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McCallum was speaking from Fox Studios in Sydney, where he is preparing
the production. 'In just over two months, the stages
of the motion picture facility will be used for shooting
Episode III', he added.
Production begins on or around June 30, finishing
sometime in September, and things are on track, McCallum
said. 'Already, the crew down under has enough information
from George Lucas to begin construction of environments,
props and costumes. After that, George will be rewriting
to a more formal first draft and will keep revising
right up until the start of shooting'.
McCallum added that the story will fit with Episode
IV 'in some very cool and unexpected ways'.
Actors will begin arriving in Australia sometime in
the summer (or winter in Australia).
But stunt coordinator Nick Gillard has met briefly
with both Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor in
the United States, McCallum said. 'Hayden is coming
shortly to begin massive rehearsals, stunt rehearsals',
he said. 'We expect Ewan in the next four to five
weeks. He's starting to work on all the fight sequences
in the movie, which I think will be extraordinary'.
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