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 March 26, 1999
7:25 PM

The Episode 1 games. This morning at around 4 AM. And yes, I stayed up all night to hear this. Several video gaming sites posted up images and previews on the upcoming episode 1 games. I have read several previews, and here are some of main points about the game

In my opinion Racer sounds like the best game out of the 2. That might be because I am a racing fan, but from what I hear Lucasarts want to make the game more of a simulator like Gran Turismo. But other have said that the Nintendo 64 has some choppy frame rate when too many racers are on the field. Don’t worry this can be changed on the final version. I am not to excited for The Phantom Menace game, sure it might be fun but it sound too much like Shadows of the Empire. Which was a decent game but I didn’t enjoy switching from a snow speeder to running though corridors of Hoth. So far I am only impressed with the nice high resolution PC version compared to the Playstation. Obi-Wan... looking good!
Okay this is my little opinion on each of the video gaming sites that posted up information on the games. Gamespot has posted up a long article on their experience at Skywalker ranch with behind the scene research on the game and the movie. They also contain extra conceptual art from the movie that I have not see before. The site only talks about the Nintendo 64 and Playstation version and avoids the PC.

Molding the Myth
conceptual art of Coruscant #1 1006 x 788 100.9 k
conceptual art of Coruscant #2 1049 x 778 163 k
conceptual art of a beast of burden 600 x 839 80.9 k
conceptual art of Battle Droid 600 x 839 74.3 k
conceptual art of Obi-Wan Kenobi 600 x 561 48.2 k
A shot of the Pod Race 600 x 400 24.9 k

IGN.Com is a complex site that is devoted to all video gaming system. The have written up long previews of the game and some major spoilers about the plot.

Episoe 1 Racer
The Phantom Menace
PC Phantom Menace
PC Racer

Next Generation, in my opinion is my favorite site. They gave an excellent preview on the games with very little spoilers.

Phantom Menace
Racer

And the official Lucasarts site has posted up their own sections on each of the games.

The Phantom Menace
Episode 1 Racer

On the Racer page they added a little tiny example of the Pod Racers’ flags. And here is my best guess as to what Flag belong to whom from reading the file name of the JPG files.

The Pod Racers Flags 32 x 338 5.1 k
e330.jpg - 5.1 K

 

 

 

 

Official Word on Advance Tickets and Digital Sound. The official site had release a statement on the two following questions: Digital Theatres and Advance Ticket sales. And I am very positive these are questions that everyone is talking about. Her is what they had to say.


Digital Theaters and Advance Ticket Sales

I only wonder about all the people online who said they got tickets already. Will these tickets be void? We will wait and see. The good news about his is that we will experience Star Wars the way did when we were growing up... in long lines with annoying people.. but still we can learn to cope. I mean after seeing the movie we can walk by the lines and say this alter version of a Simpsons’ joke (major spoiler up a head do not read! It tells the ending of the film), "Wow what an ending! Who would have thought Qui-Gon Jinn would die by Darth Maul. And the trade federation was just a puppet controlled by Darth Sidious and Palpatine." Wow, that is some outfit

Vogue images. The issue is finally out, and the Force Net has provided with these great scans. Now in the magazine we do not see the cute Natalie Portman posing with the Queen’s gowns. Instead we find Audrey Marnay a model whom I thought at first was a mannequin.


Queen Amidala dress #1 558 x 749 74.9 k
Queen Amidala dress #2558 x 749 113.9 k
Queen Amidala dress #3 549 x 740 57.9 k
Queen Amidala dress #4 558 x 758 97.5 k
Queen Amidala dress #4 from behind 301 x 382 30.1 k

Lucas on 60 Minutes. The official site just wanted to remind up that Lucas will be on 60 minutes this Sunday. From what I hear they will show us a new clips from the film that we have not seen from the trailers. Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight expect to show off some clips of the interview tonight. Every fan deserves to party

New Celebration Poster. Shop Star Wars Com has added and new poster dedicated to upcoming Star Wars Celebration. The site did not make it clear if this poster was available to purchase, but maybe we will find out as the days go by. The poster is very good but it was based on images found on recent images of the Insider... But who cares it is a good poster.


Star Wars Celebration Poster 33 x 500 35 k
Buy Tickets to Star Wars Celebration

Official bio on Jedi Lightsaber. Yesterday, it was Maul's saber. Now, it's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn's lightsabers. I have to say that Qui-Gon has the coolest saber handle I have ever seen.


Qui-Gon's Lightsaber Sketch 391 x 232 22.4 k
Obi-Wan's Lightsaber Sketch 415 x 229 29.7 k
Jedi Lightsabers

 March 24, 1999
7:25 PM

Now it’s May 16th not 19th. Recent reports on the web are saying that Lucas is planning to release the film earlier then expected. But it is not for money, it’s for charity. Yahoo reported on the following this morning.


Star Wars Premieres To Benefit Kids

And Wired did a similar and more in-depth article.

The Force for Good Isn't Cheap
Darth Maul - Sith Apperntice

New Insider Images. The Force Net was the first to post up these images from the newest issue of the Star Wars Insider... Enough Talk! Let see those images!


Darth Maul: Sith Apprentice 307 x 390 37.1 k
Jedi Master: Qui-Gon Jinn 334 x 439 37.9 k
Anakin Skywalker 331 x 412 39.6 k
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Jedi Apprentice 331 x 423 37.5 k
The ever-nosey: Jar Jar Brinks 330 x 414 40.1 k
Queen Amidala: Ruler of Naboo 328 x 426 42.6 k
Master Pod Racer: Sebulba 326 x 410 47.5 k
Captain Panaka: Head of Queen Amidala's Security Force 329 x 420 33.3 k
Seantor Palpatine: Chief Represenative of Naboo and Shmi Skywalker Anakin Skywalker's Mother 331 x 430 40.8 k
Yoda 340 x 439 47 k
Astro Mech Droid: R2-D2 295 X 476 41.8 K
Jedi Master: Mace Windu 231 x 602 34.5 k
C-3PO: Protocol Droid 443 x 306 42.4 k
Toydarian Junk Dealer: Watto 335 x 412 34.5 k
Boss Nass 454 x 306 40.1 k
N-1 pilot 514 x 264 36 k
Qui-Gon Jinn Alone 336 x 418 28.2 k
A scene from the Pod Race 573 x 237 35.7 k
Qui-Gon, Jar Jar and Anakin having dinner 464 x 298 42.8 k
A ship docking 447 x 296 39.5 k
Red Protocol Droid 240 x 506 41 k
Trade Federation Droid Fighter 484 x 230 45.2 k
Destroyer Droid 333 x 401 52.5 k
2 different Insider covers 254 x 344 34 k
A blue and yellow astromech droid 214 x 274 18.3 k
A red and white astromech droid 211 x 314 24.3 k
a Pit Droid 251 x 307 30.1 k
A paltoon of Battle Droids 486 x 256 47.2 k
A sith Prob Droid 284 x 384 26.6 k
Maul's double ended light saber

Official word on Maul's Light Saber. The official site has posted up a little bio on the master of the Sith's double ended lightsaber. Just check it out.


Maul's Double ended Light saber 364 x 273 21.7 k
Double Ended Lightsaber
Vogue Preview

Vogue Preview. In the recent issue of Newsweek there was a small preview from the Vogue issue. The article doesn’t say much that we know or will learn from Vogue. But it does contain an new image, I will replace this image when I get the new issue of Vogue.


Queen Amidala Dress preview 497 x 812 107.9 k

NYTimes article on Lucas. Recently Lucas did an interview with the New York Times. If you missed the official site has posted up the whole article, related articles on Lucas and mirror links to the trailers. Don't be alarmed if they ask for a password, passwords are free of charge.


New York Times segment on Star Wars

There will be NO TPM game by Square. Next Generation has posted up they reaction to the rumor, and they hunted down quotes from Lucasarts and Square.


Next Gen article

I have to say that I was a little bit excited about the thought of a Phantom Menace RPG by Square. Be sure to check up Next Gen later tonight, for they plan to upload a few images of the new Episode 1 games.

Austin VS Anakin! Rolling Stone is conducting a poll on between two certain films which ones do you really want to see this Summer. And those two lucky films are Star Wars - Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Screw Star Wars! I am voting for Austin Powers! "This is my kind of happening and it freaks me out!"


Austin Powers VS Star Wars poll

Troops II. The Force Net has also announced that there will be a sequel to Troops. No word weather the same director will be involved, but original member behind the film have said to be devoted to the project. For now check out the original Troops at the Force Net.


Official Troops site


Continue March 1999 News

 March 23, 1999
5:43 PM

Interview Out-takes with Lucas. Lynn Hale manage to sneak in another video diary onto the official site. This time the diary focuses on the day before Lucas starts shooting the film. Here Lucas talks about his opinions on the importance of story, directing actors, and making compromises. In here Lucas compares working on episode 1 with working on Raiders of the Lost Ark... I assume the fans cannot understand what he meant by that, but this is a personally thing that only Lucas would know about.


Interview Out-Takes 5 minutes RAM File
Assistant Director

The Phantom Menace Gaming news. Okay this is a vast variety of news that is devotes to the games of Episode 1.
The first one comes from Next Generation Online, a great site dedicated to video gaming news which I have bookmark and visit everyday. They posted this message yesterday.


The Force is with us on Wednsday

The Fastest Gaming News posted up two articles dedicated to The rumors of a Star Wars Role-playing Game. The odd part about this news article is that it will be made by the best RPG company in the world Squaresoft, and it will be on the upcoming Playstation 2. When we all asumed that Nintendo was the only company to make games for the home console.
In my opinion Square is the best company to handle Star Wars, in fact they are huge fans of Star Wars. If you have ever played one of their game you will notice that in every game they have two characters named Biggs and Wedge. Just like in the Star Wars universe their games are the heroes journey set in Fantasy worlds with flying airships, dueling word fights and monsters in ever corner. I just hope this is true because Square has also been doing some amazing CG for Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy the movie with the Playstation 2
For more information on the Playstation 2, Next Gen posted up informative pages on their site. In the videos you will see clips of Final Fantasy VIII and the movie.

PlayStation 2 Technical Specs
10 Things You Must Know About PlayStation 2
Next Generation PlayStation Tech Demos

Jedi Net has posted up a list of games for the Nintendo 64 that will come out when the film is release. Just check out what they said. You know I won't always be a boy forever - Anakin -

New image from Countdown. Countdown recently posted up a new image of Padme and R2 in Anakin's hubble. If the scene looks familiar, you might remember the test screening video diary that Lynn Hale did. I wonder if this is the part where Anakin says, "You know, I won't always be a boy forever." Just check it out.


Padme, R2 and Anakin 700 x 587 82.3 k

Two magazines specials on The Phantom Menace. On an upcoming issue of Popular Mechanics they will focus on the machines of Episode 1. They release this information on their official site. I can assume they would do a layout on the N-1 Starfighters, Anakin's Pod, the Trade Federation Battle Tank or STAP vehicles we have already seen and have a good understanding about. But who know if they will give us a sneak peak at Darth Maul's Sith Speeder, or the Gungan Sub?


Episode 1 sneak Peak

The force Net has also stated that in an upcoming issue of Vogue they will focus a six page layout on Queen Amidala's outfits. The article will have interviews with Natalie Portman and costume designer Trisha Biggar, rumor has it the issue will be out in a few weeks.

X-Wing Alliance Demo. This is just something to pass the time till we get the news on the Phantom Menace video game. Make sure to read the specs before you download it, and list of mirror links are provided by Download.com.


List of mirror links
Horay!!! 70000 hits

We've had 20000 visitors. Although it seems like we have 20000 visitors it turns out we have had about 70000 regular visitors as well. So for this moment I decided to draw a little drawing for this event. I hope you all enjoy it.


Our Little Victory 332 x 386 33.8 k

 March 26, 1999
7:31 PM

Official Site Updates. And these were the news bites that I missed in the last week from the official site.
The official site has added images and bios on Queen Amidala’s psitol, the Battle Droids and their blasters.


Queen Amidala's pistol 408 x 267 14.5 k
Queen Amidala's pistol

Battle Droid bio

The Battle Droids' blaster 412 x 218 18.7 k
Battle Droid Blaster bio

And these are just press release that they posted on their news section.
Shop Star Wars.com has been selling the all too cool Lego figures on their site. I just had to report on this because just a few days ago a friend of mine and I were drooling over them. I really suggest you go and buy some of your own.

Lego X-Wing
Lego Y-Wing and Tie Fighter

And a new Lynn Hale Video Diary dedicated to the sand storm that demolished most of the set. You might have also seen some of that on Entertainment Tonight.

It's Like War Now 7.55 minutes RAM File
Lynn Hale Video Diary
Wow!!!! Maul is cooler then Darth Vader... He is cooler then Han Solo.... Glup... I believe, he is cooler then Boba Fett! :)

More EW images. The official Entertainment Weekly site has posted up their article and images on their site. The have also added a new image of Maul that did not make it on to their Magazine.


Another shot of Maul 377 x 504 23.6 k
Article
Galery of images

Mr.Showbiz reviews the Phantom Menace. Mr.Showbiz has gotten their hands on the script to The Phantom Menace. They gave a short and non-spoiler review on the script. Just read on.


Read their review at Mr.Showbiz
A close up of Anakin in his Pod with the Sebulba behind him

A few Unconfirmed images. Now these are images that I did have the time to upload through out last week. The first two come from the always shag-a-delic T’Bone.


A distance shot of Anakin's and Sebulba's pod 751 x 335 37.4 k
A close up of Anakin in his Pod with the Sebulba behind him 754 x 337 54.8 k

The first one is a full version, of an image that the Force.Net posted before. And the second is suppose to be the mask of a Nimoidian that they used while filming Episode 1. So far the Force.Net is not certain if it is true.

A group shot of the heroes in battle 792 x 578 79.4 k
A Nimoidan mask? 360 x 380 32.1 k

The Last two come from CountDown To Star Wars. The first one is a Pepsi poster advertisement, and the second one is an image of Queen Amidala and Senator Palpatine. I am not sure when the last image takes place, but we have seen the dress from SirSteve’s image Princess Liea / Queen Amidala version .01.

Pepsi poster 639 x 798 117 k
Queen Amidala and Senator Palpatine 509 x 768 56.5 k

Compare this image with Princess Liea / Queen Amidala version .01.

Princess Liea / Queen Amidala version .01 595 x 316 54.6 k
Jabba and the small blurr

An extra Hutt. About last week Virtual Edition posted up an editorial on a blurry image that you can see behind Jabba the Hutt. From this still on the right you might think that I just doctored up a capture from the trailer, but when you see this in slow motion you can tell that the blur has depth and movement to it. Roderick Vonhogen had this to say.


Extra Hutt 319 x 216 11.8 k
On the extra hutt

Roderick has also posted up dialog quotes from the script on the Pod Race and Shmi and Akain’s goodbye speech. Just check it out.

The Pod Race in detail
Anakin and Shmi goodbye

Link Corrections. Jedi.Net has been down for the past week, and they have manage to get their site up under this address.


http://www.jedinet.net/
New address

And Newsdroid is also down, but no word on what the correct address will be. Funny, I just spoke to the editor last Saturday.
Countdown is also going back to their old address instead of what they have now at saber.


http://starwars.countingdown.com/
http://sabbeth.com/~menace/

Star Wars joke at the Oscars. If you caught the Oscars Sunday night... And who didn’t it was viewed by 2 billion people. At the Oscars host Whoopie Goldberg was salivating all over Liam Neeson. She said she loves all his films and can’t wait to see him this summer in Star Wars - Episode 1: the Phantom Menace.
Some were also surprised to see Spielberg win the Oscar for best directing but now to best film. That has happen 12 times before in the Oscar. For example in 1989 Oliver Stone won best Director for "Born on the Forth of July" but lost to best picture to "Driving Miss Daisy". Other then that I did got misty eyed when Gwyneth Paltrow won best picture.... Hey, I enjoyed "Shakespeare in love".... And, I also find her attractive... There are you happy now! Oh, leave me alone! My sketch of Qui-Gon Jinn

Editor’s Note. Sorry, about the lateness of these news articles. I am right now on Spring break and most of my time and energy is focused on changing the Flash intro, some of the bios and on some late homework for school. Just to give you a small sample of the new Flash intro, here is a sketch that I am working for it. And yes, I did draw it myself.


My sketch of Qui-Gon Jinn 426 x 411 34.1 k

 March 20, 1999
12:49 AM You have to envy Ewan

New Entertainment Weekly Images. I come home from a hard day at school, and all I wanted to do was just sleep. What do I find in my mailbox? The newest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is no surprise since I get an issue every week at around Friday or Saturday. That when I took another glance at the cover, it was Ewan McGergor with a blue lightsaber. I ran as fast I could to start up my PC and scan in these images. As far as I know so far no one has posted these images yet. So it is only a matter time till every other site has these images. I believe this is my first time I have scanned in an image for this site. Because of that I have added a link to this site, and I made the images extra large (for those who want to enjoy the detail of some of these images. I know I am J. I actually cut up magazine just so I could scan these images without the crease from the middle of the magazine. So far I have been unsuccessful in order to get a perfect blending of the two pages. Send me an email if you can do it better job then I can. Just check them out for yourself


The cover of Entertainment Weekly with Obi-Wan Kenobi 791 x 1048 105.2 k
An extream Close up of Maul 746 x 1046 130.5 k
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon with sabers 778 x 1043 139.6 k
Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon, Anakin and Ewan group shot 700 x 469 72.6 k
Qui-Gon and R2 in the street of Mos Espa 696 x 445 80.6 k
Queen Amidala packing heat 595 x 1070 91.6 k
The Jedi Council (above) and a shot of Naboo (bottom) 1057 x 1081 204.4 k
Mos Espa's creatures and a shot of yoda 995 x 1098 260.1 k
R2-D2 and C-3PO in front of Anakin's Pod, A close up of Boss Nass and Anakin with Wald 1582 x 679 162.9 k
Yoda giving a funny look at Lucas 473 x 561 65.8 k
George Lucas 248 x 490 35.8 k

A new Trailer section. I decided to remove all the mirror links and create a new section to the mirror links from trailer A and B. Oh well, just check it out.


Trailer Section

Editor’s Note. I am sorry that I had to make this update short. I will post up more news later today.

 March 14, 1999
5:00 PM Nnnnnnooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

"It Shows everything, yet it tells nothing." Gene Siskle is review of the first trailer. I would have to say that he was my favorite film critic, and it is a shame to hear that anyone will not be able to see the new film. Here are some more mirror links for the trailer provided by Movie List.


Last Friday after I updated my site I went to the theater I went to the theaters to see the trailer. And what can I say? It is 17 million times better then what we have on our television and our PC monitors. You must got and see it, you can see all the detail blow the waterfalls in the Royal Theed Palace. I had shivers run down my spine has Maul said, "At last we will have our revenge." And I did duck when the pods went over head. In my opinion stop downloading the trailer and head to you theater, sit at least in the first 5 rows, bring all your friend all applaud when you see Maul, Boss Nass, or The Destroyer Droids. And what ever you do not stay to watch Wing Commander or the Corrupter (that’s for your review on the Corruptor T’Bone :). These movies are just too boring to sit through, right after you just saw a duel between Maul and Obi-Wan.

An Obi-Wan theme. On the official Episode 1 section from the official sit you probably know that when you hit the refresh button you get a new theme. Well, they now added an Obi-Wan Kenobi to their collection of Maul, Mace and Anakin. An here is a capture of the image.


Obi-Wan Kenobi theme 1005 x 599 103.4 k
The following is a statement comes from the Force.Net on what scene this is . Highlight the fallowing there is a spoiler.

Digital Projectors for Episode 1. The Official site has issued a press release on this subject. What does this mean to the movie audience, there maybe a raise in ticket prices in certain theater showing this. But we will get to see the film in crystal clear quality, you won’t see scratches, hair and any of those odd things we have become use to seeing on movie screen.


Digital Protectors fro Episode 1
Maul's short coming

Maul’s shorter Lightsaber. If you notice this scene in the trailer, then you notice that maul’s saber look at lot shorter then how it usually is. To answer this question the Force Net"As you notice, Maul's saber is shorter in this shot. Some have speculated that his saber splits into two sabers, and this is half. Others have speculated that it has been cleanly cut in half by Obi-Wan. I don't recall if any other site has posted this, but if they have, then write me and I'll update this. But in any case, if you speculated that Obi-Wan sliced it, then you'd be right."

 

 

While I was gone. Okay these are a few images that I forgot to post up onto my web site. All hail the Queen of Naboo

SirSteve posted up these two images. On of them is a new Flashback card with a young and old Anakin Skywalker. And the other one is of Queen Amidala disguised as Padma Neberrie, I add the text from the back of the doll so you can understand why she is disguise. Warning there are some spoilers. SirSteve Star Wars Guide is one Kick ass site, and I suggest you visit it.


Anakin Sklywalker old / young card 595 x 308 59.9 k
The Queen in another outfit 288 x 367 19.1 k
Don't you wish you were Ewan playing with a lightsaber?Countingdown To Star Wars has posted up these images onto their web site. The image of Jar Jar and Padma must be when their first reaction to Watto the junk dealer. And I assume all you guys are staring at is the Jedi duel between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Maul. I must warn you about that image some will have panic attacks after seeing it.

The ultimate Jedi dual 419 x 267 26.1 k
Jar Jar and Padma 673 x 288 29.2 k
The heroes returning to the Queen's ship 648 x 278 29.5 k
Obi-Wan Kenobi 271 x 432 19.7 k
the pod race 648 x 276 32.5 k
Jar Jar in Mos Espa 527 x 281 35.9 k
The Force Net posted a large series of images. The first set of images of Obi-Wan, Anakin and Queen Amidala are were from a current issue of Previews.

Obi-Wan Kenobi #1 498 x 463 52.1 k
Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 205 x 289 18.9 k
Anakin Skywalker #1 262 x 331 22.5 k
Anakin Skywalker #2 201 x 289 16.5 k
Anakin Skywalker #3 456 x 531 60.6 k
Queen Amidala packing heat 264 x 336 24.3 k
These are just higher resolution scans of pervious images we have on our site. The Force Net has seen these images floating around the net, but they did not say if they scanned it in themselves.

Yoda 700 x 1069 95.1 k
Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi 1024 x 662 68.1 k
This is an image we see Amidala where in the second trailer, The Force Net say that it came from anonymous source.

Queen Amidala in disguise 230 x 3490.8 k
And this one cam from the current issue of InStyle, and you can see from it the gorgeous art and models we have had images in out unconfirmed image gallery.

A speical look at ILM 850 x 1031 163 k
The Sebulba about to drive he podThese wonderful sketches come from the Jay Shuster an artist at ILM. The Official site did a profile on him and I am very impressed by this kids talent. It make me anxious waiting for Lucasbooks to release "The Art of Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace".

Sebulba sketch 400 x 550 35.6 k
Theed palace hanger for N-1 starfighters 472 x 238 27.8 k
Theed plaace hanger outside 498 x 296 30.9 k
Anakin in his pod 490 x 311 26.3 k
Inside a trade federation halyway 573 x 372 36.7 k
Jay Shuster porfile
This image of the next issue of the Star Wars Insider came from Diamond Comics and in the new issue of Previews. And here is a highlights of what the next issue will be about.


Next Star Wars Insider Issue Cover 169 x 218 9 k

 March 11, 1999
11:00 AM Once those Droids take over the surface, they will take  you.

It’s Here! Yesterday morning the
official Star Wars site had a little surprise for us. they have uploaded the trailer before anyone else could. So several other web site have already posted up mirror links to find all the up to date sites who have the trailer. Since we at Eye on Episode 1 are not at all original :) We have a list of mirror links provided by Movie-List (a great site check it out). I will add a more up to day list later as the days go by.


Like I have said before on my site, sure this is fun to see it on your monitor or television screen but it looks like nothing compared to what we will see at the movie theater. Speaking of which the official site has made a list of international theaters that will be showing the trailer outside of the U.S..

Internation Release Dates
Drew you done it again

The Official Theatrical Poster! Who doesn’t love Drew? The official site has released and image of the poster and you can purchase it through their web site (It is no longer Mosespa.com but Shop.starwars.com). I just have to applaud at the magic Drew Struzan made with that one. I wonder what the other posters will look like?


The Phantom Menace Movie Poster 407 x 600 k
Press Release on Poster
Purchase the poster

19 not the 21. With the trailer they surprised us yet again by changing the date of the films release. Instead of May 21 like we expected Lucas is bringing the film two days early just for us fan. Awwwww…. J From a clip on Access Hollywood he also announced this last Tuesday at the ShoWest Convention (Is you do now know what ShoWest is, it is a convention where theater owners are shown samples of films or the actual film itself from the major movie studios. With this they can understand how many copies of film they should order for their theater chains.). The official site has also posted up a press release for this date change you can check out here.


Lucas speech at ShoWest

Editorial on this date change. Sure I will admit that I would lie, cheat, steal and kill to get an advance copy of the film before it’s release. But I think this could drastically hurt The Phantom Menace’s chances of breaking any box office record. Of course I am a pessimist, I always think the worst of things just so I can act surprised when something good happens. For a while now, The Phantom Menace was called the most anticipated film of this decade in fact that would of help it beat the Lost World: Jurassic Park record for highest gross in one day. You see the Lost World opened on a humble Friday, and the all the theaters were jammed pack of fans of the original and new audience members all waiting to see this film. It was the anticipation, the excellent trailers, and the over crowed theaters that helped it break that record. And the Phantom Menace could have done the same, but with an early opening day I can assume that only the die hard fan would be there first and not your average uniformed theater goers. But then again Lucas is in this not to break records. I think some die hard fans just really want to see Leo, Kate and the ice berg get knocked off the number one spot. Of course I am just a pessimist. Maybe I am wrong about this, and if I am you can all email me and laugh at me.

Audio files of Maul and Sidious. For those who haven’t seen the trailer, and are probably waiting for the net to cool down and find a fast server. Here is something to pass the time away, audio files of Darth Maul and Sidious.


"Whipe them out... All of them." -Darth Sidious- 213 k WAV File
"At last we will releave ourselves to the Jei. At Lat we will have revenge." -Darth Maul- 191 k WAV File

These files are from the Force.Net, whom were planing to post these up sooner but got a warning from Lucasfilm on posting up audio files and video files too soon. If you want to read about their little chat session then head over to the Force.Net’s Jedi Council.

A chat with Lucasfilm
At last we will reviel ourself to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.

Editor’s Note. Don’t worry more news will be updated later today :)

 

 

 

 

 

 
 March 9, 1999
8:22 PM

Lucasfilms tells Countdown to stop. I assume you too were up all night constantly hitting the refresh button waiting for Countdown to show off the 15 MB file they were talking about. Well, at around 8:00 PM they posted this up on their site.

The Countdown has also changed their address from
http://www.countingdown.com/starwars/ to http://209.140.92.4/starwars/.

Trailer B’s TV premiere is Thursday. On today’s episode both Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood said that they will air the trailer Thursday not Friday. The Countdown posted a quote from Mary Heart saying that they will show "Star Wars on Wednesday." But it turns out what they will show is images from the new In Stlye issue on Skywalker Ranch. But still video tape Wednesday in hopes they at least show a clip or two from the trailer.

 March 9, 1999
4:51 PM

Yeah! Official info on trailer B release! Just when I was starting to lose hope the official Star Wars site has given me a reason to live again. They posted up a little press release on the trailers release. Just read ahead.

So you hear that everyone we have to call be fore we pay a ticket for anything. Wow! We are finally going to see Boss Nass, Dath Sidious, Sio Bibble, Battle Droids in action, the senate, Palpatine, more of the Pod Race, the Oopie attcking the sub… and actual Music and Sound effect from the film! Wow, the Battle droid speak, the sound of the pods, and of course Darth Maul’s voice. Yes this will be the real trailer!!!

Early trailer rumors! Well, even though with the previous statement from the official site there have been rumors on the Internet about Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and E! will be showing it even earlier. Well, after the first trailer everyone from MTV to the local news showed it uncut on their own time. But rumor are flying all over the Internet that the big moment will appear on Wednesday! I guess that maybe they might not show all of the trailer, but just a small clip and inform everyone that the trailer will be release on Friday. So just keep your eyes peeled just in case.

Something going down tonight at Countdown. Countdown has been posting on their site that tonight they will have a 15 MB file that everyone should wait and see. What is it? Is it the upcoming trailer? Is a clip from the film? It seems the webmaster will not say a peep about it. So just visit the site either tomorrow or later tonight. I just hope it is worth all the wait.


Countdown to Star Wars

 March 7, 1999
11:44 PM

When and Where will Trailer 2 be? "March 12, 1999, trailer B will be on Wing Commander." This has been posted by several web sites like The Force.Net, T'Bone, Jedi.Net, Countdown, etc. Even the show Access Hollywood, which has been know to recycle news from the official site, has said that trailer B will be with Wing Commander. But so far the official site has not confirmed yet. several months when the first trailer the official site posted up the movie theater, time and the films that would show it 2 weeks in advance. Now, it seems to be dead silent about it. By now, we should hear from them. Even during Rick McCallium's Yahoo chat session he didn't even say when trailer was going to be release even when everyone said it was a week from now. Well, right now it seems like we are reaching the point of no return. Will the official site announce "March 12, 1999, Wing Commander"? Or will we be disappointed like X-Files, Alien Resurrection, and Godzilla?