The year lapse encompasses the Jedi Knight training that according to the texts lasts for up to decades at a stretch. Moreover, during this period, the characters of the story also went on to mature and develop.
To view the entire Star Wars universe, an in-story chronology will be better than a release chronology. The Star Wars universe has been the subject of many intense debates and discussions, primarily with regard to the timeline of the events portrayed in the story. However, enthusiasts of the franchise argue that even though the timeline of the stories portrayed onscreen and the release of the installments do not coincide completely chronologically, it is quite easy to figure out the chronology of the movies released under the franchise.
Simply put, the official release timeline is different from the in-story timelines. Along the lines of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , all three prequel films were originally intended to be written and shot as one large production, and released back to back. According to Howard, Lucas didn't necessarily want to direct Episode I. He further commented that all three directors turned down the position as the film was Lucas's "baby.
Shooting took place from June 26 to September 30 , The podrace was filmed in a canyon near Sidi Bouhlel and Oung Jmel. Studio work was mainly done at Leavesden Studios in the United Kingdom. Unlike the latter two films in the series which were shot on digital video , most of this film was shot in 35 mm, with a few scenes shot in digital video.
This episode was also the first of the saga to be referred to primarily by its number Episode One by media and fans, to contrast it with the original trilogy the public already knew.
The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars film in 16 years. As a result, there was almost unprecedented interest amongst both fans and the wider public in the revival of the franchise. Few film studios released films during the same week as the release of The Phantom Menace ; among the more courageous were DreamWorks and Universal Studios , with the releases of The Love Letter and Notting Hill respectively.
The Wall Street Journal reported that such a large number of workers announced plans to view premiere screenings that many companies shut down on the premiere day. More theater lines appeared when it was announced that cinemas were not allowed to sell tickets in advance until two weeks into the release.
This was done out of fear that family theater-goers would either be unable to receive tickets or would be forced to pay higher prices. Tickets were instead to be sold on a traditional first-come-first-serve basis.
The same tradition followed months later when the theatrical trailer was featured in front of Wing Commander. Despite worries about whether the film would be finished in time, two weeks prior to its debut Lucasfilm pushed the release date up from May 21 to May 19 of At the ShoWest Convention, Lucas stated that the change was to give the fans a "head start" by allowing them to view it over the week and allowing families the chance to view on the weekends.
In a nod toward his future with digital technology, Lucas stated that the film would be released on four digital projectors on June 18 , Two separate soundtracks were released for The Phantom Menace. One, a traditional soundtrack, contained seventeen tracks selected from the movie. The second, an Ultimate Collector's Edition Soundtrack, compiled sixty-eight tracks of music, including several pieces that did not make it in to the final cut of the film.
During the credits at the end of the film, young Anakin's theme is heard playing, but during the last moments of the film, this theme morphs into the first few notes of the Darth Vader theme during the Imperial March , and, as the last logos of THX are scrolling by, three rasping breaths from Vader's respirator can be heard, referencing Anakin's eventual change into Darth Vader.
A novelization of the movie was written by Terry Brooks. It includes three entire chapters of material created by Brooks and unique to the novel.
The first two chapters of the book concern Anakin's next-to-last podrace and its aftermath, while a later chapter describes an encounter between Anakin and a wounded Tusken Raider in the desert. Brooks met with Lucas before writing the book and received his approval and guidance, including information about developments to come in Episodes II and III.
The novelization is especially well known for a passage describing the history of the Sith, including Darth Bane. According to Terry Brooks's memoir, Sometimes the Magic Works , Lucas spent an hour on the telephone with him discussing the history of the Jedi and the Sith. Therefore, the information on this subject provided in Brooks's novelization might derive from Lucas himself.
The novelization is also the first mention of the Stark Hyperspace War. Brooks devotes an entire chapter of Sometimes the Magic Works to the writing of the Episode I novelization, which he claims to have been an extremely happy and fulfilling experience.
The film was first released on VHS on April 4, There was a normal fullscreen release, and a widescreen collector's box set. It includes seven deleted scenes completed specifically for the DVD, and The Beginning: Making Episode I , an hour-long documentary film drawn from more than hours of footage, including an insider's look at Lucasfilm and ILM during the production. The viewer can access a multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-film segment featuring the submarine and podrace lap 1 sequences.
The DVD includes two documentary sources, five featurettes exploring the storyline, design, costumes, visual effects, and fight sequences in the film, and an award-winning twelve-part web documentary series chronicling the production. The final special features included are a never-before-seen production photo gallery with a special caption feature, theatrical posters and print campaigns from around the world, a theatrical teaser and launch trailers, seven TV spots, Star Wars: Starfighter - The Making of a Game featurette from LucasArts , and a DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star Wars content.
At the DVD press conference for Revenge of the Sith , prequel trilogy animation director Rob Coleman confirmed that the animation department at Lucasfilm had replaced the Yoda puppet from the original version of the film with a digital Yoda.
This was done to better match up the look of the Yoda from The Phantom Menace with that of the other two films of the prequel trilogy, as well as with the Yoda from the original trilogy. This change has been, for the most part, welcomed by fans, in contrast to the original puppet Yoda as seen in The Phantom Menace. The clip is included as part of "The Chosen One" featurette.
However, when Coleman announced the change, he didn't specify when the revised version of The Phantom Menace would be released. Fox was also to retain theatrical, nontheatrical, and home video rights worldwide for the franchise's five subsequent films, which Lucasfilm produced and financed independently, through May , at which time ownership was to transfer to Disney.
This complex relationship between Fox and Disney, particularly in regards to Fox's perpetual rights to Episode IV, was to create an obstacle for any future boxed set comprising all nine films. On September 28 , , StarWars. Clip The Evolution of Anakin Skywalker.
Star Wars. Featurette Photos Top cast Edit. Frank Oz Yoda as Yoda voice. Lewis Macleod Sebulba as Sebulba voice. Warwick Davis Wald as Wald …. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. But not everything goes to plan. The two Jedi escape, and along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks head to Naboo to warn Queen Amidala, but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there.
Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and to finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows. Are the Sith really extinct?
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