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I think maybe in the development stage of the film, Sachs was going to be the Shredder but it was changed later on due to backlash. I think this mainly because of:

1) That clip in the first trailer that shows him walking towards the Shredder armor in a black undershirt. It makes it look like he's going to put it on.

2) Compare the name Oroku Saki to Eric Sachs. The latter sounds like an English verison of the former.

Glad Saki will be the Shredder. Now all I have to wonder is who the fuck is Eric Sachs? He's a character made up for the film, he's not in any of the comics or other tv shows.

Actually, I just had a thought. Have the trailers/tv spots themselves called Fichner's character Eric Sachs? Because maybe Fichner is a different character (maybe Baxter Stockman) and Eric Sachs is an alias of Oroku Saki? That makes alot of sense now that I think of it.