Star Wars Episode III official thread

[EvilMog]

Holy ass. We just watched Ep1 and 2 back to back. Wow is there a lot of shitty scenes in these movies. I'm still really pumped up for Ep3 though.

[Cowutopia]

These dark side peanut m&m's > Eps 1&2.

Mmmm...tasty.

I'm giving in to my inner geek...been playing the star wars music in my car (and driving really fast and beeping along to it...)

Today we got every star wars cup from 7-11 and filled them with Darth Dew (which is a lot like the bubblicious grape flavor they had before..or whatever grape it was. Apparently Darth is grapey.) and I got a Chewbacca spin-pop. And most importantly, tickets for the midnight first showing.

Tomorrow I get my costumes out of the crawl space.

[Revoltor]

I'm totally buying a lightsaber and whacking all of my friends with it.

[MrWhitefolks]

<--- just got done reading the first shooting script of this flick and it seems 1000 times better than lucas' previous attempts(im pretty sure he had someone help him with the dialog to stray away from the overly geeked hammy ass bullshit), but one thing still bugs me about this guy:

he barely(if at all) describes anything in his fight scenes.

example:

"OBI WAN is put on the defensive"(this is all he puts in the script during a KEY moment)

or

"The fighting is FAST and FURIOUS"(regarding another key moment)

or how about the ever so classic....

"The fighting here is intense. Sparks fly everywhere"

this isnt him describing a shot in the sequence, this is him describing an entire sequence of a battle(like, one sentance = 2 minutes of dueling between characters).

[Fe 26]

These dark side peanut m&m's > Eps 1&2.

Mmmm...tasty.

I'm giving in to my inner geek...been playing the star wars music in my car (and driving really fast and beeping along to it...)

Today we got every star wars cup from 7-11 and filled them with Darth Dew (which is a lot like the bubblicious grape flavor they had before..or whatever grape it was. Apparently Darth is grapey.) and I got a Chewbacca spin-pop. And most importantly, tickets for the midnight first showing.

Tomorrow I get my costumes out of the crawl space.

When I think about all that we know about you from your post, I have to say, you are the weirdest mother fucker on this board, Mr. Darth Buttsex

[Mr-K]

this isnt him describing a shot in the sequence, this is him describing an entire sequence of a battle(like, one sentance = 2 minutes of dueling between characters).

That's because he leaves the fight choreography to someone who knows how to choreograph a sword fight.

[Revoltor]

Spielberg's supposed to have had a heavy hand in it this time.

[Ashen Victor]

Today we got every star wars cup from 7-11 and filled them with Darth Dew (which is a lot like the bubblicious grape flavor they had before..or whatever grape it was. Apparently Darth is grapey.)

Mountain Dew Pitch Black. i got one of the cups and filled it with that, too.

[MrWhitefolks]

That's because he leaves the fight choreography to someone who knows how to choreograph a sword fight.

choreographing is one thing, but to not know what the hell your own basic fight scene MOMENTS are for your own SCRIPT?

that's just assinine. tarantino isnt a choreographer but he had almost every major kill during the fight with the Crazy 88s jotted down in his script. he KNEW what HE wanted to see...while lucas sits over here throwing money at people to "fix" his vision for Star Wars.

[Jetman]

Well the fight scene between Maul and Qui Gon went well (except for the gay way it ended) , and Parks choreographed that one, right? And all of the lightsaber fights in AotC were good imo.

I'm sure he just doesnt throw money at the scene and walk away.He has say in what stays,what works,and what doesnt. And he's obviously not a martial artist so why not leave it in the pros' hands to handle that situation best. Would you prescribe medication to someone with a degree in architecture? Would you try your hand at programming if you didnt know what a keyboard is?
For obvious reasons he may be a bit weak at doing fight scenes (Look at Obi-Wan vs. Vader in ANH for proof of this) so what's wrong with swallowing your pride,realizing your shortcomings and handing the reins over to someone else? Sometimes I wish he'd do this in other areas of his movies, but I guess we cant have everything.