Word: planeteers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time; but they are mere gestures that haunt the soundtrack, which actually turns out being far more reminiscent of the music from the Indiana Jones films than anything from the previous Star Wars films (I'm taking this to mean that a lot of the action takes place planet-side). Williams is obviously teasing us with little tidbits of the familiar themes, which I can only assume will grow more prominent as the series progresses. That may account for some of the subdued tone; the music is arising from a kind of void to coalesce into the themes...
...encounter two cloaked figures, Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), who are trying to prevent a war between the greedy Trade Federation and the small, peaceful planet of Naboo. Traveling along with the planet's teenaged queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) to appeal to the senate of the galactic republic, they pit-stop on the desert planet of Tatooine to make crucial repairs on their damaged ship...
...Sakhalin Islands. If Jackson really has a preference for working abroad, these small rocks off the coasts of Russia and Japan present him with a perfect opportunity. Both countries claim sovereignty over these floating boulders, neither seems particularly inclined to back down, and no one on the planet--including the competing adversaries--cares one whit who comes out on top. Jackson should travel to the islands, exercise some Solomonic wisdom and solve this burgeoning crisis once...
...their moms have gone to at least one Roots show; even vaster multitudes lovingly remember Run DMC shows; Goodie Mob's originality on stage is no secret; supposedly Ice Cube can move crowds; Common and Black Star seem to be starting a buzz; and, almost unanimously, heads across the planet rant and rave about KRS-ONE's act as simply the illest of all time...
...kidding? This is, after all, New England--the only place on the planet where the weather can change from sunshine to rain in the time it takes to walk from the Science Center to Loker. It is also Harvard, the school where "reading period" is actually a glorified "work period...