Star Wars Episode III: The Final confrontation

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110097.cms" alt="/photo/1110097.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Actor Mark Hamill (C) poses with Chewbacca (L) and Darth Vader characters at the "Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith" Los Angeles Premiere at the Mann Village Theatre on May 12, in Westwood, California.The premiere benefits the charity Artists for a New South Africa and its comprehensive, ground-breaking program for South African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Photos:AFP</span><span style="" font-size:="">)</span> </div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><br />Space, the final frontier...<br /><br />To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.... <br /><br />But not anymore. Yes, when it comes to popular culture, space will become the final frontier, once its two great explorations are laid to rest. <br /><br />Even as the 39-year-old Star Trek series folded up on US TV on May 13, George Lucas draws the curtains on the 28-year-old Star Wars series on May 19. <br /><br />The final confrontation between good and evil sees Anakin Skywalker metamorphose from shining Jedi Knight to the insidious Darth Vader with the Evil Sith Empire shredding and swallowing up the fragile Republic, much to the discomfiture of the wise Yoda and the virtuous Obi Wan Kenobi....<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110101.cms" alt="/photo/1110101.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:=""> Fan Natalie Martinez (L) dressed as Queen Amidala poses with another fan dressed as a stormtrooper at the San Francisco World Premiere of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" at the Loews Theaters Metreon on May 12, in San Francisco, California. The Premiere was a benefit for the Koret Family House, which provides temporary housing for families of children with cancer and other serious illnesses. (</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Photos:AFP)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...Gawd! Imagine a world where the Force will no longer be with us; where the voyages of the Starship Enterprise will have ended its flight of fancy; where all that we homo sapiens will be left with is humble terra firma...<br /><br />Who’s going to ‘beam us up’ to the 24th century now? What on earth will SPECTACLE be all about?...<br /><br />Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Attack Of The Clones</span>, reprises the role in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Revenge Of The Sith</span>. The man inside the suit of Darth Vader reveals all...<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110102.cms" alt="/photo/1110102.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Actress Bai Ling (R) poses with a Darth Vader character at the </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith</span><span style="" font-size:=""> Los Angeles Premiere at the Mann Village Theatre on May 12, in Westwood, California. The premiere benefits the charity Artists for a New South Africa and its comprehensive, ground-breaking program for South African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.(</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Photos:AFP)</span><span style="" font-size:=""> </span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...The USP of Anakin Skywalker in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Revenge Of The Sith</span>? <br /><br />Anakin was an impertinent teenager in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Attack Of The Clones</span>; in Revenge..., he has grown up. He has a wife, responsibilities, and he has ambition. <br /><br />He also leads a secret life, and that is difficult for him. Anakin can’t be wonderfully heroic, or the perfect person, because he is tempted by a master manipulator and succumbs. <br /><br />Is it you in the Vader suit? <br /><br />That’s all me! Getting the chance ...<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section4"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110104.cms" alt="/photo/1110104.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Actors Liam Neeson (L) and Samuel L. Jackson pose with Star Wars character Chewbacca at the premiere of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith</span><span style="" font-size:="">, at the Ziegfeld Theater on May 12, in New York City</span>.<span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photos: AFP)</span> </div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...to be in the Darth Vader costume was something I was looking forward to from the day I got the part. <br /><br />Vader is nearly 7 feet tall, so they put lifts in my shoes, and a muscle suit on to help me look even bigger.<br /><br />It was like walking with 40-pound weights on your shoulders, but being inside the suit makes you feel powerful. <br /><br />Why did George Lucas choose you to play Anakin? <br />I don’t know the answer.<br />I know I have a dark side to my personality... <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section5"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110105.cms" alt="/photo/1110105.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Darth Vader with a fan. </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photos: AFP)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...everyone does. Perhaps George saw that too. When I went to Skywalker Ranch to audition, George gave me a hat and a mug, and I thought that’s my consolation prize! <br /><br />Were you a Star Wars fan? <br />I was born four years after A New Hope was released, so I didn’t get the chance to see the movies in theatres until years later. <br /><br />Even though I hadn’t seen the movies, Star Wars had become such an important part of popular culture that I remember breathing like Darth and imitating his voice to scare my little sister. <br /><br />It wasn’t until 1997, when the movies were digitally remastered and re-released, that I got to see them in the theatre, and then I became...<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section6"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110106.cms" alt="/photo/1110106.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Darth Vader. </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photos: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />... a fan. <br /><br />Darth Wonder <br />Species: Human Gender: Male Height: 2.02 metres Weapon: Lightsaber Affiliation: Empire, Sith One of cinema’s greatest villains, Darth Vader’s role was originally played by David Prowse with James Earl Jones’ voice. <br /><br />Hayden Christensen plays Skywalker in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Attack Of The Clones</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Revenge Of The Sith</span>. Vader, aka Dark Lord of the Sith, was once Anakin Skywalker, the best Starfighter pilot in the galaxy who was trained in the Jedi Arts by his mentor Obi-wan Kenobi. <br /><br />Greedy for power, Anakin is seduced by the Dark Side of The Force and becomes Vader, who helps the evil Palpatine in the destruction of The Jedi Knights....<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section7"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110108.cms" alt="/photo/1110108.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Frank Oz (C), the voice of the Star Wars character Yoda, and his children poses with Darth Vader and Boba Fett characters at the premiere of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith</span><span style="" font-size:="">, at the Ziegfeld Theater May 12, in New York City. </span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...In movie lore, the mechanised man in black, Vader, is up there with the most infamous evildoers. Maybe it is the chilling admission in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Empire Strikes Back</span>, when Vader faces Luke in battle and says: ‘Luke, I am your father’, or maybe it’s Vader’s three-movie descent into the abyss, but if Star Wars is the first modern super hero movie, then Vader is the only one who seems super in it. <br /><br />Why does Vader appeal so much? Because he is the biggest baddest man on the biggest baddest ship in the galaxy. He is a cool kind of evil. <br /><br />The movie series is about ...<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section8"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110109.cms" alt="/photo/1110109.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Members of the French 501st (World association of Star War fans) parade in front of the Grand Rex cinema,May 13 in Paris, before the premiere of the final Star Wars movie created by George Lucas, </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Episode III: Revenge of the Sith</span><span style="" font-size:="">, .(Photos: AFP) </span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />...spirituality over technology, but only 3 people are really aware of this spirituality to control it: wise but old (Obi Wan Kenobi); idealistic but young (Luke Skywalker). But Vader is just right.<br /> <br />Two years ago,when the American Film Institute listed the century’s top 50 movie heroes and villains, Vader came in at No 3, behind only flesh-eating Hannibal Lecter of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Silence Of The Lambs</span> and Psycho’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Norman Bates</span>. <br /><br />Star Trek collectively refers to 6 sci-fi TV series...<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section9"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1110110.cms" alt="/photo/1110110.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">A member of the French 501st (World association of Star War fans) parades dressed up as Chewbacca in front of the Grand Rex cinema, May 13 in Paris, before the premiere of the final </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Star Wars </span><span style="" font-size:=""> movie created by George Lucas, </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. (Photos: AFP)</span><span style="" font-size:=""> </span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />... spanning 726 episodes, 10 motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry as a TV series in 1966. <br /><br />It depicts an optimistic future in which humankind has overcome sickness, racism, poverty, intolerance, and warfare on Earth; the central characters explore the galaxy, finding new worlds and meeting new civilisations, while helping to spread peace and understanding. </div> </div>