The official Star Wars Episode III teaser poster is out

Ramblings' Journal ^ | 10.28.04 | Michael King

[mhking]

The poster (the SW official site) was shown today on Entertainment Tonight.

Each fall before the May release of a Star Wars film, fans have two things on their mind: teaser poster and teaser trailer. Now, the first of these wish-list items is a reality, as starwars.com reveals the striking new teaser poster for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

Next week, the teaser poster and banner for Episode III will start appearing in movie theaters in North America and elsewhere.

Like the teaser posters for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, this one features Anakin Skywalker. Hayden Christensen is depicted as the heroic Jedi warrior, with the encroaching dark cloud of his future represented by his flowing cloak hinting at the Dark Lord to come.

The first teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith will likely be out next week (running in front of Pixar/Disney's The Incredibles).

My inner geek is happy again.

(Courtesy Aint It Cool & TheForce.Net)

[cincinnati65]

Anakin started going "bad" in Episode 2 with the attack on the Sand People. This episode should be about the seduction of the dark side of the force and his transition to Darth Vader.

[GeronL]

Lucas is quoted as saying that this would be the darkest of the films. And James Earl Jones does have some voice work in this film.

Now, that is interesting

[GeronL]

"I'm ready for the dark side... yay dark side"- Anakin

/sarcasm

[Clemenza]

Just saw Natalie in Garden State. I can't remember what the movie was about I was so busy staring into her eyes.

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

I LOVE Star Wars, but the Vader helmet looks more like from Spaceballs.

[TheBigB]

Ask and ye shall receive.

[RabidBartender]

"You are watching CNN, Luke"

I actually expect to hear this when I am channel-surfing through CNN.

[Fledermaus]

Totally runied franchise. I mean, let's get real. In the new remasterd DVD release of the first three movies, Lucas REMOVES the old actor that plays the dead Darth Vader in his Jedi outfit standing next to Obi-Wan and Yoda and replaces it with Hayden Christensen.

HUH? Talk about lame and shameless and overly commercial. For goodness sakes, Hayden is younger than Mark Hamill was at the time of "Return of the Jedi" and he's supposed to be his father?

It also seems Lucas wasted too much time in Episode II to move the timeline along and will have to CRAM a lot of storyline into Episode III.

[mhking]

Totally runied franchise. I mean, let's get real. In the new remasterd DVD release of the first three movies, Lucas REMOVES the old actor that plays the dead Darth Vader in his Jedi outfit standing next to Obi-Wan and Yoda and replaces it with Hayden Christensen.

I heard -- that pisses me off royally.

[Rocko]

And James Earl Jones does have some voice work in this film.

He's worked for two Evil Empires, if you count CNN.

[piasa]

Looks like they desperately need a poster artist.

[cincinnati65]

Very well, you have done -- Yoda

[mhking]

Natalie in the white catsuit in Episode II did it for me.

Too bad she's a raving leftist lunatic...

[GeronL]

Lucas REMOVES the old actor that plays the dead Darth Vader in his Jedi outfit standing next to Obi-Wan and Yoda and replaces it with Hayden Christensen

SAY WHAT???

Thats just dumb

[RushCrush]

hate to break it to you, but Natalie is a huge lib

[mhking]

but the Vader helmet looks more like from Spaceballs.

That was the first thing I thought until I realized that the helmet was actually the folds of his cape....

[Fedora]

Cool.

[TheBigB]

We know. Doesn't reduce the eye-candy factor, though.

[Last Dakotan]

If only 1. Hayden Christenson does not appear and/or 2. Natalie Portman does a nude scene.

Agreed, otherwise it's a "rental".

[TheBigB]

Yep, it's true. I have the new DVD set. I never thought it was a huge deal, though.