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Viel spannender finde ich die Frage ob die Separatisten die vorgänger der Rebellion sind.

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Dann könnte man sich sogar fragen ob es nicht Darth Sidius ist, der, der Macht das Gleichgewicht gebracht hat.
Immerhin gab es vorher viele Jedi und nur wenige, drei --> Sidius, Maul, Dooku Sith.
Am ende gibt es nur noch zwei Jedi --> Yoda, Kenobi
Und zwei Sith --> Sidius, Vader

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5-6 Deleted Scenes on ROTS DVD

Posted By Joshua on May 10, 2005

Jedi Interceptor tells us that MTV has a great new interview with Lucas that includes some new info on deleted scenes on the ROTS DVD. Here's a clip:

When "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" hits movie screens this month, fans will finally have the opportunity to comprehend the saga of Anakin Skywalker in its entirety. Series mastermind George Lucas said he hopes future generations will watch the prequels and sequels in numerical order, but reports that for now fans will have to continue to purchase each DVD individually if they want the complete set. "At some point," is all Lucas would offer about plans to release a six-DVD box set of the "Star Wars" series. "I am not sure when. First ['Revenge of the Sith'] will probably come out around Christmastime. Then, later on, there will be a six-pack." Before you get ready to storm the gates of Skywalker Ranch, however, you may find your dark side's rage diminishing as you hear about some of the "Sith" disc's bonus features. "There are five or six deleted scenes; they will all be on the DVD," said Rick McCallum, producer of the prequels. "They were great scenes, but they just had nothing to do with getting straight and cutting to the chase of the story. They were more plot-orientated and more setting up of Coruscant, more setting up of the war and kind of understanding where all the politics were."

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Among my treasures there is a Sci-Fi magazine from February 1983.

It contains one of the *very* first articles about ROTJ available in Germany. Complete with a drawn picture of the exploding Sail Barge, which no-one could even imagine what it might be about at that time. It also contains three photos, of which 2 are Mark Hammill and Carrie Fisher, both with light clothing hiding Hamill's Jedi Tunica and Fisher's Slave costume.

The most interesting point of the Article are the titles of ALL 9 films - even with their corresponding years of release. They are inaccurate, as we know today, but I'll quote and translate them here (they are all in German).

1. Trilogie :

Teil 1 Der Fall der Republik (1986)
Teil 2 Der Aufstieg des Imperiums (1989)
Teil 3 Die Clone Kriege (1992)

2. Trilogie

Teil 1 Krieg der Sterne (A new Hope) (1977)
Teil 2 Das Imperium schlägt zurück (1980)
Teil 3 Die Rache der Jedi-Ritter (1983)

3. Trilogie

Teil 1 Die Wiedergeburt der Freiheit (1995)
Teil 2 Die neue Herausforderung (1998)
Teil 3 Die Fremden (2001)

Translation :

1. Trilogy

Part 1 The Fall of the Republic
Part 2 The Rise of the Empire
Part 3 The Clone Wars

2. Trilogy

Part 1 Star Wars (A new Hope)
Part 2 The Empire strikes back
Part 3 Revenge of the Jedi

3. Trilogy

Part 1 The Rebirth of (the) Freedom
Part 2 The new Challenge
Part 3 The Strange Ones


Notes about the translation :

- Yes, it IS "Revenge of the Jedi" ! Another piece of the puzzle indicating ROTJ was originally named that way. (I know about some other puzzle pieces as well, but haven't seen them so far).

- "Wiedergeburt" is literally "rebirth".

It doesn't matter in this case whether I put the article in it or not (the freedom / freedom. The original text has the article in it, as you can see.

- "Herausforderung" would usually be translated with "Challenge", I guess. A provocation is in the German language also a "Herausforderung", but rarely used in this sense. I believe that "Challenge" is right.

- "Die Fremden". "Fremd sein" is usually translated as "to be strange". A Fremder is therefore a Strange One.

But "fremd" is in the German language also used for foreigners; the literal translation of "foreigner" would be "Ausländer" (and should NOT be translated back as "Outlander" ! - although it might SEEM to be literally right). But the word "fremd" normally implies that a person isn't a native one. So I'm a little bit puzzled in which sense "Fremd" is used in this title. Personally, I'd favour "Strange" for that.


The article says about the way of presenting the trilogies : "no-one knows about Luke Skywalker in the first plot, and in the last 3 films he isn't living anymore" (quick translation from German into English).

Other details might be interesting for historical reasons :

- the Emperor is said to be red, like his guards.
- Ackbar is a General and lives in a huge secred station on the water planet named "DAC" (stands in the text as I quoted it, even with capital letters !).

- Endor is said to be a planet, and a "cosmic trash bin of enormous dimensions", a place where the strike forces of the Empire puts their trash to. "But Endor is guarded by battle machines" (quick translation of "Aber Endor wird von Kampfmaschinen bewacht" into English). That reminds me of Od Mantell, which was indeed revived as a "huge trash bin" in SOTE.

This is everything interesting (meaning : what you wouldn't know) in that article, presented to the community for the first time.

For the record : The magazine has the name "SF-Star" (formerly [SF ?)] "Star Ship", renamed because of trouble with an US magazine with the same name, as the editorial says).

It even has an ISSN-Number : 0724-0252

It doesn't exist anymore - I haven't seen in for ages (and I literally mean ages ) .

Alrik.

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