More NewsThe offical release date for Star Wars Episode II is May 16, 2001. Official Episode II trailer is going to be shown for the first time in the theatrical debt of Monsters Inc. Another and longer Episode II trailer will be shown for Harry Potter. 8/7/01 Star Wars Episode 2 TitleWill be Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the ClonesIt has been confirmed by George Lucas the Episode 2 will take place 10 year after Episode 1. George Lucas has also confirmed that that creation of the Empire will have happend at the end of Episode 2, and the Clones Wars will be taking place also in Episode 2. Filming will most likely take place in 20th Century Fox's Australia Studios. This reason George is doing this is because the filming in England has become very expensive. An Interview with Producer Rick McCallum on the Already taken place shooting of Episode 2.Here are a few questions that were asked that my give some news. How are the sets coming along? Rick : "We have about 250 metal workers, carpnters, painters, and other craftspeople working full-outm seven days a week, three shifts a day, tring to get this thing ready to start shooting this month." this quote was taken about 3 weeks before shooting episode 2 Episode II Status Update: Sound Plans click here for full story! Jul 13, 2001 Young Actors Tackle Effects Sequences Full Story Click Here |
Lucas wants to film the entire movie digitally. This means better quality and the ability to process single images in the movie better, resulting in better effects. The lens are being manufactured by Panavision, the camera is by Sony. However, filming digitally has its drawbacks, as the cameras are expensive. Therefore, scenes where the camera will be in danger of getting damaged will most likely be filmed using standard film.
Episode II is hopefully going to be completed for a 2002 release. As the rough cut of the film is still being assembled, with animatics artists previsualizing effects scenes, Industrial Light & Magic is busy with the shots already delivered to them. 160 shots has been completed by ILM. "That is a lot better than what we had at this time for Episode I. Then, we were at about 63 shots. Our next goal is to have 1,100 shots done for early fall. We're looking at about 2,200 shots total -- virtually every shot in the movie." says Producer Rick McCallum. The current rough cut is scheduled for completion in June, with new cuts finished each month thereafter. "The game plan's there," says McCallum. "We're very goal-oriented now. We have calendars everywhere. We know what we're doing next Friday. We know what we're doing the Friday after. We know what cut we have to get to." McCallum left last night for Sydney to supervise looping of dialogue. While the completion of Episode II is the current goal on everyone's mind, at least one person is thinking ahead to the next installment of the Star Wars saga. "George is starting to think about Episode III," says McCallum, "Hopefully we're going to start in September on conceptual work, and start on animatics for some of the larger sequences for Episode III. We'll try to lock down the costumes by December 2002 so we can make it easier for wardrobe staff to start constructing costumes in Sydney for January 2003." -Source Star Wars Offical Site Yoda's Gonna Fight!It has been confirmed by Rick McCallum, that Yoda will have a much larger role in Episode II then in Episode I and will be in some fight scenes as well this time. |