EIII Post Notes(07/02) --The General Awaits!
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• The opening space battle sequence nears completion & drew applause from the audience at dailies. "I'm getting dizzy," commented George, as the starfighters twist between a pair of massive capital ships.
• For fans of variable-geometry robots, there's some good news. The Trade Federation vulture droids will be seen to turn, fold and transform on screen - a functionality incorporated into their design years ago for Episode I, but something we have yet to see on the big screen.
• The rendering of Grievous shown in Cinefex & the French SW magazine isn't the final version...he's still in approval
•Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett is still overseas, gathering exotic plate photography for Kashyyyk
• Lucas' son Jett plays Tado, a Jedi Padawan battling a group of attackers.He twirls his lightsaber against a swarm of opponents. In the animatic of this sequence, the Jedi youth performs a twisting leap, flipping in the air to avoid an incoming attack.
• There's a shot of Anakin leading a group of clonetroopers where he'll be CG (it's a long-distance shot)
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this just in at TF.Net:
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EP3: Name of Grievous' Starship Revealed
Fri, Oct 22, 04 12:49:54 PM EDT
The latest Before the Helmet image reveals the name of General Grievous' starship to be the Invisible Hand:
The Jedi objective of Battle of Coruscant is spotted on a display screen -- the Invisible Hand, flagship of General Grievous.
Click on the link above to check out the image, then discuss with other Star Wars fans in this Jedi Council thread (beware spoilers).
Awesome picture. Is it just me, or does it look a little like Jason Voorhese?
Grievous was amazing in the cartoon. I hope the movie will live up to it.
One thing puzzles me though, does GG have the Force or not? If he doesn't then Lucas will have messed up. Supposedly no technology can defeat the Force (Vader's comments in ANH). If gg doesn't have it, and has killed lots of Jedi because of his cybernetic body, that means his technology is superior to the Force!
Darth Daddy: In AotC, the Jedi died because they were vastly outnumbered. I didn't mean that Jedi are completely invincible against technology (or other things), but in a one-on-one fight, a Jedi should nearly always beat a robot (or a cyborg).
Gangularis: Sure Obi-Wan may stop him in the end, but how many Jedi does GG kill before that? Supposedly many. And I doubt it was just that he had the good fortune to only fight those who were inept. In the Clone Wars cartoon, he defeats several masters.
gunchips: Great picture!