WAR!

So Star Wars.com has released the opening crawl for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I've been keeping a passive eye on all the spoilers for this movie, so I have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen and by all accounts it looks like it's going to be pretty decent. The very cheese crawl gives me a bit of pause, but I forgive it simply because I now feel empowered to start all my conversations and stories with "WAR!"

Those who are trying to remain spoiler-free should maybe not read the following crawl.

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 besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor...

You can compare the Episode III crawl with the other five here. Maybe I'm just being an purist here, but I think the ROTS crawl is missing some CAPITAL LETTERS. True that in the other crawls with captials the words in all caps represent the major issue in the film (ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, DEATH STAR, GALACTIC EMPIRE). In Episode III, it would take some pretty crafy crawl writing to pull off CHOSEN ONE ANAKIN SKYWALKER FALLS FROM GRACE AND BECOMES THE DARK LORD OF THE SITH, DARTH VADER. Not so subtle.

Today's sing-a-long song: "Crawling" by Linkin Park

HRH