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January 27, 2005
Revenge of the Sith Opening Crawl
Well here you go. The opening crawl for Revenge of the Sith has been posted up on the official Star Wars website. Special thanks to FilmRot.
War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.
As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor...
Posted by John Campea at January 27, 2005 06:52 AM
Comments
Posted by: Greg at January 27, 2005 10:15 AM
Not bad.
Posted by: Brad at January 27, 2005 11:00 AM
Well, what could we expect? It's not like the series is called STAR PEACE.
Posted by: A.R.Yngve at January 27, 2005 12:13 PM
Heroes on both sides? What does that mean?
Posted by: Juan at January 27, 2005 12:20 PM
my my...isn't Palpy the clever one? ;)
"General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine"
Posted by: Meagan at January 27, 2005 01:25 PM
This may sound really stupid, but I avoided reading the opening text on the main page and here to comment. Why? Because I don't want to ruin seeing the opening of the film - I love seeing the opening in the theater for the first time.
Why lucasfilm choose to reveal it is lost on me. I've been trying to avoid spoilers this time 'round - at first it was easy but now I have to duck and dodge all over the place.
Posted by: trysop at January 27, 2005 01:45 PM
It is odd that they released, I agree.
Strangely enough, this is the first one I *have* read spoilers for...the first two weren't much more thrilling for me not knowing much going in (I am super-excited either way), so I figured this time I would just give in and read.
Posted by: Meagan at January 27, 2005 02:01 PM
WAR!
Posted by: Mark at January 27, 2005 03:31 PM
I didnt read it either to stay spoiler-free.
Posted by: Simone at January 27, 2005 04:30 PM
Great scroll text, as usual... spoiler-free? What is that? I feed on spoilers every morning... the only thing that can spoil me is a bad feature.
Posted by: Peter at January 27, 2005 08:43 PM
"Heroes on both sides? What does that mean?"
Heroics are just a matter of perspective. The most villainous to one side is the other side's savior.
That just means there are certain people who've made a name for themselves with their wartime antics on both sides of the battlefield.
Posted by: evergreen at January 27, 2005 10:47 PM
Peter, I meant anything re Episode III I chose to be spoiler-free, at least for the first and the last time.
Posted by: Simone at January 28, 2005 04:32 AM
I highly doubt anyone who took the time to post a message didn't read it. There's nothing wrong with reading the opening text. You don't have to feel guilty or act like you've avoided ALL spoilers. SO far the only spoilers have been the movies themselves
Posted by: Greg at January 29, 2005 04:18 PM
well i have to say, that I had read other 'supposed' text scrawls and knew they were not real... This one I knew was real, because It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.. I'm about as spoiler free as Traci Lords is a virgin... but I'm still expecting this movie to shock the bejesus out of me. I drink to this scrawl. It is sweet!
Posted by: mogulus at January 29, 2005 07:41 PM
Oh sweet lord, I pray to the tonight
Help Lucas with the saga of the rebel fight
That we all would sleep tight
And not crap our pants at the sight
Of the final Star Wars in all it�s might�
�Oh what the hell�Can you just fast forward time just this once, please God?
Posted by: Justin at February 2, 2005 03:43 AM
Mogulus, please dont tempt me.
Did you compose that poem Justin?
I wish I can watch the film with all of you here guys. That'll be so AWESOME!!!
Anybody bringing in their lightsabers on midnight screening? LOL
Posted by: Simone at February 2, 2005 04:19 AM
Yep...that's my prayer!
Posted by: Justin at February 2, 2005 12:54 PM
This isn't really a spoiler. It pretty much sums up the clone wars cartoon into three short paragraphs. This is exactally what I imagined it to say (not the exact wording though.) It pretty much told me what I already know.
Posted by: Bob at April 21, 2005 08:47 PM
"Well, what could we expect? It's not like the series is called STAR PEACE." - A.R.Yngve
That's beautiful, dude! Very funny! :-)
Posted by: Justin at April 21, 2005 09:43 PM
The crawls are just a bridge between Episodes 'we' never get to see. It is a way Lucas can throw out years he doesn't want to put on film. We get lucky this time because of clone wars (cartoons). It would've been cool to see how Princess Leia Organa got kidnapped, or how Dooku got the clone army started, but Lucas only let us see the Clone Wars.
Spoiler, not this thread unless you call a summary of Chapters 1 - 25 of the Clone Wars a spoiler.
Posted by: Rakesh at May 18, 2005 11:14 AM
Heroes on both sides? It could make sense, but it just sounds odd.
Posted by: Greedis at June 7, 2005 02:19 PM
General Grievous. A waste of a character if I've ever seen one.
Posted by: McYoda at June 7, 2005 02:30 PM
Actually, "heroes on both sides" doesn't really make much sense. In the dictionary a hero is described as being "courageous". Now tell me, would you consider evil guys such as Count Dooku or General Grievous as being courageous? Neither would I! They both ran from their enemies!
Posted by: Whitesun at June 7, 2005 02:36 PM
Han Solo ran from his enimies too. As a matter of fact the whole Rebel Alliance was always running and hiding. Does that mean they're not heroes? Yoda eventually ran from the Emperor.
Posted by: John Campea at June 7, 2005 03:03 PM
Didn't you read what I wrote? Heroes are COURAGEOUS. Would you consider villains, (who are usually cowards) courageous? Of course not. Why would you argue this?
Besides, Yoda only ran because he knew Palp was gathering his clones. If you remember, sidious was originally trying to run away from him!
Posted by: Whitesun at June 7, 2005 03:35 PM
I concur, Whitesun.
Who exactly are the heroes on the other side? Count Dooku? Nute Gunray? Presumably the other side's hero was that battle droid that said "Roger, roger!"
Posted by: Greedis at June 7, 2005 03:38 PM
Of course Greedis concurs with Whitesun... they're the same guy from the same computer and IP address. Why do people feel the need to do that?
Anyway, you’re missing the point of the movie. “Good” and “Bad” is often dependant on your point of view. The Galactic Senate was corrupt and slow. It had become a shell of their former selves.
From the separatist systems point of view, fighting against the Republic to gain independence was a noble act and the right thing to do.
Palpatine brought peace and security to the Galaxy. To some people that was heroic. Master Windu was about to violate the Jedi Code when he was going to kill an unarmed Palpatine. The Jedi were going to break all the codes of democracy by staging an illegal coupe against the legally elected Supreme Chancellor.
So there were heroes on both sides… who was the hero and who was the villain is all a matter of your point of view.
Oh, and Darth Maul didn’t run when he was outnumbered by 2 Jedi Knights. So is he a hero? Yoda ran… so according to you it’s ok to run when you’re outnumbered? So why then didn’t Maul run?
Posted by: John Campea at June 7, 2005 03:57 PM
No sir, we are not missing the point. And by the way, we are two different people despite being on the same computer, mr.smarty detective.
In the simplest terms, A HERO has courage in it's definition. Just because Maul didn't run from two Jedi, doesn't make him a "hero". Hero should not be applied there.
Posted by: Whitesun at June 7, 2005 05:02 PM
I CONCUR, Whitesun.
I think the overall point is that Lucas writes lots and lots of poor & strange-sounding dialogue in these films. Heroes may be accurate, but I think he could've done better.
“I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything's soft and smooth"
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-Anakin, Attack of the Clones
Posted by: Greedis at June 7, 2005 05:07 PM
So you're saying a hero takes COURAGE? It didn't take courage for Maul to take on 2 Jedi Knights? It didn't take courage for Palpatine to take on the whole Jedi Order? It didn't take courage for Genral Grievous to take on Obi-Wan Kenobi when he could have just ordered his 100 battle droids to attack him? It didn't take courage for Darth Tyrannus to fight both Obi-Wan and Anakin... twice?
If it wasn't courage... then what was it?
The running theme of the prequels is "Point of view". So yes, the Sepratists had their heroes. The Republic had their heroes.
Don't forget... one of the reasons that Anakin turned was because he saw "evil" in the Jedi Order. Lies, dishonor, power struggles. Does that mean the Jedi weren't heroes?
Posted by: John Campea at June 7, 2005 05:16 PM
HUH! What is it good for? Absolutely nuthin' say it again ... I said WAR! HUH!!