# Star Wars Episode III: Birth of the Empire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133 "2004-05-20T06:08:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133/41 "2004-06-20T20:52:08Z")

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Surfing on lava? Ok, the lava I can see, in fact I know it has to be there. This is fine, have all the lava you want, have lava men, lava falling from the sky, have the cute sidekick for this one made of lava. I’m not against the lava. But _surfing?_ Jesus…

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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133/42 "2004-06-20T21:40:30Z")

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Jesus guys, that article was debunked the day it was first posted on the forum. Why do you feel the need to bump it back up? Don’t regard any of it as truth.

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**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133/43 "2004-06-20T21:50:33Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> Remember how corny it was in The Two Towers when Legolas skateboarded down the stairs on a shield? I don’t know what it is with every fucking director that makes them think that any movie can be made cooler with a surf/skateboard scene. Unless you are 8 years old or live in Venice Beach, CA, surfing and skating aren’t particularly cool anyway.

Charlie’s Angels 2 Full Throttle when the women fly out of the ship, grab planks of wood mid-air and then surf down a rope. Makes the shield down the stairs scene mild in comparison.

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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133/44 "2004-06-20T22:00:36Z")

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> [@Darkhold](#):
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> I wonder if Mini Vader will yell “Cowabunga DUDE!” while he is surfing?
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> I also wonder what the snappy one liner will be. (well other then “I have a bad feeling about this”) “Boy he’s hot under the collar!”? “Let off some steam Anakin!”?

How about having them channel Jimmy Buffett?

“Anikan, you better lava me now or lava me not!”

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-iii-birth-of-the-empire/246133/45 "2004-06-21T01:17:54Z")

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I’ve heard that the title’s probably going to be more along the lines of “Revenge of the Sith”, or something like that.

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