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Principal Photography on Star Wars III Complete
An anonymous reader writes "Principal photography for Star Wars III ended yesterday, and they're starting up on the 18 month post-production. Although denied by ILM, here is a quick taste of what the story for episode III might be like (either taken from Lucas' journal in 1983, or just a fake from an insider way back then)."
Wow that went down fast!!! Hopefully the story has more strength!
Scanned script direct from George Lucas' desk:There, I've save you $8.00.
Trolling is a art,
Did the Star Wars kid make it in?
Natalie Portman gets herself into a gritsy---er, I mean gritty situation.
Karma: Marginal (mostly due to the border around the website)
On what planet do you live that you have 6 month years? Here on Earth 18 months is 1 1/2 years.
I can accept bad spelling from slashdotters but bad math is just scary.
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:)
Some Of Lucas's best work yet
In Soviet Russia, Trojan exploits YOU!
Do you mean Luke or Leia? I'm sure we'll see both babies. :)
..this thread's gonna get bumpy.
// "Can't clowns and pirates just -try- to get along?"
DARTH SIDIOUS I find it amazing that your overwhelming stupidity is only offset by your incredible ability with a lightsaber. You've come a long way from those days on Naboo when you were tripping over every single available object.
DARTH JAR JAR Mesa not cuttin' off mesa arms, mesa not cuttin' off mesa legs! Mesa muy good with a lightsaber, Darth Sidious!
DARTH SIDIOUS (massaging his temple) Christ, I need a Tylenol.
DARTH JAR JAR Whatsa bein' wrong, Darth Sidious?
DARTH SIDIOUS Jar Jar, please, don't talk again. Just listen to me.
DARTH JAR JAR Okieday! Mesa listenin' to you now!
DARTH SIDIOUS God, I need a drink, too. Look, Jar Jar. I'm going to take you to fight the Jedi. We're going to lure Anakin to the Dark Side, and...
DARTH JAR JAR (interrupting) Nooooo! Little Annie?
DARTH SIDIOUS Jar Jar, I'm serious. Shut your stupid mouth and listen to me, or I will make you suffer as you've never suffered before, all right?
DARTH JAR JAR Okieday, mesa shuttin mesa mouth now!
DARTH SIDIOUS Jesus. All right, here's the deal - we lure Anakin over to the Dark Side, which should be easy to do. I'm surprised he hasn't drifted over here yet of his own free will. He was a little pouty brat of a kid, and he was a surly, rude, angry teenager who pouted and got all pissy when he didn't get his own way. Now he's a little older and he's still acting like a petulant teenager. I will simply have him embrace his rage, and he will join us.
DARTH JAR JAR But Darth Sidious, if Annie besa joinin' us, doesn't that mean hesa goin' to have to kill mesa?
DARTH SIDIOUS (hurriedly) No, no, of course not, Jar Jar. We've...um...abandoned those usual rules. Yeah, that's right. Now there can be a master and two apprentices.
DARTH JAR JAR Oooooohhhhhhh. Okieday! Mesa ready to besa killin' the Jedi!
DARTH SIDIOUS (quietly) I can't wait until Anakin joins us.
BOBA FETT steps out on to the balcony. SIDIOUS and JAR JAR turn to look at him.
DARTH JAR JAR Hey there, little Boba! How's yousa doin' today?
BOBA FETT Shut up, Jar Jar.
DARTH SIDIOUS Now, Boba, is that any way to talk to a Sith Lord?
BOBA FETT (his mouth hangs open in amazement for a moment, but then he composes himself) You've got to be kidding me. Tell me that's a joke.
DARTH JAR JAR Nonono, it's not bein' a joke! Mesa a Sith Lord! Mesa havin' mesa own lightsaber!
BOBA FETT This has got to be the stupidest damned thing you've ever done, Palpatine.
DARTH SIDIOUS What did I tell you? When I'm in the robes, you're supposed to call me Darth Sidious.
BOBA FETT Oh, blow me.
DARTH SIDIOUS Boba, you will maintain a tone of respect with me, or I swear that I will...
BOBA FETT (interrupting) You'll what? Oooooh, more threats. I'm really scared of you, "dad."
DARTH SIDIOUS That's it! Go to your room!
BOBA FETT No.
DARTH SIDIOUS Go to your room, Boba, or I'll have Jar Jar here cut off your head.
BOBA FETT If he doesn't cut his own head off first. Stupid, clumsy idiot.
DARTH SIDIOUS That's enough, Boba! Go to your room!
I bet baby Luke Skywalker and baby Han Solo will have a chance meeting! Maybe baby Han Solo will throw a tater-tot at baby Greedo
our efforts to get "The Star Wars Kid" into the film have failed?
Shop smart, Shop S-Mart.
A million fans are about to cry out in terror - and are suddenly silenced.
Episodes 4-6: I liked them. They were the cowboy fantasy with a tale to tell of redemption, growing into an adult, and the small, plucky rebellion beating the odds against an Empire of British accented bad guys.
Episodes 1-2? We've got some of the worst scripting that has ever happened. Episode 2 alone was nearly a black hole in a craptastic display that was barely saved by the precense of Ass Kickin' Yoda. (And it still had the stupid heroes who couldn't seem to figure out how to roll out of the way of a falling hunk of metal so Yoda had to save their dumb asses rather than taking out the "Bad Guy".)
So unless Episode 3 has a huge song and dance scene with a whole parade of digially generated Natalie Portmans in that super tight white Princess Leia like outfits singing "You Are My Sunshine", I'll just wait until it shows up as a special on Fox.
With plenty of commercial interruptions so I can have a time for hurlage.
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
INT - MOS EISLEY CANTINA (Hand written in ballpoint, in crabbed, small letters) No point in reinventing the wheel or paying out our asses again for thirty midgets and a small army of makeup artists and top-ranked FX crews, guys. CGI this in its entirety. Get me some of those Japs at Circlehard or wherever. People love repeat themes and babies too- so we'll just have the Cantina band all be a bunch of toddlers, since this is all maintaining the prequel theme, which should go well for our Huggies Pull-em-ups! plug spot. I can just feel the Baby Snoots dolls flying off the shelves at Target and Wal-Mart now. Oh, squeeze in that Britney Spears-as-Twi'lek-dancer cameo we promised if possible too. - George
YODA and ANAKIN sidle up to the bar. The BARTENDER eyes the sabers on their belts suspiciously.
BARTENDER: We don't serve your kind here.
ANAKIN: (Gestures in some arbitrary, mystical manner) You need to go outside now and shave a bantha. We should serve ourselves.
BARTENDER: I need to go out back and shave a bantha. Why don't you two gentlemen serve yourselves.
ANAKIN Force-pours himself and YODA a couple of tall, stiff drinks.
YODA: (Shaking his head remorsefully) Strong in the Force you have become indeed, Anakin. Powers you are not using responsible. (YODA grumbles) Not responsible. Not responsible.
ANAKIN: With all due respect Master Yoda, coming here was at your request. Not only have I prevented a conflict, but now we have an open bar.
YODA: (Sighing in resignation) Then knocking a few back, we will be, and explaining I will the reason of this meeting.
TRANSITION- Now ANAKIN is Force-pouring rows of drinks, sloppily, for a garrolously cheering crowd of CGI, puppets, and whatever monster suited extras we had in the closet. 'Friends' cast cameo.
ANAKIN: Woohooo! Make mine a Force Light!
YODA: Talking we must.
ANAKIN: Okay. But do you gotta keep talking like you learned your grammar from an electrocuted Wookiee?
YODA: Comment sliding I will let. Talk to you of Amidala, I must.
ANAKIN: Awww you're not going to start coming down on me like the Jedi Council, all, 'marriage is forbidden' this and 'we're throwing you out' that are ya?
YODA: Spending too much time from Amidala you have been. Speaking with Master Yoda she has.
ANAKIN: (briefly sobering up) WHAT? The bitch lies! I never laid a hand on her!
YODA: Calm, young Anakin. She is lonely. Only seeking companionship she was. Busy you have been.
ANAKIN: (Glowering) What I do wi' my time is my bi'ness.
YODA: Indeed it is... indeed it is.
ANAKIN: Will you drop this pretentious, ancient green sage midget nonsense for one minute and get to your point?
YODA: As you wish. Lonely woman, this Amidala. Seek comfort with old Jedi she did. Leads to other things, one thing does. (YODA giggles impishly) Little Yoda needed some comforting too.
ANAKIN: (Sputtering) You... she... WHAT?
YODA: Woman with needs, Amidala is. Old Jedi knows more tricks than just lightsaber.
ANAKIN: (Staring a moment) How is that even possible! WAIT, don't even respond. You're supposed to be a Master! You're not supposed to be doing that anyway!
YODA: Falling in love is expressly forbidden, but love in general is not. Besides. Jedi Master I am. Jedi Monk I am not.
ANAKIN: I'MA KILL THAT BITCH!
YODA: Find her, you will not. Hidden from you she is.
Queue the Linkin Park plug music. ANAKIN howls all angsty, Force-smashes a bunch of bottles and cups into the wall. The crowd gets upset and starts booing him. ANAKIN, knowing his kung fu is inferior to YODA's, pouts and then jumps out a window, bawling the entire way. YODA calmly finishes his drink.
YODA: Never trust a politician, told him I did.
Here's why Anakin goes bad.
"Anakin, Meesa your father."
"Nooooooooooooooooooo!"
Y'arr! It be a great thing to pirate from others, but it be greater to pillage the location that it be!
Y'arr!
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
Not Lucas' fault, mind you. The person responsible is my buddy Sean, who part way through The Phantom Menace turns to me and says "I've figured it out. When they say 'midichlorians', the mean 'semen'."
Gak.
Mike Hoye
First the plot of EP3 is leaked across the net, what is next? where will the madness end!!
:)
Luckly the plot for Return Of The Kind is kept under lock and key
The problem as I see it is that I have no personality of my own.
On the molten, volcanic world of Sigma Vulcanus, Anakin Skywalker, a handsome, swarthy man with a dignified stature, makes an important discovery.
Wow. What a picture-perfect description of Hayden Christenson...
Now if the script described Anakin as a punk-ass little pretty-boy shithead with a dippy smile, I'd be more inclined to believe this "script" :)
GMD
watch this
Because, uh, the advertising revenue, mumble mumble, complexity of asking permission, cough, uh, hey look, shiny!
this is a sig.
Mannequin Skywalker
If you open yourself to the foo, You and foo become one.
the odds of me getting to see Jar Jar die in a wash of gore that would put the best of "Starship Troopers" to shame are?
**insert favorite profound quotation here**
Star Wars VII "The Royal Wedding" consisted basically of Han Solo marrying Leia. Critics particularly hated the half hour speech by Lanso (best man) which, by all accounts, went on for way too long and was just embarassing for the audience, as well has Han.
Star Wars VIII "The Solos have Kids" covered about 15 years of the birth, schooling, and subsequent leaving of three brats. Luke makes an appearance as the generous Godfather who teaches these kids in the ways of the force.
Star Wars IX "Return to Disneyworld" covers a trip by Solo and Leia to Florida, years after their kids have left them and the two are in middle-age. The two divorce, but agree to disagree and the whole thing's very amicable.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Are you saying the plot blows?
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Right, but it's GEOCITIES. I mean come on folks, I appreciate a good slashdotting now and again too, but a geocities site? Stands about as much of a chance of staying up as a moronic weather reporter in a hurricane.
by having him kill Jar Jar Binks.
A nice 30 sec bit of him bumping into Jar Jar "accidently" knocking him off a very high cliff and then saying "oops" and running off.
Ben
Work Safe Porn
Yes, but the hour long insight into Wedge Antilles' life made Episode IX an instant cult classic.
Ooh! Looks like this is the one from the scene where Vader auditions to be the lead singer of Journey...
Read my blog.
Actually I thought Vader was the one who restores the balance himself. Episode I: 1000s of Jedi, 2 Sith. Episode IV: 2-1/2 Jedi, 2 Sith. Hmm, which one sounds more balanced? :)
$ grep "Jar Jar" episodeIII.txt
$
I'm sold.
BOBA FETT
As well you should be, boy. We are supposed to all be clones,
but you look different, which makes you a threat to our morale.
You are hereby banished from the clone army, never to return.
HAN SOLO
That suits me fine, I will make my way as a rogue.
Han Solo gets up from the table, knocks over his chair, picks up a
duffel bag and walks away. He opens the bag and there is a puppy
inside. He takes it out and kisses it on the head.
HAN SOLO
It is okay, Chewbacca, we will be all right.
Puppy? Chewbacca? He's 200 tears old in ANH... WTF?
lol
Never argue with an idiot. They will just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
I'm guessing the divorce was before "Howard The Duck"
We already know how the movie franchise ends. Vader dies, balance is restored. See this link for more about it.
;P
Weisenheimer! If you read a little more carefully you'll see that I said: I am intrigued to see how the movie franchise will end.
Note, what I did NOT say is that Ep III is how the story will end. But, again, unless Lucas changes his mind* THIS is how the movie franchise will end. You wanna pick nits? Let's pick some nits! Yeeeeeaah! C'MOWN!!! How ya like me now???
*Of note is that therobot 4-LOM stood for "For love of Money". And where money is the motivating factor, I don't think we can entirely rule out the last trilogy ever being made.
Quod scripsi, scripsi.
The prequel trilogy concentrated on the backstory of Anakin Skywalker.
The original trilogy concentrated on Luke and his relationship with his father
The sequel trilogy will concentrate on the last piece of the puzzle - Jar Jar. George will get his ultimate revenge on the fanboys and will create an entire sequel trilogy focusing on our favourite bumbling hero.
Yeah, Geocities... the only Web host where you exceed your daily bandwidth quota while the banner ads are still loading.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Maybe it's just me but i read that title wrong..
Although some good porn would definetly help the series..
and seeing JAR JAR die..
Episode 6: 1 jedi, 3 ghosts.
I've never understood the balance crap
Will code a sig generator for food
Yes, we mustn't forget Eric, the 1/2 a Jedi.
Do I really need to remind you about the "You're not like sand" drek?
Sadly, it's almost too believable.
Dear Star Wars fans. The last two Star Wars movies made me realize that I am unable to write a good script. Hence the forthcoming movie "Star Wars III - the Tatooine Lightsabre massacre" will feature no script whatsoever, just John Williams music, your favourite stars and ILM special effects. After all, this is what we do best. -- George Lucas
Further spoilers:
Anakin IS LUKE'S FATHER!
Wait...
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
christianity is the new messiah on the block.
Not the block, the stick. Jesus is the new Messiah on a Stick.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
Shit, not even. I've been taped doing god knows how many ridiculous things over the years, I just don't know anybody with the equipment to rip if off the tape and post it anywhere. This is why it's good to have poor friends.
Whoa! Thanks for reminding me, matey! Yaarrr! :-D
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Regarding the "quick taste" linked to in this article:
"Fall of the Republic mini-FAQ" version 1.0, January 1995.
by David Hines, dzhines@midway.uchicago.edu
Questions answered in this FAQ:
1. "Hey, everybody! I've got this thing called "Fall of the Republic -"
2. "Why are you guys screaming like that?"
3. "What's a FAQ, and why does FotR need one?"
4. "Okay, so what's the deal with FotR?"
5. "What do you mean, it's not real?"
6. "Yeah, what's this about the third episode? Wasn't that Return of the Jedi?"
7. "Okay. FotR is a fake, but where did it come from?"
8. "Where is FotR available on the Internet?"
9. "Okay, I've got FotR. How do I convert it into something I can read?"
10. "I don't have ftp access. What do I do?"
1. "Hey, everybody! I've got this thing called "Fall of the Republic -"
AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
2. "Why are you guys screaming like that?"
Well, you see, some topics get rehashed quite a bit on this newsgroup. That's understandable, since more people come on to usenet every day. Even if, as is recommended, you lurk in a new newsgroup [lurk: read without posting] for a whole week before you make your first post, you'll miss some of the discussion that's gone before.
Some topics get endlessly rehashed. Topics like bloopers and Mark Hamill's car accident have been brought up over and over, until most people are heartily sick of them.
"Fall of the Republic" [hereafter FotR] is one of those topics. People keep bringing it up when they join the newsgroup. Recently, there has been a huge surge of folks pointing out the existence of FotR. As a result, this mini-FAQ was composed.
3. "What's a FAQ, and why does FotR need one?"
FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. A FAQ lists the questions and their answers. FotR needs a FAQ because so many people have questions about it.
4. "Okay, so what's the deal with FotR?"
It's not real.
5. "What do you mean, it's not real?"
Well, it is real, if by "real" you mean that it really exists, and has been written by somebody.
However, FotR is not "real" in the sense that it is not a real story treatment for the third episode of the Star Wars saga.
6. "Yeah, what's this about the third episode? Wasn't that Return of the Jedi?"
No, that was the sixth episode. RotJ was, however, the third film to be released. Basically, the Trilogy we know is composed of episodes four through six. Lucas is now working on the scripts for episodes one through three. The films are due out in 1998; for more information, see the New Movies FAQ, kept by Aditya Sood.
7. "Okay. FotR is a fake, but where did it come from?"
Good question. "John L. Flynn" is listed as the author, but no one really knows who wrote it, except perhaps the author himself.
Before it was made available on the Internet, most people picked it up at conventions. Dealers sold it at their tables; as far as we know, the story treatment (it's too brief to be a script) made its debut around 1983 or so. It may have been around earlier.
The earliest possible date for it is 1979, which is when "Star Wars" was rereleased with the subtitle "Episode IV: A New Hope." Before then, "Star Wars" was just "Star Wars;" no one could have known about Episode III being a prequel. Most reports, however (I'm using hearsay, admittedly, from reports of people on the group who remember FotR from *way* back) place it at about 1983.
8. "Where is FotR available on the Internet?"
It's at wpi.wpi.edu, in the directory starwars/stories. Log in with "anonymous" as your username and your email address as your password.
9. "Okay, I've got FotR. How do I convert it into something I can read?"
To quote the wpi server itself:
250- All ascii text files are compressed (.Z suffix) to save on room. On
250- Unix systems just type - uncompress file.Z - to uncompress it.
250- MAC user can use the program maccompress-32.hqx - It
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
I keep imagining George Lucas filming Episode III, all alone in a huge room with blue walls (like the prison in THX-1138, but blue), panning his super digital camera around and talking to himself. Then, when he gets a few hundred hours of footage, he hands it over to ILM and tells them to add the special effects.
-- stream of did I lock the front door consciousness