It's official, starting this Friday with the release of Monsters, Inc., the first trailer for Star Wars Episode II will be out! Since it's the first one, it will probably be short but that's ok, it's our first look at Episode II.

P.S. I hearby ban Jar-Jar from this conversation. Get over him folks, there was more to Episode I than him.

Go to http://www.starwars.com for official information.

If you are lying Big B, I will personally kill you ;) :D j/k

Well, all you Star Wars-fans, I got this from the internet a few months ago, so some things maybe have been changed, but this is the Star Wars Episode 2 Plot Summary. (Big Spoiler BTW)


Based on the script written
by
George Lucas and Jonathan Hales

The film opens inside the Republic Senate where heated exchanges are taking place. Certain senators foresee widespread violent conflict as the impending fate of the galaxy, the culmination of corruption and violence which has spread over the last ten years. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine senses these senators are correct and acknowledges that things are indeed coming to a head. Palpatine claims that something must be done and it must be done now. The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.
The Senate building is comprised of many secret tunnels, inner rooms and backdoor corridors between the private chambers of the Senators. This makes it easy for clandestine alliances to form between various Senators. We see Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and Uv Gizen, who replaced Mas Amedda as the Supreme Chancellor's aide. In Episode 2, Amedda is a Senator. Orn Free Taa will make an appearance as well.
The majority of Republic Senators are corrupt or corruptible. However, Organa's motives are pure. Organa loves his homeworld more than words can describe. Palpatine views this as Organa's most glaring weakness and plans to use this against Organa. To gain Organa's support, Palpatine will make threats against the safety of Alderaan.
Finally, we learn what makes Naboo such a unique and special planet. It turns out that Naboo is the only place in the galaxy where planetary materials can be found that can be utilized for cloning technology. Palpatine has known of Naboo's ability to power the cloning revolution for sometime now. And plans to utilize these planetary materials to propel him to levels of power that have rarely been eclipsed in the history of the Republic.
For some time now, Palpatine has been secretly laying the plans for the creation of a powerful clone army. Palpatine has kept the issue of cloning a secret from the Senate. In private, Palpatine leads the Senate to believe that the clone army will be used for peaceful purposes to keep the galaxy at peace and to foster stability. However, Palpatine's top minions know the truth that Palpatine plans to use this army for evil.
Through his charm, Palpatine convinces the Senate to fund his desire to build a huge fleet of starships. Palpatine proposes that a lasting peace can be achieved most efficiently through the intimidation of a large fleet comprised of state-of-the-art starships. The Senate fails to realize that Palpatine will later use this very fleet to subjugate the entire galaxy. The first stages of the creation of the Empire is underway.
A massive space battle takes place over the tranquil skies of the center of the Republic: Coruscant. This is by far the largest space battle ever seen in a Star Wars film. Hundreds and hundreds of warships and star fighters battle each other. The battle pits the nefarious forces of Count Dooku versus the noble warriors fighting for the Republic. Many starships and pilots are lost by both sides during the battle. At the end of this epic conflict, the Republic limps out with a slight victory or loss depending on how you analyze the battle.
Although the Nemoidians were prosecuted for their acts in Episode 1, they got off easily and are still around to do some damage in Episode 2. The stability of the galaxy is not only threatened by the Nemoidians, but also by the powerful Commerce Guild and the Intergalactic Bank Clan. It turns out that the Geonosians and the Kaminoans are having a rancorous conflict with the Commerce Guild and the Bank Clan. Senator Padme steps into the situation to try to find a peace between these factions. While working on this problem, Senator Padme (who is no longer Queen Amidala of Naboo) learns that the vast majority of the Senate is corrupt. Padme also finds out about the plans for the clone army. Padme announces her discovery to the Senate. By trying to end corruption and other secret dealings in the Senate, Padme makes herself a threat to some of the most powerful individuals in the galaxy.
Palpatine will not sit idle while Padme seeks to undermine his master plan. He and Uv Gizen hire bounty hunter Zam Wesell to assassinate Padme. By killing Padme, Palpatine hopes to use this as further evidence that the galaxy is nearing chaos and that force must be used to restore order. Wesell's assassination attempt against Padme fails. Captain Typho acts as Padme's bodyguard.
Palpatine is enraged that Wesell was unable to eliminate Padme. However, Palpatine uses this assassination attempt to bolster his own position. Palpatine announces that such lawlessness within the very walls of the Senate will not be tolerated. He uses this incident as proof that the galaxy is beginning to spin out of contol. Palpatine argues that no one in the galaxy is safe if the Senators are now the targets for extermination. Palpatine begins to receive more and more support in the Senate. His popularity swells. He instructs Wesell to continue her attacks on Padme until she has succeeded in eliminating Padme.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme and her handmaidens attend a popular nightclub located on Coruscant. The group wants to cut loose after all the distractions that have been going on. This nightclub is packed with hundreds of alien species just like the cantina from A New Hope and Jabba's Palace from Return of the Jedi. Action figures galore. Elian Sleazebaggano introduces himself to the group and finds a way to distract Obi-Wan and Anakin. It turns out that Elian is working with Zam Wesell. Blaster fire engulfs the nightclub. The assassin ends up killing Padme's handmaiden Corde. Padme is devastated by this murder of her close friend.
In a panic, Elian leaves the nightclub. Obi-Wan and Anakin pursue Zam Wesell in their ultra-cool ground vehicles. One of the most exciting chase sequences occurs through the night time streets of the eeringly beautiful Coruscant. This chase goes on for quite some time and proves that George Lucas is the master of action sequences. This scene is a million times more exciting than either the speeder bike sequence from Return of the Jedi or the pod race from The Phantom Menace.
This unnerving chase comes to an end at an eating place known as Dexter's Diner owned by local goofball, Dexter Jetster. Obi-Wan and Anakin chase Wesell to the back of the diner. The Jedi attempt to find out from Wesell who has hired her to kill Padme. Before Wesell can reveal her secrets, she is killed by the nefarious Jango Fett with a Kyber Dart. Jango flees the scene.
Anakin returns to Padme and takes her to safety. At the same time, Obi-Wan chases after Jango Fett in the rain. Obi-Wan finds Jango on a landing dock while it rains furiously. An intense battle sequence ensues between Jango and Obi-Wan. This fight is breathtaking for both its scope and complexity. We see intricate moves that have never been attempted before on film. In the background, we see Jango's starship, the infamous Slave I. From inside Slave I, a 12-year-old Boba Fett, son of Jango, watches the fight. Boba Fett helps out his father by firing the Slave I's blasters at Obi-Wan.
After much intense fighting, Jango manages to escape aboard Slave I. However, all is not lost for Obi-Wan because he manages to secure a tracking device to Slave I before Jango can slip a way. This tracker will be used to learn that Jango is headed for Geonosis. Geonosis is home to Count Dooku, who is running Palpatine's clandestine cloning operation. Jango's genetic material is being used as the blueprint for the clone army.
Obi-Wan finds his way to where Anakin and Padme are hiding out. Padme relates to the two Jedi all she knows about the evil plans that are going on in secret in the Senate. She tells them all she knows about the creation of a clone army. Obi-Wan and Anakin tell the Jedi Council about the nefarious plans that are going on in the Senate. They patiently wait to learn what the Council is going to do. While waiting for the Council's decision, Obi-Wan meets with Master Yaddle in the Jedi Archives. Obi-Wan learns about how great a Jedi that Count Dooku use to be. We learn that the Jedi Order faces many problems including the fact that some Jedi are leaving the Order to embrace the lure of the dark side of the Force.
The Jedi Council orders Anakin to guard Padme and to take her to the safety of Naboo. This is good and bad. It's good that we get to see Naboo again, but it's bad because this gives Lucas a means to insert Jar Jar Binks into the film. The Council orders Obi-Wan to learn all that he can about the rumored clone army. Obi-Wan is also suppose to learn as much as he can about the resurrection of the Sith Lords. The Council is upset by the fact that some Jedi are leaving the Order for the dark side. They also feel a great disturbance in the Force on the rock planet, Geonosis. By using the tracker that Obi-Wan secured to Slave I, Obi-Wan and Plo Koon trace Jango to Geonosis. Obi-Wan and Plo Koon arrive on Geonosis. Count Dooku is alerted to their presence and sends Jango to watch them from a distance.
While on Geonosis, Obi-Wan and Plo Koon temporarily become separated. Jango uses this opportunity to attack Plo Koon. Jango manages to kill Plo Koon as Obi-Wan helplessly watches. Once again Jango escapes and Obi-Wan now desperately wants to uncover exactly what is going on.
Obi-Wan informs the Jedi Council of Plo Koon's demise. The Council decides to send a Jedi army to confront the villains on Poggle the Lesser's planet. At the same time, Jango lets Count Dooku know that Plo Koon has been dealt with in the most sinister way. Dooku and Jango now are on their way to meet with Poggle. Poggle is in charge of manufacturing battle droids, super battle droids and destroyer droids for Palpatine's army and anyone else who has enough credits to purchase them. While on their way to Poggle's planet, Dooku updates Darth Sidious on what has transpired. Sidious informs his minions that he will be joining them on Poggle's planet.
On Naboo, Anakin is spending a great deal of time with the lovely Padme. Padme introduces Anakin to her family. While spending time together, Anakin and Padme begin to form a deep bond. To remain in obscurity, Anakin and Padme stay at a secret location owned by Padme's family. A disturbing vision comes to Anakin. He foresees that his mother is in danger. While on Naboo, another attempt is made to kill Padme. Padme barely escapes with her life. Anakin becomes convinced that they must head for Tatooine so that Anakin can protect both his mother and Padme.
On Tatooine, Anakin is unable to find his mother. Anakin searches for Watto in hopes that Watto will know what happened to his mother. Anakin manages to find Watto. Surprisingly, Anakin learns that Watto is broke because of his heavy gambling habit. Watto now hangs around Jabba the Hutt's Palace. Watto tells Anakin that his mother is no longer a slave and that she is married to a man named Cliegg Lars, who has a son by the name of Owen.
Anakin and Padme arrive at Cliegg Lars' home. They meet Owen Lars and his girlfriend, Beru Whitesun. Anakin learns that Shmi is not at home instead she is out in the desert. Anakin fears the worst and leaves Padme with the Lars so that he can search for his mother in the desert. After Anakin leaves, Padme decides that it would be nice to finish the look of the uncompleted C-3PO. Padme and R2-D2 use spare parts to complete the look of C-3PO.
Anakin finds that his mom has been attacked by Tusken Raiders. The sandpeople flee upon Anakin's arrival. The sandpeople have badly injured Shmi and she dies in Anakin's arms. Anakin is totally devastated by the loss of his mother. If only he had remained on Tatooine with his mother instead of leaving with Qui-Gon, then his mother never would have died. He could have protected her from the danger. The most powerful Force user, that the galaxy has ever known, stands helpless over his mother's corpse.
Anakin is too depressed to return to the Lars abode. Instead, he spends the night in the desert meditating over his mother's death. Ultimately, Anakin concludes that the Jedi are to blame for his mother's death because they are the ones who seperated him from his mother. His hatred and disgust for the Jedi begins to grow in his heart. For a while, Anakin taps into the dark side as the pureness of his rage boils through his powerful midichlorian-packed bloodstream. Anakin seeks revenge against the Tusken Raiders and it's not pretty for them. We see the devastating power that Anakin possesses when he taps into the dark side.
Things get even worse for Anakin. He returns to the Lars home to find it completely razed. Anakin finds that unknown killers have sent Cliegg Lars to the choir invisible. Owen, Beru and Padme are missing. Sidious plans to use Padme's capture to lure Anakin to Poggle's homeworld. Sidious' grand plan to lure Anakin to the dark side is working like clock work.
Finally, Obi-Wan makes it to Poggle's homeworld. Obi-Wan soon finds himself in the presence of Darth Sidious. Sidious toys with Obi-Wan by firing powerful energy bolts into Obi-Wan the same way Sidious tortured Luke Skywalker at the end of Return of the Jedi. Sidious orders his minions to take Obi-Wan to the battle arena. Sidious now waits for the Jedi army and Anakin to arrive. Obi-Wan is placed in the middle of a large battle arena roped to a pole.
The Jedi army arrives and heads for the arena where Obi-Wan is being held captive. Dooku, Poggle and Nute Gunray watch secretly from above as the Jedi stream into the arena. The villains unleash their droid army on the Jedi. A dinosaur-like creature called the Reek also enters the battle. The battle rages furiously between the Jedi and machines. Jango Fett enters the arena to take out as many Jedi as he can. Jango and Mace Windu go head-to-head in a bone-crushing mega-duel.
The droid army is largely destroyed by the powerful Jedi army. However, many, many Jedi lose their lives in the skirmish. In the melee, Windu slashes at Jango's head and manages to decapitate Jango. Jango is no more. Boba Fett witnesses Jango's death and swears to avenge his father's death. Sidious watches from a clandestine location and is thrilled to see that most of the Jedi have died in the battle. Sidious now patiently waits for Anakin to arrive. Anakin arrives and meets up with Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan tells Anakin that Padme is dead and that Anakin should just forget about her. Anakin becomes enraged and deeply begins to hate his master.
As always, a Star Wars movie features at least one duel between the Jedi Knights and the Sith Lords. Near the end of the film, Mace Windu, Anakin and Obi-Wan confront Darth Sidious. From out of the background, Dooku appears also. We learn that this ancient warrior is none other than Darth Tyranus, Sidious' latest apprentice. What happens next is the most stunning lightsabre duel to ever be witnessed in a Star Wars movie. We finally get to see all the powers of the Jedi and Sith unleashed in a spine-tingling battle.
During the duel, Sidious reveals to Anakin that Padme is not dead. Sidious tells Anakin that Obi-Wan has lied to him and tells Anakin that Padme can be saved only if Sidious so desires. Sidious tells Anakin that only through the dark side can Padme be saved. Sidious successfully taps into the great hatred that Anakin now feels for both Obi-Wan and the Jedi Order. He blames them for the death of his mother, Cliegg Lars and everything else that has gone wrong in his life. Anakin decides that he must give into the dark side. Anakin betrays Windu and Obi-Wan. He now fights to destroy his Jedi comrades.
In the confusion, Sidious manages to injure the great Mace Windu. Likewise, Obi-Wan suffers tremendous wounds, but manages to elude death with Windu by escaping from the Sith Lords. By harnessing the powers of the dark side, Anakin succeeds in saving Padme. Anakin's inevitable descent to the dark side is now underway. Now, it's merely a matter of time before Anakin becomes Sidious' newest Sith apprentice. Padme does not know that Anakin is being seduced by the dark side. Realizing that they are madly in love, the film comes to a close with the marriage of Anakin and Padme.

Yowsers that's straight from the Force.Net I'm sure. I didn't read it just skimmed and saw names. Ok all the names in there are names right off the cast list that's been on the official site I linked to above for months, so nothing new there. Also, it is no secret that they have filmed for Tatooine, Coruscant, and Naboo agian for Episode II, they've been blatant about that. It is also no secret there is a new bar scene which Anakain and Obi Wan will go to, that can be deduced from what they show on the official site. Owen Lars, that's Uncle Owen from Episode 4, is in it and again that's no secret.

Really what that long so called summary is, is just all the names from the cast list thrown togehter into what seems a logical plot. Maybe there are couple of things true in all that, but I would say most of it is B.S. But I am not reading it, because I don't like impersonations I like the real thing ;)

And Wildfire I am not kidding, it's trailer time!!! :grin:

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If the trailer wont be out until friday, then what has this (http://home.no.net/ggravem/SWEp2.mpeg) been doing on my computer for some weeks now? A fake? They did a pretty darn good job then...

:lol: You're joking right Azardu.

That has been out for months! I saw that last spring. It is a FAN trailer, you can also check it out at the Force.net. Take the scene where all those Jedis are running down the hill with lightsabers, :lol: that's from Braveheart. Hard work was put into it I'm sure, but it is fan based.

Oh. Ok. My mistake. I don't read theForce.net or whatever.
Looks pretty darn cool though :p

*Wow*

Sounds like a much better plot than Episode 1. But it's all in the implementation.

I hope the actors are not rushed through the reading of their scripts, and are actually allowed to do their jobs this time through.

I know it not's April Fools but I found this and just had to share:
http://www.starwars.com/episode-v/feature/20010401/401/index.html

Haha! It IS braveheart! That's friggin hilarious!

that was a realy cool trailer ( if it was one ) looks cool....

I just got done seeing the trailer in the theatre. :grin: Good stuff, although it's not your traditional trailer, there are no words in it so it is somewhat short. However there is music and Darth Vader's infamous breathing. IIRC the first thing you see is Padme and then Anakin. Yoda is shown, that's a plus :grin:. Obi Wan and Anakin sport their sabers a bit, Anakin's saber is green. There is a great shot of thousands "stormtroopers" marching off a huge ship or platform or something. There is also some shots of at least one new world, and for the most part they are dark. Watto shows up, bug-eyed as ever. And the strangest shot is a group of kids sitting behind consoles in a dark room???? What's that all about? We'll see... :grin: Another strange shot of Obi Wan suspended in some kind of force field in mid-air. And of course there is a shot of Anakin and Padme kissing, awwww.....

Overall, a TEASER trailer that's for sure. It should be on the news and all over the internet tommorrow. Since this one is short, there will be more longer trailers coming out soon. Rumors abound as to when and where though ;).

I hope it will be on the internet soon.
Could the kids you mentioned be the clones maybe? Can't wait to see it with my own eyes.

Somebody post a link here when this comes on the internet...

Ive seen it!! It is awesome it looks dark and grimy and dank. No jar-jar as far as the eye can see. and Boba Fett!! http://se.starwars.nu save as on the www.promenad.nu (http://www.promenad.nu) link :D

Heck yeah! I saw it again. It's amazing how many things you miss the first time, because the images go by quick. Boba Fett, Slave I, Anakin fighting someone in the dark with a red saber, Mace Windu and Yoda with sour faces (gee who peed in their corn pops? Darth Sidious maybe :grin: ). C-3PO with a darker plate covering. Good stuff!

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ok, where the hell do i get this download?! i tried the starwars.com page... cannot find server.. dammit i saw it on telly and i want it!!!

Check http://movie-list.com/ for download locations.

It even cool how they put the fades and cut in perfect sync with Vader's Breathing....

Exactly. Well it was a nice trailer but short. IMHO it was made for anyone who complained that the Menace trailers "revealed too much" and didn't want to be spoiled. Well now they have a nice little trailer which will leave them hanging, but for those who want more, have no fear:

It has been confirmed by the big guys, a full trailer about 2 minutes long will go along with Harry Potter in the U.S. It will also be on the web. And there will be a third trailer but as I understand it, you will have to have bought the Episode I DVD to see it. Well that should be all the trailers until the final one in the spring. Release of the movie is set for mid to late May right now, just like it was for Episode I.
Harry Potter this month, LOTR next month, and Star Wars next May, this is a great time for movies :grin:.

Even though I am a Huge Star Wars fan I wasn't that impressed with the trailer. I think the E1 trailer was better. I think the music was used to better affect and the images worked together better. This trailer didn't do that much for me. A few good images but nothing to sink you teeth into. A scrap of plot would have been better. More to think about. Again I only saw the downland.

I'm going to see Monsters Inc. this week so maybe seeing it in the theater will make more of an impact.

Azardu: A thousand blessings on you!

Teaser indeed. But the LotR trailers are cooler, with the music and all.

As stated, this is not the full trailer, just a teaser... did you notice that last fight scene, just before the end? It's Anakin fighting with someone I could not distinguish... but could well be Obi-Wan. I had thought that the transformation to Vader didn't take place until well into the third movie, but looks like I was wrong. Freeze the video just before the end of that scene to get a creepy looking expression on Anakin's face.

Oh, and did you notice what Mace was watching? Appeared to be a hologram of some sort; wasn't that Amidala in it?

You know I've slowed down that trailer...
During that fight shot with Anakin, his oppenent has been digitally shadowed so you cannot tell who he is fighting. So it could be anyone....

My guess is that it's Palpatine/Sidious.
I hope Anakin gives in to the dark side in this movie, I'd hate to wait another couple of years for that to happen :p

Yah I intended on doing that too (seeing the trailer in the theatre), but I didn't make it last weekend. This weekend is the LAN so I said the hell with it and downloaded that trailer. I'd have to say it's more impressive without the sound. Try muting it, that's what I did. I like it now. :)

Yeah all we know at this point is that Anakin is fighting someone with a red saber. That makes me lean towards somebody like Sidious or even a new bad guy, which Lucasfilm has promised. Remember, always two there are, no more, no less ;). A master and an apprentice.

Also, note Anakin has a blue saber when fighting whoever he is fighting at the end of the trailer. When we see the shot of him alongside Obi-Wan he has a green saber.

And some more musings...
It's hard for me to picture Palpatine/Sidious doing the lightsaber thing, as is the case with Yoda. Would it not be cool to see Sidious pit his apprenice against Obi-Wan or Anakin while Yoda watches as well. Sidious and Yoda would be influencing the battle, not with sabers, but with other force powers. That would be neat. And I wouldn't be surprised if we do get to see something like this in one of the next two.

**News**

If you have the DVD then I think tommorrow you can use it to see another trailer online. And Harry Potter comes out in a week in the US and will have a new, longer SW trailer on it. That will make its way to the internet as well. Man, first off Harry Potter is going to be huge over here in the US. I believe it already came out in England, maybe someone can confirm this. But I think the kids over here are really into it. Then you add the new SW trailer to it. Holy crap, Harry Potter's going to make a killing. :p

I seem to remember LucasFilm promising that in episode 2 we would see why Yoda is called a jedi _master_, wielding a lightsaber of his own. I could be wrong though...

Hey, I heard that too. Imagine a squirt like Yoda wielding a light-saber. Interested in seeing he force-jumps over people :)

Reply: Yeah right Sir Belisarius :roll:

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Rumor has it, Yoda will be dual wielding lightsabers...One in each hand!

Now that would be interesting. ;) We'll have to see how it plays out.

Actually I thought there was a picture of Yoda's Lightsabre in one of the Episode One encylopedias....can't remember the name though....

Yoda will transform into a gigantic killing machine :D

Yoda doesn't need a lightsabre! he has his stick, and that withering glare...

Yoda Dual-Weilding Light-Sabers????

What is he, a Kensi DC Sorcerer??? I never figured him for the power-gaming sort .... :rolleyes: ;)

"There is no try, only do!" :borg:

First off Mollusken I agree the LorR trailer were better. But SW is SW and has a special place in my heart.

On the Yodi front I read he will force weild his sabor, just one. So no running and jumping pupet.

*sigh* Mat, don't embarrass us all.

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

EDIT: Just giving you a hard time Mat... ;) A true Star Wars geek should be able to recite the entire original trilogy verbatim. I haven't quite reached that pinnacle of evolution, but on the other hand I don't get a chance to watch it very often.

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Capstone .... get used to it. As my wife (and soon my daughter) will testify, I pretty much embarrase people for a living!

Mathetais: You're a standup comedian?