WARNING: "Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith" spoilers below
The film will open three years after the Clone Wars began, with Obi-Wan Kenobi dispatched to bring the film's principal villain, General Grievous, to justice. Grievous will be voiced by British actor Gary Oldman and will, says the animation director, Rob Coleman, be more sinister than Darth Vader.
Queen Amidala, having married Anakin Skywalker, must at some point give birth to twins, Luke and Leia. In order to protect them from their father, Luke is cleverly hidden on his father's home planet - not so cleverly under his father's surname.
Princess Leia, meanwhile, is adopted by the Organa family on Alderaan. Unfortunately, she retains the title Princess, making it difficult to disguise the fact that she is Amidala's daughter.
OK, there are a few gaps in the long-term storytelling. It's a by-product, apologises Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, of an original story conceived as a single film - not a six-film saga. "That touches on the convoluted story structure of the three films," he says. "I don't think you should try and investigate it too seriously."
The return of Chewbacca and a visit to the Wookiees' homeworld of Kashyyyk, are set to be the highlights of the new film. (Unlikely to make an encore appearance are Chewie's dad Itchy, wife Malla and son Lumpy, last seen in the highly dubious Star Wars Holiday Special, a 1978 made-for-TV debacle that George Lucas wishes would go away.)
Some early concept art suggests Kashyyyk will be the stage for the film's major battle scene, in which the Wookiees tackle Clone Troopers, General Grievous, and Trandoshan Slavers.
Still unclear, however, is how Lucas intends to play the penultimate confrontation between apprentice Anakin Skywalker and his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a fight promised since the debut of Star Wars in 1977, and the transformation of idealistic Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader, one of the greatest villains ever written for the screen
The film will open three years after the Clone Wars began, with Obi-Wan Kenobi dispatched to bring the film's principal villain, General Grievous, to justice. Grievous will be voiced by British actor Gary Oldman and will, says the animation director, Rob Coleman, be more sinister than Darth Vader.
Queen Amidala, having married Anakin Skywalker, must at some point give birth to twins, Luke and Leia. In order to protect them from their father, Luke is cleverly hidden on his father's home planet - not so cleverly under his father's surname.
Princess Leia, meanwhile, is adopted by the Organa family on Alderaan. Unfortunately, she retains the title Princess, making it difficult to disguise the fact that she is Amidala's daughter.
OK, there are a few gaps in the long-term storytelling. It's a by-product, apologises Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, of an original story conceived as a single film - not a six-film saga. "That touches on the convoluted story structure of the three films," he says. "I don't think you should try and investigate it too seriously."
The return of Chewbacca and a visit to the Wookiees' homeworld of Kashyyyk, are set to be the highlights of the new film. (Unlikely to make an encore appearance are Chewie's dad Itchy, wife Malla and son Lumpy, last seen in the highly dubious Star Wars Holiday Special, a 1978 made-for-TV debacle that George Lucas wishes would go away.)
Some early concept art suggests Kashyyyk will be the stage for the film's major battle scene, in which the Wookiees tackle Clone Troopers, General Grievous, and Trandoshan Slavers.
Still unclear, however, is how Lucas intends to play the penultimate confrontation between apprentice Anakin Skywalker and his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a fight promised since the debut of Star Wars in 1977, and the transformation of idealistic Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader, one of the greatest villains ever written for the screen
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