For those who can't access MF.com:

Here is a breakdown of the first minute of the trailer....

LFL Logo, Fox logo etc.

A Theta-Class shuttle and three fighters fly by the camera towards Coruscant.

Coruscant, late afternoon, the Republic Executive Office appears for a brief moment.

Palpatine (close-up, speaking very slowly, deliberately, looking straight ahead, watching the ballet)

PALPATINE
...The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural.

Anakin closeup (extremely focused on Palpatine's words)

ANAKIN
Is this possible to learn those powers?"

Palpatine (close-up, matter-of-factly, facing Anakin)

PALPATINE
Not from a Jedi.

A civilian shuttle turns over the Coruscant cityscape towards the Senate building.

Obi-Wan and Anakin are inside the Temple, walking down stairs.

OBI-WAN
The Council wants you to report on all the Chancellors dealings.

Magna Guards stand with two battle droids.

ANAKIN
That's treason.

Palpatine standing up from his chair in his private office.

OBI-WAN
We are at war, Anakin.

The space battle and some explosion where clone-troopers die.

Anakin moves to take a seat in the Chancellor's private viewing box in Galaxies Opera. We see huge spheres of water levitating over stage with dancers inside them.

Mace (voice over, in a grim voice)

MACE
...Very dangerous putting them together...

Palpatine in his office, patting Anakin's shoulder.

MACE
I don't think the boy can handle it...

Mace & Obi in the gunship over Coruscant.

MACE
I don't trust him.

Tri droids blazing guns, Republic fighter exploding, debris flying by.

Palpatine in his office (concerned).

PALPATINE
I need your help, son.

Palpatine walks away from Anakin:

PALPATINE
I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council.

Anakin standing in the middle of the Jedi Council room. We see him from behind. Ki-Adi-Mundi and Plo-Koon appear holographic with other Jedi Masters present.

MACE
You're on this Council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master.

Kenobi looks away from Anakin's reaction.

ANAKIN (close-up, shocked)
What?

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More to come soon.

Any idea yet why some of us can't access it? I'm not even getting the banned message, I'm getting a "connection refused" or "timeout" message.

yeah i saw that poster a while back and i really like it. even though its not real i want a poster of it.

Apparently, according to Terian (the guy who does all the spy reports), currently only Americans can't view it. I'm going to TF.n's boards to get his reports.

But I loathe the TFN boards...

Just an update; MF is back up for me, so you don't have to visit TF.n. :p

forgive my ignorance but mf.com is abbreviated, right? when i try just mf.com it asks for a password and stuff.

I know

Palpatine in peril.


Palpatine and R2D2.


The V-Shuttle, carrying the remains of Anakin Skywalker (notice the pre-tie fighter models).


R2D2's face off with a Superbattle Droid. Looks like we'll get to see our favorite astromech kick ***.


R2D2 creates a diversion.


One of many stills we've already seen of General Grievous' ship The Invisible Hand making a crash landing on the surface of Coruscant.

This picture practically SCREAMS to be edited.

"Don't make me come over there"

"Right, now I want Obi Wan to strike a post like this..."

Will be Episode 3's best fight scene. (R2D2 whooped Yoda in esb ;))

obiwan reminds me of someone, someone from ww1 that played some importance, and im thinking george the 5th

Does that shot remind anyone else of the Death Star detention block, or is it just me?

it reminds me of Palp's fate at the end of RotJ

what i thought when i saw this pic..

And the pre-Lamba shuttleness of it

EPISODE III TRAILER REPORT: Part II

February 23 2005

In Padme's apartment - Bedroom.

ANAKIN ( to Padme, bitterly)
Obi-Wan and the Council don't trust me.

Huge gun with clone crew, large explosion aboard ship.

Palpatine (V.O)
Learn to know the dark side of the Force...

Anakin grim and focused, listening; then with Padme, at night on the balcony.

PALPATINE in his office (forcefully)
... And you'll achieve power greater than any Jedi.

Anakin briefly fighting Dooku and then the posse entering private office.

Music stops.

The Jedi ignite lightsabers.

MACE
You're under arrest, Chancellor.

Palpatine in his chair carefully controlling his anger.

PALPATINE
Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?"

Close up: lightsaber hilt snaps to Palpatine's hand with audible click.

From now on, 10 drum beats and no other sound - one for each short (second or two) scene

- Posse enter, but this time Sidious jumps in its direction from behind (over) the camera, we only see his back; then Mace in defensive pose;

- Ship (Grievous' fighter) flying away from a planet;

- Obi-Wan in huge control room on Utapau, totally surrounded by battle droids, MagnaGuards and Grievous;

- Capital ships fighting in close quarters, one of them falling down smoking heavily;

- Bail shouting in his speeder, with blaster shots flying by;

- Obi-Wan's fighter flying over Utapau;

- Anakin hanging in the elevator (turbolift) shaft;

- Camera flying down to Mustafar surface;

- Grievous versus Obi-Wan Kenobi duel; we see Grievous from behind only; his fighter and some rocks in the background.

- One-tracked vehicle (tank) speeding on and closing to the camera; Wookiees jump off it, one of them straight on the camera.

Longshot: pillar of smoke over Jedi Temple.

New duel image (Obi-Wan's in a very vunerable stance):

I think the Dooku duel is the one I'm looking forward to the most. Even with as little screen time as he had in AotC, I've always thought his character, or the idea behind it, was very cool.

I <3 the Count.

TimeWolf, it's hard to tell from that image but yes, he does look vulnerable, but that doesn't mean anything. The side stance is popular in fencing, perhaps he is trying that? Personally I think Dooku is more vulnerable.

George Lucas isn't fat!! Gabe Newell effect reversed!

EPISODE III TRAILER REPORT: Part III :: The Final Part

February 24 2005

Music returns.

Emperor's voice from the Original Trilogy.

SIDIOUS
Every single Jedi is now an enemy of the Republic...

During this line, brief scenes are shown: Sidious' not so pretty face, Obi-Wan looking anxiously at droids closing on him, then Mace with saber and Palpatine's back (his hair indicates strong wind), then Yoda with clones behind his back - aiming blasters at him.

Chewbacca (close-up), roars.

Tantive IV flies by, towards a planet.

PALPATINE (V.O.):
Do what must be done.

During this line: Anakin Skywalker looks very dark and dangerous, hooded in robe, then leading ranks of troops (shot first from high above and then from ground level, closing to the camera).

PALPATINE (cont.):
Do not hesitate...

During this line: Aayla Secura surrounded by clones who aim blasters at her....

PALPATINE (cont.):
Show no mercy...

Ki-Adi-Mundi also surrounded by clones; they open fire and he tries to block shots with lightsaber.

Then, Anakin Skywalker approaches the camera, probably in a Mustafar bunker, then cuts down two separtists.

OBI-WAN KENOBI (to Yoda inside the Temple):
Who could have done this?

Anakin Skywalker cutting a Neimoidian.

A very sith-like Anakin Skywalker, standing on the pillared balcony on Mustafar, in dark cloak and hood.

YODA (to Obi-Wan):
Twisted by the dark side young Skywalker has become.

Anakin Skywalker cutting into another Neimoidian.

Threepio, leaving Padme on the balcony, Coruscant at night: "I feel so helpless...".

Then a montage:

* Battle over Coruscant.
* Jedi starfighter incoming.
* Padme crying.
* Anakin and Obi-Wan duel in large hall.
* Coruscant battle again.
* Kashyyk battle.
* Obi-Wan and Anakin exchange lightsaber blows in a narrow corridor, with sparks flying off the walls.
* Sidious shooting force lightning at a surprised Yoda.
* Obi-Wan with hands outstretched for a force push, determined and tight, like in a contest "who's stronger in The Force".
* A 10-wheeled Juggernatu tank shoots rockets straight ahead.
* Space battle with R2 close-up.
* Obi-wan jumps back, down to the circuit/ pipe hanging over a lava river.
* Anakin Skywalker with lava in the background.
* Obi-Wan Kenobi with lava in the background, shouting very dramatically, almost through the tears:

OBI-WAN KENOBI -
You were the chosen one!

* Space explosions.
* Sidious throwing Senate pods with The Force.
* Yoda avoiding them and rolling over - Senate chamber in the background.
* Sidious with lightsaber close-up, with a very sinister smile or laugh.
* Craft flying over water, possibly on Kashyyyk; fountains of water arise.
* Huge wave of lava falls over a pipe on Mustafar.
* Obi-Wan and Anakin duel on the balcony. (The same place where Anakin stood earlier, Sith-looking).
* Yoda looks up at the camera, close-up.
* Mace swinging his saber and kicking or falling back
* Space battle again.
* Anakin and Obi-Wan exchange lightsaber blows in mid-air, flying over lava on long cables...

Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Breathing...

Shot from their left side, aboard the Star Destroyer: Vader folding arms on his chest and and Emperor staring straight ahead.

i can't wait for this movie....

Wasn't Ki Andi Mundi killed by grevious already?

No.

Best. Trailer. Ever. And I haven't seen it.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

You're under arrest, Chancellor.


From the trailer, poor Obi-Wan.

omg those sound clips gave me chills. this movie > you

I can't see the trailer, because i've been banned from a site i've never even visited before

The trailer hasn't been released yet.

March 8th for Hyperspace users.
March 11th for people seeing ROBOTS in theatres.

And for those of us that don't give a crap about Robots? (The movie.We like all other types of Robots.)

3 more posts and you'll be 1337

Obi-Wan...

Yeah, it's a not-so-subtle use of foreshadowing. Ol' George used to be a lot better at that.

I think it's not unreasonable to assume it will leak out pretty fast...

Absolutely, I found the teaser on the day of Hyperspace release.

I did have a free Hyperspace trial I was going to use to get it. But it expired, damnit.

March 8th, anyone on the internet who knows where to look.

I dont understand,....

is Sidious Palpatines alter ego?

Or is it another clone of himself?

I read somewhere that the holocron force was destroying the emperors body, so he grew clones of himself and used sith magic to put his consciousness into it. Thus becoming immortal with a back up of bodies.

Help!

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  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

That was a Dark Horse comic.