Darth Biggles was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time to get in on an interesting trivia tidbit in the long three-year wait until Episode III:

I work in a bookshop in England. Yesterday our friendly Penguin/Dorling Kindersley rep was in and was going through new books for next year. He showed me the cover for Star Wars - The Worlds of Episode II and told me an interesting story.

Very recently, the head of LucasFilm UK was giving a small presentation to the Penguin Group. She was telling them how Episode III was going to be the biggest thing ever, partly because of it being 'real time'. "You mean, "asked a quizzical rep,"it will only cover 2 hours of Star Wars time?"

No. What she meant was that when Episode III opens in May 2005, the Clone Wars will be just finishing as the film opens. The Clone Wars last for three years. "So the Clone Wars are happening now," she said. Ergo, Episode III takes place exactly three years after AOTC. Cool huh?

Now what would be really cool would be if in the next few years they released books, diaries and journals chronicling the Clone Wars, as if they were happening in real time. Tie them in to Episode III, even run them as a weekly feature on the Official Site or something. Cool ...