>The original cut of the film ran nearly four hours. The opening battle/Palpatine rescue alone ran over an hour. The extra footage of the Palpatine rescue scene is shown in the video game for this movie however.
>A ten year old Han Solo was going to appear during the Battle of Kashyyyk, as an orphan being raised by Chewbacca. He would have helped locate General Grievous, by finding part of a transmitter droid that was sending signals from Utapau, allowing Obi-Wan to find and confront the villain.
>The volcanic world of Mustafar was designed to look like George Lucas's vision of hell.
>The battle with the Wookiees dates back to the earliest screenplays of Star Wars (1977). Originally, the Wookiees were supposed to help the Rebels conquer an Imperial bunker. This idea was the basis for the Battle of Endor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), but instead of using Wookiees, George Lucas decided to use a smaller furry race, and call them Ewoks.
>When Obi-wan finds General Grievous on Utapau, his first words are, "Hello, there." In Star Wars (1977), when Obi-wan is first introduced, his words to R2-D2 are, "Hello, there."
Joseph James
Some of George's early production notes had the idea of Han being raised by Wookiees. Same place where the idea of C-3PO being assembled by a child came from.
Joseph Brown
>Mr Lucas was high on a cocktail of heroin ,coke and tetrahydrocannibinol when he came up with jar jar binks.
Gavin Diaz
>According to Ahmed Best, there was a deleted scene where, before he crowned himself Emperor, Palpatine mockingly thanked Jar Jar Binks for granting him the emergency powers that allowed him to take over the Galaxy.
>The color palette of the movie was inspired by the paintings of Mark Rothko. George Lucas is a big fan of the painter. what. pic related a rothko painting
Alexander Flores
>According to Star Wars canon, the Tusken Raiders who kidnapped Shmi Skywalker were paid to do so by Count Dooku. Dooku had done this on orders from his Master, Darth Sidious but this was never actually shown on screen in the theatrical release.
>Hayden Christensen claimed to have greatly enjoyed filming the bar scene, because it was all a real set, and not just a blue screen.
>Samuel L. Jackson has said that the words "Bad mother-f*cker" are engraved on the hilt of his lightsaber.
>Due to much of the animosity aimed towards Jar-Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), the working title of Episode II was "Jar-Jar's Big Adventure".
Aiden Edwards
>micheal Jackson and tupac shukur wanted parts in TPM.
Angel Price
>When Watto is seen on Tatooine, flies are buzzing around him. The crew had recorded sound effects of flies buzzing around horse dung at Skywalker Ranch, and they were happy to finally be able to use the sound they had recorded.
>During filming, Ewan McGregor made lightsaber noises as he dueled. It was noted and corrected during post-production.
>Natalie Portman (Queen Amidala) missed the premiere party in New York City, because she had to go home to study for her high school final exams.
>During the first week of the first trailer's release, many theaters reported up to 75 percent of their audiences paying full price for a movie, then walking out after the Star Wars: Episode I trailer was shown.
>EASTER EGG: The starship Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) can be seen briefly amongst the traffic flying around Coruscant.
Connor Lewis
It's just so unnecessary, the reason Han works so well is because he doesn't give a fuck until he finally has something to fight for for once in his life. It's why I also hate the idea of a Han Solo spinoff movie being made, it just ruins the bit of mystery behind his character that makes him interesting.
Anthony Ortiz
>According to Ahmed Best in a Rolling Stone article, Michael Jackson "campaigned" for the role of Jar Jar Binks, but George Lucas decided against casting him, because his star status would "compromise" the film. At one point, Lucas took Best and Natalie Portman backstage at a concert, and introduced Best to Jackson to gain the singer's approval.
Austin Bell
>Vin Diesel, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Kyle MacLachlan, Kurt Russell and Denzel Washington were considered for the role of Qui-Gon Jinn.
>Ewan McGregor was cast from a shortlist of fifty actors, all of whom had to be compared to pictures of young Alec Guinness.
>Liam Neeson was so eager to be in the film that he signed on without having read the script.
>The first movie directed by George Lucas since the original Star Wars (1977).
>In the German language version of the film, the collaborating Trade Federation leaders have a French accent, while in the Italian language version they have heavy Russian accents. They also have Russian accents in the Czech version, except for the Viceroy, who speaks fluent Czech for reasons unknown.
Wyatt Clark
Michael Jackson in Star Wars would have been cool as fuck, goddammit Lucas.
Jacob Brown
I really want that 4 hour cut of ROTS, so much good shit was cut out, now we will never get it thanks to Disney
Thanks Lucas
Austin Phillips
>still no blu rays of the theatrical version of the original trilogy 5 fucking years later I was a fool for ever trusting the mouse
Dylan Torres
C-3PO being made by Anakin actually wasn't that bad, it makes sense that he passes down to Leia
Han being raised by Wookies is full retard though, no doubt even Lucas thought the same after the first draft
Joshua Watson
>Vin Diesel as Qui-Gon Jinn kek
Jason Harris
>In the German language version of the film, the collaborating Trade Federation leaders have a French accent, while in the Italian language version they have heavy Russian accents.
point of clarification... they do have asian accents in the US version right?
Aaron Perry
They were literally just two protocol droids that Leia gave the plans to though
Joshua Price
>C-3PO being made by Anakin actually wasn't that bad, it makes sense that he passes down to Leia this is full retard too if you think about it
yeah even if it sucked, a 4 hour RotS would be great for watching with friends.
