the star wars total universe

[Exar_Kun]

meh.
Those fools on the GameFAQs SW board made it sound like he had some big part in the game and that he was mega powerful.Bleh.

I guess that coward still sucks then.                    

[shivadee]

haha

Yes they were trying to absorb force energy from certain areas and use it to ressurect the Dead Sith Lord. You go to Vjin (i dont think i spelt that right) which was Vader's Castle on a planet of acid rain, you travel to a dead Jedi Tomb and such places to kill Sith and apprentices that are trying ot extract the force energy from the areas where these Force sensitive fallen are. I dont know specific details

I finished the game. The Bespin stage is really awesome. You get a real feeling of being above the clouds and all, wind howling, the works.

Appart from that the Sith have a real mad stylez of folding their light sabres when they are in attack position. Looks like when they hold 2 sabres they cross their arms to their chest and have the blades pointing upsidedown in an X form. Real mad.

There is a Jedi Academy series? Is that the young Jedi tales with Jacen and Jaina or the Jedi Academy Trilogy?
That Trilogy i really liked, when they found Kyp and the hidden death star.                    

[Exar_Kun]

Today's episode was damn good.
I didn't think Anakin would take such a dark step in the cartoons.

The only book series with Jacen and Jaina and co,is set between Vison of the Future and Vector Prime.There's the Young Jedi Knights series and Junior Jedi Knights series both written by that god-awful author Kevin J Anderson.                    

[Rommel]

that god-awful author Kevin J Anderson.

damm right, I don't know how bantam could publish some of that sh!t

Rommel weeps at nobody wanting to play X wing

but I am all for the Jedi Academy/JK2 multiplayer


btw is there anyway to get the episodes without watching cartoon network
can't stand all the spanish cartoons, and the waiting

cool avatar Kun, but wrong sith lord.............                    

[Exar_Kun]

All of the episodes are on the cartoon network website.They just showed Episode 20 today and that's the last.

About the avatar,normally I'd have an Exar one but there're no good ones anywhere that I've seen.So it's Vader for it.                    

[Exar_Kun]

No this is the end I'm pretty sure.Otherwise there wouldn't be the credits at the end non?

The mystery of Obi-Wan and Yoda will undoubtedly have to be handled in ep3.
Impossible to do in the cartoons since Anakin and Obi-Wan are going to have a duel in ep3.                    

[Reaper2051]

I saw it that man not easy dread                    

[Reaper2051]

http://www.theforce.net/episode3/jtf/                    

[Reaper2051]

the final battle between Anakin and Obi Wan will be definitely 10 to 12 minutes long                    

[shivadee]

Even though i dont like the new trilogy all that much i must give props to Hayden Christensen for his role. I mean this man had some HUGE shoes to fill. He has to be the man who everyone fears, who turns from good to evil and becomes VERY evil.

I think his acting is first class, especially when you see him all upset when his mom was killed. Props to that if any

Jango Fett is a dread man too, and his son Boba.                    

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Fights

"Ep III definitively has the most lightsaber action of any Star Wars film." - RM

"The battles will be on an even larger scale." - RM

"We will see some glorious death scenes." - RM

"No rematch between Yoda and Dooku though both will have their own fights." - SW Insider

"The new fights are going to be amazing." - RC

"Some of the fights are incredibly huge." - RC

"There will be many intense fights." - NG

"Yoda will be seen in action sequences again." - RC

"There are going to be new styles of lightsaber fighting. Deconstructing the current Jedi style." - NG

"There's no question that we'll see Saber duels in Episode III that will definitely top the Obi-Wan / Maul duel." - NG

"We will see at least one character we've never seen fight before with a lightsaber, do so in Episode III. Also expect a new style from this or these characters too." - NG

"Anakin will cover just about every fighting style in Episode III." - NG

"Many limbs will be lost in Episode III." - NG

"The Epic duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan will be the longest lightsaber duel ever." - NG

"Female Jedi will fight in Episode III." - NG

We will see the younglings fighting, which will include Rick McCallum's daughter (Mousy McCallum)'s Jedi character. -NG

"Anakin is vulnerable on a slope." - NG

"There will be some spectacular battles." - JK

"The skills of the actors involved is awesome and the drama was real. Even without the music being added, the scenes are thrilling and frightening." - AD

The opening battle is entirely in space, but there will be land battles in the film. - RM

One character in the film will use two lightsabers at once "and he's bad." - RM

We will see female Jedi fighting in Ep3. - RM

So far no new styles of lightsabers, but we will see new styles of lightsaber combat. -PH

We will see many land battles and at least one is of the continuing Clone Wars. Ryan thinks it looks cool. -RC

The different fights involving Yoda, Dooku, Mace, and Palpatine (not necessarily linked to one another) are all very interesting and one in particular is "really cool." - DG

If the Jedi that die in the film are "real Jedi" then they will take some clones with them. -DG

A lot of people in Ep3 will be hit with a lightsaber the way Obi-Wan was hit in Ep2. -NG

There will be more than 2 people fighting in the confines of the Trade Federation ship fight scene. -NG

There are so many memorable fights aside from the Obi-Wan/Anakin duel, but Nick likes the one he cannot reveal. -NG

"Kit Fisto goes out like a #####." -NG

Kit Fisto's death is certainly less heroic than say, Mace, but Kit doesn't just fade away without any effort. I think Nick's comment was to tease the actor who played Kit Fisto. -PH

When asked if we will see any more beheadings like Jango in Ep2, Nick said "heads will roll in Ep3". -NG

Nick winked and gave a nod when asked if we would see double-bladed lightsabers in Ep3. -NG

We may see a naval battle (on water) in Ep3, but Pablo was noncommittal. -PH

The force powers seen in Ep3 are among those we have seen before. -PH

"Episode III has got everything the other films had and more! The movie is 60 to 70 per cent fighting. There's tons of fighting in this one." -NG                    

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General Grievous
 
The design crew worked very hard to make the new bad guy in Ep3 visually distinctive. -RC

"Expect someone serious as the new villain." - RM

The new bad guy has a lot of screen time, a memorable role, and he is central to the plot. -RC

Animatics have done pre-visualization for the new bad guy and "he is one bad mother". -DG

The new bad guy has connections to Darth Sidious. -PH

The "new bad guy" is not referring to Darth Vader. It will be an original, separate villain. -PH

The new bad guy has some electronic alteration done to his voice. - BB

We will get our first look at the new villain in 2004. - PE

The new villain is in the vein of old-style serial villains. Someone who revels in villainry. -PH

The new bad guy did not appear in the original trilogy. -PH

You get just enough from the movies to establish the new villain's role and importance. The EU, of course, will flesh things out with George's blessing. -PH

The new villain has a space ship and will use it. He also has several other modes of transportation. -PH

Grievous contributes to fun serial inspirations of Star Wars but also contributes to the darker moments in Episode III. -PH

General Grievous is about 1.905 meters tall. -PH

Much of Grievous' origins will be handled by Licensing (EU). -PH

"...the military leader of all the Separatist armies. He's part alien and part robot, a master strategist and the greatest hand-to-hand Jedi killer the galaxy has ever known."-RM

General Grievous will make his way to all forms of publishing before Episode III is released. -PH

The voice of Grievous in the Clone Wars cartoon is not the same voice that will be heard in the Ep3 film. -PH

The 'evil child' Grievous concept art did not make it into Ep3. -PH

What Pablo likes the most about General Grievous is his dialogue. -PH

General Grievous is the military commander. Count Dooku is the political leader. The rest of the Separatist Union acts as a leadership committee. -PH

Yoda will not fight the new villain. -PH                    

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Mace Windu
 
"...And he's looking forward to the fact that he knows that at the end of the Clone War he gets killed so he gets hopefully a great death scene." - GL

Mace Windu will be wearing the same Jedi robes as in Episode II. Jackson will soon begin lightsaber rehearsals with Nick Gillard. - OS

"Mace Windu will go out in a blaze of glory." - RM

"Mace still has his purple lightsaber." - JK

"Mace Windu's role will be bigger and unforgettable." - RM

A scene on a gunship will include Obi-Wan and Mace and Yoda. - OS

In one scene Mace will be speaking to Yoda via hologram. - OS

A scene will include Obi-Wan, Anakin, Palpatine, Mace, and Bail Organa - as well as a swarm of Senators and planetary representatives, alien and human alike. - OS

In a Jedi Council scene, we will see Mace Windu discussing new assignments with Hayden and Ewan. Yoda, Agen Kolar, Stass Allie, and Saesee Tiin are among those present. -OS

"I Finally got my sword fight..."; Samuel L. Jackson said that he finally got to "do that” (use his lightsaber). He said he has already filmed his death scene and was visibly happy that he "doesn't go out like a punk”. - SLJ

We will see Mace in a certain form of "space action". - RM

It took eight days for Sam to learn a 137 move lightsaber duel. He is the one being attacked in the duel. "It was difficult to learn how to be in a scene being backed up and on defense the whole time". The fight area covered about 400 yards and Sam jumped off steps and various other things. - SLJ

Sam Jackson is happy about the fate of Mace Windu and how it is handled. -SLJ

Mace is not stabbed in the back. "It's full-frontal". -SLJ

One shot shows Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi lit by the slotted blinds of Yoda's quarters. This shot will last 8 seconds. -OS

Mace Windu will talk to people via hologram in Ep3. -OS

Mace's fighting style is consistent with what was developed for Episode II, but now he has a much more challenging opponent, so, there will be new moves. -PH

Mace is among the main characters with stunt work demanding enough to require digital doubling and mock heads of the character, created in exact detail. -OS                    

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Palpatine
 
"We will see more interaction between Anakin and Palpatine." - RM

Palpatine has several scenes with Anakin. -PH

"We will see the emperor and/or Anakin make use of the dark side of the force with lightning, chokes and more." - RM

We will definitely see Palpatine/Sidious use an "awesome display of the dark side of the force". - RM

Much of Palpatine's plan will be revealed in Ep3. - OS

Palpatine discusses a new assignment to Anakin in a scene in the Chancellor's office. - OS

One scene will be a Coruscant theater which will feature tiers of viewing boxes and an elaborate stage show for entertainment yet to be determined. Palpatine will be in this scene and a clue is that the show may be "refined and sophisticated". Palpatine will be seated, awaiting a guest. He will by joined by his aides Sly Moore and Mas Amedda and a pair of red robed guards. - OS

Palpatine and his entourage will be watching some performance art (Coruscant Theater) at one point in the film. The art will be created by ILM. -PH

The Coruscant theater scene with Palpatine will not be intercut with other sequences. -PH

A scene will feature Palpatine, Mas Amedda, and four red-robed guards in which they depart in a large shuttle. - OS

A scene will include Obi-Wan, Anakin, Palpatine, Mace, and Bail Organa - as well as a swarm of Senators and planetary representatives, alien and human alike. - OS

Palpatine discusses a new assignment to Anakin in the Chancellor's Office. - OS

The Senate Rotunda scene will include Chancellor Palpatine, Sly Moore and Mas Amedda in their familiar positions on the Chancellor's podium. - OS

C-3PO has scene(s) with Palpatine in Ep3. - AD

Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine) has a much larger and important role in Episode III (for obvious reasons). - OS

When asked if he had a favorite character in Ep3, Rick stated that he thought Palpatine was fantastic. - RM

The most often-quoted line on set is one spoken by Palpatine, which is cool and will likely make many a person's email signature. - PH

In Pablo's opinion, the most dramatic scene of shooting he has witnessed so far was the day Palpatine delivered a riveting performance, and the entire crew applauded because it was so well done. - PH

Regarding Ian's intensity in playing Palpatine in Ep3, "Ian doesn't hold anything back." - PH

Jimmy Smits and Ian McDiarmid seemed to be the actors that enjoyed wearing their costumes the most. Both have many more costumes than previous films and a number of costumes that could almost match Padmé's wardrobe in size. - TB

Palatine has more than one look/style of appearance in the film. -PH

Overall, Palpatine has much more screen time than Sidious. But Sidious will have much more screen time than seen in Ep2. -PH

Darth Sidious will remove his hood.-PH

Darth Sidious communicates with one of his evil henchmen via hologram. -OS

"You'd imagine that my character has been rather deskbound in the past but this time he will get to take part in the action. I can't give the story away as George Lucas would kill me but I have been engaged in far more physical activities than any of the other films. I have found myself sliding down chutes at speed and landing on heaps of rubber, it's been a completely new experience for me. I haven't had to go down the gym to get fit for the scenes but I did need a few rehearsals to get up to speed. Most of my scenes have been with Anakin Skywalker who eventually becomes Darth Vader." - IM

Darth Sidious uses his lightsaber. -NG

Darth Sidious will talk to people via hologram in Ep3. -OS

Ep3 will explain how and why Palpatine looks the way he does in ROTJ and why he did not look like that in Ep1 & 2. -PH

Sidious gets his hands dirty in this one. -PH

Darth Sidious has much more screentime in Ep3 than he did in Ep2. -PH

Darth Sidious is a human, in case there was any doubt. -PH

There is nothing in Ep3 addressing anti-alien politics by Palpatine. That is left for the EU. -PH

There will be three shots that establish the upscale entertainment venue wherein Palpatine catches a show in the posh Coruscant theater, filled to capacity with the high society of the capital planet. The theater is in the upper strata of the "entertainment district," the glassy neon-filled expanse that Obi-Wan and Anakin tore through in Episode II. The exterior of the building has an immense spot lit globe that presumably contains the auditorium. With a laser pointer, George points out possible places for limo traffic and droid valets to congregate. Palpatine's will be seated in one of several balconies. There will be many rows of stadium seating. But what draws the eye in certain camera angle is a bizarre zero gravity performance art of alien design which will be accompanied by unique alien music. While the show will demand attention, there is also important dialogue to be heard in the scene. -OS

In the theater balcony, Palpatine is accompanied by Mas Amedda, Sly Moore, and a pair of Royal Guards, plus another face. A computer-generated alien sits to the left behind the Supreme Chancellor. The alien guest isn't terribly important -- it's just there for visual diversity. -PH

For the scenes of Anakin and Palpatine in the Chancellor's office, George brought down the warmer values that were on stage, making everything a bit cooler, a bit more blue. It occurs during midday and he wants to provide a greater contrast to the warmer scenes that occur when Padmé and a group of concerned Senators meet with the Chancellor at dusk. -OS                    

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The Duel
 
The classic saber of Ep4 Ben Kenobi will be among the sabers in use. - OS

The major focus is the breakdown in friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin. - SW Insider

It won't be the special effects that make the Obi-Wan/Anakin duel so thrilling, it will be the betrayal. - RM

The lightsabers used by Obi-Wan and Anakin are ones we have seen before. - PH

The Anakin/Kenobi duel is a lengthy one and will span many sets and travel a lot of distance. - OS

One of the several settings for the duel with have red-gelled lights providing a glow to the set. - OS

The duel will be a fierce confrontation and will keep up the pace for a while. Some of the fighting will take place on an incline...and "Anakin is weak on a slope", as Nick Gillard pointed out in his webchat and meant it literally. - OS

Anakin and Obi-Wan's costumes will have discolorizations, cuts and burns from fighting and from their environment. - OS

Who is the aggressor and who is the defender will alternate during the duel. - OS

In one setting for the duel, Obi-Wan and Anakin will move over a large area but will careful of their footing. There will be "obstacles". - OS

At one point in the duel, Anakin and Obi-Wan will look off-screen at a distraction. Their eyes will be looking at different spots of this distraction itself. - OS

The duel will have a segment in a darkened room with a metallic surface with mechanical structures. And later the duel will move to isolated platforms. Anakin will circle his former master (Obi-Wan). -OS

During one point in the duel, either Anakin or Obi-Wan will swipe his lightsaber blade against an outcropping and sever it. -OS

The duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan is not a gentleman's duel. It will get nasty. -PH

During the duel there will be a segment when Anakin and Obi-Wan dangle from cables, swinging to and fro. The wires being used are supposed to be visible The Jedi will be wearing the "weathered and beaten" robes. -OS

At one point during the duel, debris will fall and one the characters will deflect it (likely with a lightsaber). -OS

Some of the words spoken during the duel "will cut as deeply as lightsabers". -OS

At one point during the duel, it will involve four characters. -OS

"The Epic duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan will be the longest lightsaber duel ever." - NG

"The duel involves some of the fastest dueling I have ever seen. It almost appears artificially sped-up. It's just that fast." - PH

There are parts of the duel when Anakin and Obi-Wan move even faster than the Maul/Obi-Wan duel in Ep1. -PH

Red-gel lighting provides atmosphere for the duel scenes. There are also flashes from strobe lights going off to signify an alert to some kind of hazard. -OS

Anakin and Obi-Wan will push their weapons into counter-tops and control panels and the FX Dept ignited squibs that burst to fill the frame and cover the actors with bright sparks and debris. -OS

The fight involves leaps and throws at an accelerated rate. -OS

Obi-Wan and Anakin have a moment where they collide with a control panel and land hard against a rough surface. The control panels and display screens have many unyielding protrusions. -OS

One huge wall has a very thick blast door rigged which is opened by chains. One character will open it using muscle power. - OS

Knowing what happens in Ep3 makes Paul see the classic trilogy in a new light. He specifically mentioned how he has a new understanding of the depth of friendship between Anakin and Obi-Wan. He now gets a lump in his throat when Vader strikes down Kenobi in Ep4. -PE

"The final fight sequence in this film should surpass any fight sequence that has been put on film so far. It’s the longest, I can’t give you specifics, but it is quite the bad-assed fight scene. Nick Gilliard has done an amazing job instilling an arc of story in the fight. It justifies, because you know Anakin and Obi-Wan have it out, but Anakin is the chosen one-he is supposed to be the best. But he comes out on the shorter end of the stick in the fight. It justifies it really nicely as the fight progresses." - HC

The Anakin/Obi-Wan duel is very fast, similar to the speed of the Obi-Wan/Darth Maul duel. -NG

"The climactic fight scene is, at 12 minutes, the longest fight scene in cinema history." -NG

The Anakin/Obi-Wan fight will be the longest SW fight ever. It is currently edited at 10-12 minutes. -NG

"I saw a pretty amazing fight scene between Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. It's pretty sick. They did it all themselves. They were thinking of having stuntmen do it, but they were better than the stuntmen. It's pretty awesome." -NP

Obi-Wan of course defeats Anakin in Ep3, but winning one fight does not necessarily make one the best at it. -NG

As it stands now, the final duel will not be intercut with other action sequences, though that is subject to change. -NG

"Geographically, the duel covers the most distance of any other swordfight on film. And depending on the way they cut it, it should be the longest swordfight, timewise, that's ever been on film." - HC

As scripted, the final duel exhausts almost the entirety of the Jedi bag of tricks. -PH

There will be some dialogue during the duel. It is far more chattier than the Ep5 duel. -PH

The duel will occur on a brand new planet. But it's long been the stuff of legend, so obviously those who have been following the saga from its earliest days have some idea of what it will be like. -PH

"The duel is a monster of a sequence. I had a couple of years to think about it and think about what George had told me about it, and it was daunting because I knew how important that sequence is. I spent probably a year deconstructing the Jedi style of fighting to make it work. I had Hayden with me eight weeks before we started shooting it and I had Ewan six weeks, which wasn't really enough time, so we often had to rehearse at weekends during the filming. If it comes out like I saw it being shot, it's going to be phenominal." -NG

"The duel will explain how Obi-Wan is able to defeat his protege, even though Anakin has been established as the most powerful Jedi who ever lived. Obi-Wan taught Anakin and Anakin has gone past him. But when you get to that duel, it's emotional. That's where the mistake will be made. And if you know the characters, you know Obi-Wan isn't going to get emotional and he doesn't make mistakes." -NG

Anakin's grisly demise at the end of the duel is set to be one of the most chilling moments in the entire saga. -NG                    

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there u have it read and hope it will kick ass                    

[Exar_Kun]

You should have put this as well:

GL = George Lucas (Director)
OS = Official Site (starwars.com)
RM = Rick McCallum (Producer)
NP = Natalie Portman (Actor)
HC = Hayden Christensen
RB = Roger Barton (Film Editor)
IM = Ian McDiarmid
C2 = Celebration II
BB = Ben Burtt (Sound Editor)
JEJ = James Earl Jones (Voice Actor)
JK = John Knoll (Visual Effects/ILM)
PE = Paul Ens (Official Site)
GB = Gavin Bocquet (Production Designer)
JE = Joel Edgerton (Actor)
PM = Peter Mayhew (Actor)
RC = Rob Coleman (Visual Effects/ILM Supervisor)
BS = Bruce Spence (Actor)
AD = Anthony Daniels (Actor)
TB = Trisha Biggar (Costume Designer)
SLJ = Samuel L. Jackson (Actor)
PH = Pablo Hidalgo (Official Site, Webcam)
RC = Ryan Church (Concept Artist)
DG = Dan Gregoire (Pre-Visualization Effects Supervisor)
DB = Don Bies (Droid Unit Supervisor)
NG = Nick Gillard (Stunt Coordinator/Swordmaster)                    

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yea sorry forgot                    

[shivadee]

Heres a question. Hommuch was James Earl Jones payed for the voice acting in Star Wars?                    

[Reaper2051]

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