News from Pablo Hidalgo Chat! (30/06)
Summary:
• The Tatooine shots Lucas did during Episode II shooting are esatblishing shots & background plates only
• Jedi Council includes Obi-Wan. Yoda, Mace, Shaak Ti, Agen Kolar, Stass Allie, Plo Koon, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Saesee Tiin, Even Piell, Kit Fisto, Pablo-Jill are the others.
• Wookiees have various levels of authority. Their titles aren't decided yet. We should see an important Wookiee (in rank) pretty soon.
• Grievous is never on Coruscant in EIII (Clone Wars cartoons season 3 or EU?)
• Beru doesn't have a lot of dialogue
• Grievous' voice hasn't been cast yet - Gary Oldman?
• Dooku knows Palpatine is Sidious
• Palpatine and Grievous are not Sifo-Dyas
• Watto isn't in Episode III
• There will be some humor in Episode III. Artoo has an "action hero" bit early in the film, played for laughs.
• Biggest changes (from the shooting script) are sequences being combined to cut down on redundancy
• There will be a non-HS Episode III photo series
• Anakin didn't erase Kamino from the archives
• Sifo-Dyas EU material prior to Episode III
• After the trailer hits, there'll be some Episode III Databank additions
• Mas Amedda survives Episode III
• 12 planets in the current cut - Kamino & Geonosis are not among them
• Shmi's "immaculate conception" story is true
• Mace doesn't disappear. Only Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anakin do. He describes it as being a trick and seems to hint that Obi-Wan and Yoda figure it out before Anakin does.
• R4-P17 buys the farm
• Lucas' daighters (Amanda & Katie) have cameos as senatorial aides
• NEWS NAMES: In addition to Commander Cody: Clone Commander Thire and Clone Commander Bly
• More animatic frames to come; maybe some video
• Palpatine will be called "Emperor" by the film's end
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