EP3: SPY REPORT: Peas in a Pod Posted By Joshua on October 6, 2003
A new insider named ButchSundance combines forces with regular SpyFox for another SPY REPORT here on TFN featuring a "new" Episode III vehicle and just how it may figure in to the movie plotline. Here's the scoop!
The Blockade Runner from Star Wars: A New Hope is definitely the one we'll see in Episode 3, though it'll be much cleaner and not so worn down as you may remember it. It is indeed the ship Bail Organa travels on to Alderaan at the end of the movie. It is even complete now including landing gear - it's been slightly redesigned, just to make it look a little fresh and new compared to what we see in the original film.
Escape pods from this craft are also seen and used in the film. This ship is Bail Organa's to use throughout the film - it definitely has a "newer" look to it. There's also a good chance you'll see a scene that takes place on the never before seen bridge of the Tantive IV, and you'll see that it is capable of making planet-side landings with those new gear.
Our thoughts ... it would be cool if that's how Obi-Wan gets stranded on Tatooine with Luke. The escape pod lands there and he makes it his new home. Yoda could be dropped off on Dagobah as well, then the ship cruises on to Alderaan for safekeeping of the other newborn Jedi ...
Way too early to know some of these details yet ... but there's some dots to try to connect! Talk about it in the spoiler forums now!