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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Posted by michael on from the become-one-with-the-suck dept.

HaloZero writes "The title was publicly revealed today in a special presentation to a packed audience of Star Wars fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. The title wasn't the only surprise for those in attendance at the presentation. Click here for news about even more Star Wars DVDs in 2004 and 2005, surprise celebrity guests, new planets in Episode III, and more."

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  1. A REPORTER GUESSED THIS OVER A MONTH AGO! by Real+Troll+Talk · · Score: 5, Informative

    A USA Today reporter guessed this title over a month ago! We can't believe it.

    Listen up, this is a true story!

    Last month we were reading this USA Today article at http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-14-aid s-benefit_x.htm.

    We forgot we had read it, but just now we went back to the article and remembered the final few paragraphs of the reporter interviewing Lucas at a gay AIDS banquet:

    "We caught George Lucas wandering around the grounds with his daughter, Katie. The director said the title of Star Wars: Episode III won't officially be announced until November, when the first trailer hits theaters.

    But he conceded that fans on Web sites already have guessed correctly. So we threw a couple of rumored titles at him: Rise of the Empire? "No, that's not it," Lucas said. How about Revenge of the Sith?

    With that, Lucas smiled knowingly, backed away and teased, "That's a possibility. Lots of titles out there ...""

    Can you believe THAT?! He basically gave it away over a month ago and no one said anything for the most part!

    Anyway, that's awesome, but we have some other suggestions. We just don't care for the title that Lucas picked.

    Here. Here's a poll for your favorite GOOD Star Wars title.

    Pick from the following and reply to this post with your favorite:

    Star Wars Episode III: Dawn of the Empire
    Star Wars Episode III: Final Strike
    Star Wars Episode III: The Fallen Jedi
    Star Wars Episode III: The Lost Prophecy
    Star Wars Episode III: The Deception
    Star Wars Episode III: Hope Lost
    Star Wars Episode III: The Lost one

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    1. Re:A REPORTER GUESSED THIS OVER A MONTH AGO! by gamgee5273 · · Score: 3, Informative
      If you need to ask what the Sith are getting revenge for then you don't know the story.

      Back around the time of the Knights of the Old Republic videogames, the Jedi beat the Sith down brutally and to the point where the Jedi think there are no Sith left. But, unknown to the Jedi, there is one left. He takes an apprentice and sets the Rule of Two (one Sith master, one Sith apprentice). And so it goes for thousands of years, until Darth Sidious and his apprentices.

      Think about what Darth Maul said on Coruscant and Yoda said at Qui-gon's funeral in TPM. Then, when you also remember that ROTJ was originally Revenge of the Jedi (and then Lucas decided that Jedi do not take revenge), the title choice makes even more sense. The title has been obvious for years - you only needed to pay attention.

  2. Re:Who cares? by bckrispi · · Score: 3, Informative

    This question was answered Months ago and numerous times . The DVD will only be of the Special Editions.

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  3. Re:Name change to come.. by tuffy · · Score: 4, Informative
    Funny, I thought it was because it was too similar to "The Revenge of Khan" (which was changed to "The Wrath of Khan")

    "The Wrath of Khan" was originally "the Vengeance of Khan" but changed because it sounded too similar to the supposed "Revenge of the Jedi". And before it was "the Vengeance of Khan", it was "the Undiscovered Country". According the Leonard Nimoy's autobiography.

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