Star Wars Episode II Trailer Tonight

Covant was among several to note that Fox is going to air a 2 1/2 minute trailer for Star Wars Episode II tonight, in between Malcolm and The X-Files. I've seen the trailers released so far, and really hope that this one can convince me that Clones isn't going to continue to follow the path to the dark side like Menace did.

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No sign of Jar-Jar

[satsujin]

In all of the three previews, (including the one that's "for DVD owners only) there's no sign of Jar-Jar. Does this mean we're to be spared the tedium?

Aside, is this particular trailer the same on as is available to DVD owners?

Re:No sign of Jar-Jar

[Tumbleweed]

How did you miss that tall head and those floppy ears? Check out the trailers again, he's next to Queen Amidala in one of the shots

Who notices Jar Jar Binks when Natalie Portman is on the screen?! Geez, that's sad.

starwars.com too

[MisterBlister]

Its going to be posted up at starwars.com at the same time its shown on Fox (at 9PM). One has to assume they are going to put it online at 9PM eastern, so westcoasters (and those in the middle) can get an early peek (relative to their time zone) online.

I'm expecting the net in general won't be working so well for a few minutes there..

Don't support it if it is bad

[colmore]

The basic problem with the new Star Wars movies is that they are litterally incapable of failing. There will be lines of people simply because of the first two words in the title. Episode 3 could be Star Wars: the return of the 17th century parlor comedy, and half of Slashdot would be there.

If George Lucas has betrayed his original vision and is simply milking fans for cash, don't go along with it. At least wait for the rental. I promise you, your life will not be significantly altered if you refuse to pay $10 to be dissapointed for two hours.

Re:The more they show, the less it matters

[MisterBlister]

They basically are telling the whole story in these new trailers. In general, I really don't like the way trailers nowadays just reveal every good bit of the movie.

Yeah these trailers have shown so much of the second movie that I can already guess that at the end of Episode 3, Anakin will turn to the darkside...Obi Wan will become a hermit living on a desert planet watching over Anakin's son from afar, Palpatine will become the evil Emperor... They shouldn't give away so much of the plot!!

Have you read Moriarty's TPM script review?

[KilljoyAZ]

I'd take anything AICN's Moriarty says about a Star Wars script with a grain of salt, considering how much praise he lavished over the Episode I script. Here's an excerpt:

Let go of your ideas of what the film is going to be, everyone. You can't be like Jeffrey Wells and walk into this ready to hate it. You can't possibly know how textured and wonderful the story Lucas has to tell is going to be. The thing that makes THE PHANTOM MENACE possibly my favorite STAR WARS story so far (on paper, mind you) is the details. The time off has done something unexpected to Lucas as a storyteller -- it made him better. Considering how he's always doubted himself as a writer, I think it showed remarkable confidence in not putting this script through another writer, someone who might have diluted our return to this place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Even the wonderful Frank Darabont would have diluted it, simply because what we got wouldn't be pure Lucas anymore. It's remarkable to read the actual words Lucas put on paper. There's just enough on the page to get the actors moving, but he doesn't really describe the world. What's there is just raw STAR WARS, straight from the tap -- the characters and how they relate. That's enough, though, because these are real characters that are instantly iconic, but also truly human.

Let me put the final nail in the coffin. Here's what he had to say about Jar Jar:

I am delighted to report that Jar Jar not only works, but that the Gungans are, as a whole, a welcome addition to the mythology of the STAR WARS universe. Jar Jar is an exile from the other Gungans because he's clumsy. Not just a little, either, but monumentally so. Once Jar Jar meets the Jedi, though, that trait begins to pay off, with Jar Jar mistakenly bumbling his way out of danger and up the chain of command until he ends up a general in the film's final battle. This works well in the script. Jar Jar is funny, but the humor in 1977's A NEW HOPE is one of that film's strong points. This script balances the humor with honest, direct writing that gives Jar Jar (dare I say?) a soul. He may be a sidekick, but here's betting that Jar Jar Binks becomes one of the biggest EPISODE I stars once audiences get their real introduction.

You can read the rest here. I'll believe Lucas has actually made a good movie when I see it finished and on the big screen.

I hate to say it...

[NickV]

But am I the only /.'er that will miss this "commercial" on TV, so I can watch the 9|11 CBS special with the camcorder footage inside the world trade center on the 11th? It's commercial-free for two hours, and I think it's going to be a much more meaningful way of spending time with TV tonight(I mean, aren't we the ones that always trashes TV for the "lame" sitcoms and "stupid" filler, that's always on?)

Re:I hate to say it...

[xonker]

I'd rather watch anything but more footage of the 9/11 WTC attack.

Why? Because it's unbelievably depressing, and watching yet more footage of the carnage isn't going to help anyone. I'm not saying that people should forget or anything like that, but I'll leave that kind of voyeuristic masturbation to others.

Watching WTC footage isn't "meaningful." It doesn't help anyone. If you really want to do something "meaningful" go donate blood or some of your time to help charities. Go visit a senior's center and spend time with old people who have no family to visit. Write a letter to one of our troops in Afghanistan.

CBS may be doing this with the best of intentions, but the bottom line is they're still capitalizing on a horrible event. If the networks really wanted to do something meaningful they'd take an evening and go dark for three hours so people could spend time with their family or do something in their community instead of numbing themselves with television.

Imagine that for a second -- if every network agreed to go dark for three or four hours simultaneously for an evening on the anniversary of September 11th. (They would have to promote the hell out of it beforehand for safety's sake -- otherwise half the population would go batshit because they'd think someone had attacked and knocked out all the television stations...)

Re:Yeah... old news

[SuiteSisterMary]

Every time I hear the phrase 'forbidden love' as the title of the trailer, I have this sudden mental image of Anakin at lightsabre practice. He's dueling with the remote (a-la Luke in A New Hope) and not doing so well. Obi-Wan comes in, and says 'Here, let me show you.' Then he steps behind Anakin, reaches around to adjust his grip, incidentally hugging him from behind in the process. Their eyes meet, cue the Star Wars love music, then it fades out to the words 'Forbidden Love.'

Opening scene

[Anonymous Coward]

In the middle of the Tatooine desert:

Obi Wan: I feel a disturbance in the force.
R2D2: you look like you need a Pepsi(TM)
Obi Wan: Ahh. Refreshing!

Five minute shot of huge Pepsi can rotating in starfield.

Starship Command Center:

Darth Vadar: Boy, I'm thirsty.
Ship Commander: I find Pepsi(TM) to be refreshing.

Hands Darth Vadar a Pepsi

Darth Vadar: Ah..Refreshing!

Five minute shot of huge Pepsi can rotating in starfield.

In the Underwater city

Jar Jar: Meesa thirsty!
....

DivX 5 and MPEG mirror to be hosted

[Drestin]

http://node2.callihq.net/

PLEASE do not link directly to the files, I'm testing a new connection and box and would like to see how it responds to a huge, global demand.