Star Wars Episode 3 Release Date Announced 533
snitty writes "Lucas Films has announced the release date for the last movie in the trilogy of prequels. The date is set for May 19, 2005. The title of the movie has yet to be released. I think I'll give it another year or so before I get on line for tickets."
Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)
Episode II on DVD (Score:5, Funny)
I was at my local Walmart store when I stumbled across the island display offering Star Wars Episode II for some rediculously low price. I think it was $9.99.
"Wow," I thought, "That's really cheap! I should pick up a copy!" I greedily snatched up one of the widescreen packages.
But then I remembered that Episode II really really sucked. I put the package down.
But it was only $9.99! Even if it sucked, what a bargain!
But then again, the movie really did suck. Completely. In fact I could easily rant for an hour about how badly the movie sucked. I mean, don't get me started on Jango Fett, the apparently psychic bounty hunter. Or the totally clueless Jedi. Or Count Doogie. Arghh.... I digress.
Anyway, I decided not to waste $9.99 on the DVD. Unless the reviews for Episode III are really stellar, I'll save my $7.50 and skip that movie too.
Re:Episode II on DVD (Score:5, Funny)
No no... you got it backwards. It's Episode I that really really sucked. Episode II just really sucked.
If we're lucky, Episode III will just suck.
-S
Re:Episode II on DVD (Score:3, Funny)
Since I managed to totally forget to see The Matrix III (Rebooted? Restitutions? something like that), I doubt I'll bother watching Star Wars III. God what dissapointments these movies have been. :(
Your missing out (Score:3, Funny)
Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:5, Funny)
While that's a lot to ask, it all does contribute mightily to the feelings of disappointment. The reality is everything else has gotten much better, catching up as it were. Sure, you could toss Jar Jar, but that character isn't the problem. The problem is the viewer. Therefore I only have the following to offer:
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:3, Insightful)
Nowhere did the parent imply that all germans are nazis.
It just so happens that Hitler is, in contemporary culture, one of the most popular satirical ranters there is.
Therefore, the parent simply implies it would be amusing to imagine Hitler ranting about Star Wars.
Please try and keep objective instead of going out of your way to put words in people's mouths to make yourself or someone else a victim of nothing.
Re:Its not the Episode, It's You! (Score:3, Insightful)
If his logical reasoning that a passage must be associated with Hitler based solely on the fact that it appeared to be written in German is not, in fact, accurate, please enlighten me as to what the vague alludement is.
As to your point that it would be amusing to imagine Hitler ranting about something as trite as Star Wars, I disagree. Having personally known people
RE: translation and nazi association. (Score:3, Informative)
Do a google search for Blinkenlights and you find a story about a sign posted in a University computer room:
ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS!
Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer
Re:Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uh-oh (Score:4, Funny)
(Yes...I know he's trying to be Jar Jar...but put an Italian accent to it and imagine the bootup sequence of Mario 64.)
Special edition critics? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Special edition critics? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Special edition critics? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh Lord, I just resonded to a Star Wars/Trek post. I need to go wash myself and see if my girlfriend will still have me back.
Re:Uh-oh (Score:4, Funny)
To save time... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)
feels good.
Whee (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Whee (Score:4, Funny)
(Upon return from the death star)
"Luke!"
"Carrie!"
Re:Whee (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whee (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Informative)
Try The 5th Element , taxi scenes. Visual effects for falling/fighting are nothing new.
Re:You can say that again. (Score:3, Interesting)
If you think and use historical frames of reference (hard to do for some I know), you'd know that Lucas has been very busily ripping off Samurai films whenever he can. The Yoda fight was an extension of that (bear with me) in that he wanted to show the old master teaching the rebelling student a lesson. That was the crux of the fight. It had *absolutely* nothing to do with Tolkein.
Think before you post.
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Insightful)
The movies, although I enjoyed them, have never been a pinnacle example of filmmaking. They're just a fun way to waste a couple hours.
When I was a kid I couldnt wait to see Empire or Jedi. And it wasnt for the brilliant dialogue, I wanted to see some cool space dogfights, neato lightsaber battles, and weirdo looking robots and aliens.
I wasn't as dissapointed in Eps 1 & 2 as the rest of you. I only showed up for the effects, and shut my brain off to watch 'em. Yoda going all Wu-Tang at the end of Ep 2 was cool.
The only character I ever thought was cool was Boba Fett, so I guess I'm a little miffed that they rewrote him as a hot-headed latino with a chip on his shoulder. I liked the mysterious, soulless, motivated-by-cold-hard-cash bounty hunter, myself.
Anyhow, there'll be a ton of cool fights in the next one. The Jedi get their asses kicked and Anakin gets knocked into some acid/lava/wookie urine..
I'll watch it, and enjoy it for what it is.
Re:You can say that again. (Score:3, Informative)
--Joey
Re:You can say that again. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can say that again. (Score:4, Interesting)
In TTT, Gandolf has good reason for falling down the chasm--afterall, it wasn't even his choice! I'm sure that he'd rather be doing other things.
Anakin diving off the speeder was just stupid. He did it with no clear reason for doing it, in the face of the great possibility he would become jedi-jelly. He used the special effect as a motivator in the movie, in place of inteligence. Futhermore, it was done with absolutely no suspense. We know he (Anakin) isn't going to die; Gandolf, on the other hand had the people that never read the book fooled--last thing they were expecting to see was Gandolf fighting and falling!
Re:You can say that again. (Score:5, Insightful)
He won and raised all three kids as a single father. Granted, a single father with a HELL of a lot of money, but a single father all the same... and one who packed lunches and cooked family dinners.
The guy might have sucked at telling a love story, but I have no doubt he actually loves his kids. I just think a love story didn't play correctly for him as he was writing it...
Of course, in the love story he wrote, the mother dies young, the kids are split apart, the father cuts off the son's hand and the son and daughter have romantic moments together.
Ewwwwww.
Pirate date? (Score:5, Funny)
What's the date for the pirated release?
Re:Pirate date? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pirate date? (Score:3, Funny)
Great (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Great (Score:3, Funny)
This is /. (Score:5, Insightful)
No way. This is slashdot, remember. Most of the people posting didn't read the article before commenting, why should they watch the movie before bitching and maning?
By released, you mean (Score:5, Funny)
Re:By released, you mean (Score:2)
May 20, 2005
-S
Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
Episode 4 remake (Score:5, Interesting)
jar jar says: "Episode 4 was the first movie relased. Me so think you so stupid"
My greatest fear is that Lucas will decide to remake the original Episode 4 -- from scratch, so that he can fully incorporate his "vision". He could justify it pretty well by the need to tie up the loose ends that are sure to be left by the prequels, like:
* Why doesn't C3P0 remember being created by Anakin? He keeps saying "Thank the Maker", when he could easily thank him in person.
* Assuming that C3PO has had his memory wiped, what about R2D2? Are we going to have to say they wiped him, too, or does he just not bother telling what he knows?
* In Ep IV, Darth Vader doesn't seem to ascribe any particular significance to Tatooine -- his birthplace.
* We were introduced to Luke's future foster parents (in Lucas' trademark ham-handed way) in Ep II. So when Anakin/Darth visited, why would he have them barbequed?
* In fact, why would he even need to massacre Jawas to find the droids -- why not just drop in on Owen and Beru directly?
Maybe some of these questions are going to be answered next May... but I can't imagine it'll be in any way satisfying. I suspect Lucas would remake Eps IV, V, VI in a heartbeat, if the studios were fool enough to let him. And they could well be.
Wow. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow. (Score:3, Funny)
The title will be (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The title will be (Score:5, Funny)
How about Star Wars Episode III: We've Lost All Hope
That ties in pretty well with Ep IV, I think.
Re:The title will be (Score:3, Funny)
Star Wars Episode III: The Search For Plot.
Busting out the tent (Score:2, Funny)
Surviving on half-eaten bags of popcorn, drinking un-drank sodas, hoping I don't get the one used a make-shift 'restroom' for LOTR:ROTK.
May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:4, Funny)
Re:May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:5, Funny)
Re:May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:2, Interesting)
Not sure why, exactly, but I have a theory.
Movie twits go to the opening, boast about the movies to their friends, who might go friday.
And no matter how horrible the film, movie twits pump it up like it's the be all and end all of western civilisation.
Re:May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:May 19 2005 is a Thursday (Score:3, Insightful)
I think I'll speak for everyone... (Score:2, Interesting)
Must... resist... going... to... movie...
To paraphrase a well known SF icon.
Tickets? (Score:5, Funny)
You don't have to get a ticket to rent it at blockbuster.. I don't understand.
Only 408 days to go... (Score:5, Funny)
what is there to live for? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:5, Funny)
No, no, the answer is not sex, the question is sex. The answer is yes.
-John
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:4, Interesting)
Spider-Man 2
X-men 3 (2 was even better than 1, so 3 should be unbelievable)
The Hobbit
And that's about it. All the other large franchises are either played out, or got so horrible that hopefully they won't bother to make any more sequels. Terminator 3 was pretty lame, and pretty much wrapped up the storyline anyway. The last two "Alien" movies were terrible. We all know how rancid Star Wars episodes 1 and 2 were. Star Trek has become rather tired, and has had a pretty bad track record (2, 4, 6, and 8 were great, but the rest were either mediocre or terrible). Matrix went way south with the last two installments, and its storyline seems to be wrapped up as well (I hope). Maybe the next James Bond movie will be good, but it's impossible to say since they'll be starting over with a new actor.
Luckily, good new non-blockbuster, non-sequel-generating movies come out now and then, such as Master and Commander.
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:4, Insightful)
I can't wait until Hollwood destroys the rest of my childhood memories (Gilligans Island, Lone Ranger, etc). Sooner or later it is bound to happen
Re:what is there to live for? (Score:3, Informative)
Hey, if they made Steve Buscemi Gilligan, it might not be so...well, yeah, it would still be bad.
If a dud is released on Memorial Day... (Score:2)
In line for tickets? (Score:2)
Of course, that won't stop the few remaining devout fans queueing up for days in advance. Of course, a permanent queue of 10 people does look a little strange, but then, I'm pretty sure the people queueing will look strange enough to begin with...
Jedidiah.
The title (Score:3, Funny)
Based on the last 2 titles, my guess would be Night of the Living Sith
Jason
ProfQuotes [profquotes.com]
Spoiler (Score:2)
There is an amazing, difficult battle where the Jedi are decimated, including Windu. But in an stunning display of the force, the lightsabers of the fallen jedi rise up and continue the fight, brutally wiping out the remaining enemies. The battle ends with a single survivor... Yoda.
PS: the above is not real. I just thought it was a logical use of the force that would make Yoda appear to be a badass. :)
Title (Score:3, Funny)
Episode III: CGI
No surprise (Score:5, Insightful)
Episodes IV, V, and VI were released at three year intervals in May. Episode I released May 1999... Episode II released May 2002. Is anyone surprised that Episode III is being released May 2005?
Worst 3rd Movie Installment Ever (Score:5, Insightful)
Although Revenge of the Nerds 3 was pretty bad.
How About (Score:5, Funny)
After the huge box office ratings of the first movie, you can pretty much guarantee at least a couple more sequels including a buddy flick with Chris Rock as the comic relief sidekick.
That's convenient... (Score:3, Interesting)
O Lucasarts give us this day our tie-ins, we are ready to recieve... -_-
Get in line NOW (Score:2, Interesting)
Why should I see it? (Score:4, Funny)
How good?
'More better than you can imagine!'
I dunno, I can imagine quite a lot...
'You'll see it!'
I better.
'You will!'
The real title (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The real title (Score:5, Funny)
At least that's what dyslexic people will call it
Cheers,
IT
The Creeping Fear (Score:5, Informative)
Episode III: The Creeping Fear (Score:3, Informative)
Now it says in production.
Barring an April Fools by the folks at Lucasfilm did someone goof?
Re:Episode III: The Creeping Fear (Score:3, Funny)
It has been foretold.. (Score:3, Funny)
Radioactive Panda (Score:4, Interesting)
I think this comic strip [radioactivepanda.com] says all that needs to be said about the new Star Wars movies.
In a very sarcastic manner, of course.
Episode III Title: The Passion of Jar Jar (Score:4, Funny)
George's thought process (Score:5, Funny)
Phase I: Come up with sweet Star Wars idea.
Phase II: Make sweet movies.
Phase III: Profit.
For Episodes I, II, III.
Phase I: Continue with sweet idea.
Phase II: ???
Phase III: Profit.
Title leaked (Score:3, Funny)
Espisode III: Return of the Profit
A New Hope? (Score:3, Interesting)
People are complaining okay... but... (Score:3, Insightful)
official title leaked (Score:3, Funny)
Unlike most of y'all (Score:4, Insightful)
Whine all you want to: you'll see it, you'll enjoy it on some level (usual the "we're all kids at heart" sort), and then you'll come back here and whine how Jar-Jar didn't die so that you aren't seen as "uncool" in the land of the geeks.
When did we (geeks, I mean) become such hypercritcal, self-loathing, materialistic whiny no-no's? Too much Spam as a kid, or too many jocks? IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE MOVIES, THEN WHY DO YOU FUCKING CARE?!? Go away and do something else.
Anyhow: mod away... I have a shitload of karma to burn and could use a negative number for a post...
Who do I send title ideas to? (Score:3, Funny)
What can George do? (Score:5, Insightful)
Working title (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A New Hope? (Score:2)
Re:A New Hope? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A New Hope? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A New Hope? (Score:5, Funny)
[And now, kalidasa waits to become the first poster in
Re:A New Hope? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A New Hope? (Score:5, Funny)
One can only hope that you're wrong.
-S
Re:A New Hope? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm still waiting for Spaceballs II: The Search For More Money
Re:And THEN what.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why is there no Hans Solo character? (Score:5, Interesting)
There is no one like Han, who is by nature a self serving man, but actually has a decent side to him.
Makes it so you can actually like him.
Obviously this type of person isn't something that Lucas agrees with, considering the chop job he did with the whole shooting first thing.
Re:Star Wars in a Nutshell (Score:5, Funny)