# Episode II DVD Owners Trailer--Spoiler Warning! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545 "2001-11-10T00:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/1 "2001-11-10T00:09:56Z")
Any other Ep I DVD owners checked out the special Internet trailer that came online today? Your thoughts? Here are some of mine: 1. Natalie Portman is _ **hot** _. 2. Slave I, and Jango Fett’s Mandalorian armor, look fuckin’ cool. It will be nice to see these babys engaged in some real action. 3. Looks like Lucas is going with keeping some of the lighter, humorous tone. Witness the two exchanges between Anakin and Obi-Wan regarding the power couplings and coming to rescue him. 4. CGI Yoda is . . . different. Going to be hard to get used to. 5. There’s still a **lot** we’re not seeing–there are going to be some kick-ass battles in this movie. 6. The _Star Wars_ series will now have had both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It is to die for. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/2 "2001-11-10T01:40:33Z")
My DVD-Rom player no longer works - I think the laser is misaligned - so I may never see this trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/3 "2001-11-10T01:43:51Z")
I own the DVD. I have a DVD-ROM drive in my computer. I have a high-speed internet connection. I should be watching this trailer as we speak. But, Lucas decided not to support Apple, so I can’t. Farging icehole. Is this thing capable of being saved to a hard drive? Anyone wanna send it to me? I fit the criteria, really I do… ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/4 "2001-11-10T02:45:44Z")
Max, Lucas has actually made the trailer available for Mac users: [http://www.starwars.com/exclusive/mystery/](http://www.starwars.com/exclusive/mystery/) ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/5 "2001-11-10T07:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Is this thing capable of being saved to a hard drive? Anyone wanna send it to me? I fit the criteria, really I do… \*\* [Enjoy](http://www.movie-list.com/s/starwars2.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/6 "2001-11-10T16:30:43Z")
First, thanks **KKBAttousai**. I tried like the dickens to save the trailer last night to my PC. **Phil** : It looks like the CGI Yoda (in the long shots) were very preliminary graphics. At least I hope. He doesn’t look as “real” as Jar-Jar does. ILM will fix that before May. And you’re so very right about Natalie Portman. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/7 "2001-11-10T21:01:32Z")
Attack of the clones?? Yeesh… CGI Yoda? Why? He’s already built! Just use him again! Lucas has gotten too dependant on these CGI characters now… Part of yoda’s charm was the work of the master puppeteers that operated him. And let us not forget what happens when someone becomes too dazzled with the idea of a computer-generated character. The resulting Jar-Jar was a horrific addition to the last film. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/8 "2001-11-11T01:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stupendous man \* > \*\*CGI Yoda? Why? He’s already built! Just use him again! > \*\* Because they plan on having the character do things that would be outside the paramaters of puppetry in this movie. There are major battle scenes in this movie, some of which Yoda participates in. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/9 "2001-11-11T01:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > And let us not forget what happens when someone becomes too dazzled with the idea of a computer-generated character. The resulting Jar-Jar was a horrific addition to the last film. I remember when Empire came out, everybody hated Yoda. “C’mon these Jedi are supposed to be badass fighters but their leader is a puny little green wimp who can’t even speak?” Then came the Ewoks who were hated so much that Yoda underwent a revisionist history to become such a beloved figure. Now of course the ultimate evil that is Jar-Jar, and the Ewoks are cool. I am wondering what kind of creation Lucas is going to put in this film that people will knee-jerk hate more than Jar-Jar. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/10 "2001-11-11T03:38:59Z")
This trailer was amazing. I was wowed and found myself laughing twice(the Obi-Wan lines). Maybe _he_ is the new Han Solo. By the way, it didn’t work out too well with the Lucas servers being bogged down, so the trailer is available to anyone, with or without DVD. You can get it at… [http://www.movie-list.com/s/starwars2.shtml](http://www.movie-list.com/s/starwars2.shtml) I recommend the 13 meg version. You can make it nearly full screen and not lose much quality. Anakin, “We’ve decided to come back and rescue you.” Obi-Wan, “Good Job.” ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/11 "2001-11-11T10:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > the Ewoks are cool. The Ewoks were never cool. Marketable, yes… cool, no. ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/12 "2001-11-11T12:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Stupendous man \* > > \*\*CGI Yoda? Why? He’s already built! Just use him again! > > \*\* > > Because they plan on having the character do things that would be outside the paramaters of puppetry in this movie. There are major battle scenes in this movie, some of which Yoda participates in. \*\* Hmm… Somehow I just can’t imagine Yoda doing any battling… At least hand-to-hand combat style battling anyway. This should well prove interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/13 "2001-11-11T17:49:02Z")
Wait until you see Yoda take on Count Dooko. It’s a short, but hilarious battle. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/14 "2001-11-11T18:42:48Z")
yoda fighting… it boggles the mind! let me guess, and then you say yes/no/maybe so. so… either this “count dooko” fellow is another midget, or yoda uses the force to fly about when he fights. ? ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/15 "2001-11-11T18:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saepiroth \* > \*\*yoda fighting… > > it boggles the mind! > > let me guess, and then you say yes/no/maybe so. > > so… either this “count dooko” fellow is another midget, or yoda uses the force to fly about when he fights. > > ? \*\* From what I hear, Count Dooko is played by Christopher Lee (I think) and Yoda seems to be the one truly kicking Sith ass all over the place. Should be interesting ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/16 "2001-11-11T19:13:39Z")
now i HAVE to watch it even more than before… i cannot wait to see our superpowered midget whup arse. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/17 "2001-11-12T03:19:30Z")
Yeah, Dooku(Darth Tyrannus)is of normal height. You can see him twice in the DVD trailer. Go frame by frame and you can see him looking up at Obi-Wan as Obi-Wan floats in a tractor beam of sorts(I won’t say what it is for spoiler sake). And of course, he is the one fighting Anakin with the red light saber. Yoda uses the force to fly around him really quickly. He overwhelms him very quickly. The whole fight doesn’t last much more than a minute or two. It’s more funny that exciting, but it should be entertaining. Christopher Lee, who plays Dooku by the way, is going to forever be fixed as the classic Fantasy bad guy. Three Lord of the Rings movies as Saruman and two Star Wars movies as Darth Tyrannus. His life is going to be interesting at least through 2005. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/18 "2001-11-12T04:52:11Z")
i couldn’t get the trailer to run; i guess it doesn’t like me. oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/19 "2001-11-12T17:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saepiroth \* > \*\*i couldn’t get the trailer to run; i guess it doesn’t like me. > > oh well. \*\* Did you try downloading it from the other sites, the ones that don’t require the DVD? Few people were able to get it to work with the DVD. Just download the small quicktime one. It should work fine. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545/20 "2001-11-12T22:50:57Z")
I hope someone has a CGI Christopher Lee in the works. That chap’s going to hit 80 next year, and he’s got a hella schedule yet ahead of him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-ii-dvd-owners-trailer-spoiler-warning/92545.md?page=2)