Episode III

EPISODE III : THOUGHTS, SCENES & RUMOURS - an early scene by scene

STAR WARS

EPISODE III

[The title is not yet known, and will probably be revealed sometime in 2004. As Lucas likes his titles to echo B-movie titles, don't expect a 'deep' title. It may reveal the nature of the story (a la Attack of the Clones or The Empire Strikes Back)]

[The film will begin with the end of the Clone Wars - which have been going for the three years between AOTC and this film, and will take up at least a quarter of the film - and will most probably open with a space battle. (as Lucas commented on the fact that AOTC only featured a short space duel, even though 'Star Wars' suggests many space battles. Also, as Episode 3 promises to be the 'ESB of the prequels' we may well have a battle at the start, as ESB did; the space battle could lead to a mix of ESB and AOTC's ground battles) The rumours of a new 'space locale' will probably come into play here; Republic Space Stations have been mooted, and Anakin flies a modified Jedi Starfighter at some point. As we haven't seen the Jedi Starfighter actually fighting, it could well be here])

[Mace Windu - along with much of the Jedi Order - will die in Episode 3's battle. However, it's doubtful he will be slain by a revenge-fuelled Boba Fett, as Fett will only be 13 here. Sam Jackson doesn't want to 'go our like a punk' so being shot by a 13-year-old is definately not on the sabacc cards]

[Perhaps the Clone Wars sees the demise of Count Dooku as well? Though even Christopher Lee doesn't know his character's role in Episode 3, Dooku may well be killed by Anakin here. As we have the Obi-Wan/Anakin duel to look forward to later on, this could be the time for a lightsaber duel, so that we don't have two climatic saber fights? Or, Dooku may even be killed by Darth Sidious, so that Anakin can become his new apprentice. It has been rumoured that Anakin is sent on a mission after the Clone Wars where he finds and kills Dooku. One thing's for sure, Yoda won't fight him again; Rick MacCallum stated Yoda won't be fighting at all in Ep3]

[After the Clone Wars we will see a more personal story, focusing on Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda and Padmé. Bail Organa will have a larger role here, and Alderaan will likely be visited]

[Eventually, Palpatine will declare himself Emperor, and the Galactic Empire will take over. It's been rumoured that a 'single catastrophic event changes the PT galaxy into the more familiar OT galaxy,' so maybe we'll see the Empire attacking an opposing planet? Perhaps even Coruscant, (though I don't know for what reason, as it's already controlled by Palpatine) or even Naboo (to show the beauty of the PT fall to the OT's dingy, dark look) It has been suggested that we could see the destruction of a planet, but not by the Empire; Anakin somehow destroys Neimoidia after learning (or coming to the false conclusion) that the Neimoidians were responsible for Padmé's death. However, this seems unlikely. For one, how could a single person destroy a planet? Even if Anakin used the Force, that would mean the more-powerful Palpatine could too, so the Death Star would be defunct. And two, I don't believe Padmé dies in Ep3, as Leia says she remembered her in RotJ]

[Finally, Anakin will fight Obi-Wan, fall into a molten pit and become Darth Vader. We will indeed see - and hear- Vader near the end, in full armour, for around 8 minutes (that is, James Earl Jones has around 8 minutes of dialogue, so we'll probably see Vader for longer than that]

[Yoda will flee to Dagobah (though it's possible we may not see the planet; he may just disappear completely, making his mention in ESB that more surprising) and Padmé will go to Alderaan with Bail and Leia. (she won't die in the film, as she has to be with Leia for a few years, as mentioned in ROTJ) Obi-Wan will go to Tatooine and deliver Luke to the Lars. The final shot is supposedly Obi-Wan walking off into (or away from) the twin sunset]