# The STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH TRAILER RECAP.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 11, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030 "2005-03-11T14:57:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/21 "2005-03-11T21:12:46Z")
I finally figured out where Yoda and Sidious are fighting - isn’t that the Galactic Senate? It appears that theyr’e throwing the seating pods at each other while fighting and jumping between them. That just got a lot cooler. 🆒
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/22 "2005-03-11T21:19:34Z")
[EwanMcGregor.Net](http://www.ewanmcgregor.net/) Get it while you can! (Just make sure it’s the Trailer, and not the trailer PREVIEW).
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### Author:  [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/23 "2005-03-11T21:35:03Z")
After getting **LarryMudd’s** bittorrent link (thanks!)…
1. Is DEFINITELY covered with wookiees - they’re bringing it down, and the one that jumps off flies right toward the camera, letting loose with a classic Wookiee roar as he does so! Awesome - we’re going to see the Wookiees go head-to-head with some imperial forces! It looks like the machine they’re bringing down is a giant wheel in several feet of water, so that gives credence to the “water, not snow” idea posited earlier. Cooooooooooooool.
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### Author:  [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/24 "2005-03-11T23:57:32Z")
Yep. That was Chewbacca in there.
Not sure how I feel about that. I don’t like how what appeared to be a random assembly of characters in the original trilogy now has one degree of separation between everyone.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/25 "2005-03-12T00:13:30Z")
**Khan.** If Chewie is as old as he’s supposed to be, at least his appearance in the generational saga makes sense.
I just noticed – that last scene with Darth Vader crossing his arms – The Emperor is standing right beside him in a dark hooded robe.
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### Author:  [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/26 "2005-03-12T00:28:17Z")
Generational saga? I have to admit, I don’t know all that much about the EU. All the same, it’s not that I mind Chewie being that old, but that he might get helped out by Yoda or some other major figure from the original trilogy.
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### Author:  [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/27 "2005-03-12T00:42:32Z")
Just to clear some things up.
1. That’s Palpatine fighting Mace, in Palpatine’s quarters. As for Dooku…
he meets his demise at the beginning of the film, as seen in #34, fighting with Anakin aboard a Separatist cruiser, and in front of the “kidnapped” Palpatine in a scene that mirrors Luke and Vader’s duel at the end of RotJ
Grievous is in the trailer, twice. He’s the middle droid in Shot 14, and he is fighting Obi Wan hand to hand in Shot 45.
Yes, I know way too much about this movie. 😃
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/28 "2005-03-12T01:49:31Z")
> [@Askia](#):
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> 1. CUT TO: Members of, I think, the Jedi Council observing a round computer generated image of something. Uh-oh. Do they know about the Death Star?
Actually, that’s Palpatine seated. Anakin approaches from the side to speak to him.
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> 1. CUT TO: More ships exploding in space. Man, somebody’s getting a galactic ass-whuppin.
You’ll notice the pilot in the cockpit here looks like a Jango clone. Confirmed by clonetrooper-type being flung out into space next shot
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> 1. CUT TO: Aanakin standing in the middle of the Council. There’s about six council members; Yoda and Mace are more of less dead center. We’ve seen several in the previous two prequels but there’s this glowing guy in front of Aanakin and another sitting to the right side of the screen that were KILLED in the last movie. A ghost? Oh, the Jedi Council Chamber looks different, too – designs on the floor, mostly.
No, neither were killed, though they both did appear in the big Geonosis battle, they survived through to Yoda’s rescue. They look like holograms, attending in absentia, presumably.
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> 1. CUT: Close up on MACE WINDU, flanked by two Council members. “You’re under arrest, Chancellor!”
Actually, three other Jedi, including the unfortunately-named Kit Fisto
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> 1. Space shot of big ass ship whizzing by to unknown planet.
Looks like a blockade runner
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> 1. Very shiny C3P0 saying, “Master is so helpless.” Shut up, Threepio.
Actually, you missed a shot right before this:Anakin cutting down a Neimoidian
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> 1. Two hands almost touch tenatively!
Actually, you missed a couple more shots: Sidious delivering some lightning towards Yoda
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> A dishevelled KENOBI yelling, “You were the CHOSEN ONE!”
The best shot in the trailer
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### Author:  [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/29 "2005-03-12T02:18:11Z")
Impressive trailer, most impressive. Was that a double-bladed saber flashed by the Emperor in the fight with the Jedi group? That was always my favorite type to use in the video games. Several stories out today that the movie [will be PG-13](http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1956.html), which I think is a good sign. I also read today that _60 Minutes_ will doing a segment with Lucas this Sunday.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/30 "2005-03-12T02:42:56Z")
> [@Askia](#):
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> The Wookies in that shot are definitely not underwater, because otherwise their growling would sound like: “Glubgluglubblub.”
Actually, that is the sound of one hand petting Schrodinger’s cat.
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### Author:  [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/31 "2005-03-12T03:01:45Z")
I’m starting to get seriously geeked about this movie. That’s a sweet trailer!
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> A dishevelled KENOBI yelling, “You were the CHOSEN ONE!”
Damn, that’s some good acting by Ewan McGregor.
Did you notice how Hayden Christensen looked alot like Mark Hamil in some of those scenes? I like that; Anakin Skywalker looks like he could be Luke’s dad. For that matter, I can see Leia as Padme’s daughter.
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### Author:  [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/32 "2005-03-12T03:28:46Z")
> [@Murcielago](#):
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> Was that a double-bladed saber flashed by the Emperor in the fight with the Jedi group?
Nope. It looks a bit like it is, because Palpatine’s saber is held low and trailing to his right, and Mace Windu’s saber (Mace is obscured behind Palpatine, all you can see is the tip of his saber) is almost in line with it to Palpatine’s left. But it’s purple where Palpatine’s is red.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/33 "2005-03-12T03:31:12Z")
> [@Askia](#):
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> 1. CUT TO: There’s no way I can quite do this justice: the Chancellor gives an animal-like snarl and lunges superquick at the Jedi.
That old man can _move_!
And that didn’t look like a double-bladed lightsaber in Palpatine’s hands.
Anyone else notice how he looks about 10 years younger than he was in Ep2?
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/34 "2005-03-12T03:42:11Z")
> [@Freejooky](#):
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> When I first saw [what he looked like](http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/generalgrievous/index.html), it was just embarassing. But when I found out that this character was actually created by one of those hack authors for an “extended universe” novel like “Rebel Jedi Academy 12: The Divorce of Princess Leia,” I was just disgusted. This is going to be Ep3’s Jar Jar Binks.
I don’t know where you get your information, but General Grievous was wholly created for Episode III. But he has been [utilised already](http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/generalgrievous/?id=bts) by some expanded universe stuff, like comics and novels and most visibly the Clone Wars cartoon, because in a sense it’s useful for him to be established as being a pre-existing threat before the timeline of Revenge of the Sith begins.
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/35 "2005-03-12T09:10:34Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> I don’t know where you get your information, but General Grievous was wholly created for Episode III. But he has been [utilised already](http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/generalgrievous/?id=bts) by some expanded universe stuff, like comics and novels and most visibly the Clone Wars cartoon, because in a sense it’s useful for him to be established as being a pre-existing threat before the timeline of Revenge of the Sith begins.
Just wanted to verify what GL has posted here. Had to work on a behind-the-scenes thing for the movie and, if nothing else, the visual design of Grievous was created for Ep. 3. (Apparently one of the art guys had a droid design laying around, he spiffed it up, Lucas liked it, and the rest is history.)
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/36 "2005-03-12T14:05:46Z")
I’m pleased that this trailer has gotten such an overall positive response, even ver at [www.AICN.com](http://www.AICN.com).
Now I just hope the movie doesn’t suck.
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/37 "2005-03-12T14:22:55Z")
askia, your moment by moment really helps while watching the preview. i read it before i saw the preview, without it i don’t think i would have made heads or tails out of it.
thank you.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/38 "2005-03-12T15:24:30Z")
Hey, thanks. All these compliments.
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### Author:  [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-trailer-recap/294030/39 "2005-03-14T16:02:51Z")
Grevious is actually pretty freakin sweet in the animated Clone Wars series (the final installment of which comes out this month!) A Jedi-slaughtering nightmare.
Oh, and the Schrodinger’s cat paradox was pretty much resolved. Quantum events that interact with macro systems like measurement devices decohere, collapsing the wavefunction before we look in the box. 🙂
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