@Strategos:
Not sure if this has been discussed. But anyone noticed, in the one piece episode list guide from wikipedia, that there are going to be some episodes related to the movie?
Any disccusion from that?
You needed these(look below)?
@Greg:
Holy SHIT!
You know how we knew 'filler' was coming?
The 'filler' is part of the movie! There are going to be 4 weeks of OP episodes dedicated to telling the story of how the crew comes about meeting Shiki. Whether he'll actually appear in them or not is a whole other story but they are filler episodes aimed at, instead of random events, adding to the story of the film.
11/15 426 Movie Special- The 'Gold Lion's' Ambition Moves Forward
11/22 427 Movie Special- 'Little East Blue' is Tartgeted
11/29 428 Movie Special- The Amigo Pirate Crew's Vicious Assualt
12/6 429 Movie Special- The Decisive Battle! Luffy VS Largo
@Greg:
Furthermore, it goes on to describe the events of the episodes.
On the GL, a gigantic fire-breathing horned beetle swoops down on Sunny. he crew retreats at first but Luffy is enamored with the giant beetle's strength and wants to make it part of the crew so they chase after it. On following it they find themselves at an island inhabited by immigrants from East Blue (probably 'Little East Blue'). They meet a young girl Yohko who can somehow communicate with the beetle. There they clash with the 'Largo Brothers', leaders of the Amigo Pirate Crew. Behind this chain of events is the only pirate to escape Impel Down, Shiki.
Wow.
edit:
Oh, and the character Kitajima has been revealed to be a Fishman pirate and perhaps the fastest Fishman swimmer.