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Star Wars Episode III Trailer debuts during The O.C.

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Monday, February 28, 2005 10:08 PM

Episode III Trailer: Online, On Screens and On TV

The much anticipated full release trailer for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is on its way. Consisting of over two minutes of new footage from the movie, the full trailer will soon appear on television, on starwars.com and in theaters.

First, on Thursday, March 10th at 9 p.m., be sure to tune in to FOX to catch an all new episode of "The O.C." During the broadcast, FOX will air the Episode III trailer.

The trailer will debut online for members of starwars.com Hyperspace after the broadcast (around 9:00 p.m. Pacific time). Lucas Online is pleased to have partnered with AOL and Moviefone.com to provide starwars.com readers with fast and reliable access to Episode III video content. Subscribers to AOL will be able to see the trailer at this time as well.

To see the Episode III trailer on the big screen, head out to movie theaters starting March 11th, with the debut of the new animated comedy, Robots. Featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks and Robin Williams, Robots is an animated family film from the people who brought you Ice Age, the film that debuted the Episode II trailer in theaters.

Regular visitors to starwars.com will be able to see the trailer online starting on March 14th. A large size version of the trailer will soon be made available only to Hyperspace members after that date.

So make a date to watch "The O.C.", make sure you're subscribed to starwars.com Hyperspace, and head on out to see Robots at a theater near you to make sure you catch as much of the Episode III trailer as you can.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/theater/news20050228.html

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:19 PM

CREVANREAVER

I guess TheGreyJedi didn't see this post.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:24 PM

TLACOOK

No sarcasm or disrespect intended but, I am truly shocked that anyone cares about this trailer or this movie after how horrible the first two prequels were. How many times are we supposed to be fooled before we get a clue that George Lucas is a very sorry has been.

I'll pass on the trailer and on the movie and wait for some real storytelling.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:31 PM

THEGREYJEDI

I did miss this thread. Doubly posting it was unintentional. Slashdot had some funny responses.

And I would like to mention that I may very well be the only person on this entire board who doesn't absolutely hate George Lucas or Star Wars these days.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 11:37 PM

CREVANREAVER

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Originally posted by TheGreyJedi:
I did miss this thread. Doubly posting it was unintentional.

That's all right, it was an honest mistake. I'm not mad or anything.

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Thursday, March 3, 2005 12:13 AM

SKYWALKEN

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Originally posted by TheGreyJedi:
I may very well be the only person on this entire board who doesn't absolutely hate George Lucas or Star Wars these days.

Know you're not, I still like Star Wars and GL.

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Thursday, March 3, 2005 11:39 AM

SKYWALKEN

Great fan made trailer that actually has footage from Episode 3.

http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/trailers/ep3pixelmagic/index.asp

Bravo!

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Thursday, March 3, 2005 12:32 PM

KELLAINA

Quote:
Originally posted by TheGreyJedi:
And I would like to mention that I may very well be the only person on this entire board who doesn't absolutely hate George Lucas or Star Wars these days.

You're not the only one, and I suspect there are more just keeping quiet (Star Wars bashing is very trendy these days). I don't agree with everything Lucas has done (Why the special editions?!?!) but it's his story and I'm glad he's told it.

Does anyone else find the pairing of Star Wars and The O.C. odd? I get how a Fox Executive would think it's a great idea but... wait a sec, I just used 'Fox executive' and 'think' in the same sentence. I may have answered my own question...

If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. -"Angel"

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Thursday, March 3, 2005 2:36 PM

SKYWALKEN

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Originally posted by Kellaina:
Does anyone else find the pairing of Star Wars and The O.C. odd?

It's about ratings. Since they figure young people watch The O.C. and that is the target audience for the Star Wars franchise.

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Thursday, March 3, 2005 3:52 PM

KELLAINA

Quote:
Originally posted by Skywalken:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kellaina:
Does anyone else find the pairing of Star Wars and The O.C. odd?

It's about ratings. Since they figure young people watch The O.C. and that is the target audience for the Star Wars franchise.

Yeah, I get that, it's just that I don't see The O.C.'s audience as being huge fans of Star Wars (which is a gross generalization, I know, but there it is.)

Edit: Kind of forgot to add the main part of the post, which is that this type of preview will likely attract an audience looking specifically for it. If Fox was playing it smart they would use the preview to attract an audience to one of their struggling shows.

I guess it could be worse. They could have put the preview during Trading Spouses or some other reality show.

If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. -"Angel"

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Friday, March 4, 2005 8:00 AM

SKYWALKEN

Apparently during last night's episode of The O.C., a brief promo spot for Episode 3 aired, which showed a few scenes from the trailer.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/trailer/theocspot.html

Warning: It's very brief, only a few seconds.

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Friday, March 4, 2005 9:59 AM

SNIPER

I'm also looking forwards to the next movie. They've progressively gotten better from #1, and I don't know why people insist on comparing them to the old ones...

Very cool preview, can't wait to see it.

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Friday, March 4, 2005 6:29 PM

SKYWALKEN

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Originally posted by Skywalken:
Apparently during last night's episode of The O.C., a brief promo spot for Episode 3 aired, which showed a few scenes from the trailer.

Right click and click on "Save As" for this one.

http://starwars.com/episode-iii/release/trailer/mov/2_0.mov

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:07 AM

CREVANREAVER

It's tonight.

The trailer probably won't be shown until the end of the show, that's what they did for the Episode 2 trailer when that premiered during Malcolm in the Middle in 2002.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:32 AM

HERO

I'm thankful for my new DVR. Now I can record the trailor, watch it when I want, and not have to worry about seeing any commercials or this "O.C." of which they speak.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:15 PM

PULASKI

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Star Wars Goes to Hell
Source: CBS News March 10, 2005

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith was interviewed by CBS' 60 Minutes and says the third and final prequel will not likely receive the PG rating the previous five films have received.

"I don't think I would take a five- or a six-year-old to this," says Lucas, "It's way too strong."

Lucas is referring to violent scenes in the film and also to Anakin Skywalker's journey to the dark side in the climax of the 30-year-old
series. "We're going to watch him make a pact with the devil," Lucas tells the program.

He says Skywalker will be descending into Lucas' frightening vision of Hell, a mythical planet composed entirely of erupting volcanos. "Yes...the lava at the end...it ends in hell."

"[The film] is much more dark...more emotional. It's much more of a tragedy," adds Lucas. "My feeling is that it will probably be a PG-13, so it will be the first Star Wars that's a PG-13."

The interview will be broadcast on Sunday, March 13 from 7:00-8:00pm, ET/PT.

Quake in thou boots, PG-13, ooooh... ROTFL.

/s Pulaski

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:37 PM

CREVANREAVER

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Originally posted by pulaski:
Quake in thou boots, PG-13, ooooh... ROTFL.

Yeah, I've been reading on various websites that Episode 3 was going to be rated PG-13 for over a year.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:13 PM

CREVANREAVER

IT JUST PREMIERED!

...and it was amazing.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:22 PM

TOMANTA

Quote:
Originally posted by CrevanReaver:
IT JUST PREMIERED!

...and it was amazing.

What we have is a better grasp of the plot now. Nothing wrong with it. Some special effects shots that look pretty good, tastes of fight scenes that look incredible.

I'm skeptical still. The trailers for the last two movies had the same things =P.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:21 PM

SHINY

Right click and select "save target as" or "save link as" (don't know how long this server will survive though):

http://www.movie-list.net/exclusive/star-wars-ep3-trailer-640x360.mov

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:54 PM

HANDMAIDENANDE

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Originally posted by Kellaina:
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGreyJedi:
And I would like to mention that I may very well be the only person on this entire board who doesn't absolutely hate George Lucas or Star Wars these days.

You're not the only one, and I suspect there are more just keeping quiet (Star Wars bashing is very trendy these days).

Another Star Wars fan here and not ashamed to admit it.

I have a countdown poster to Episode III in my classroom, have schooled my students in Jedi identification, and am eagerly looking forward to Celebration III. Completely understand people's reasons for being disillusioned and not liking the prequels/Lucas, but I love my films.

Was going to hold out and wait to see the trailer in the theater tomorrow, but succumed to temptation. Somewhat of a departure from the other prequel trailers, so it took me a few viewings to take it all in. I'm mostly spoiler free, so a lot of the scenes were shocking or didn't make much sense. But yay for Ewan and that Bail Organa scene looks shiny. But 'twas not all a positive reaction...no handmaidens.

MTFBWY,
Andé...the shiny handmaiden :)

*I don't think there's a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:33 PM

SHADESIREN

Well, ep one was ok. Didn't hate it. Didn't LOVE it.

Ep two annoyed me (I cannot mention often enough how completely I cannot believe Amidala could fall in frelling LOVE with that annoying, whiny, PSYCHO Anakin. Yeah - REAL attractive there, buddy. *shudder*)

Ep three's trailer was enough to finally give me some small hope that maybe, hust maybe, episode three might be ok. Might even be good. It's possible Lucas might have actually heard us complaining. Maybe.

It's not like how I feel about Serenity. I quite expect my husband to refuse to be seen with me after what I expect I might do when I see the trailer for Serenity. If I'm the only one standing and screaming and cheering, well, it'll be sad, but I won't notice lol.

http://www.shadesiren.com

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Friday, March 11, 2005 1:34 AM

JARED

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Originally posted by Shadesiren:
Ep two annoyed me (I cannot mention often enough how completely I cannot believe Amidala could fall in frelling LOVE with that annoying, whiny, PSYCHO Anakin. Yeah - REAL attractive there, buddy. *shudder*)

three words: jedi mind trick. only explanation. that or some REALLY impressive force sex techniques (must have been the dark side, seeing how jedi are expected to be emotionless robots).

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Friday, March 11, 2005 4:25 AM

SNIPER

Hehe

I just saw the trailer, and man, I'm impressed, and this movie has taken 2nd place for the most anticipated movies of the year for me. It appears that there's some more better camera work for this, which I'm happy about. I can't wait to see this now.

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Friday, March 11, 2005 4:25 AM

SNIPER

oops

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Friday, March 11, 2005 1:57 PM

THEDARKSHAPE

Lucas bowed to quite a few of the fans' wishes with Episode II. They wanted him to get another screenwriter, they got it. They wanted him to feature more action and the Clone Wars, they got it. He even threw in Boba Fett in the hopes that it'd please the fanbase.

I actually hope this is less aimed at the fans. I liked Attack of the Clones more than The Phantom Menace, but it didn't feel like a Star Wars movie. It felt like Lucas checking off a list of things he thought everyone would like to see.

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Friday, March 11, 2005 8:39 PM

JARED

my problem is that the prequels have not a single character that i would care about. you dont care what happens to them and so you dont care what they say or even do.

but here is hoping that with all the announced ground- space- and lightsaber-battles going on the movie will be mostly mindless action from front to back and somebody concentrated enough on what little dialogue remains to not make it blah.

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Monday, March 14, 2005 11:59 AM

MACBAKER

The O.C. Star Wars trailer is now availible for everyone to see on the offical Star Wars website.

I finally watched it (wasn't going to watch a whole episode of a bad primetime soap just to see it), and it looks really good! Despite the temptaion to Lucas bash, this one has the porential to be the best SW movie yet!

Typical of the offical site, you can't download it to your computer, but you can watch it on the site.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Monday, March 14, 2005 12:13 PM

KNIBBLET

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Originally posted by Sniper:
They've progressively gotten better from #1...

How could they not? #1 sucked swampwater through a swirly straw.
I never saw the second one. I lost interest and haven't bothered searching for said interest due to complete lack of interest.

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

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