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I mean, really, if Supreme Chancellor Valorum had not been forced out by the Vote of No Confidence that Senator Palpatine talked Queen Amidala into calling for, the Trade Federation never would have been able to get this oppresive, freedom-crushing legislation through the Senate.

I mean, really, if Supreme Chancellor Valorum had not been forced out by the Vote of No Confidence that Senator Palpatine talked Queen Amidala into calling for, the Trade Federation never would have been able to get this oppresive, freedom-crushing legislation through the Senate.

I mean, really, if Supreme Chancellor Valorum had not been forced out by the Vote of No Confidence that Senator Palpatine talked Queen Amidala into calling for, the Trade Federation never would have been able to get this oppresive, freedom-crushing legislation through the Senate.

Here is the list of digital theaters showing AotC. I'll be seeing it in Framingham, MA.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/digitalproj_lis t.html

Here is a neat little link on Uncle Owen

Work is REAL slow today....Ok so it isn't, I just don't want to do it.

No, Although that was the original idea 25 years ago, Lucas decided quite a while ago that he was going to stop at 6.

This is an excerpt from an online chat with Rick McCallum:

corren23 asks: Is it true that Lucas will not make episodes 7, 8, and9? If it is why won't he? Thanks
StarWars_McCallum: It's definitely true.
StarWars_McCallum: These films are so complex and time consuming and he has other projects that he wants to do.

You mean "Jar Jar Binks" right?

or is that one of those UK'isms like
"Aluminum" ;-)

Jar Jar

Check out the picture they're running at starwars.com Hot damn!

John Dean says he will reveal the identity of "Deep Link" in a posting to Everything2 during the premiere showing of Star Wars II: The Clone Wars, Coming to a Theater Near You!.

Choose wisely.

--Blair

I'm sure good ol' George is fully aware that there is plenty O' FanFic out there, and he's not looking to stamp that out, he simply doesn't want any of it being entered into this contest because It likely WOULD conflict with the official canon.

And as someone else said, it's about control. It's his property, he can do with it whatever he wants, and obviously he doesn't want to allow any fan created universe fiction into an official function. That might be contruded as him sanctioning the material.

I don't know if any of you have watched the "Making of" videos on the official Star wars site, but in one of them, (Wedgie Em' Out) A stunt Coordinater starts talking a little bit about the droid in Obi Wan's Starfighter.

"The R4 is really an R2 painted Red.."

George interupts him saying "Be careful.. what you say about the R4. Because you'll get bopped on the head real quick."

Then then the next clip shows George mockingly "beating up" the guy.

It was already well known that George is very possessive about Star Wars and related information being released, and as we said, it's his property, he can do with it what he wants.

A bit off-topic... Released today on TV and Starwars.com. It had a few new scenes.

• Give me a break it is an original peice of art done by the developer of Space HoRSE

Sure, if you like. You're saying that this isn't just one of these with the guns removed and little shoulderpads added? OK, I believe you. Really, I do. No, really. Look at the straight face.

Please, if you do work for Shrapnel, ask your lawyers about the Lanham Act, specifically the snappily named "Title 15, Chapter 22, Subchapter III, Section 1114". Specifically, do as another poster suggested here, and quote Gamespot as saying that H.O.R.S.E. is a M.U.L.E. derivative. Don't claim it yourself!

Sure, EA might overlook it, but you don't want to be worrying about that, right? You just want to develop great games. Fine, develop a great game and then sell it on its own merits. Don't try and piggyback sales off of EA's trademark, which is really what you're doing here.

Check out the Palpatine bio on starwars.com. The relevant quote is: "In the Death Star, high above the Battle of Endor, Luke refused the Emperor's newfound dark side power, and so Palpatine used his deadly Force lightning to attack the young Jedi."

Next are you going to suggest that the Anakin Skywalker from Phantom Menace isn't the same Anakin Skywalker who became Darth Vader?!

It wasn't the standard starwars.com link. It was to the site at holonetnews.com which pretends to be a website in the Star Wars universe. Granted, this isn't the first film to have websites in its fictional universe, but I was surprised at some of the humor in it. A lot of web-specific humor like the "click the nuna" banner ad. Didn't expect it from Lucasfilm.

Is starwars.com good enough for you?

Maybe they don't have a contractual obligation -- but they *did* produce Ep2 at Fox Studios.

Or Lucas could freeze Amidalla in carbonite or slow her aging or speed Anakin's grouth as some Jedi trick or whatever...

According to Anakin's bio over at starwars.com:

Over the next decade, the two forged a strong bond. Under Obi-Wan's careful guidance, Anakin became a confident, headstrong 19-year old with an impulsive nature and a flair for adventure.

So about 10 years have passed, and they're something like 19 and 24. I think. We'll see :)

Or Lucas could freeze Amidalla in carbonite or slow her aging or speed Anakin's grouth as some Jedi trick or whatever...

According to Anakin's bio over at starwars.com:

Over the next decade, the two forged a strong bond. Under Obi-Wan's careful guidance, Anakin became a confident, headstrong 19-year old with an impulsive nature and a flair for adventure.

So about 10 years have passed, and they're something like 19 and 24. I think. We'll see :)

looks like it is here: http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/video/trailers/ clonewar/index.html

Err, nevermind, I went back and checked the dates on my files (plus the StarWars site), and it looks like the DVD one was the 2nd one out.

I try to keep my pedantic tendencies under control, but sometimes...

GTRacer
- Wouldn't have bitched if any of the previous 10 uses had been correct...

An open arsehole society is inevitable. I was a little surprised last week to receive a forwarded e-mail from J. Anus, who lives in a small town 35 miles southwest of Kabul. This weekend, a movie theater and video store opened up again in Kabul (renting In Deep rearends Day), Afghan TV cranked up, and so did the Net. Americans understand all too well that our techno-driven culture produces wonders and dangers, but it's one of the most popular social and political forces in the world. Passion for pop culture relentlessly undermined anal repressive governments like Pole-Land, East Germanus and the former Soviet Onion. The world, it turns out, really is porous now. Technology and information will squeeze through every closed nook and crevice. The Talibanul never made a dent in the attachment this Afghan programmer and his friends had for it. When his message came, the Talibanul had just fled, Northern Allah arse soldiers had taken over his village, and everybody rushed to barbers to cut off their beards and shave their pubic hairs, they went to nearby holes and hiding spots to dig up their Walkmen, VCRs, TVs, CD players, and -- in J. Anus's case -- his ancient Commodore, one of four in the village. Cafes had popped up all over, with impromptu dances and orgies everywhere. J. Anus's e-mail -- routed to Kabul, then Islamabad, then London -- was a reminder that there are civil liberties, and then there are civil liberties. Computers had been banned under penalty of death by the Talibanul (except for the Talibanul themselves), along with music and TV. J. Anus, a computer geek obsessed with Linux, had first e-mailed me years ago while I was writing for Hotwired. He was anal and obsessed with American culture. He loved martial arts movies, anything to do with Star Wars, and crap. He was perhaps the Talibanul's prime kind of target. (Now he's furiously trying to download movies he's missed and is mesmerized by open source and Slashdot.) "I could still see the dust of the fuck-up trucks carrying the Talibanul out of my village," he wrote, "and some friends and I went and dug up the boards of a chicken coop where I had hid the computer. They might have masterbaten or cummed on Anus if they'd found it. It was forbidden, although they used computers all of the time." He claims American commandos are skulking around dressed as Northern Allah arse tribesmen. Junis describes life under the Talibanul as brutal, terrifying and profoundly boring. What the people in his town -- especially the kids -- missed most was music, posters of Indian and American movie stars (he'd kept his own decaying poster of Madonna), and American TV. J. Anus missed the fast-changing Web and sees, he says, that he has fallen "forever behind," and that programming is more complex than ever. But at least "Baywatch," which everyone in his town acutely missed, is back, and there's already a lot of talk about "Survivor." Junis predicts "Temptation Island" will be the number one show in Afghanistan within a month. If the world needed another demonstration of America's most powerful weapon -- not bombs or special forces but pop culture -- it got it again this week. People all over the planet fuss about whether this healthy and democratic or corrupting and dehumanizing, but people's love for American techno-toys, TV shows, music and movies is breathaking. Watching TV pictures of tribesman bonking on horseback, it's easy to forget that technology reached deep into this culture as well. J. Anus says phone service around Kabul remains spotty, but reporters, U.N. workers and foreign soldiers are wiring up. He's already made his way to some sex sites, and wishes he had a printer. There are many computers in Afghanistan, J. Anus said, many in clusters in cities like Kabul and Kandahar (news reports have frequently mentioned that Bin-Laden's orgazam used both e-mail and encrypted files to cum on cate blanchet). Computer geeks are already hooking up with whores all over the cuntry; J. Anus isn't the only Afghan e-mailing these days. He says other coders and gamers hid their PC's as well. Meanwhile, he's especially eager to get his hands on the Apple iPod, and has been drooling over the Anale website site since he got back online. And some things, of course, never change. "I thought they were going to get Microsoft," he wrote. "I guess .net." A decade ago, when East Berlin teenagers stormed the Wall and crossed over into West Berlin, the first thing many of them did was rush to music stores to buy tapes and CD's they'd been secretly, illegally listening to for years. The Talibanul worked to create the antithesis of the American world, one without technology, computing, the Net, music, or any vestige of popular culture (not to mention women's rights, erections, a free piss or any religion except fundamentalist Islam. J. Anus said people in his town risked their lives repeatedly, not to fight the Talibanul, but to try and listen to CD's and watch videos smuggled in from Pakistan, watched in the dark under blankets and in cellars. It seems the out-cum was inevitable.

Go to the Jedi Council and ask Rick McCallum to digitally edit out any members of NSYNC appearing in Episode II.

Hopefully he's wrong, since that would mean Momaw Nadow is most likely a dead man (rather Ithorian), as Ithor was one of the many planets destroyed, or laid waste, by the Yuuzhan Vong.

If you look on the expanded universe tab of that page, it says he has four arms hidden under his robes. It also says he prefers to rely on mind tricks to befuddle and mislead targets, "though like all Jedi, he carried a lightsaber". Not the same as it being his weapon of choice.

I can't believe Yak Face didn't rate in the top 10.

Well what do you know they actually do look cute with the Jedi customs...

...the more mechanically inclined among us could just turn their own on their garage lathes and bolt a bunch of gewgaws to it to finish the look.

Are you talking about these guys?

Or these guys?

Or possibly even these guys?

http://www.starwars.com/bio/christopherlee.html

Yeah, here are all the dates.

The trailer is also available on starwars.com, in case Apple's too Slashdotted for your liking. :)

Link doesn't work. Try http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/video/trailers/ forbiddenlove/index.html. Of course, the large version requires QuickTime Pro, and the others require registration. I'll just wait until theforce.net posts a direct link, personally.

Aussie actor Jack Thompson was interviewed on the *cough* Ray Martin Show last night, here in Australia.

He talked a little about his role as a "moisture farmer". Talked about the set in Tunisia and how he took his son along to the set each day.

He also mentioned that video-cameras were allowed on the set... I'm not aware of any leaking yet - but even after the film is released, this footage would be gold.

Can't wait.

To answer why you saw a Harry Potter trailer before MI - it's because it was spliced on. No tie in with Disney, no permission from Disney, nothing. It was because the projectionist either made the decision himself or was told to put it on there. No other reason.

Where I saw it, there was something like 4 or 5 trailers (I know, because I anticipated each one to be the Star Wars teaser), then there was the little happy Century Theaters clip, then there was an ad for Disney's Return to Neverland (Peter Pan II) and the Star Wars teaser. I imagine both of those were on the reel when it got to the theater, which doesn't necessarily break a "no two trailers" rule since the Star Wars clip was so dang short. =)

Check out this selection from the "photos" section.

That's an unofficial site. All the ads were a big tipoff for me.

This is the official site.

The URL for the DVD site is:

http://dvd.starwars.com

I think it also does a check on your user agent and won't let you in if it's not the special PC Friendly stuff on the DVD. I haven't bothered to mess with my UA to see if the DVD checksum occurs.

Anyway, the "exclusive" trailer will probably be posted on the internet in a few minutes. The choices video was out the same day the DVD was in wide release.

There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force.

Except that there are about 7000 dead. Not 200,000.

Getting on with life involves different things for different people. For example, some folks may find comfort in spending more time with their families and friends, some lose themselves in their work, and some carry on with their hobbies and interests. Whatever it is that a person needs to do in order to "carry on" and try to put some of the pain behind them is their choice.

Why be critical? People are aware of the heavy loss of life, and the implications of terrorism and violence coming to North America. The best way, IMO, to thumb our noses at those who would destroy our way of life is to continue with our way of life. Even if it means porting a compiler to our favorite OS, playing D&D or Quake, or ordering the latest Star Wars related Lego set. The Tantive IV looks pretty cool.

pressure/grep

rm -f /bin/laden

is still hot as HELL.

I'm going to see Episode II for Natalie only. I know I won't be let down in that respect. Then, if the movie doesn't suck, I'll be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/news/2001/08/ne ws20010806.html

Also we need to be politically correct. "Clone" is too derogatory. The preferred term is temporally disjointed identical twins. ;P

Be happy. At least in the same Announcement says that Leonardo DiCaprio won't be Anakin, and in fact won't even be in the movie at all according to the current cast. Phew.

Be happy. At least in the same Announcement says that Leonardo DiCaprio won't be Anakin, and in fact won't even be in the movie at all according to the current cast. Phew.

Episode II
10 years after the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, not only has the galaxy undergone significant change, but so have our familiar heroes Obi-WanKenobi, Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker as the [-cut-off-] thrown together again for the first...

And that's all it shows, but it's continued on this page

And as you may have noticed, Jar Jar was not mentioned...please let him not be in this movie!

Episode II
10 years after the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, not only has the galaxy undergone significant change, but so have our familiar heroes Obi-WanKenobi, Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker as the [-cut-off-] thrown together again for the first...

And that's all it shows, but it's continued on this page

And as you may have noticed, Jar Jar was not mentioned...please let him not be in this movie!

However a plea bargain may be possible if Lucas agrees to please kill off Jar Jar.

Unfortunately for all of us, Jar-Jar will be in SW2.

• It [using chapter titles] harkens back to the sense of pure fun, imagination and excitement that characterized the classic movie serials and pulp space fantasy adventures that inspired the Star Wars saga.

"Hi, I'm too fucking lazy to do my own needs assement and product research, so I'm hoping somebody will tell me what to do, so when I decide I don't like it, I can blame somebody else." gets posted, but the title of the next Star Wars movie gets rejected. But I'm sure somebody else will submit it, and a different /. editor will post it. But I'm not bitter.

Most people have... like, say, the title of the new Star Wars film. Even if people didn't like Phantom Menace, there's nothing more "News for Nerds" than that. Not that I'm bitter.

Oh, well... -1 Offtopic, here I come... ;)

1. Sea-Monkeys® "Ocean of Light" kit
2. A magnifying glass
3. A recording of Jar-Jar Binks *jibberish* (backwards)
4. 60,000,000,000,000 watt stereo
5. Sun

Directions:

Make Sea-Monkeys® in Zooquarium (throw away "Ocean of Light" instructions). Play Jar-Jar Binks *jibberish* thru 60,000,000,000,000 watt stereo -- full blast -- while using magnifying glass to focus sun's heat on single Sea-Monkey®. Hold focused sunlight on Sea-Monkey® until heat and sonic vibration pressure from Jar-Jar Binks *jibberish* converts Sea-Monkey® into a #4 Plasma II Sea-Monkey® Star!

Repeat with additional Sea-Monkeys® to make galaxy.