Uh oh..Is the new Star Wars gonna be a chick flick?

[XboxJunkie]

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Lucas calls new 'Star Wars' a titanic tearjerker

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Director George Lucas had a message for fans as he previewed a glimpse of the final tale in the billion-dollar "Star Wars" film franchise: leave the lightsabers at home, but don't forget the tissues.

"It's not like the first one. It's more emotional," said the director of the upcoming space adventure "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," which arrives in theaters May 19.

"I describe it as a 'Titanic' in space. It's a real tearjerker, and it will be received in a way that none of us can expect," he told theater owners at the ShoWest convention.

ShoWest is a major gathering of movie theater owners in the United States and a launch pad for Hollywood's summer movies.

Film studio 20th Century Fox teased a packed house here with the first six minutes of "Revenge of the Sith," marking the first time the scenes had been shown to audiences.

Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) wage a furious fight against their adversaries in a battle of deadly spaceships. In this episode, Skywalker becomes the notorious Darth Vader.

Lucas and the promotional clip did not divulge much about the "tearjerker" love story. But Senator Amidala (Natalie Portman), who married Skywalker in a secret ceremony witnessed in the last movie, plays a key role.

If Lucas's comparison to "Titanic" is to be believed, there must be heartbreak in "Revenge of the Sith" because 1997's tale of the doomed ocean liner stirred audiences with its tale of an ill-fated affair between characters played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

Love can work wonders with movie audiences. "Titanic" is the highest-grossing movie of all time with more than $1.8 billion in worldwide ticket sales. In the No. 2 spot is "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" with $1.1 billion.

The "Star Wars" films are no box office losers, either, but there hasn't been much romance in them -- not yet, anyway.

The adventures began with 1977's "Star Wars" and have sold nearly $3.4 billion worth of tickets at global box offices.

(Bob Tourtellotte in Los Angeles contributed to this report.)



Now call me crazy, but to me Titanic was a chick flick and any film comparable to it must also be a chick flick.

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[pepsibeth]

I think what he meant was that it's a tragedy - there's not a happy ending as in "guy gets the girl, happy happy sex time, walk away hand in hand into the sunset" films.

From what I've heard, a lot of die hard fans thought that there was too much romance in the 2nd one - and that this one will be very dark. Dark doesn't really sound like chick flick to me.

Of course, I hate chick flicks with a passion. I cheered when Thelma and Louise drove off the cliff because it meant the movie was over.


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[Fla Flash]

It still couldn't be as bad as "The English Patient".....


God, no, could it???<img src=smilies/eek5.gif>

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[Diskeater]

> Now call me crazy, but to me Titanic was a chick flick and
> any film comparable to it must also be a chick flick.

You're crazy.


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[Goku]

> It still couldn't be as bad as "The English Patient".....

I dont know.........Look what Lucus did with Episodes 1 and 2. Be afraid...very afraid!

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[Disch]

In order for a movie to be a tearjerker, you have to like and even identify with the characters. The characters in SW are so shallow and stupid I can't even conceive how it would shake any sort of emotion from anyone with half a brain.

But I guess I'll never really know. I'm going to do everything in my power to avoid seeing this movie just like I did with SW5. SW4 was just soooooo shitty I couldn't bring myself to watch 5.

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[Fla Flash]

Same here.
It had a high suck factor.

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[CEpeep]

> But I guess I'll never really know. I'm going to do
> everything in my power to avoid seeing this movie just like
> I did with SW5. SW4 was just soooooo shitty I couldn't
> bring myself to watch 5.
>

You still haven't seen Empire? <img src=smilies/erm.gif>

Or are you referring to them in the order they were released?

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I mean, I hope it fuckin' flops.

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[Disch]

> Or are you referring to them in the order they were released?

but of course. Empire was the second one... not the 5th. Not unless i was in some weird time warp thing.

If someone were to say "Indiana Jones 2" you'd think they were talking about Temple of Doom since that was the second one -- despite it being a prequel to Raiders. I don't see why there should be special rules for Star Wars. When I say Star Wars 5 -- I mean the 5th one: Attack of the Clones or whatever it was called.