# Possible ways Lucas will screw up Episode Three: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822 "2002-06-01T00:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/21 "2002-06-01T06:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjtm \* > \*\*About Chewie, if he were to be in Ep III, how would it be done? The original actor died, and a CG Chewie would suck, I think (I think CG Yoda was irritating (but obviously necessary in some scenes, and CG C3PO bugged the hell out of me.) \*\* Wrong. Peter Mayhew is most definitely alive, unless he died extremely recently. He was present at Celebration II, the release party for AotC. While we’re on the subject, Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Frank Oz (Yoda’s voice and former master puppetteer), and David Prowse (Vader’s body) are all still alive too. In fact, in a recent interview Prowse indicated that he wanted to get back into the armor if the script for Episode III called for the Vader we’re used to. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/22 "2002-06-01T06:40:57Z")
True. (I should mention I desperately need sleep) I guess I meant it from the traditional stance- like how Daniels and Baker are still C-3PO and R2-D2. **Fish** , you scare me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/23 "2002-06-01T06:56:26Z")
Just doing my job, jjtm. Did I mention the title of Episode III will be “Ani, Get Your Gungan?” 🙂 \<8)))\>\< ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/24 "2002-06-02T04:43:09Z")
How about [these](http://masterninja.com/smartass/?remark=swep3)? ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/25 "2002-06-02T05:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish \* > \*\* > > - Han Solo no longer accidentally activates Boba Fett’s jetpack to send him careening into the Sarlacc Pit. Instead, Han indicates that Boba Fett’s shoe is untied, whereupon the bounty hunter looks down, trips over his own foot, shoots himself in the neck, gets tangled up in his own grappling hook cord, and says “D’oh!” a la Homer Simpson. Fett then windmills his arms wildly on the edge of the skiff, falls into a batch of wet cement, and explodes with near-nuclear force. Han Solo then quips, “The fool! He doesn’t even have shoelaces.” > > \<8)))\>\< \*\* **Fish** you are a God. That was utterly hilarious. _bows_ I’m not worthy! Wearia ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/26 "2002-06-02T07:02:54Z")
A young, soon-to-be Grand Moff Tarkin played by Jude Law. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/27 "2002-06-02T11:50:22Z")
Jar Jar is killed by Darth/Anakin in a scene Lucas intends to be heart-wrenching. Everybody cheers at the massacre, & the scene becomes the “feel-good” film of the year. Lucas then sells pencils on the streetcorner for the next 20 years; & the final 3 episodes are directed by William Shatner with himself cast as Jedi-In-Chief. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/28 "2002-06-02T12:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Actually, you aware that Chewie is what-almost 300 years old? \*\* Details, details. Okay, so Lucas introduces Chewy and his son, Chewy Jr. The costumes from the Christmas special must be lying around someplace. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/29 "2002-06-02T12:17:08Z")
How could Lucas screw up Episode Three? 1. Writing it. 2. Directing it. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/30 "2002-06-02T14:55:51Z")
[quote] How could Lucas screw up Episode Three? 1. Writing it. 2. Directing it. [/quote[ **HA!** That’s hilarious…and, of course, so sadly _TRUE_. [sub] ftr, I hated “Menace,” thought AOTC was painful (if neat _looking_, but loved the first two movies…so I’m not a Star Wars hater, nyah![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/31 "2002-06-02T16:19:57Z")
I’d like to see flashback scenes of Obi-Wan as a child, under Yoda’s training, brought up at several key points in the film. They would recall Obi-Wan at key crossroads in his life, and the choices he made, and he would remember them while seeing Anikin making all the wrong choices. Eventually he’d see Anikin as a lost cause, and the two would fight. Obi-Wan loses an arm, but strangely keeps his original hand 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/32 "2002-06-02T16:43:59Z")
Wow. That’s some messed up coding in my last post. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/33 "2002-06-02T16:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > How could Lucas screw up Episode Three? > > 1. Writing it. > 2. Directing it. That’s what I was going to say. Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/34 "2002-06-02T17:19:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*\* Han Solo no longer accidentally activates Boba Fett’s jetpack to send him careening into the Sarlacc Pit. Instead, Han indicates that Boba Fett’s shoe is untied, whereupon the bounty hunter looks down, trips over his own foot, shoots himself in the neck, gets tangled up in his own grappling hook cord, and says “D’oh!” a la Homer Simpson. Fett then windmills his arms wildly on the edge of the skiff, falls into a batch of wet cement, and explodes with near-nuclear force. Han Solo then quips, “The fool! He doesn’t even have shoelaces.” \*\* “Upon closer inspection, these are loafers.” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/35 "2002-06-02T17:27:47Z")
> [@](#): > > “Upon closer inspection, these are loafers.” HAH HAH HAH! “From up here, they appear to be tied, but I will go in for a closer look.” ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/36 "2002-06-02T20:21:30Z")
1. Anakin’s turn to the dark side turned out to be caused by Jar Jar Blink’s accidentally making him bald in a chemistry class accident. He was wearing a wig all this time. Anakin dramatically takes the wig off as a final test before becoming a Darth. 2. Yoda tells Obi-wan, “You stupid, Leia had the force, not Luke.” 3. Princess A reads out loud a slash story between Anakin and Palpatine and thinks it is true. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/37 "2002-06-02T21:11:46Z")
What precisely is a Grand Mof? Does Mof stand for something? Maker of Fear? Mother of Facsimilies? Master of France? Mythical Orfice Fuzz? Murderous Orangatan Fabricator? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/38 "2002-06-03T05:20:58Z")
Does “Tarkin” mean “Diver” ? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/39 "2002-06-04T21:16:48Z")
> [@](#): > > What precisely is a Grand Mof? > > Does Mof stand for something? He’s a bad mof- _Shut your mouth!_ Talking about Grand Moff Tarkin. _We can dig it._ ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822/40 "2002-06-04T21:54:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Journeyman \* > \*\*What precisely is a Grand Mof? > > Does Mof stand for something? > > Maker of Fear? > Mother of Facsimilies? > Master of France? > Mythical Orfice Fuzz? > Murderous Orangatan Fabricator? \*\* Mean Old Fart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-ways-lucas-will-screw-up-episode-three/111822.md?page=3)