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Wow, that one with Shaak Ti is interesting. I didn't know she was killed by Grevious. Good find Prime!

 

That's not canon.

 

If you notice, Shaak Ti is well and alive and well on the Council later in the movie just before the first cannons fire on Kashyyyk.

 

Officially, she was killed by Vader in the Jedi Temple raid.

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About this scene in Star Wars magazine september/october 2005; Jump to Hyperspace by Pablo Hidalgo:

 

The cruel fate of Shaak Ti

 

Originally, she (Shaak Ti, ed.) would have been referenced in a line of dialogue during the opening space battle, a rarity when you think about it. No screen Jedi outside of Qui-Gon, Yoda, Mace, Obi-Wan and Anakin has been identified by name in the prequels.

 

Anakin: The last message we had from Master Shaak Ti, she was still with the Chancellor.

Obi-Wan: She's the most cunning of the Jedi. She's even shown me a few tricks. They won't catch her.

Anakin: Artoo, trace Shaak Ti's homing signal!

 

 

Grievous (towering behind Shaak Ti sitting broken on the floor, ed.): "Shaak Ti, your lightsaber seems a little battle-worn. It will need considerable cleaning, but it will do the job." There's a sharp intake of breath from Shaak Ti as she arches her back. Grievous has stabbed her through the heart. Her body slumps and Anakin and Obi-Wan turn grim.

 

"It was something I thought was great," said Concept Artist Ian Mccaig at the time. He , along with Derek Thompson, helped to develop the sequence in pre-production through storyboards. "It's a way of introducing Grievous the way Vader was introdused to us, when he strangles that Rebel officer. You know he's the bad guy."

 

But the opening sequence aboard the cruiser was running too long. It was taking too much time to get into the meat of the story -the story of Anakin's fall- so Lucas excised much of the serial-type hi-jinks. Shaak Ti was a victim of those cuts, and all reference of her at the start of the film were removed.

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About this scene in Star Wars magazine september/october 2005; Jump to Hyperspace by Pablo Hidalgo:

 

The cruel fate of Shaak Ti

 

Grievous (towering behind Shaak Ti sitting broken on the floor, ed.): "Shaak Ti, your lightsaber seems a little battle-worn. It will need considerable cleaning, but it will do the job." There's a sharp intake of breath from Shaak Ti as she arches her back. Grievous has stabbed her through the heart. Her body slumps and Anakin and Obi-Wan turn grim.

 

"It was something I thought was great," said Concept Artist Ian Mccaig at the time. He , along with Derek Thompson, helped to develop the sequence in pre-production through storyboards. "It's a way of introducing Grievous the way Vader was introdused to us, when he strangles that Rebel officer. You know he's the bad guy."

 

But the opening sequence aboard the cruiser was running too long. It was taking too much time to get into the meat of the story -the story of Anakin's fall- so Lucas excised much of the serial-type hi-jinks. Shaak Ti was a victim of those cuts, and all reference of her at the start of the film were removed.

 

What a brilliant introduction that would have been. It really would have lived up to the hype around him, he had the potential to be my favourite SW baddie inst...*cough*, *COUGH!*, *COUGH!*, *PHLEGM!*...

 

*sigh*

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Prime - I have a thread about this not too far down the page ! Spammer ! :p

 

Kain and Chase are right ! She wasnt on Grievous ship - this deleted scene is an afterthought (ie. bringing that 'alternate' storybaord to life) :)

 

The death of Shak Ti was originally *FILMED* w Vader at the jedi temple... having her appear on Grievous ship definitely puts it out of line with what happens in the ROTS Novel (including the pre ROTS novel Labyrinthe of Evil).... and even if in the CW series...

 

Lucas has had this new scene(which was only originally ever a storyboard) made up digitally, using that original footage...

shakti.jpg

 

...sneaky bugger !

 

Im looking forward to the Rebel Senators stuff.... it will partly set the scene for the TV series :)

 

it seems like the 'yoda speaks to qui gon stuff' never got shot ?? :(

 

and the 'crazy yoda' scene ..... ???

 

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Those clones on AT-RT's find him in the swamp and he's all covered in mud, and he acts crazy (think ESB) like he's eating the dead Wookiees, and that's enough to convince the clones that he's not Yoda. So they leave.

 

Actually, I'm glad as hell that wasn't included!

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