Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures

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Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 23, 2005 @12:44AM from the ok-there-are-like-these-people-right-with-lasers dept.

jflint writes "Here is a site with over 80 screenshots (claiming more to come) that shows the story line of the upcoming Star Wars Episode 3. Some of the screenshots have French subtitles in them." These shots -- especially the space battle scenes -- certainly make it look more worthwhile than the two prior episodes.

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Anakin all burned up? by TrentL · 2005-02-23 00:51 · Score: 2, Interesting

Were did the shot of Anakin all burned up come from?

BTW, I saw these pics last night when Boing Boing linked to them first, like so much of what appears on Slashdot these days.
1. Re:Anakin all burned up? by ajs · 2005-02-23 01:31 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  Well, that's a full-body shot, but a much worse picture.
  
  Overall, these are very impressive shots, and I have to say, I'm looking forward to this. None of what I hoped for is in it (in terms of really turning the plot back on itself and getting creative), but it looks like a lot of fun, and a good cap to what I think was a fairly slow-to-build initial pair of movies (no, I didn't hate them, and I do think that they were at least as good as Jedi... teen romance and cute aliens are just guaranteed to turn off most SF fans no matter what else you have to offer).
Did anyone torrent it? by buro9 · 2005-02-23 00:58 · Score: 5, Interesting

You know... this should really be made part of the editors task.

If a news story is screenshots... especially if it's 10+ high res... tar + gzip them all and make a torrent somewhere.

Then sure, post the source... but more importantly... post the torrent link.

This happens way too often not to be something that could be done.

What about a slashdot tracker? Have rules on things only being addable by editors, and they can only do so via submitting a story.

Isn't this what it's about? Damn... where's that Slashcode site again? Sounds like the time to merge Blog Torrent and Slash together.
1. Re:Did anyone torrent it? by LiquidCoooled · 2005-02-23 01:16 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Hate to say this, but this is the sort of thing Roland does.
  However everyone bitches at him for it.
  
  Mirrordot seems quite good at handling the load (theres a link lower in the comments)
  
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Pictures/trailers are meaningless by limabone · 2005-02-23 01:10 · Score: 5, Interesting

I don't know if you remember the trailer for The Phantom Menace, but it had the Duel of the Fates song in the background and that trailer was amazing! After 20 years or whatever since Return of the Jedi, it made my knees week. That alone is proof that you can take a crappy two hour movie and turn it into an awesome 1 minute commercial.
Re:Cannes by LarsWestergren · 2005-02-23 02:24 · Score: 4, Interesting

Roger Ebert on Godzilla (1998):
"Going to see "Godzilla" at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica. It's a rebuke to the faith that the building represents. Cannes touchingly adheres to a belief that film can be intelligent, moving and grand. "Godzilla" is a big, ugly, ungainly device to give teenagers the impression they are seeing a movie. It was the festival's closing film, coming at the end like the horses in a parade, perhaps for the same reason."

Does it have any significance that SW3 is first though? The canary in the mine perhaps?

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Re:Spoiler: by genner · 2005-02-23 03:29 · Score: 2, Interesting

It can be done. I haven't seen attack of the clones OR the last matrix movie. I don't give second chances.
Re:Contradiction by fiannaFailMan · 2005-02-23 03:33 · Score: 2, Interesting

If the website guy is correct and Vader forcechokes Padme, who dies giving birth, it contradicts Return of the Jedi when Leia tells Luke she vaguely remembers her mother, being sad and all that stuff.
Other people have replied to you and said that she was talking about her adoptive mother on Alderaan, but that's incorrect. Luke specifically asked her about her biological mother. Leia's response was that she only recalled images and feelings. Sounds to me like her 'memories' came through the Force, so it's possible that Leia was able to remember the sensations that her mother was feeling prior to birth.

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Re:Contradiction by Bloomy · 2005-02-23 04:50 · Score: 2, Interesting

Another spoiler I read said that Leia was born first, and Padme got to hold her. This left the imprint that Leia remembered in Return of the Jedi. Padme died while giving birth to Luke, which is why he had no memory of his mother. The medical droids working on Padme couldn't exactly determine her cause of death, implying she died of a broken heart, which is the sadness Leia remembers.
what about Storm Troopers, etc by GreasyBloater · 2005-02-23 05:04 · Score: 2, Interesting

Where do the Storm Troopers in episode 4+ come from?
Are they clones turned bad? And outfitted differently?
How come the Episode 1-3 droids and battle droids are never seen again in 4+?
I was expecting these to be answered in 3... but so far I don't see it.
Re:Cannes by El+Cabri · 2005-02-23 05:21 · Score: 4, Interesting

A New Hope opened Cannes in 77. It seems like a proper closure to me, that the last Star Wars to be shot opens Cannes. And by the way, the opening movie is not part of the competition. It is often a popular movie, often from Hollywood, and has nothing to do with the artsy offering that acutally runs for the prizes.
Re:Contradiction by Master+Ben · 2005-02-23 05:33 · Score: 2, Interesting

Nope not a plot hole. Sorry to burst your bubble but Leia is born first by a few minutes and her mother holds her(remember she is force sensitive so her remembering this isn't completely in left field). Padme passes out afterwards and the droid has to manually remove Luke, which is why he knows nothing of her.

BTW my favorite movie thus far is ROTJ but AOTC comes in a close second. And from what I know and have seen thus far of ROTS, I'm almost positive it will take the top spot.
Re:It does look sweet but... by jkarlin · 2005-02-23 06:01 · Score: 2, Interesting

to be fair, Ben did not own R2. And as far as remembering them, droids are everywhere in their world. So the fact that Ben (as an old man) forgot one never bothered me. Also, he may have remembered them but choose not to say anything to avoid having to tell Luke a story that would lead to more questions about Daddy.

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Padme dies? by Peale · 2005-02-23 06:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

Okay...Leia and Luke were talking, and Leia stated she had memories of their mother.

If she died at their birth, how can they have memories? I suppose memories of the womb, but come on...
Re:Looks, sure. by Rob_Bryerton · 2005-02-23 11:46 · Score: 2, Interesting

Well Episodes I and II look worthwhile if you don't have to listen to the dialogue.

I respectfully disagree. That is all.
Re:*Spoiler* by Lonath · 2005-02-23 11:51 · Score: 2, Interesting

Am I the only one who knew that the bad guy was "Emporer Palpatine" in the old trilogy? I remember there was a huge debate on TheForce.net after TPM came out where people were wondering is Palpy==Sidious or not. :P

Also, I like the new movies. If you go back and rewatch the old trilogy, you will note the stilted dialogue and corny comedy is all there. It's just that I saw it as a child so I didn't know better.

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