episode 3 spoilers perhaps ?

[dustrho]

-General Ki-Adi-Mundi led clone troopers into battle on a new planet

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AWESOME!  I cannot wait for EP3 to come out!  And thank you so much for posting these tidbits... I sincerely appreciate it!  

[DarthStiffler]

Confirmed EPISODE III Characters


Jedi

Agen Kolar - Tux Akindoyeni
Anakin Skywalker - Hayden Christensen
Barriss Offee - Nalini Krishan
Bulter Swan - Mimi Daraphet
Ki-Adi-Mundi - Silas Carson
Kit Fisto - Ben Cooke
Luminara Unduli - Mary Oyaya
Mace Windu - Samuel L. Jackson
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewan McGregor
Plo Koon - Matt Sloan
Saesee Tiin - Kenji Oates
Shaak Ti - Orli Shoshan
Stass Allie - Lily Nyamwasa
Yoda - Frank Oz

Jedi Extra - Aliyah Williams
Jedi Extra - Dominique Chionchio
Jedi Extra - Gervais Koffi
Jedi Extra - Josh Canning
Jedi Extra - Nick Gillard

Male Jedi Padawan - Coinneach Alexander
Female Jedi Padawan - Mousy McCallum


Sith

Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus - Christopher Lee
Darth Sidious - Ian McDiarmid
Darth Vader - Hayden Christensen


Republic Personnel

Captain Typho - Jay Laga'aia
Mas Amedda - Dave Bowers
Palpatine - Ian McDiarmid
Sly Moore - Sandi Finlay

Younger Clone Troopers - Bodie Taylor
Older Clone Troopers - Temuera Morrison


Senators

Ask Aak - Paul Spence
Bail Organa - Jimmy Smits
Bana Breemu - Bai Ling
Giddean Danu - Christopher Kirby
Jar Jar Binks - Ahmed Best
Orn Free Taa - Matt Rowan
Mon Mothma - Genevieve O'Reilly
Padmé Amidala - Natalie Portman
Senatorial Aide to Bail Organa - Caroline De Souza
Senator (Mon Calamari) - Paul Davies
Senator (Nautolan) - Jacqui Louez
Senator (Human) - Lisa Shaunessy
Senator - Olive Levi
Senator - Rena Owen
Senator - Warren Owens
Senator - Kee Chan*


Separatists

Denaria Kee - Unknown
Nute Gunray - Silas Carson
Passel Argente - Marty Wetherill
Po Nudo - Paul Nicholson
Rune Haako - Sandy Thompson

Poggle the Lesser - CGI
San Hill - CGI
Shu Mai - CGI
Wat Tambor - CGI

Neimoidian Pilot - Colin Ware
Nute Gunray and Rune Haako's Aide - Colin Ware


Droids

C-3PO - Anthony Daniels
R2-D2 - Kenny Baker


Handmaidens

Elle - Chantal Freer
Motee - Kristy Wright
Handmaiden - Holly Stringer


Padmé's Family

Jobal Naberrie - Trisha Noble
Pooja Naberrie - Hayley Mooy
Ryoo Naberrie - Keira Wingate
Ruwee Naberrie - Graeme Blundell
Sola Naberrie - Claudia Karavan


Others

Chewbacca - Peter Mayhew

Beru Whitesun (Beru Lars) - Bonnie Maree Piesse
Owen Lars - Joel Edgerton

Helpful Alien - Bruce Spence

Wookiee Extra - Axel Dench

Royal Leader - Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
Regal Leader - Keisha Castle-Hughes

Young Captain - Rohan Nichol
Fire Ship Pilot - Ali Keshavji

Local Planetary Guard - Malcolm Eager
Local Planetary Guard - Jason MacPhee
Local Planetary Guard - Hamish Roxburgh

Blue Senate Guard - Peter Jackson
Blue Senate Guard - Lawrence Foster

new bad guy- cgi ?
eu charecter - not cast yet
tarkin - ??

[DarthStiffler]

 your very welcome dustrho MTFBWY  

[DarthStiffler]

interview with Paul Nicholson:


"It’s never good to fall asleep at work," advises Episode III extra Paul Nicholson. "I didn’t mean to fall asleep, but it’s hard not to when most of the air you’re breathing is the same air that’s just been expelled from your own lungs, you can barely hear nor see and you’re not allowed to move cause you’re dead."

Nicholson counts himself lucky to have landed a behind-the-mask part in Episode III as Senator Po Nudo. On the off chance you are a fan of the Aqualish representative from Ando, you may be sad to hear that Po Nudo does not survive to the end of the new movie. In fact, the greatest extra acting challenge for Nicholson was the fact that Nodu’s dead body serves as set dressing for a scene that took the "living" actors over ten hours to shoot.

"I could move my head inside my mask a bit," Nicholson recalls, "and I eventually found a way to watch the other actors while remaining dead. I only had a 1 mm diameter drill hole to look out of, so I really couldn’t see much -- especially considering my four eyes had been layered in KY jelly to make them shinier. And I really needed to pee."

He downplays any physical challenges, as Nicholson is an enthusiastic Star Wars fan who moved to Sydney three years ago "just to be in Star Wars", he claims. "It paid off. I would have paid to be in that movie."

By day, Nicholson works as a valet at a hot Sydney restaurant where he had spotted Star Wars celebrities including Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor, but getting to see them in action on-set was naturally a thrilling experience.

"Hayden swings that metal baton around really, really well," Nicholson is pleased to report. "Ewan McGregor is a hardcore saberman as well. They exhausted themselves to make their scenes look great." Along with the chance to witness some Episode III history-in-the-making, and gather some autographs from cast and crew in his copy of the Attack of the Clones Visual Dictionary, Nicholson will carry away one other treasured memory. "Ewan sang ‘I am the Walrus’ with me at one stage, because I kind of looked like one."

While the Star Wars extra experience was particularly unique, Nicholson endorses the entire craft of being a movie extra. "Join an extras agency," he advises. "Look one up in your local directory. There are always television commercials and shows being made everywhere. You can do it at any age. It’s a fun way to meet people and the food is always good."

[DarthStiffler]

- Palpatine and Sidious are the same person. The dark side shrouds everything, even Jedi eyes.

- The new bad guy is the leader of the droid armies. He is the ultimate Jedi-killing machine. He isn't 100% droid but dont' expect his backstory to be revealed in the film. His backstory will be explained as much as Darth Maul's was in Episode I.

- Anakin kills Dooku, and really early in the film as previously reported. And the former Jedi isn't officially named "Darth Vader" until after the lava bath. But don't take this to mean he doesn't do some very very dark things before the duel takes place

[Brian]

I noticed this report over at starwarz.com, courtesy of T-Bone.  Kind of an interesting read if you have the time, beware of SPOILERS though :

T-Bone's Episode III Report

[Brian]

TheForce.net has updated with their weekly "Darth Friday" report...this week's is a biggun....lots of SPOILERS if this turns out to be true.  Sigh, and I was going to avoid spoilers this time....so much for that .  You can check everything out here:

Ep3 Spy Report Too.Many.Spoilers.