'Star Wars 3' Named 'Birth Of The Empire'?


The final installment in the Star Wars trilogy will be called Star Wars: Episode III - Birth Of The Empire, according to The Sun.

The newspaper claims that the highlight of the third movie will be "a thrilling lightsabre clash between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) while surfing on lava".

A Hollywood source has supposedly told them that "Anakin and Obi-Wan fight on platforms on the lava. They control these like surfboards."

The source added: "There’s going to be a big announcement soon. They’ve tried lots of titles but the most popular is Birth Of The Empire."

Episode III will be released May 19th, 2005.

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