Topic: General Grievous and other Episode III News

[Gibdo Master]

For all you Star Wars haters out there, take a look.

Also, comingsoon.net has reported that Gary Oldman is in negotiations to voice one of the characters in Episode III. While it isn't known which character he will voice it's a good bet it will be Grievous.

Oh, and from the sounds of things the title of Episode III will be Revenge of the Sith.

www.usatoday.com

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We caught George Lucas wandering around the grounds with his daughter, Katie. The director said the title of Star Wars: Episode III won't officially be announced until November, when the first trailer hits theaters.

But he conceded that fans on Web sites already have guessed correctly. So we threw a couple of rumored titles at him: Rise of the Empire? "No, that's not it," Lucas said. How about Revenge of the Sith?

With that, Lucas smiled knowingly, backed away and teased, "That's a possibility. Lots of titles out there ..."

yakface.com

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Great info from a source in the retail industry who attended an official briefing on Episode III merchandising.

First, we received a brief presentation of the 4,5,6 DVD set. Still nothing any of us hasn't heard before. They played the trailer currently running on Hyperspace.

As far as the Episode III movie overview, this one was not nearly as spoiler laden as the one for Ep II was but I did see some rough footage from a couple key scenes, along with some storyboards and sketches.

To put it in perspective, after the Episode II presentation, the only thing about Episode II that remained a complete surprise to me was the whole Death Star thing. That was it. Anyway...

Vader / Lava themed product packaging (saw a sample, SWEET!!!!)

HEAVY Vader presence in all marketing (saw some samples - again, SWEET!!!)

(NOTE: On more than one instance, some of the artwork incorporated the lone word "REVENGE" (Revenge of the Sith perhaps?)

(Secondly, during the commentary, the phrase "closing the circle" or the "circle being complete" was also used more than once in a very "wink-wink" kind of way. (Tagline?)

First Ep III teaser trailer debuts in Nov. 04

First full trailer, April 05

Ep III Product release first week of April 05 (start saving!)

A mention of an increased focus on high-end collectables (master replicas? gentle giant?)

Eps 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 to air on FOX throughout the month of April 05

Clone Wars Series 1 & 2 DVD coming in Q1 of 05

Clone Wars Series 3 to air April 05 (Ten 12 minute chapters)

Licenses renewed with BK & Pepsi / Frito-Lay

License with as-yet undisclosed wireless service.

LIVE ACTION TV series to premire in 2006!!!

Wow, that's a lot of tidbits to chew on!

Notice that there's going to be a live action series in 2006, too.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

...starring none other than Carrot Top.  Gee, thanks, Lucas.

[Chode2234]

Lucas has sold his soul to the merchandisers and TV networks.  Thank God Peter Jackson is the new hero of the geek!

[Berny]

Pah. I think they should let Genndy Tartakovsky take the TV series. Clone Wars has some of my favorite Star Wars footage of all time. Some.  

[Gibdo Master]

Ah, here we go with the stupid, uneducated comments.

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
...starring none other than Carrot Top.  Gee, thanks, Lucas.

First of all, WTF?

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Originally posted by: Chode2234
Lucas has sold his soul to the merchandisers and TV networks.  Thank God Peter Jackson is the new hero of the geek!

Secondly, you're about 27 years late for that comment, since Star Wars started the whole damn movie merchandising tie in thing. This isn't the first instance of Star Wars on the TV either. There was the infamously bad Star Wars Holiday Special and there was the Droid cartoon series that came out after Jedi was released. At least he's not planning on making 15 more movies like Star Trek. Also you're giving PJ way, way too much credit. J.R.R Tolkien created that universe you love so much. PJ just made some movies about them. Oh, and not to mention there's plenty of damn LotRs toys and collectibles out there, if you haven't noticed.

Frankly, I don't see how any of you can actually bitch about this stuff.
 

[DrZoidberg]

Ah, here we go with the stupid, uneducated comments.

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Originally posted by: Gibdo Master
Ah, here we go with the stupid, uneducated comments.

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
...starring none other than Carrot Top.  Gee, thanks, Lucas.

First of all, WTF?

WTF?

pro tip: people on the internet are serious not allways

[Gibdo Master]

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Originally posted by: DrZoidberg
Ah, here we go with the stupid, uneducated comments.

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Originally posted by: Gibdo Master
Ah, here we go with the stupid, uneducated comments.

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
...starring none other than Carrot Top.  Gee, thanks, Lucas.

First of all, WTF?

WTF?

pro tip: people on the internet are serious not allways

Oh, really. I had no idea.

Serious or not, the comment didn't make any sense. I'm not even sure what he was referring to, and I definitely don't know what Carrot Top has to do with anything.

 

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"Notice that there's going to be a live action series in 2006, too."

"...starring none other than Carrot Top. Gee, thanks, Lucas."


Just some additional text that could be appended to your last line to paint a picture of a hypothetical new Lucas creation that will make us gag some more.  As if names like "Attack of the Clones" and rumors of Episodes 4-6 DVD-release content-changing sacriledge weren't enough.

[Gibdo Master]

Okay, still don't see why you chose Carrot Top though. You should have went with Jar Jar Binks rather than some random celeb since it would have made sense and been funny. Maybe.

Anyway, rumor has it that the TV series is supposed to take place between Episode III- IV  and may star either Darth Vader or Boba Fett. That's rumor though, and I'm personally taking it with a grain salt.

Honestly, I'm not really excited about the idea of a LIVE ACTION series since movie series don't tend to translate to live action TV that well. I'd much rather they stick with animation like with the Clone Wars.

[Gibdo Master]

That's not funny, Super.  

I'm not the one who brought up Carrot Top. Why me?

[DrZoidberg]

Lol Carrot Top a celeb lol. lol

[Gibdo Master]

Ha ha. Made you look.

[KDR_11k]

What's Carrot Top, anyway?

[Bloodworth]

I'm sure many of his family members ask the same question.

[kirby_killer_dedede]

"Oh, and from the sounds of things the title of Episode III will be Revenge of the Sith."

Confirmed at Comic Con.