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Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire

Posted by timothy on from the birth-of-a-marketing-blitz dept.

lemmen writes "According the Brtish tabloid The Sun, Star Wars III will carry the name 'Birth Of The Empire'. This will be announced soon according the article. Also it describes one of the highlights of the movie: 'A thrilling lightsabre clash between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker while surfing on lava.' Can't wait till May 15th 2005!" Thanks to reader ExoticMandibles, another quality news source: Teen Hollywood. Update: 05/20 05:47 GMT by T : Gokey writes with a correction: "StarWars.com indicates that the movie is released May 19th, 2005 (exactly one year from now) not May 15th, 2005."

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  1. Did you not hear the rumors? by Xhad · · Score: 5, Informative

    For awhile everyone thought it was going to be called "The Creeping Fear".

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  2. Re:hmmmm.... i wonder.... by deanj · · Score: 4, Informative

    This was revealed way back when they had that Star Wars poster/magazine in the 70s. That was before any book, including Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

    Lucas was interviewed, and he said Vadar falls into the volcano during the fight with Kenobi.

  3. not set in stone yet... by apachetoolbox · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... hidden at the bottom of the page: The source added: "'Birth of the Empire' is the favourite title so far."

  4. Re:"Surfboards?" by Spanyrd · · Score: 5, Informative

    IIRC, the lava-field battle is established Star Wars history. It was the injuries that Anakin Sustained during this battle that caused him to turn into Vader. The massive internal injuries and loss of limbs were the reasons for all the cybernetics. Getting pissy about this fight being in the third movie is just ignorant, if it had been left out, that would be a reason to complain.

    ...the surfboard thing sounds pretty stupid, though.

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