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Scenes

"There are a few scenes you will go nuts over." - GB

The last 3 pages of the script gave Rob Coleman goosebumps.

There is a sequence in Ep3 that makes Rob Coleman think "this is what I always wanted to see in the prequels".

Page 7, word twelve of the script is "trench". - JK

One scene will have an event that will cause glass to be shattered and scattered on the floor. - OS

We will hear classic camp Star Wars dialogue, similar to classic lines such as "foul stench" or "we meet again...". - OS

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

Scenes in a stretch of a Trade Federation starship corridor which includes steam, smoke, and shadows which will evoke the air of menace - at least in the final frames of the scene (or film). - OS

During the Anakin vs Obi-Wan duel there will be heavy winds in at least one setting. - OS

There will be a few tender moments of romance in the film. -PH

About 1/3 of the action sequences in the film will occur on the new planets where will we also see the most visually spectacular sequences. -RC

The reason the space battle in Ep3 will be bigger and more challenging than the ROTJ space battle is because this new space battle will be a journey and not a single event. -DG

The film will open with a thrilling space battle that pits the forces of the Republic against the battleships of the Separatists. -OS

The space battle that starts Episode III is long enough and complicated enough to be subdivided into four scenes for organizational purposes. -OS

The space battle covers the first 20 minutes of the film. -RB

The length of the opening shot, after the crawl has finished, to the first cut, will be around 3,768 frames in length. This works out at 157 seconds or 2 minutes 37 seconds long. It's purpose is to draw you into the action. -Homing Beacon / PH

The first 20 minutes is not all space battle. But the battle does kick off the first 20 minutes before moving into further action-packed territory. -PH

The opening space battle sequence includes starfighter trajectories, swarm of ships and aerobatic maneuvers. After the opening crawl of text the camera will move towards the warships, and its clear we're joining a battle already in progress. Geometry plays a vital role in determining allegiances in this space battle. As the camera dives between capital ships, it's easy to become disoriented. The Republic craft are the rectilinear wedge ships of the original trilogy. The Separatist vessels are more ovoid in shape, with smoother lines and reclined angles. The most familiar vessels amid the Separatist flotilla are the Trade Federation battleships, or the "donut ships" as they are affectionately called. Returning spacecraft, like the donut ships and vulture fighters, are getting a paintjob makeover, with colors and insignia further differentiating them from the Republic craft. We will see a missile with a specialized payload fly across the screen with flapping or fluttering wings. There will also be a different, new kind of missile shoot out from one of the Republic cruiser launch bays.

The Ep III space battle is definitely more dynamic, intense, and adrenaline-charged than the EP VI one, and has a more complicated design, more challenging shots, and benefits from having clear characters to follow as it progresses. I don't think those who are itching for a big space battle in Episode III will be disappointed. -PH

There's more variety of different types of ships in the Ep III space battle, but I'm not sure about the final numbers. The Episode VI battle will always have a certain greater dramatic impact, since it *is* the final battle of the series. -PH

The subsequent action scenes after the opening space battle, at any scale, areground-based, but there is air support, so there's still aerial action, even if it's not in the cold of space. -PH

The leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS) will gather into a grimy and shopworn control room. -OS

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

There were no multiple endings shot during principal photography. Everything pretty much went as to script, with variations in timing and performance. If something is decided to be changed it will happen during re-shoots. -PH

There may be some things that would be potentially controversial and some people may find offensive. -PH

There are no cantinas in Ep3. The most social scenes like that were in Ep2. Ep3 does have a bit of that, but nothing like a cantina. -PH

There are definitely scenes of large, elaborate scale in this movie, but the intriguing curveball of Episode III in this era of epic battle scenes is that the most impactful fight scene (to me anyway) involves just two combatants. -PH

If the Raider slaughter bothered you, then prepare for worse. -PH

Will we not see a lightsaber work underwater. -PH

We will not see many Jedi in the same shot together. The Jedi have got their clones now, so they don't need their numbers to fight en masse. Episode II will keep the distinction of having the most Jedi fighting in one place. -PH