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Star Wars Episode III Teaser Trailer Today

gotroot801 writes "TheForce.net reports that the Episode III teaser trailer will be available today for viewing on several TV shows in the US (MTV's TRL, Access Hollywood) and Australia (Today Show). In addition, starwars.com Hyperspace members and AOL customers will be able to download the trailer today."

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  1. Re:lost it! by TheClassic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you ever tried to cancel your free trial? It is nearly impossible. They tell you all the things you'll miss out on, tell you to enjoy your experience more, tell you that you don't have to cancel yet because you still have 3 weeks left in your free trial, and thats it. No cancellation. I had to call back a second time and deal with the same thing. You have to get pretty mean for them to cancel it. They must get paid a commission for every person who want to cancel that they keep signed up.

  2. It's up! by xTK-421x · · Score: 4, Informative
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  3. Hey, it's up! by sg3000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The first 45 seconds are from the previous movies (Episode 1, 2, and 4), but the rest looks really cool. Looks like Yoda gets to fight some more, and apparently Darth Sideous has a lightsaber, too. Obi Wan looks like he gets his ass handed to him by Anakin.

    I hope the entire movie won't have that yellow "H" in the bottom right hand corner, though. Kinda distracting.

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  4. Re:Hit Lucas Where It Hurts by gjh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oddly enough, it really would stick it to those execs.

    I believe that the deal that movie theatres get goes something like this:

    The studio gets almost all the revenue for the first week of release. After that it tails off, and theatres start to get more of the revenue.

    So - support your local flea pit and watch movies late :-)

  5. Re:lost it! by Lehk228 · · Score: 4, Informative

    one line will do it "If you do not cancel my subscription i will issue a chargeback and report you as committing credit card fraud"

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  6. Re:Hit Lucas Where It Hurts by Coryoth · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes! Giving them the same amount of money a week later would REALLY prove a point. You stick it to those execs!

    Surprisingly enough it probably would have at least some effect. Tese days the Hollywood blockbuster films rely on huge opening weekends and huge first weeks to create buzz, attention and momentum for a film. Just consider how much time the media spends discussing which film opened bigger this weekend. If such a boycott actually took place on a large scale it could conceivably suck a lot of the thunder out of Episode 3s opening week and probably create significant negative buzz about the film "not living up to hype" with regard to its failure to open as big as expected. Sure the geeks will go later, but the people that don't care as much will come away with a negative view of the film.

    Of course all of this presupposes that the proposed boycott actualy occurs on a mass scale. Which it simply won't. This guy and his friends giving Lucasa the money a week late is, as you say, going to make no difference at all.

    I, myself, am simply planning on not seeing the film at all. Perhaps if it's on TV, or a second hand DVD selling for $1 I'll consider it. It doesn't take a huge act of will power - the first two sucked. Badly. Why on earth would I care about this one, which sounds like it has the potential to be even worse?

    Jedidiah.

  7. And you laughed at my AOL address... by CodeWanker · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just saw it. Anakin gets red-rimmed yellow contacts to show he's evil. The wookies are taking over where the ewoks left off. Alec Guinness does the narration/explanation for most of the trailer... Thank goodness there was some decent monologues in Star Wars.

    Of course, AOL folks get the "The making of" mini documentaries, where we all get to rage at the loving detail of George Lucas retrofitting explanations to his choices. It's fun! Could almost make a drinking game out of them.

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    1. Re:And you laughed at my AOL address... by ravingsanity · · Score: 3, Informative

      No, Alec Guiness wasn't the one replaced in the end of ROTJ it was Sebastian Shaw that was replaced by Hayden Christensen. Alec is still there to Yoda's left (your right).

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  8. Re:In other news by Kredal · · Score: 2, Informative

    People moderate things they think are funny as informative, because that way the poster gets a karma point. "funny" doesn't rate karma for some reason.

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  9. Re:Direct Link to 4 mirrors by FlunkedFlank · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not the trailer. That's the 5-second preview of the trailer from Entertainment Tonight.

  10. Re:Direct Link to 4 mirrors by techwolf · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's only clips of the trailer from Access Hollywood there. There isn't a full trailer.

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  11. Re:Hmm.. by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 2, Informative

    if you're watching them in order, then this isn't the ending... you're only half-way there...

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  12. Usenet by Lord+Bear · · Score: 3, Informative

    Its out on usenet.

    alt.binaries.starwars

    getting it now... May the force be with you.

  13. Re:Bitorrent located here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/1935/Star_Wa rs_Episode_3___Leaked_Marketing_Video[1]-avi.torre nt

  14. Mirror right here! by scoser · · Score: 2, Informative
    1. Re:Mirror right here! by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 2, Informative

      NICE!!!!!!

      to all the old fools who get their panties up their crack when Lucas changes something. tough crap.

      SEIII looks awsome!!!!

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    2. Re:Mirror right here! by Bifurcati · · Score: 2, Informative
      Good stuff!

      Honestly, perhaps the movies weren't as good as the originals, but I still enjoyed them. Watching the trailer definitely gets me enthused about seeing the next one! Both Yoda and the Emperor look like they're going to get some screen time with sabers - awesome!

      Actually, that's one thing which I think has been done really well in the preques - the light sabre battles are just awesome.

      Ah well, now to wait for the actual trailer.

    3. Re:Mirror right here! by Egorn · · Score: 5, Informative

      We're have 3 people trying to maintain a live link on this site: http://www.dtheatre.com/read.php?sid=2782

      It can be seen there now.

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  15. Got it! by numbski · · Score: 4, Informative

    Spread the seed my breathren!

    Torrent!

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    1. Re:Got it! by numbski · · Score: 3, Informative

      Sorry guys but I just got a takedown notice from Lucasfilm:


      Dear Webmaster,
      It has come to our attention that your website,
      http://www.numbski.net/downloads/sw3trai ler.torren t is posting
      unauthorized copies of content (Episode III Teaser Trailer) from the
      Official Star Wars website (www.starwars.com
      ) and in particular, content from the
      subscriber-only area of the site - Hyperspace
      (www.starwars.com/hyperspace ),
      as well as content from Star Wars Insider magazine, a Lucasfilm
      publication.

      We believe this content is protected by copyright and other laws and its
      use elsewhere on your website is a violation of the starwars.com Terms
      of Service..

      We trust this is an oversight or miscommunication and that any such
      content will be removed from your site immediately and no future
      re-posting will occur. This will allow us to avoid a more formal
      communication in the future.

      Thank you for your enthusiasm for Star Wars and thank you in advance for
      your cooperation on this matter.


      I didn't get this from the 'subscriber only' area. I downloaded from the link in the article at the AOL website.

      Weirdness. Sorry guys, I have to kill the torrent. :(

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  16. Re:Bitorrent located here... by Hawkxor · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is a video that was leaked ages ago, not the trailer.

  17. Download here... by WhoDang · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://206.208.58.220/ep3.mov

    enjoy.

  18. Re:here it is by zutronics · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shucks. Follow the link in my profile for redemption.

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  19. Tracker by numbski · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's the tracker url:

    Tracker

    I'm using azureus. I think I'm having firewall probs, not sure yet though.

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  20. It's for you! by mrpuffypants · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.tomservo.net/etc/vid/starwars3teaser.mo v

    Destroy my server!

    1. Re:It's for you! by stienman · · Score: 2, Informative

      It's also cached at .

      -Adam

    2. Re:It's for you! by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Informative

      Well, I just got a cease and desist for posting the video of supar sekrat Episode III:

      > Dear Webmaster,
      > It has come to our attention that your website,
      > http://www.tomservo.net/etc/vid/starwars3teaser.mo v is posting
      > unauthorized copies of content (Episode III Teaser Trailer) from the
      > Official Star Wars website (www.starwars.com) and in particular,
      > content from the subscriber-only area of the site - Hyperspace
      > (www.starwars.com/hyperspace), as well as content from Star Wars
      > Insider magazine, a Lucasfilm publication.
      >
      > We believe this content is protected by copyright and other laws and
      > its use elsewhere on your website is a violation of the starwars.com
      > Terms of Service..
      >
      > We trust this is an oversight or miscommunication and that any such
      > content will be removed from your site immediately and no future
      > re-posting will occur. This will allow us to avoid a more formal
      > communication in the future.
      >
      > Thank you for your enthusiasm for Star Wars and thank you in advance
      > for your cooperation on this matter.
      >
      > - Lucasfilm, Content Management
      > http://www.starwars.com || http://www.indianajones.com

  21. Re:The Incredibles? by reidhoch · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is true, the theatrical trailer airs during The Incredibles.

  22. Re:Too nervous to watch it by creep · · Score: 2, Informative

    For what it's worth, the stair surfing was in LOTR:TT, not ROTK.

  23. Re:lost it! by Leibherk · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the aol account help section, if you look around for a while, it has a section on "how do i cancel?"(or something), and that section lists faxing as an option with instructions and the number.

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  24. Extremely fast mirror by nakedbonzai · · Score: 3, Informative
    Mirror here

    ...at 500kb/sec. Well, not for long I'd imagine!

    1. Re:Extremely fast mirror by yorugua · · Score: 3, Informative

      and just in case : http://mywebpages.comcast.net.nyud.net:8090/traile rnews/full.mov

    2. Re:Extremely fast mirror by theanonymousbrit · · Score: 2, Informative

      My provider is soon to disable my site until 12:01 AM tomorrow (Friday) morning due to my exceeding bandwidth restrictions. I've torrented the files, but if my site is suspended, there goes my tracker. I've mirrored the files themselves here. This is where I'll post updates.

  25. fast link to full version by coaxial00 · · Score: 3, Informative

    In case another mirror is needed, http://neverhost.net/public/full.mov Should be very fast :) Directory listing allowed for this folder.

  26. Re:lost it! by tntguy · · Score: 5, Informative
    (general tip here) Never ask to be transferred to a manager. End your conversation and call back. As soon as it's your turn to start talking, ask to speak with a supervisor. If you try to escalate the call with the person you're having a problem with, they will likely warn the supervisor why you want to escalate things -- and it'll only be their side of it -- if they bother to do it at all.

    This won't always work, but you'll increase your changes of actually getting to a real supervisor faster.

  27. Re:lost it! by g8x · · Score: 1, Informative

    You can download the install from here

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  28. Re:Hit Lucas Where It Hurts by zerocool^ · · Score: 2, Informative

    Last original cast ST movie I paid to see was Search for Spock. One shit bucket is enough for me, thank you very much.

    I did see Generations in the theatre, then waited for First Contact to hit HBO, and done. Haven't see any of the ST movies since then. Unless I hear some rave reviews from all sides, I'm done with new Star Trek--movies and TV.


    I agree with the rest of your post, but come on! This is a really easy one to solve!

    1.) Star trek the motion picture.
    2.) The Wrath of Khan
    3.) The search for spock
    4.) The Voyage Home
    5.) The final frontier
    6.) The Undiscovered country.
    7.) Generations
    8.) First Contact
    9.) Insurrection
    10.) Nemesis

    The even ones are good. It's as simple as that. There; all your star trek movie problems solved.

    ~Wx

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  29. Re:In other news by Ryosen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Proving that, even on Slashdot, Rodney Dangerfield would get no respect.

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  30. download it here now, for free by Khyron · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just in case the Empire diabled your Hyperspace account... http://notendur.centrum.is/~arnari/epi3.mov Enjoy!

  31. Real Torrent by lexbaby · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.filerush.com/torrents/swep3-480.mov.tor rent

    Just under 9MB, but it's the real thing.

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    1. Re:Real Torrent by lexbaby · · Score: 4, Informative

      You'll proabably get a webpage. Click the "torrent" "button" on the bottom left. link again

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  32. Re:OK, Now Shuddup in Advance by SeaDour · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um, Kurtz is not a game developer, he's a web comic artist. Big difference.

  33. Re:lost it! by big+daddy+kane · · Score: 3, Informative

    my parents had trouble kicking aol, until my dad told the credit card company to refuse all further charges from aol...