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Archived News
September 2003
Week 1
Thursday September
4, 2003
New Site of the Month |
Galactic Voyage has selected the next "Site of the
Month" winner! The winner for September, 2003 is Emperor's
Hammer! Congratulations! I want to say thank you to all who
applied. Don't worry if you were not chosen this month. Once you
have applied, you will always be in the running!
Very simply, the Emperor's
Hammer is the largest online Star Wars gaming group in
existence. They have over seven thousand members in the Emperor's
Hammer community alone and with a further 2000+ in allied
clubs, the Emperor's
Hammer represents almost eight years of hard work (and fun)
from Star Wars fans all over the world! The Emperor's
Hammer is primarily based on the TIE Fighter, Dark Forces,
X-Wing, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Jedi Knight, Rebellion, and
X-Wing Alliance game platforms and takes place in the Star Wars
Universe following the Battle of Endor. There is so much to look
at and do at Emperor's
Hammer that I can not even begin to do the site justice. You
must visit the Emperor's
Hammer today my young apprentice!
If you would like to submit your site to be in the
running for October, then
apply here to be "Site of the Month!"
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Power
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Wednesday September
3, 2003
3 Hyperspace Chats
Starting Tonight |
The Official
Star Wars Site has announced more online chats. First, due to
strong demand from our Hyperspace members, Pablo has agreed to
take some time each week, as possible, through the rest of the
shoot to talk with you and answer your questions.
This third of the weekly chats will take place on Wednesday,
September 3 at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time ( 7:30 p.m. Eastern time,
Thursday, Sep 4, 9:30 a.m. local Sydney time ).
Second, joining the Hyperspace online chat is Ryan Church.
After joining the Episode II team, Concept Design Supervisor Ryan
Church never left... continuing straight on to Episode III and
still churning out the designs behind the film's look-and-feel
even after principal photography ends.
Church describes his roles on Episode III as "art director
and industrial designer." He enjoys conceptualizing vehicles,
architecture, cultures and environments and illustrating the shots
that tell the story.
The chat is scheduled for Friday, September 5, 1:00 pm US Pacific
time (4:00 pm US Eastern time).
Third, joining the
Hyperspace online chat is Dan Gregoire.As Previsualization Effects
Supervisor for Episode III, Dan Gregoire has been leading a crew
of computer artists previsualizing Episode III in a
video-resolution computer-animated form long before digital
cameras rolled in Sydney, Australia.
As footage rolls in and scenes and sequences take form, Dan's team
continues to experiment, design and refine the non-live-action
elements to allow George Lucas to craft the film.
The chat is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, 5:00 pm US Pacific
time (8:00 pm US Eastern time).
Well if these
aren't enough to carry you for the next few days, I don't know
what will.
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by Jedi
Power
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Tuesday September 2,
2003
Craig Burt's Latest
Painting |
Craig Burt has provided another great new painting to the Featured
Artist section! Thanks Craig! Also, be sure to see his
outstanding gallery of work with Craig
Burt's Paintings and also Craig
Burt's Cartoons! You can find other great work at the Featured
Artists section. Enjoy!
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by Jedi
Power
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Monday September 1,
2003
Pablo Hidalgo
Information |
Jedi Yug sent in a summary of the discussion with
Pablo Hidalgo, responsible of the marketing of Lucasfilm
and which produces the daily "Set Diary" on Hyperspace.
Spoilers
- Highlight
to read:
- Pablo read the
scenario, he says that Vader has dialogues which shows
really which side of the Force he is but the best sentence of
dialogue in Episode III comes from Palpatine. Pablo is
certain that several people will
be use this sentence in their signatures on the forums.
- Pablo is
surprised to see the effectiveness of the scenario. All the
unanswered
questions of the original trilogy and the prelogy, were answered.
- the new species
of the character of Bruce Spence have a name but it is too
early
to reveal them.
- For Pablo, the
most dramatic scene until now is that which washidden by
black curtains to give more concentration to the actors. This
scene is starring Palpatine. It is so intense that the team
applauds Ian McDiarmid
after his performance.
- There will be
always a webcam after the end of principal photography.
Nothing is still decided on what the camera will do but there are
very great
chances that the webcam is at Skywalker Ranch for thepost-production.
- "Select
Photos" for Episode III will start to be posted on the site
when principal
photography is finished.
- There are some
shots the ten last minute of ep3 which was filmed. The ten
last minutes of the movie will be a dream comes true for the all
fans of the
saga.
- Obi-Wan and
Anakin will have new lightsabers in Episode III but they were
already
seen (original trilogy).
- We will see
Anakin with a red sabre-laser.
- Until now, Vader
made a short appearance on the film set.
- the sentence
"I have a bad feeling about this" will be used again in
Episode
III.
- For Pablo, the
most dangerous character of Episode III is Darth Vader.
- There will be no
CGI version of Vader in Episode III.
- the name of
Chewbacca will be mentioned in the film. At least, it is
mentioned in the scenario. However, the fans will not have
difficulty to
recognize him.
- the robotics team
completes its work today. The bronze droid of Obi-Wan
(voted by the fans) already finished
its scenes.
See ya next week and may the force be with you!!!!
Thanks for the great report Jedi Yug! There are lots of good
spoilers for you to enjoy.
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Power
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