Ep2 in trouble?

[Jedi Master Carr]

I was recently looking at Ain't it cool news and they had this report on the status of EP 2

I must keep this brief for obvious reasons...We were recently given a screening of the film, EPISODE 2 (still no title) so far at ILM. 2 1/2 hours of rough effects work / plates and selected takes, etc; will be heavy on CGI. All I will say for now is that George and Rick are"stressing" over a major reworking of the storyline. It's putting deadlines back and makes our work extremely frustrating. There are whispers that Spielberg is coming on board to help with the editing and story. It's a total shambles! Everyone wants another Empire Strikes Back......the team is aware of this, but we're a long way off.


I of course think they are full of crap and are just trying to start dumb false rumors because their is nothing else to talk about right now. Also I know there report is wrong because theforce.net recently reported that they had got the film down to 2 hours. Still the movie is supposed to be a mess because its in its rough stages where none of the cgi characters have been added and much of the film is in blue screen so it is difficult to really tell much about the movie. ILM has about 16 months to finish it which is plenty of time to get the film done and into theaters. Finally I am begining to hate ain't it cool news most of their stories are a buntch of crap and completely false like the one about the Rock playing Beast in EP 2. I think they have lost all their crediability.

[Fox609]

Everything i read (Not a lot) on ain't it cool for episode one was pure bs.. sooooo I doubt that this'd be true.

[Hart Kenobi]

I wouldn't be surprised. They probably are really nit-picky with this one after hearing flack about EPI.

[Darth Hez]

I'd have to say "yeah right!". There was no screenings of ep1 until what, 2 months before it was released? Here we are 18 months before the release of ep2 and someone claims there is a rough cut? I don't THINK so!

[Jedi Master Kyle]

Would someone please change the name of that site to Ain't it False News?

[Jedi Master Carr]

I have heard on other sites like theforce.net and IMDB that there was a cut shown to the ILM special effect team that was to work on EP 2 even so I would be very surprised if some ILM employee would risk his job by telling ain't it cool news this information. Most likely it is false remember with EP 1 they claimed the footage was fuzzy so obiviously they are wrong again.

[General Ceel]

*Laughs His head off*

[Darth23]

The Myth that ESB is the greatest SW film of all time continues. :-|

What the hell could Steven Speilberg do to help the film at this point? The movie is mostly done, apart from all the Special Effects work and some late shooting of some stuff later this year. The writing and pre production work that is done is what's most important for these kinds of movies. If they don't 'have it' by now, they prolly aren't going to get it.

The report sounds completely bogus to me.

Ep 2 will NOT be 'another Empire Strikes Back' or another ROTJ, ANH or TPM. It will be a distinct movie. I seriously doubt that the Lucasfilm people are sweating over trying to basicly make a new version of a movie they've already made. I would believe the report a more if it had said something like 'everyone wants to make this the best SW film ever' cause I think that's what they're actually going for.

[DarthAce]

...well guys hold your horses...I know harry and moriarty from AICN we are...i can say friends.They do not write bullsh*t ok!If you notice they always note that the rumors maybe 99%false.And in the case of the EPISODE II screening that was what they said that it may be all bull so please don't talk about people you don't know,you guys visit AICN what?Once a month,most of there rumors come true and I still trust them , they are f*kcing good at what they do and when they think that something was not true they type it...f*cking sh*t please don't make me live now that i came back!:+

[Darth23]

Hey Darth Ace!

Long time no see!

Well I didn't say anythign about Harry, but I still think the report is bogus. It just doesn't sound right - especially the Steven Speilberg part.

[87FOXGT]

I love how he starts his report. "I must keep this brief for obvious reasons", like theres 20 Lucasfilm ninjas trying to knock down his door and beat the crap out of him before he can send the message. lol how dramatic. im not the least bit worried about ep 2, it will be fine. theres still alot of work to be done on it, but George knows what he wants and knows what hes doing, and that should be good enough for all of us :)

[Jedi Master Kyle]

Good point. Episode 2 is not in trouble. A New Hope was in trouble, and look how that came out. If Lucas pulled that off, I have no doubts that Episode 2 is progressing just fine.

[Doc Milo]

I'm sorry, but ever since reading that Christopher Walken was going to play Darth Bane in Episode II on AICN, I figure everything they say is false until it can be proven somewhere else.

I mean, that whole Darth Bane cr*p was just . . . cr*p!

[Darth Hez]

Unfortunately a lot of things seem to get started as rumours just by someone saying "I wonder if...", or "Wouldn't it be cool if...".

AICN just seems to post everything they hear. I guess I can understand, they need updates to keep people coming back...

[Jedi Master Carr]

I think theforce.net just destroyed the rumor. A few days ago they reported that only "a select few people" had seen EP 2 footage and everybody who had seen it thought it was great. They were particular amazed at Hayden Christensen's acting in the film. I think this is a good sign for the movie and destroys AICN's source.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

people were saying that Jake Lloyd's performance was great too. I'll hold my judgement till I seem him for myself, but I'm very optimistic.

[ReaperFett]

so Carr, you say one source is wrong because of another? Hypocrite :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

No I think AICN is wrong because I think theforce.net is a more accurate site. They do not rush a rumor on to their site like AICN does without checking it out first or least they let you know they do not believe it. Like when AICN's report came out theforce.net questioned it and found it inaccurate. I'm not saying they haven't been wrong before but they do a much better job than AICN. Also in regard to Jake Lloyd's performance being highly regarded, I don't remember that. Of course they could have said it but I just don't remember it being said do you remember which site reported that?

[ReaperFett]

well, AICN don't rush much on, both the ones I sent didn't get shown.

You must remember, AICN is a rumour site. If TF.N says a rumour, it is easily as reliable as AICN rumours

[QuiGonJ]

Sorry, D23, ESB was the greatest SW film.. hehehe

and AICN has said things about Batman that were patently false, like last fall they said how the Kids WB was going to funny animals (a la Pokemon) while I see more action shows on there now than ever before.

Ewan MacGregor is quoted in an interview (somewhere at tFn) saying he thought the script was much better this time around. I'll take Ewan's word over a mysterious informant, thanks.

[Hart Kenobi]

Well, EpII would NEED a better script. Isn't it supposed to be more appealing to emotions rather than adventure and action?

[Jedieb]

Everything that I've heard about EP2 suggests a darker and more action oriented film. Then again, I'm trying to stay spoiler free and I'm not chasing down rumors. But from what I've heard we're in store for some pretty intense action scenes. Everything from Mandalorians to Yoda opening a can of Jedi whoop ass!

[Darth23]

I'm hoping that some of the aspects of TPM that a lot of people apparently didn't care for is in Ep2 also. A lot of the more subtle stuff.

[sirdizzy]

well i don't believe a word of that #1 lucas is very tight about anyone seeign the movie ebfore its done

and i think spielberg probally had some input anyways with him and lucas being such good friends

[Darth23]

At the same time, Lucasfilm seems to be determined to release just aboot every single shot for the film before summer.

Between the select pics and all the pics showing up in the French and Uk Star Wars mags.... I can't imagine that he was that upset about those paparazzi pics shot in Australia. Except for the whole violation of privacy thing.

[General Ceel]

Its actually impossible for EP2 be in trouble. George Lucas controls the film 100%. If something goes wrong he can re-do or re write it. He's a Billionaire, if he has to go a few million over his budget he can.