Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith won two Saturn Awards yesterday: for Best Science Fiction Film and for Best Score. Good choices!
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Read More | Leave A Comment »The following is the 4th in a series of articles originally produced on GalaxyFarAway.com in the fall of 1999, coinciding with the release of Star Wars Episode I in India.
Duel of the Fates: Sanskrit Lyrics
Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah Rahtamah Yoodhah Korah
Korah Syahdho Rahtahmah Daanyah
Korah Keelah Daanyah
Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah
Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah
Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah
Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah
Korah
Source : The Sheet Music for Duel of the Fates
What does it mean?
According to John Williams in his interview to the Star Wars Insider, the inspiration for the theme of DOTF was an old Celtic poem called ‘CAD GODDEU - The Battle of the Trees’. From the nine words used in the Sanskrit version it is evident that the entire poem has not been translated. The actual poem spans many pages. But a little knowledge of Sanskrit allows me to make the speculation that a general meaning might be ‘All the dread is mainly in the head’. This, to a certain extent, matches a line of the original poem, which says "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging, behind, in the head." Make what you want of it.
This story was originally sent to TheForce.net by DevanJedi of GalaxyFarAway.com
Read More | 1 Comment »The following is the third in a series of articles originally produced on GalaxyFarAway.com in the fall of 1999, coinciding with the release of Star Wars Episode I in India.
Newspaper clippings
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From the Lines
Hi! I (DevanJedi) just saw it in Hindi; and I must say, the dubbing was done well. I knew every line in English, so could tell the difference. It was well done; but for a bit of a heavy dose of Hindi! Another problem was that the ‘profecy of the chosen one’ was reffered to as ’ chosen by God’! God? In Star Wars? (more…)
The following is the first in a series of articles originally produced on GalaxyFarAway.com in the fall of 1999, coinciding with the release of Star Wars Episode I in India.
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Releasing in India – October 22nd, 1999
Very interesting Picture from Times of India :
Vajpayee and Musharraf in Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace!
This story comes via Slashdot from the desk of Ghent on the new Star Wars blogs. Ghent’s 7-year old son had interesting observations regarding the original trilogy after having watched the prequels:
- “Look… Obi-Wan is pretending he doesn’t know R2-D2.”
- “Is Chewbacca the only Wookiee that survives the Clone Wars?” (with great concern)
UPDATE: Stop the presses. It’s a $50 million opening day! I believe, even for adjusted dollar value it trumps anything that has ever preceded it.
Can we sink the Titanic? It’s too early to say, but many other records are going to be rewritten within the next few days as Episode III takes on the world. An estimated $16.5 million just from the midnight screenings bodes well for the prospects of highest gross for an opening day and four day weekend. Where we go from there- depends on you. How many times will you see it in the theatres?
Personally, I saw
The circle is now complete. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, block everything out. The prequels, right or wrong- block them out. The spoilers, the books, the expanded universe, the comics, the hype, the cereal boxes. Clear them from your mind and take yourself to the first time you heard Aunt Beru say, “He’s too much like his father.” Or when Vader said, “The circle is now complete.” Or when Obi-wan said, “Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.”
Back then, we all wondered how things came to be the way they were. And each of us individually carried our own private version of Star Wars mythology. How we imagined- in our dreams, with our toys- how we imagined the galaxy far, far away came to be the way it was in the original trilogy.
This one- this movie- is for you. Personally. It is a big fat present with a bow on top specially gift wrapped for you. You who feared, doubted and secretly dreaded that the prequels wouldn’t live up to everything you had dreamt of. Henceforth there will be no more Star Wars movies and this one is our parting gift.
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
—WH Auden
Lucas has played an elaborate chess game. For two and a half films George Lucas has only been placing his pieces in an intricate formation so that when we enter the final hour of Episode III we are blindsided at the rush of events as the film hurtles towards it’s inevitable conclusion. And oh what a magnificent climax.
Brave traveller- you must see it for yourself. But I will say this- the opening shot of the film is the most gorgeous and the final shot is the most emotional of any from the entire series so far.
There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;
There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak,
And bring a pallor into the cheek,
And a mist before the eye.
And the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill:
‘A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It’s 3AM and I just got back; I will keep this short. The last 45 minutes of this movie are the most satisfying in Star Wars history. Remember the kid inside you that heard Vader say ‘The circle is now complete’ and wondered what it was all about? Remember wondering who that old crazy Ben was and how he got there? This film is for that child; the child that wondered all those things.
The film is not perfect- parts of the first half hour had me squirming in my seat. But there is a moment in the film- and I will leave you to discover which moment it is- after which the movie spins into overdrive and doesn’t recover until a few minutes before the end.. the beautiful, magical closing shot.
The circle is now complete. Star Wars is a finished masterpiece. My name is Devanshu Mehta, I am 25 years old and I have a Star Wars problem.
Read More | 2 Comments »The end is upon us. In five hours, I will be sitting in a packed theatre full of the faithful; and in 2.5 hours from then it will be over. Faithful readers, this site shall live on. And many others like it. And out there in the world children will keep discovering the films for the first time as Star Wars enters in to pop cultural mythology once again. And people will ask “Were you there?” And you can proudly say, “Yes, I was there. And loved every moment of it!”
Expect a review within 12 hours. Thank you for listening…
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As I type this, people are watching The Phantom Menace after having sat through the original trilogy since 06:00 AM this morning. The evening will end with Revenge of the Sith; but they’ve had fans, costumes, the Royal Philharmonic playing the themes and all kinds of general mayhem. The best report online is at BBC where the reporter is logging the activities as they happen. Not during the movies though!
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The official web site of the Cannes Film Festival has a lot of cool pictures of the screening. Natalie Portman looks very different with her shaved head for the upcoming Wachowski brothers’ movie. George Lucas had the following to say about the political context of the film:
“Because this is the back story, and one of the main features of back story was to explain how the Republic became the Empire, at the time I did it, that was really during the Nixon years and the Vietnam War, the issue was how does a democracy turn itself over to a dictator. I began to study a great deal about things like ancient Rome and why did the Senate, after killing Cesar, turn around and give the government to his nephew; why did France after they got rid of the king and that whole system turn around and give it to Napoleon; the same thing in Germany with Hitler. You sort of see these recurring themes where a democracy turns itself into a dictatorship.”More pictures and reports from Cannes are here. Three days to go! Read More | Leave A Comment »
Just saw their early review on TV; overall they love the movie but are not impressed with the dialogue. Following points stood out from their review:
To put this in perspective, Ebert loved Phantom and was not impressed with Attack of the Clones and was a great admirer of the original trilogy.
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Two weeks until the final film of the saga! I’ve missed out on a lot of the pre-movie hype this time (life intervened), but that has left me absolutely spoiler-free. I don’t know anything besides the names of the toys that came out last month. No planet names, no character names (besides Grievous) and not much else. All I know is this: Anakin will become Darth Vader!
Send me your Celebration III experiences, pictures and stuff! Also, anyone in the Boston area going to a midnight screening? Write me!
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