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CLONE WARS trailer hits in HD Quicktime!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... As I was watching CNN HD last night - as Lou Dobbs went to commercial - suddenly a green MPAA trailer screen filled as a voice said, "And now an exclusive look at the new STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS trailer" -- And I watched this trailer and felt glee... You know - the modern Star Wars trilogy - which I did enjoy... but I was always conflicted by the CG... it felt like it wanted to be a cartoon. It seemed that George, honestly, was wanting to have absolute visual control... and that really does work best in the animated format. Watching this trailer - I feel giddy. Giddy, because I get to see an animated STAR WARS cartoon theatrically... and it signals a long running animated series that will be in our lives soon enough. How outstanding is that!?!? Click below to check this new Theatrical Trailer!!!
Click Here For The Clone Wars!!!
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I might check it out.
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The Tartakovsky cartoon was the best.
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Based on those reviews, I may wait for video before I catch Indy 4, but this definitely looks like it's worth my ten bucks.
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Looks like we're getting a clone wars movie after all, not just that "starts at the end of ep 2 and ends with ep 3" thing. Hey, should AICN host a new Jedi Council meeting to discuss this and other matters? Like where the 6 movie boxed set is? (I still say Moriarty complaining about the unaltered version discs and telling everyone to wait for the 6 film set is what made Lucas delay it.)
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And apparently Lucas isn't the director nor did he write the script. Coincidence?
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For merricks14yearoldson's review. ;p
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And no, I don't mean Harry!
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kill yourself perhaps. Also, looks good, but the whole rescuing Jabba's kidnapped son thing sounds like something a 4 year old retard came up with.
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Lucas has been such an artistic retard for so long, it's about time it's reflected in his box office.
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That's the only reason I see for the design in this.
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Did you go see the movies? If you did, you supported that retard. haha
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i am pretty sure that is the same exact trailer that you guys posted a month ago.
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Sheesh, you would think Lucas was George Bush or something. People still can't get over Phantom Menace sucking, so they have to make him the whipping boy for everything. Forget the fact that he made THX 1138, American Graffiti, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Empire, Jedi, and Revenge of the Sith (which was good, no matter how many people bitch). Everything he touches turns to shit, right?
I'm sure Indy IV is great, it's all on Spielberg...but if it sucks, it's Lucas' fault. Just you wait. -
Although the prequels didn´t really got to me I still love Star Wars. I was 6 when it got out in ´77 and I had the chance to see it in USA while on vacation I remember that after the movie my dad took me to a store (probably JCPenny) and bought me the Kenner figures of C-3PO, Luke X-Wing Fighter, Darth Vader, Han, Chewie, R2, a Stormtrooper and an X-Wing. I had a difficult time trying to explain my friends in México who the action figures I had were supposed to be since the movie didn´t screened in México until 3 months later.
Good ol times!!! (sigh)
Anyway, any Star Wars news is good news and this one is specially cool news.
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Doesn't seem new to me... I agree that this is just the old trailer repackaged just like EVERY STAR WARS ACTION FIGURE TO DATE.
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... that comment that either Leia or Threepio makes in A New Hope about Tatooine being some backwater know nothing obscure planet that no one would ever or should ever go to, and then Lucas makes it so incredibly prominent in the prequels.
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Low res flash crap vid
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with Star Wars was when Genddy di his micro-series. NOW that had 2 hrs total of heart, excitement and story telling. Genddy is the MAN! Samurai Jack, baby!
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Then Rosie will be on the cover of maxim next month.
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Thanks, George, thanks...
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NOOOOOO! MY EYES! SCARRED FOREVER!
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Weird to see the Warner's logo instead of Fox.
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May 09, 2008 4:26:23 PM CDT
This is going to suck, I have about as much faith in it as I do
by particularly hard vato
I just don't get emotionally attached to clones fighting robots
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You have to click the HD links (480p or 720p) in the "other Formats" area below Yahoo shitty LR window
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I have no desire to see this. It kinda made me feel sad for the future.
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and I say that as a big Lucas and Star Wars fan.
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Faster, Harder, and Longer, too.
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The HD version is below the flash version, there are links for 480p and 720p
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But I'm not convinced the words will look like they're coming out of people's mouths...
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I'll never understand the love for the cartoon network (or wherever the fuck it aired) Clone Wars series. The writing was okay, but the 3 minute run times? That's fucking stupid. And the character designs? Fucking Star Wars meets Dexter's Lab. Stupid. Worst fucking Star Wars designs ever. Worse than....gasp...Jar Jar. The designs in this new series look alright. Nothing too great, but slightly improved on that Tartakovkafuckingwhatever bullshit.
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Jabba the Hutt's son? I mean, come on, I made up better Star Wars stories when I was a kid!
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and before any of you get all up in arms and try and flame me by saying "Idiot, it looks like Dexter's lab because my hero Genndy did both series. Oh I just want to suck his cock...."
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So what if it's in most of the films? The main fucking character of each trilogy is FROM there. is that a coincidence? The prequels are about a slave boy from a small planet who becomes a Jedi and then an evil overlord. The OT is about that guy's son, who ALSO grew up on the same planet because THAT'S WHERE THE FUCKING FAMILY IS FROM. If you want to complain about Tattooine featuring too prominently, it's because they stationed Jabba's Palace there in Jedi, which certainly makes the planet less obscure. So the problem isn't with the prequels, it's with Episode VI, assholes.
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It will probably be better than the first two prequels.
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...the great puppet movie STRINGS...
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Looks like a turd actually.
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That actually looked better than AOTC. Why do I get the feeling that this is the Movie we should have gotten for Episode II instead.
My main gripe would is I just wish Lucas would advance the story a little. We all know what happened after the fall of the republic. who cares about the Clone Wars, when we know how it goes down. Move it beyond the Galactic Republic or Empire setting. Either into the future (Luke rebuilding the Jedi Order) or the past (KOTOR is perhaps the best Star Wars related story told outside of the Originals. These stories would make a great animated transition. -
sorry. this just looks like all the worst parts of the prequels in concentrated form.
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for such a large Galaxy, why are the same central charachters always running into eachother?
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Jabba was in TPM, remember?
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This looks DAMN COOL!!! No gripes at all. I just wish that the tv episodes could be an hour long instead of 30 minutes. STAR WARS LIVES! And there ain't a damn thing wrong with that!
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15-20 years ago the prospect of a animated "Star Wars" movie dealing with the Clone Wars would have made people wet themselves. Now everyone just finds reasons to complain. I say lighten up and learn to have fun again--there's more Star Wars coming to the big screen!
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Because George Lucas' galaxy isn't large. It's about the size of a theme park.
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Yes he was in the god-awful Star Wars "junior novel" Glove of Darth Vader series. For all of you who think that "Star Wars" without GL is better I submit those books as exhibit "A".
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...but Yoda's backwards talk is out of fucking control these days...I am begging just one of the writers responsible for any of his dialog to please go back and watch Empire again....they're making him sound like a fucking idiot.
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I can dig that, but then again the New Jedi Order series was some of the best Star Wars stories told.
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Tatooine's "back-water" status is meant to be ironic, teaching that appearances aren't everything (see also Yoda as warrior, young Anakin and Jar-Jar as being of some real help)...
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in my above post...
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...so sad...
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why do they have to look retarded?
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...drops...
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The thing that blows my mind is how much time some of you waste on hating Star Wars. I mean, okay, if you think it sucks and you're done with it, move on. Nobody is putting a gun to your head to make you watch it.
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...is now relegated to a cash cow...SOB
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Who are you apologizing to? And why?
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It's like watching someone play a video game for 2 hours
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Between the fanboys and the little kids, this flick will get lots of repeat business and make a shitload on money. Watch.
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out of my brain. Could be worse, could have Ewoks in it. Bring on the action fig's..
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I am a complete DIE HARD STAR WARS FAN. Read books. Comics. Buy action figures. Collect shit. Like cereal boxes with Yoda on them. Star Wars Pepsi Cans? Yeah, got 'em all. BUT THIS??? THIS?? Hell, I know most of the PT sucked, but shit, I like it and i watch it cause it's Star Wars, but nothing inside me jumps out when I watch this trailer. It just SCREAMS CHEAP ASS CGI MOVIE TO SELL SHIT. Combat scenes, space battles and locations look fantastic, but who in the fuck designed the characters? I love stylized shit, but come on, give me a break, this looks like ass.
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This is looking pretty cool. Big fan of the prequels, can't wait for this. :D Kinda weird seeing the WB logo in front of Star Wars though, lol.
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This will do decent, because its Star Wars, and its a CGI cartoon, which kids all jerk off to these days, but mark my words, don't expect massive BO earnings. No sir. Just watch.
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I think the prequels have something to do with why we became like this.
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This was how I envisioned what the clone wars would have been and Episode should have been the beginnings of this war with Anakin older, around the same age as in Episode II. This series could have been a great movie or movies had Lucas gone this route. It looks like he's making these because this story is beginning to open up to him...but too late. Ep.III's last hour was incredible...although I liked Ep.II and some of Ep.I..I feel that this is the way it should have played throughout...there's many other ways to seduce Anakin and allow him to love Padme in order the twins be born.
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The prequels. But I have to admit, this looks pretty fun!
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I also think that Shadows of the Empire was a great book...since it's based on the orig. trilogy characters...why not make a CGI version of that book??! They even already have a soundtrack for it!! I'm sure luring Mark Hamill to do voice overs for that one will be easy enough...that's all he does now, anyhow.
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May 09, 2008 5:54:14 PM CDT
Dooku reminds me of Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show
by yotzvonfrelnik
Just paint him light blue and it'd be complete.
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otherwise you'd get a POLAR EXPRESS type dead eyes living dolls creepy wanna be human excuse of a digital character. think of THE INCREDIBLES, you think it would have worked if they tried to make them look like real humans. BEOWULF was better that THE POLAR EXPRESS but still didn't work for me.
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Lucasfilm is making a big mistake releasing this TV pilot theatrically. The animation is not feature quality and not even up to what we see in Grand Theft Auto IV. Used to be you could count on Star Wars to be cutting-edge technically if nothing else. The Clone Wars is probably not going to be a financial failure but only because they spent no where close to the budget of a real Star Wars movie on it.
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I think it's going to be eye candy, but looks like it has very little story and no charm. Where's the sense of fun? What about a character with wit or to warm up to, like Han or Luke? Just lots of battles. Boring.
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and enjoy. Or don't. Whatever. I'll see it because I have nothing better to do August 15th. Maybe it will have some great moments. All shows before 6pm are only 5.50. I can spend 5.50 on a Star Wars cartoon.
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quit hating.
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This is all this fucking fat fuck could come up with is some lame ass kidnapping set in a time period that people are sick of seeing already?? This is the extent of this shit heads talent these days??? No wonder the prequels and Indy IV suck so much ass, this guy is over the hill and far away. Someone check that useless twat for a pulse.
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or is he still pining away for the dumb cunt that left him and took a chunk of change and dropped him with their what 20 adopted kids? Something is wrong with his dumb ass.
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You whiners have been pissing and moaning for years that you didn't see enough of the Clone Wars in the prequels. Now you finally get it in a huge dose and it's still not good enough. wtf?
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This is as bad as some of the nonsense being spewed on the INDY talkbacks. If you STAR WARS/LUCAS haters don't like what he's doing, then why do you insist on looking at it in the first place. I'm sure there's still some tickets available for the SEX AND THE CITY film. I think you film fantasy haters would fit right in there.
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you're absolutely right. He does look like Sam the Eagle.
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I personally asked George for more Jar Jar antics, so watch out!!!!PS. ME & Watto do a dance number ala Spiderman 3!!!!
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How many kids are going to understand how Dooku and the jedi are magically back.
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I'M NOT KIDDING. LUCAS CAST SOME VOODOO ON ME THROUGH THE INTERNET. THIS IS SO BAD I CAN'T EVEN COME UP WITH THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. HELL, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH JUST GETTING THIS THOUGHT DOWN. FUCK. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN DRUGGED.
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blah blah blah Owen Wilson
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I'm still not wild about the character designs though. I am sorry they didn't get the people who animate Avatar The Last Airbender--that's animation done right!
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Like anyone cares. Fucking typo.
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I actually like the prequels more. Especially 2 and 3. They have some of the most and best action I have ever seen from any movie EVER! I also think the stories are better, too...
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or maybe, AG3: American Graffiti III
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but has John Williams composed anything new on this franchise, or are the execs just recycling and whoring his music out again and again and again...I mean, does everything dramatic have to be to Duel of the Fates??
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Bit like a game but as long as George doesn't get his hands on it it should be watchable.
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now this is we 've been waiting for....looks much better than the last week ASS cartoon....the real question is how will the writting hold up over the length of the series.....hopefully they wont dump things down because its "just" a cartoon.....
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Yeah I know it's coming but it's desperately needed IMO. TPM needs its color palette messed with, toning down those computer game green fields at the end Naboo battle and making the armies and space battle look more realistic. Cut some of young Anakin's more horrible lines. Fucking hell I would say cut him completely but sadly you can't! The podrace sequence doesn't need altering, it's still a pure gold bar of effects madness and mayhem way ahead of its time - that and the Qui-Gon/Obi/Maul fight are the only exciting sequences in all three prequels IMO. AOTC and ROTS are ass, but ass that CAN be improved upon.
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I am not a Prequel hater, but has anyone seen a director fall from grace from his fans anymore then George Lucas in the last 10 years? Before 1997, if you asked the majority of SW fans, they would have said he was a God, as he was the leader of our religion, to speak metaphorically. Now you hear comments about him being a bad writer, a crappy director, and man obsessed with CGI. I am not saying this is all fair, but the Prequels didn't live up to what they could have been, and George Lucas was icon to SW fans before 1997, now you have a part of the fanbase that defends everything he does, another part that is skeptical about getting burned again, and then another part that utterly hates the guy. Do you think he would hitch a ride with Marty McFly and take that Delorean back to the 1996 and just do something else then SW? He would probably still be a God to about 99% of SW fans.
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May 09, 2008 9:03:11 PM CDT
Where's the Howard the Duck Prequel CG Cartoon???
by annie the pod racer
Who named him Howard? Where did he get that Wild Style? Is he really friends with Number Johnny 5 from Short Circuit?
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remember the late 80's when star wars was long dead, but just a fond memory? no books... no videos that you could afford to buy... it feels like there's just too much now. The magic is long gone.
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Felt like a video game.
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To all who say it looks like a great story or fills in the gaps of the missing clone wars-maybe you're right, because I have no idea what any of that mess is in the trailer. My brain kept looking at the freakish animation style and saying "Who okayed this?!" Why do they look so...freakin' mutated? No way will I pay more than $1 to see this (we are blessed to have a second run theater here that charges a buck). This is shaping up to be one of the best summer movie seasons in a long time, and I won't waste my popcorn money on this drek.
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God I want a job. Watto, where are you!?
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anyone who thinks this is cool.... so lame
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8ltz07dDho
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With ESB as number 1 and ANH as number 2.
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I guess now THIS is what Anakin meant when he tells Dooku that his powers have doubled since the last time they met in ROTS. And what's C-3PO doing at Jabba's pad???
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then you could still have the Gungans (even Jar Jar)only they could be cooler, you could have the whole Greek Chorus thing from the outset, and finally, you'd have character development by way of an explanation for why he and R2 continually bicker(different allegiances at the start)
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May 09, 2008 10:51:17 PM CDT
I Think Ill Like This For The Same Reason I Like Playing 'Lego S
by skoobyx
I gave up on seeing another true big screen Star Wars movie about half way through Attack of the Clones. This might be amusing however.
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May 09, 2008 10:52:51 PM CDT
I gotta say I can do a better Yoda than the guy doing him here..
by han cholo
My impersonation of Yoda sounds more akin to Empire Yoda as opposed to this guy who does a half-ass, almost lazy impersonation. I have to say even Frank Oz himself sounded a lot older in the prequels but then again he is a lot older so doing a Yoda that sounds like Empire or younger would have been almost impossible for Oz to do. But I can do it and I've heard other guys' Yoda voice done a lot better than this. Maybe I should send Lucasfilm a demo tape, seriously....
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it does look better stylized than the live action/cartoony cgi muppet crap in the prequels... it would be better though if they went either balls out realistic or totally animation a la Genndy.. the half-assed versions we are seeing here, with CGI and bad video game modeling, just look cheesy. Either go all one way or the other if you're gonna do it right.
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I dinna cry when me own father was hanged for stealin a pig.. but I'll cry now.. cause LUCAS EATS SHITE
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True story!
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Seriously, who the fuck wrote Yoda's lines at the beginning of this hunk of shit? I may be the textbook Star Wars fanboi, but this prequel-era bullshit just chafes me like a cast iron jockstrap. Fuck it. George, I've probably given you more than eight years' salary over the past two decades, but these are $8 I'm keeping to my damn self!
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they passed on STAR WARS so now I'm sure GL made a nice deal with them. REVENGE! : )
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Fcourse much of that was due to lame script and soap opera dialog. These animated jedis has got personalities, and the baddies look tasty! Even if the animation looks a bit blocky. The backgrounds could be better though, the cities and alien landscapes should have been much richer.
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mcGregor can be good, though he is often very bland, but in this case much blame is the director's.
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Who always used to post like that? I can't remember the offending TBer at the moment.
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A Star Fox game. Like Nintendo 64 style.
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Yes it's true, wait for the Clone Wars!!!!!!Hi Honey. What is for dinner?
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I'm not allowed to tell!!!
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Looks like cool, good fun. Messes with continuity, it seems, but I'm counting it as sort of a side "spin-off" story that doesn't have alot of bearing on the live action films.That in mind, it'll be fun to see SW back on the big screen.And come off it: The PT isn't that bad. It's not the OT, but it's pretty good and has several moments of greatness. ROTS in particular as a success with critics and fans (2 peoples choice awards for Best Picture and Best Drama) is awesome and that isn't really arguable unless you've got some bone to pick with GL. Aotc is pretty good, an 8/10 I thin, and TPM has actually grown on me to 8.5/10.I'd actually say that ROTJ is the weakest film. I just always skip to the last 45 minutes of it. (which are fantastic, though)These are just my opinions of course...
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Should he watch Epsiodes 1-6 or 4-6, then 1-3 (and put the Clone Wars cartoon in between 2&3). Cuz guys, how will he know about Jabba's son? No one mentions Jabba in episode 1, only Gardula The Hutt is mentioned briefly by yours truly. This is a tough call. I need John Madden for the play by play. "Now here's a guy....."
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They're TOTALLY doing fans a service and not cashing in on this one. Oh no.
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WTF?!? This looks like bad footage from some Dreamcast game. I know this is a cartoon but I'm shocked at how awful this looks, especially the close up shots of the the various characters.
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But how would Charlie Manson know if they don't say his name at all until the end of Episode 5? Go fight crime bathead.
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I just want to know for the sake of Charlie Manson being in the know, what order should he watch the Episodes. If he watches it 4-6, then 1,2,Clone War,3, he will get why Jabba is a big part of the Star Wars universe. I feel is Charlie watches 1,2,Clone Wars,3,4,5,6, then he might not fully get Jabba kinda like if you saw the Star Wars Holiday Special before episode 5, you didn't really give a fuck about Boba Fett. That's what I'm trying to figure out. He's set for parole in 2012.
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he will be stoked. He's never seen a wookie before!
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took about six minutes to do that. definitely needs more shaders and stuff.
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Not that I didn't love SECRET OF THE SWORD. I HAVE THE POOWWWWWEEER!
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Finally, a new Star Wars film I can watch more
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Who's the target audience? Blind 4-year olds? FUCK YOU, George Lucas! Seriously!
And Harry, you gotta be fucking kidding me: you did enjoy the new trilogy? Really? I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry about that... -
May 10, 2008 4:47:25 AM CDT
ER, HARRY!?! That ain't HD Quicktime mate... thats awful quality
by silentbobafett2
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He said after Return of the Jedi, Han Solo sold him to the Hutts where he works as a pit-fighter for scraps of meat. He also said that Lando came to watch him at one of the fights. Chewie thought he was going to rescue him, but instead he was there to gamble and even bet against the wookie. The Hutts even make him perform tricks like a Russian bear. Luke Skywalker is far too busy building his Jedi empire to involve himself in the wookie's plight so asked if we can launch a world-wide campaign to highlight the barbaric treatment of wookies. At least that's what I thought he said but since I don't speak wookie, he could have been complaining that he took a shit and now it's stuck to his fur.
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sigh
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You forget its Lucas playground...he CAN and WILL do whatever HE WANTS TO with HIS BABY..... If you don't like it TOO DAMN BAD.....it has been approved by Lucas....Han and the kids.....Skywalker and Jade...even Cade Skywalker....Get over it and accept it or go back to your laserdisc (still got my box set, dont you just love changing disks?) memories of the first trilogy.....I for one cant wait to see what's next.............
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I might just bring my X Box controller. Because this looks like a kick ass game. But maybe not a movie.
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May 10, 2008 11:15:59 AM CDT
This is probably why Obi Wan might be able to hide out on Tatooi
by jkrow21
Jabba has a beer and cheets on his 2,000 pound wife.
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fans will love it. And the general population will forget it.
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That looks awful.
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THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM SERIOUS!
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This is just more garbage to line Uncle George's pockets. Hopefully we are all wrong and they finally give us the kickass clone wars that we all dreamt of. Doubt it.
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You can't fucking stop him!
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That means I won't have to fight for a good seat in the theater.
Rescuing Jabba's son makes perfect sense. The Hutts are powerful, and their position in the Clone Wars was (as far as I remember from EU material) somewhat standoffish and neutral (they tend to keep out of the politics of wars, and stick with the profiteering.)
Jabba's a powerful being. He's practically in retirement by Episode VI (thanks to Palpatine's policies on non-humans), but during the Clone Wars he was one of the most important members of his race. Rescuing his son would earn his favor, and possibly gain his financial support-- Or at least prevent him from financially supporting the other side.
I do have one gripe, and that is that the Yoda voice is pretty low quality. There are better Yoda impressionists out there, so I fail to see how this guy got the role in a fair audition. Hell, the video games have had better Yodas. This guy sounds more like the Yoda-like character in Knights of the Old Republic.
Anyway, as to the whole "George Lucas Hate" thing, I think it's just cool for the younger generation to hate on him because it makes them feel rebellious. Face it, guys: Star Wars is not a Gen Y thing. Honestly, I think the love for it ends with the last of Gen X, and it begins with the last of the Baby Boomers. Anyone younger than Gen X will naturally rebel against what we love, because it's in the nature of any generation to reject the culture of the previous generation (or three).
And then of course you have the older people who just reject Star Wars because it's "nerdy" and they're trying to distance themselves from it to save face with their office-mates, family, or friends. "No, I don't like that Star Wars crap. It's dorky. I like football and American Idol instead!"
Whatever guys. Either way, please DON'T come to see it in the theater. It will be nice not to have you lameoids in line, or making noise in the theater. You just go right on ahead and see the "Sex and the City" movie with your girlfriend who thinks Star Wars is geeky. Enjoy.
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A: Lesbian.
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and I really hope the AMPAS doesn't "consider" this a "golden chance" to reward George... not in front of Wall-E, specially.
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It's fine to dislike what GL has done with "Star Wars". What I object to is all the hate directed towards the man. People at best act like GL can't do what he wants to with his stories (which is silly) or at worst they treat him like he's a nazi war criminal or a pedophile. I may find Frank Darabont to be a horrible filmmaker whose movies make me angry and annoyed but I don't feel the need to call him a worthless sack of sh*t or anything. He's just a guy whose art I don't care for.
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For those wondering why, it's because of Lucasfilm's partnership with Cartoon Network which is owned by Time Warner, the company responsible for airing the Clone Wars cartoons that were made between Episode II and III.
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I'm going to do my best to pretend this doesn't exist. This inane, pointless obsession with the clone wars was the death of the action figure lines, and will be the death of the canon now too. The reason Lucas largely glossed over the clone wars between II and III? Because they don't fucking matter. Jedis and clones fought for years and years, there were lightsaber battles galore, lots and lots of lasers fired, and many battles fought. But it all really meant nothing more than the springboard to launch the downfall of the Republic. It's a god damn anecdote, people; a blip that was skipped because it was, like all, warfare, sound and fury meaning nothing. And now, because Americans love pointless violence, we get a half-hearted, thrown-together massive cash-in CG cartoon, theatrically released to maximize profits and suck the last few remaining drops of nostalgia left provided by the phenomena that was the original trilogy out of the all-too-willing American film-going public. More 300 than Star Wars, this needless marketing campaign of a 'movie' promises to eliminate the last shreds of credibility the admittedly mismanaged prequels didn't already destroy for the franchise. Say what you want about the PT, and most of the criticism is entirely valid, but at least Lucas tried to keep the focus, overall, on the characters. But the fans wouldn't, couldn't, be told: "more clones! more battles! more war!" And now we have this. I've long defended Star Wars from the relentless bitchery of the talkbacks, no longer. This cartoon won't be getting my money.
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was a response to his divorce, I've come to the conclusion that I was right about Lucas and the fact he's never gotten over being shit on by that cunt he was married to so long ago. The garbage he's done ever since proves it. He is but a shadow of who he used to be. Perhaps The Cunt is who we should all vent upon for wretched crap like this.
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I know for a fact that I get way more chicks than you, bro. I'm not ne who posts more than 3 times on any talkback. No, I spend that time sarging girls over here in Los Angeles with my local LAIR. Doubt you know what that is, maybe YOU should get laid, bitch. Struck a nerve, I suppose. Guess the truth hurts huh?
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but it's probably aimed at the generation who started star wars with the prequels. so let them have it. i've never been a huge fan of the series, i liked ep.4-6 when i was a kid and whenever i watched the original and heard obi-wan mention "the clone wars" it was like "oooh, what's that he's talking about? i wonder?" and it was this mysterious event that rocked the star wars universe but never referred to again in the other movies, so it was all left to the imagination. and then the books and such came out, but it was still in our imaginations and once it was brought to the screen thru the vision of lucas and his creative team, our version of it was gone and we "saw" what really happened...according to lucas. and it was what those three words referred to. a war involving clones and jedi. and the jedi were still a mystery too, as we only knew of obi-wan, then vader, then yoda. and i guess the idea of yoda being an ass-kicker in his younger(?) days sounded good on paper, but TOO MUCH C.G. makes for a bland moviegoing experience.
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It sums up my sentiments pretty well: http://tinyurl.com/5xx2ej I strongly suspect there is going to be a significant amount of $tar Wars burnout here real soon. It's all simply too much.
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Here's the original: http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2008/05/blue-sky-guest-columnist-star-wars-must.html
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OK that being said why does every fricken thing with this series now circle around TATOOINE. If there is a bright spot in the galaxy then you are on the planet its farthest from!! And is every creator terrified to make new characters DAMN. Jabba's son PLEASE spare me. EPS 1-3 were filled with tie-ins on characters ENOUGH ALREADY!! A WHOLE GALAXY A Trillion-Trillion people available JABBA's SON!!!! This is bull crap NEW CHARACTERS NEW STORIES STOP REHASHING!!!
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This is a reply to an email I sent my best friend regarding Star Wars: Clone Wars. This is his response and I found it fitting to post it here.
Hey. I was reading some of the Talkbacks and it suddenly dawned on me ... People (including me) are complaining that the story and plot line are too juvenile and not "adult themed" enough for them.
But, in reality, This is the opposite problem that most of them have with Battlestar Galactica!!! "it's too adult and there is no fun in the show!" i.e; "old Battlestar was better, boo-hoo"
I have started to think that Lucas is the smartest man on the planet now. Who cares about what a 40 year old geek thinks about Star Wars ... I'll market to THEIR KIDS! Hence, they'll grow up with Star Wars the way you and I did and the merchandising train will roll on forever!
Besides complain as much as you want, You'll still be buying the collectors DVD with the poster, pewter figure, baseball-cap, Burger King glass, Comics, Mouse pad, Trading card and the incredibly hard to find, limited edition Jabba's son glow-in-the-dark action figure. ("After all, I can't ruin my collection, Right?") loser.
Let them complain all they want. I'll take Any form of Star Wars over anything else. Imagine ... What if Lucas had never created it in the first place? A whole generation of freaks and geeks that would have had to have found something else to blame for never having kissed a girl and a whole new reason for still living at home with mom.
My advice, Stop being bitches and let the kids have "their" Star Wars. Move on, read a book. Better yet, write one and do something productive with their lives. Standing on line for the next "Narnia" film doesn't count.
I'm out of here.
May the Force be with you.
PEACE!
(drops the microphone to the floor and walks out)
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May 12, 2008 1:05:09 AM CDT
Lucas, I won't give you any more of my money until you stop with
by mennon
I gave away my Ep 1 and 2 DVDs. I had a choice - give them away, or buy the Ep 3 DVD. Lucas can do what he likes, but I'm not going to give him any more of my money. I'll download the torrent when it comes out, and watch half an hour of it, then delete it. I can't tell the difference between Ep 1 and 2 anymore. At least Ep 1 looked distinctive.
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I'll show this trailer to my 6 year old son and see what he thinks. I love the Clone Wars Animated Series.
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Kick ass! I make my living as an artist. I love the colors, the stylization. Its briliant. I feel
like all the people who worked on this, are also lovers and they made it for me! i'm pysched!!! -
Looks shit for a theatrical released.
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