2 years left.Long time that is.

Alright,George Lucas has gotten the main shots for this movie,has the full cast,and still has two years to go.Alright so in December/January they should be done with filming.They still have Tunisia and other places they need to re-do scenes which should be done by then.Then January-May with the special effects added.Then he has to put it into the correct format.So shouldn't the film be out in Noverber 2001ish?

Nope...sorry EJ...May 2002. GL has done the whole May release thing since long before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye..he's not going to stop now.

Yeah I know he always does that but he SHOULD be finished before then is what I'm saying.

Patience young padawan...

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I am I just wonder what he does about the movie in between that time.

The latest Homing Beacon goes some way to explaining why such along wait.

And the answer being?

Digital compositing, animation, FX...etc. That stuff takes a LONG time to do.

All together no longer then 6 months really.

Nope...sorry EJ....It's a huge undertaking...

If they really applied there selves and hire more people they could.I just heard Lucas is worth 2 billion.He can afford a few extra hands.And if they worked 14 hours a piece they could get it down.

Funny, but I had the feeling that Lucas was ahead of schedule and for some reason it would not take them as long as the other trilogy...with the advanced technology and all....

"don't under-estimate the force"

I think the technology can sometimes cause as many headaches as it fixes...Think about what it takes just to get the CGI characters into the film...that can be a huge pain in the but...locking all the CGI characters into the frame and nitpicking to get the movment just right...and they have to do that for what?...like 2000 shots...ARG! And and you have to make sure everything blends together well too...*headache beginning*

I don't care if I have to wait 5 years just as long as they do it right. A lot of the scenes in the OT, like the Jabba scene were dropped because they ran out of time. I'm glad they are taking this long.

Well said KJ..

Yes...I agree...well said....if history repeats itself, ep II will be the best quality of this trilogy(personal opinion)...

I was actually talking specifically about the new digital cameras they are using.....I did hear that it is speeding up the process some...

On the other hand, I would rather GL did not rush anything!!! all good things are worth the wait!

That's the way I feel XC...

OH! while I remember...have you ever posted in any of the other forums yet?

Trye, Anyone have any idea of the knid of resolutions they use to film, it must be pretty huge to get the quality for cinema.

I do expect EP2 to be better than PM, but it is still going to be a love story, I think that EP3 will be the best of all the Episodes. I will like the darkness(like ESB) and out of necesity will be the best acted. But EP2 will still be fantastic.

RC..I think I did see it somewhere...I dont remember what it was but I was suprised to see that it wasn't as big as you'd think...I wish I could remember what it was...

I think the 3rd will probably be the best too, mostly because I think GL is still learning his craft and from his mistakes. It will be nice to see what he'll be doing 15 years from now.