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Awesome Star Wars Opening Info

By Garth Franklin Friday June 11th 2004 05:18PM

Coming Soon has landed one hell of an impressive scoop from Lucasfilm detailling the space battle sequence that opens thee third prequel next year and here's a sneak peek:

"The starfleets of the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems are locked in a jumbled brawl of lumbering capital ships and swift starfighters, exchanging fire high in the Coruscant atmosphere.

Hundreds upon hundreds of ships are engaged in this high-stakes battle of the Clone Wars, but the audience will only really follow two small snubfighters into the thick of battle. As Obi-Wan and Anakin dive into the heart of the conflict to carry out a most important mission, they'll be the camera's guide through the chaos. A dry-erase board hanging in the Animatics Department serves as a recipe list for possible mini-dramas playing in the background of the scene. Note that not all may not be in the final film. This list instead just represents some of the tantalizing possibilities:

  • Colliding / scraping starships
  • Sacrifice ship to break through blockade

  • Diving formation of assault frigates to save cruiser from swarm

  • Shockwave causing havoc from large explosion of ship

  • Shockwave bombs across surface of larger ship causing damage

  • Shockwave bomb on droid fighters

  • Tractor beams picking up ships to repair / collision

- Pockets of intense debris caused by explosion that heroes fly through

Reinforcements dropping out of hyperspace to help less fortunate ships

  • Launching and docking tri-fighters / clone fighters

  • EMP bomb causing loss of power to large ships, out-of-control collision

  • Vulture droids landing on large ships and attacking"

Heaps more details can be found here.

Thanks to 'KarlChilders'.

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