Footage From Star Wars: Episode III

An anonymous reader writes "Leaked footage of Star Wars: Episode III is now online! Included in the 2-minute and 37-second clip are shots of the Australian set, George Lucas behind the camera, Chewbacca looking cooler than ever, and even a quick peek at Hayden Christensen (in Vader get-up!) and Ewan McGregor duking it out, all being played to AC/DC's 'Back in Black.' I've downloaded it, but am undecided as if I should watch it or not, lest it spoil something (here's hoping that it's good)."

Comments

Why does anyone give Lucas any more chances?

[ObviousGuy]

He let us down with ROTK.

All was forgiven and he let us down with TPM.

All was forgiven and he let us down with AOTC.

He's got one shot left (four if rumors are to be believed), but I don't see why this is so. Any other director would have been laughed out on his ass for ruining a film series as epic as Star Wars, yet Lucas fucks it up again and again.

I'm saving my money this time.

What's up with George ?

[master_p]

The original Star Wars was about an epic battle between good and evil, supported by interesting characters like Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. The Force and other bits was the icing on the cake. These new Star Wars is uninteresting, to say the least. We don't care about how Darth Vader became so, we don't care about the history of Jedi, we don't care about all this stuff!!! give us some good old fashioned war between good vs evil, a romantic tale, and a few good heros, and you have a success!!! (after all, this last description also fits Lord of the Rings...)

Re:Use the force, George

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

I think that continuity gap that exists between Episode III and Episode IV is also a problem, in addition to Anakin's turn to the dark side. [A character's change to the dark side is enough for three movies, by the way, but with the way Lucas has established motivation and reason behind that movement, there's no point in making it 3. Anakin turns to the dark side but the viewer really doesn't care much about that turn because Anakin was never established as a likeable character.]

In Episode III, Luke and Leia are presumably born. If past precedence dictates anything, at the end of Episode III, Luke and Leia would be, at most, 6 months to 2 years old. [No more time than that is expended in any single Star Wars movie.] So you've got Luke at 2 years in III and then Luke at 18 or so in IV. All that time when Darth Vadar was kicking ass and making his name one to be feared won't see filming, ever. It seems like a big gap to me.

And why does copyright last so long these days? When the copyright laws were originally established, it was to protect artists and allow them to have adequate time to profit from their work. With primitive means of transportation and publication, it is understandable that it may take many years for an artist to fully get their work 'out there.' But these days, artists can make their money quite quickly. Copyright on Star Wars should have expired ten years after the first film was released. And just note that this doesn't mean Lucas couldn't have made I, II, or III - it just means his I would have had to compete on level ground with another version of I; a version that would have been superior, I am sure.