Star Wars Roll-Ups

No, they’re not a new kind of fruit snack. (To my knowledge, that is.) They’re the opening words that you see crawling or "rolling-up" the screen at the front of Star Wars movies.

As the date for the release of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith draws nigh (it’s just over a month away), Lucas has let slip (minor) spoilers for what is to come. (Major spoilers are also available all over the Internet for those who are inquisitive.)

One of the things he has let slip is the roll-up for Episode III, which is posted on the official site. It has minor spoilers (the crawls tend to set up the movie but don’t give away much of what happens in it), but for the spoiler-timid, I’ll post it here in white-on-white so you’ll need to Select All or swipe to see the text:

Episode III

REVENGE OF THE SITH

War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.

As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the beseiged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor. . . .

ORIGINAL SOURCE. 

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

2 thoughts on “Star Wars Roll-Ups”

  1. +J.M.J+
    Actually, that’s not much of a spoiler for anyone who has been watching the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoons on the Cartoon Network. They showed the whole incident mentioned in the second paragraph.
    In Jesu et Maria,

  2. I’m lovin’ the Clone Wars ‘toons! Very cool.
    Thanks for being discrete in your display of the spoiler you found, Jimmy. Even though I’ve seen Clone Wars, I’m trying to create around myself a “no-spoiler” zone. It’s gonna be hard when my nephews & I totally get our geek on & head to Indy for the official Star Wars convention next month! (Some fan boys have big mouths.) Thank God I’ll be taking my iPod with lots of Catholic Answers Live eps on it!! 😉 That way I won’t hear the spoiler-rific chatter!

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