2002 was a huge year. It saw the debut of the CG3 before they were the CG3.
May, 16th - Attack of the Clones demolished the competition with an 80 million dollar opening weekend. Before, Yoda had
been just a lifeless puppet. No wonder The Phantom Menace only made a 64 million dollar opening weekend.
Clones was Yoda's CG debut. He took his make-over and used it to its fullest, especially during his famous battle with
Count Dooku.
Months later, on November, 15th, Dobby appeared in The Chamber of Secrets.
Dobby was a complete newcomer, he had never even been around a movie
set before. Yoda had paved the way for CG characters (Yes, I am
forgetting Jar Jar Binks, and so should you.) and Dobby continued the
trend, helping his franchise to an 88 million dollar opening weekend.
And then, just over a month later, a star was born... well, metaphorically speaking. On December, 18th, The Two Towers
opened. The opening weekend was only 62 million dollars, but Gollum helped the film have extremely long legs. In the end, it
grossed more than either Clones or Chamber.
Gollum was around in The Fellowship of the Rings, but it was mostly behind the scenes and voice work. Many people didn't
even know his name. Of course, once Towers came out, that all changed. He sky rocketed to fame and fell in love with it.
Yoda shied away from the public, he got his fill of fans in the 70's when he was just foam and rubber. Dobby... well, Dobby
didn't really know what was going on. He apperated everywhere anyway, so he hardly ever ran into the throngs of fans. But
Gollum, Gollum capitalized on his fame.
Right after Towers was released, he made appearances everywhere. Though, during the summer he had to cancel many of his
convention appearances due to reshoots on Return of the King scheduled by Peter Jackson. Though, the reshoots weren't a
total loss. Inspired by one of the scenes he was in, he decided to cut a record.
GeekGasm Records cut Gollum a deal for a single that was released just a few short weeks before
King hit the cineplex.
But fame didn't last long for Gollum. There were no more movies in his franchise and his first single was quickly losing
popularity. He decided to cut another single and recorded We Hate Those Hobbitses (Gollum)
.
It was popular, but never reach the heights that In Da Caveses did.
Gollum was crushed. He had become addicted to fame and was having
withdrawal. He knew there were only so many different songs he could
make about his "Preshus" so he decided to think it out over a drink.
One fateful night in early 2005, he went to 626,
a local "Toons Only" bar that makes a mean martini (literally) and ran
into Yoda. They started talking about how they felt different than the
rest of the Toons. Sure, there were other CG characters, but they were
all like Woody and Buzz, they had worked together. For Yoda and Dobby,
they worked mostly with humans. That and the fact that their movies
made more than any of the other Toons' movies combined, led to them
being whispered about instead of to.
A song began playing in the background that both Yoda and Gollum
hummed. They looked at each other, and instantly knew what they had to
do. All they needed was a Soprano.
Just then Dobby apperated at the bar.
Thus, the CG3 was born. They started off doing covers of popular songs but were eventually contracted by GeekGasm Records to record a single.
