In my capacity of working within the UK Film Industry, I was today privy to not only viewing Robots(which is very good) but also the latest Episode 3 trailer which will be attached to it on release.All I can say is this:
AWESOME-MINDBLOWING -JAWDROPPING-INCREDIBLE and DARK
I watched 2 minutes of the vision of George Lucas and all I can say is that what I saw numbed my senses.What flew out of the screen at me was effects that rendered me absolutely speechless until at the end I was heard to say '****'.The same went for every other individual that was sat in the auditorium with me.
THIS IS THEE STAR WARS TRAILER THAT WE HAVE ALL WANTED TO SEE.Its got the action, the darkness, the turmoil and a damned good idea of what we can expect from the story.
It opens with three( what looks like) X or Y wing fighters flying under a planet which looks like Tattoine and ends with a side view of Darth Vader but its whats in between that blows you away.Space battles are regularly interspersed between the acting scenes which are all fast and furious. Battles involving hundreds maybe thousands of Star/Space ships and explosions which you'll have to rewind on the eventual DVD to get the full depth and breadth. What it looked like in 35mm was jawdropping but I would very much like to be in an auditorium playing ROTS in full 70mm Digital sound
The early part of the trailer seems to be centered quite a bit on Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine and his deception to all concerned. He says words to the effect of 'its not only the Jedi that can sort problems out' before, who I can only assume are, accusers out of camera shot.Then the camera moves to him revealing what appears to be a black light sabre under his cloak and from what I can remember he flies at everybody in this one shot. We next seem him face contorted in the familiar Emporer role in several scenes. We see shots Of Anakin and Obi Wan fighting against a background of crashing Lava flows. A Yoda whose eyes glow blue. Snippets of Grievous-very sinister. Anakin with scar, walking and leading lines of troops from a vertical camera position. A crying Padme and and a worried Samuel Jackson. Couldnt remember Jar Jar Binks but the wookies are there fighting. Also an array of new vehicles and transports. As you can expect it was so much to take in but what I will say is this re the music.
Now being a JW fan I studied the trailer for anything new musicwise.But Rick Mcallum was right in his webcast. There is no new John Williams music in this trailer and yes it does utilize music from the past 5 films. But what I will say is that right in the middle of it there is a kettle drum roll lasting 10secs or more when Anakin and Obiwan are fighting in the lava explosions that I cannot remember being in any of the previous films. It appears to be a new composition.
Now to take all this in. in a few minutes is not easy. i would have liked to have seen the trailer twice. I apologize now if some of what I have said is slightly misjudged but when you all see it in a few weeks time I am sure you will all agree with me that this was the Star Wars trailer to end the saga with. And if what i saw in this trailer is just a snippet of what the final film will be. then George Lucas has redeemed himself and created a masterpiece.
If trailers were to be given an Oscar this would win hands down.
Enjoy it when you see it, its marvellous.
