? Go read a book.

        You want to be entertained? Go see a movie.
        • But what entertains me is the story.

          As probably a prime example, I loved the series .hack//SIGN. In particular, .hack//SIGN contains basically no action whatsoever and hardly anything interesting happens until the end of the series. But it was extremely entertaining... because of the suspense, mystery, and storyline. I don't watch movies for the special effects--I watch them for the entertainment value. I.e. the story. Just like I don't play games for the graphics--in that case Doom 3 must be a bill

        • Re:High cheese factor (Score:3, Insightful)

          by Dirtside ( 91468 )
          Wrong. People fundamentally go to the movies (and experience all entertainment media) in order to see great stories. Other things can act as a subtitute (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has great acting and writing and a lousy story), but great stories are what people are, at their core, seeking.

          There's a great deal of literature on the subject; go read it.

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Golias ( 176380 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:06PM (#12283187)
        I somewhat disagree.

        Movies are not just a medium for storytelling. They are also a medium for visual art.

        Look at Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker." Not much story going on there: "A naked guy sits on a rock and ponders something that troubles him." There's your whole plot, yet people come from all over the world just to gape at his naked pondering.

        Is that so different from paying a few bucks to see a Death Star blow up? A little less highbrow than Rodin, perhaps, but at least on a par with going to the museum to check out that painting of a Campbell's Soup can by Andy Warhol.
        • Is that so different from paying a few bucks to see a Death Star blow up?

          Ah, but it is the story that makes the explosion so satisfying. Without a story, you're just seeing a small moon blasted to dust. The story fills in the all-important details: That's no moon, that's a space station; it is a symbol of power and evil; without the destruction of the Death Star untold numbers of innocents will die. That, along with the buildup, is what makes the explosion itself so satisfying.

          If I am unclear, all

      • Re:High cheese factor (Score:4, Insightful)

        by lgw ( 121541 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:20PM (#12283379) Journal
        The thing is, the story hasn't been that bad. The screenpay (dialog) has been terrible. The two Sith lords starting a civil war so that each could rise to power as leader of one faction - that's pretty good stuff. Hiring Jango Fett to arrange the asassination of a Senator guarded by Jedi so that the Jedi would follow the trail back and discover that the Rebuplic had a clone army just in time to start a war - again, nice plotting.

        Movie Sci Fi, that's about as good as it gets. It all went down hill from the plot, unfortunately.
        • actually, what you were describing was more plot than story, but its ok, you still have a good point

          it seems like 70% of 'original' sci-fi in theaters these days is just warmed over Alien rip-offs
        • I think SW missing the difference between a plot and a plot hook. Take The Princess Bride which has about the same target audience and about as complex background, aka prince try's to set up a war with gilder by having his peasant bride killed, but it's used as back-story story. The plot is all about long lost love coming back and rescuing her they run off are captured he is rescued and leads a party to bring her back. Now this is a comedic fantasy so you add your odd chase, mystic healer, and lot's of l

    • Re:High cheese factor (Score:5, Insightful)

      by TheWickedKingJeremy ( 578077 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:51AM (#12282998) Homepage
      Story>Writing>Acting>Direction>Cinematography>Effe cts/costume.

      Slight nitpick... Direction is definitely more important than Acting, because good directors tend to create good performances. That's why good directors always seem to get good performances out of their subjects, whereas bad directors do not. McGregor can act, but he was so wooden in the latest two star wars films because he had nothing to work with (i.e. Lucas is a bad director). I suppose one could argue that the real problem with the last two Star Wars films was the writing, but I definitely lean towards it being a problem with Lucas' direction.

      Also I would omit "Story" and just say "Writing", because some films have very little actual story/plot, but have excellent writing (e.g. Hurlyburly).
      • "... I would omit "Story" and just say "Writing", because some films have very little actual story/plot, but have excellent writing...

        Why not just call it a script or screenplay?

    • What youre missing is that when film companies market blockbusters like these they make different trailers for different audiences. Obviously, these are for kids and parents, while the longer trailer was more for teens, adults, and fans.

      At the end of the day, Hollywood is a business not an art house theater. Want good film? Try your local indie theater. Expecting Lucas to make you feel 8 years old again is a pretty high expectation and a fairly ridiculous thing to demand from anyone.

    • Don't be so harsh (Score:5, Interesting)

      by pmancini ( 20121 ) <pmancini@ y a h o o.com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @01:03PM (#12283979) Homepage
      The funny part of your diatribe is when you state "like they got the narrator for a feel good Disney movie to appeal to the kiddies." Hello! From the beginning this was a film for the kiddies. Note the PG rating. Until now its been PG all the way.

      Back in 1977 I was 12 years old and what really got me excited about the film was a TV ad like one of these with a similar friendly announcer that was shown the Saturday of the opening weekend. We saw the film that afternoon.

      I am now dating a woman who is 25 and had never seen any of the films. So this past week we watched all 5. Everyone has their favorites and they also have bits that they hate about the different films. Here are some interesting comments she made: She liked the Ewoks, she even liked Phantom Menace. Upon watching it with her and explaining what was going on I realized I like the structure of Phantom Menace and the part of the story that is told in it. I also realized that the "veiled racism" is really just coloring viewers add - there is nothing overtly racist in it. Its a real stretch to claim the characters *represent* real world cultures. The biggest problems with Phantom Menace are the dialog which isn't punchy enough and the acting which I think lacks the proper reaction because you have actors in green rooms talking to thin air - that type of acting will progress over time but I think classically trained actors are used to reacting to something they can see.

      The 5th movie is a blast. It is a lot of fun and there is a lot of action. The dialog is much better and the acting is a lot better. Hayden Christensen actually does a decent job with the script and I think the main issue is not his acting range (which should improve over time) but the script itself. He does emote frustration, anger, happiness, joy, brooding, etc. The script itself could probably tighten up the transitions though and it doesn't.

      Even with that said, episode II moves along a lot faster and doesn't have some of the more difficult plot complications of Episode I. When you look at a book like Dune you see an interesting and complex interconnection of science and mysticism. We have that here too in the Star Wars saga. One thing stands in contrast though - Frank Hurbert can include appendixes and go on for several pages about the subtlties of these concepts. In a 2 hour movie Lucas can at best hope to give us a hint of what he means. Things like the symbiosis of the Midi-chlorians and the immaculate conception of Anakin are difficult enough to explain on paper let alone in 15 seconds on film. In going over the additional information available from the official sites it becomes more clear what Lucas means when he inserts this stuff. It is a question for film makers: how do you do it differently without affecting the tone of the story or slowing it to a crawl while you lecture?

      Lucas was inspried a bit by watching Japanese films. He enjoyed them without having to fully understand them. In those films the Japanese don't explain everything about their culture (actually quite the opposite they explain nothing) and its up to the viewer to interpret or just accept and move on. The problem initially I had with the Imaculate Conception of Anakin is its too close to Christian beliefs about The Christ. The Will of the Force thus becomes an intelligence and one that is all pervasive much like God. Its hard to escape that conclusion. The problem with the alegory is that Anakin isn't Jesus but a person who has a hard life, becomes corrupted into a force of Evil and 25-30 years later finds partial redemption and perhaps does bring balance to the Force by getting rid of the Sith Master.

      I am looking forward to this 6th installment of the series. Mainly because it wraps things up. In many ways the story is already well known. We know all the roads that get to here.

    • But that's the whole point! (Score:4, Informative)

      by FunWithHeadlines ( 644929 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @01:12PM (#12284086) Homepage
      "Starwars has been moving more and more to a TV soap opera type thing for a while now using tired old tools many of which have been borrowed from other films of the past. Yoda hanging on to a ledge? This seems to be a common theme in Star Wars films and perhaps action films of all kinds. Remember the quote from another geek fav? Run you fools!. Slapstick comments from C3PO and the scream of R2D2 are just stereotyped now. "

      Yes, and deliberately so. That's what Lucas was trying to do was to return to the form of the old film serials of the past, and to use the usual Campbell Myth plots to tell that story. Of course this stuff is familiar -- it's meant to be!

      SF can be innovate in writing, but only when doing something innovate in design. When you deliberately set out to resurrect the cheesey serials, you get high cheese factor as a matter of course. As for getting away from the High Quest themes, good luck buddy. Ain't nothing new there since Homer. Good writing or bad writing, all stories are going to revolve around a handful of plot archetypes.

    • I think that the only way the new Star Wars trilogy went wrong by waiting so long to be produced. Lets face it, we all saw the original 3 when we were kids (or at least 25 years younger than we are now). We know every detail by heart. We can recite the dialog and probably follow along with the choreography of the fight scenes. These movies have become *legends* to us. There was no way to top a legend or to really win the hearts of the moviegoers. The same elements that we cheered for in Return of the

  • Dyslexia.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:19AM (#12282593)
    Try as I may, I can't help but read the title as REVENGE OF THE SHIT!

    Pity me....

  • That's ironic (Score:5, Funny)

    by the_skywise ( 189793 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:19AM (#12282606)
    "...and a little bit more pop action than the dark trailer that gave me hope"

    So should we be calling Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, "A New Hope"? :)
    • No, no. It's "A Last Hope..."

      A last hope for Star Wars redemption.

      A last hope before I throw my hands in the air crying, "Why George, why?"
      • A last hope before I throw my hands in the air crying, "Why George, why?"

        OK, George, you've done some rubbish, but I'm going to give you one more go. I'll watch episode 3, and if that's bad then by heck I'll not watch another Star Wars film as long as I live! Erm....

    • Maybe they should call it:
      Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, "A New Pope"

  • Direct movie downloads here (Score:5, Informative)

    by Hektor_Troy ( 262592 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:19AM (#12282607)
    First one [aol.com]

    Second one [aol.com]

    Third one [aol.com]

  • The O.C.! (Score:5, Funny)

    by Reignking ( 832642 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:20AM (#12282612) Journal
    Well, since these trailers are available on starwars.com, I guess I have no reason to watch The O.C. anymore...

  • Soothing Sith (Score:2, Insightful)

    by topgeek ( 864279 )
    These 30-second trailers will be more fulfilling than the last two months of movie releases.

  • Forced browser resizing (Score:4, Insightful)

    by JPelorat ( 5320 ) * on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:22AM (#12282645)
    Looks cool, but I could have done without the annoying auto-resizing of Firefox...

  • Show CGI... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Manip ( 656104 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:23AM (#12282650)
    Show all the CGI in the trailers you want, doesn't make it a good film... You notice how the original star wars trailers talk about an experience where as these new ones talk about emotions that morons will find appealing (e.g. how cool is it to blow stuff up!)

    Lets hope this one will be better than it looks.
    • Show all the CGI in the trailers you want, doesn't make it a good film... You notice how the original star wars trailers talk about an experience where as these new ones talk about emotions that morons will find appealing (e.g. how cool is it to blow stuff up!)

      It's ALL marketing BS-speak. EVERYTHING now is greater than you can imagine. TV episodes are referred to as "television events" that "you can't afford to miss". Movies are "blockbusters" before they are even released. Every song is a "hit single

  • Never fear (Score:4, Insightful)

    by nizo ( 81281 ) * on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:33AM (#12282776) Homepage Journal
    ...more pop action than the dark trailer that gave me hope.

    But if this one is bad, luckily there is always A New Hope.

  • The book (Score:4, Interesting)

    by genkael ( 102983 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:34AM (#12282791)
    I completed the book the other night and it was pretty good. It ties up all of the loose ends that I could think of. Yes there is some pop culture, and yes Jar-Jar is there albeit briefly. Have fun, enjoy the movies, think of yourself as 5 again, and not as a critical 30 year old, and the movies will be much better.

    But again, the book was worth reading and talks about a lot of interesting topics that can't be covered withing the confining medium of cinema.

    • >and yes Jar-Jar is there albeit briefly

      Please tell me he is being torn apart by something that could have oozed out of an H.P. Lovecraft novel.
    • ...does Senator Palpatine turn out to be Darth Sidious? Does he? Damn, I bet he does. You guys just wait! You'll be saying you heard it here first, mark my words...

  • Is this the last Episode? (Score:5, Funny)

    by RealProgrammer ( 723725 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:37AM (#12282827) Homepage Journal

    We should start right now with an innovative grassroots effort to keep Paramount from cancelling the series.

    I can't wait to see what happens after Revenge of the Sith.

  • What could make these cheesy trailers worse? (Score:5, Funny)

    by DanCentury ( 110562 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:38AM (#12282842)
    How about "What I like about you" or "I want candy" playing in the background like every other trailer. Can somebody please "mash" that up, post it, and then boing boing can blog about it.

  • Wow! (Score:5, Funny)

    by karnifex ( 724937 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:41AM (#12282867) Homepage
    When does this game come out and what are the system requirements?
  • telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

  • To quote Obi Wan (Score:5, Funny)

    by slyxter ( 609602 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:42AM (#12282883) Homepage
    "I've got a bad feeling about this."

  • I'll kill myself if I don't like this movie!!!! (Score:5, Funny)

    by Eskimore_ ( 842733 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:48AM (#12282958)
    OMFG if episode 3 doesn't live up to my ultra critical, obsessive standards I'm going to kill myself!!!
    • "OMFG if episode 3 doesn't live up to my ultra critical, obsessive standards I'm going to kill myself!!!"

      "OMFG!! THIS MOVIE LOOKS GREAT!!! Not only will it blow away the other movies (even though there's no real track record here to base that on...), but everybody who doesn't like it is mentally defective! Now I'm off to go stand in line for 2 months at the wrong theater!"

  • "Always on the move" (Score:4, Funny)

    by Infonaut ( 96956 ) <infonaut@gmail.com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:53AM (#12283021) Homepage Journal
    This comic throwaway line coming from Obi-Wan at the end of the first of these trailers caused a serious disturbance in The Force. I just hope he wasn't referring to his bowels.

  • me: ok george, i'm not supposed to like you, so i'm gonna watch this film like *this* and if i don't like you it's your own fault. george: ok fans, i'm not supposed to write good films, so i'm gonna write and make this film like *this* and if you like it, it's your own fault.
  • Ill be putting my faith in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [go.com]. When Star Wars pisses me off Ill just go watch HHGG for a second time to cleanse my brain.
  • StarWars.com has unveiled three TV spots for STAR WARS: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH!"

    OH MY GOD MY LIFE IS... oh wait, no. Anyone else have an image of your stereotypical over-25 Star Wars fan screaming this?

    Caps lock, people. It's a privledge, not a right.

  • Formulaic Trailers (Score:3, Insightful)

    by RichMan ( 8097 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:02PM (#12283138)
    Looks like they watched the HHGTTG trailer and followed the guide entry on how to make a movie trailer. The deep voice seems like a characture of itself somehoe.

    Missed the women in bikini's but really delivered on the explosions.
    • Looks like they watched the HHGTTG trailer and followed the guide entry on how to make a movie trailer. The deep voice seems like a characture of itself somehoe.

      Missed the women in bikini's but really delivered on the explosions.

      They didn't want to spoil the surprise for the viewing public when Lucas puts squid into bikinis [slashdot.org] and has them do an ester williams routine.

  • I'm guessing this will suck. Like Ep. 1 and 2 did.

    To all the people who say "just remember that it's a kid's movie, and that nostalgia makes the original Star Wars movies seem better than they were, and the new movies can never live up to your expectations, and...."

    Give me a break. By ANY standard, the new movies have been bad. Kids don't really like them that much. Adults are bored to tears by them. Hell, even the toys are lame.

    The most disappointing thing about them is that Lucas could have had A
  • for George to pass the Star Wars torch to someone else [somethingawful.com]

  • I've noticed that if you sing the theme song from Revenge of The Nerds, substituting Sith for Nerds, you tend to feel a little less anxious about the quality of the movie.

    Just a thought.

    "Revenge of the Sith...
    SITH!
    Revenge of the Sith...
    Huhhuhuh
    Revenge of the Sith ...
    SITH!"
  • LOL I paused the one where it showed all of the wookies and it looks like an invasion of sasquach (sp?).
  • Hmmmmm.....clip number two has a wookie army howling in unison. Who wants to bet that after the movie is released there will be a TV special called The Wild Wookie Adventure

  • I can't wait for this movie to come out... (Score:4, Funny)

    by FrankieBoy ( 452356 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:20PM (#12283376)
    ...so it'll be over and there will be no more articles about it on Slashdot.
    • ...so it'll be over and there will be no more articles about it on Slashdot.

      You're forgetting about the Slashdot articles for:
      • When the DVD release date is announced
      • When the DVD comes out
      • When people catalog the differences between the DVD version and the theatrical release
      • When the boxed set of Episodes 1-3 release date is announced
      • When the boxed set of Episodes 1-3 is released
      • When the differences between the theatrical release, the first, and the second versions of the Episode 3 DVD are catalogged

  • Pseudo-Spoiler Warning (Score:3, Interesting)

    by GenSolo ( 444636 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:29PM (#12283500)
    a little bit more pop action than the dark trailer that gave me hope

    Well, based on the fact that virtually all of the Jedi are wiped out by the time of A New Hope, you ought to expect a lot of lightsaber action in the movie. Really, aside from the audio of the annoying announcer whose voice was way too happy for what was going on in the video, it's still a set of pretty dark TV spots. [I think at this point still] Chancellor Palpatine flies out of his chair with a lightsaber at the number-two Jedi for crying out loud.

    That, and we see Star Destroyers. That gives me hope. My only concern is that I don't know if the movie starts with a mood-setting Star Destroyer passing over the camera. Really, judging by the past, we have a pattern. Star Wars movies opening with Star Destroyers: good; Star Wars movies opening without Star Destroyers: bad.

  • I swear... I was fully expecting the helmet to come off at the end of that last spot followed by:

    "Owwww! This helmet is chafing my eyebrows!"
  • ... make the third film seem even worse than I imagined. It's just yet more CGI, laid on with thick trowel. It's almost as Lucas has heard the criticism of the first two films, concluded that this one will realise his vision (when it won't) and ploughed on regardless. "Hey we didn't get the CG right last time, so let's put even more in!".


    Now CG can work when it's seamless, but CG for CG's sake stopped being fun a long time ago. It wouldn't be so bad if it looked realistic but it doesn't.

  • Let's continuously complain and whine about how "bad" this movie will be months before it comes out simply because everyone else is doing it!

    Then when we say something REALLY bad about it, we can head to Slashdot and get mod posts!

    Like this:

    omg, jar jar sux. And Anakin is in love, wtf.

    Here's one you didn't see coming: Darth Vader is only in the last 5 minutes.
    • "Here's one you didn't see coming: Darth Vader is only in the last 5 minutes."

      Why the hell wouldn't we see that coming? Darth Vader is a menacing dramatic antagonist; he's part of what made the first movie good. Obviously we're not going to see much of that. It's easy to seee things coming with this movie; just ask yourself, which would I rather see, more Vader or less Vader? More Vader. So obviously the movie will have less Vader.

      What I think is funny is the people like you coming out saying the las

  • poor yoda! (Score:4, Funny)

    by AndreySeven ( 840823 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:44PM (#12283726)
    OMG, seeing Yoda hanging on to a cliff makes me want to see the movie now. How will the show continue if he dies ? *sobs*

  • No, the first two really aren't so bad (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Andy DC ( 467167 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:45PM (#12283739)
    if you watch with a five-year old's mindset. I do watch them all the time with my five-year old, and while "we" like all of them, we like episode 6 best (I always hated those stuffed animals, but he loves them, and now I don'd really mind). And 1 and 2 are pretty cool -- we usually skip to the battle scenes in 2, which are really amazing. And, by the way, 4 is pretty lame, with lots of not-so-dramatic action.

    By the way, Jar Jar is pretty funny, too.

  • I still have hope (Score:4, Interesting)

    by stoanhart ( 876182 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @12:55PM (#12283898)
    It might be good. I hope it's good. Here's been my impression of the last few films: Ep. 1) Mostly shit. Pod race was neat. Ep. 2) Started out crappy, but got better towards the end (except that stupid romantic scene). The end, with all the Star Destroyers taking off, Palpatine looking evil, and the legions of storm troopers marching into ships was just plain f*cking awsome. Ep. 3) If the trend continues (gradual improvement), this should be sweet. We got Vader, we got dark Palpatine, we got the eradication of the Jedi we've been hearing so much about, and there should be precious few crappy love scenes.

  • Don't you know... (Score:3, Funny)

    by frank_adrian314159 ( 469671 ) on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @01:06PM (#12284014) Homepage
    "It's dead, Ji...". OOPS, wrong story. Sorry.
  • ..or does the commentator in the spots sound like a complete tool?

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