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WARNING: THIS THREAD WILL CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

First reported on AICN, but now TFN has more details:

I can confirm that John Rhys-Davies dropped the word "Grievous" at the Brisbane sci-fi con last Sunday. Believe me, it wasn't just a throwaway comment. He put a lot of emphasis on the word, complete with a fantastic dramatic pause. "The conditions are, shall we say ...Grievous". Pure genius.

At a very rough guess, I'd say about 20-30 people would have heard the comment. How many picked up on the subtext is anyone's guess, but by the end of the day it seemed like the news had travelled all around the showgrounds. I'm surprised it took more than 3 hours to find its way online.

Anyway, I really, really hope this is true and he wasn't just messing with the fans' minds. I was kind of hoping Mark Hammil would get the gig, but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Gimli playing the melodramatic villain role. It's not like this would be his first appearance in a George Lucas film...

If true, that means:

Spoiler

Sallah/Gimli will get to fight Obi-Wan Kenobi next may. That is fucking cool.

So in the same movie you'll have Darth Vader killing Dracula, while Obi-Wan beats the shit out of Gimli's voice.

 

[AeroGod]

As much as I like Rhys that sounds fucking stupid. I cant picture him being that character. If thats true Ive already begun to hate Episode 3. Ughh.

 

[MrCheez]

Well I'm sure they would do something to alter his voice. Think Treebeard.

Sounds cool to me!

 

[AeroGod]

Man I just cant see it. Hopefully it turns out well but I think they could have done better. Too bad teh Oldman thing didnt happen