Word: prequel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...human nature, including loyalty, honor, adherence to right and perseverance against wrong. After The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars phenomenon continued to grow, and it is about to receive a fresh jolt of life with the release of the first chapter of the Prequel Trilogy, The Phantom Menace...
...Ultimately, Episode 1 fails because of a dramatic fallacy inherent in the idea of a prequel. Where the original Star Wars told a moving, visceral story, Episode I indulges curiosity...
Pepsi hopes to make its greatest gains in the U.S. this summer, when it unleashes a marketing blitz tied to the Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace. Pepsi will spend around $2 billion exercising its exclusive boasting rights to America's favorite slice of fantasyland. There will be collectible Pepsi cans emblazoned with Star Wars characters and gold "Yoda" cans of Mountain Dew, not to mention surprises in bags of Frito snacks...
...besiege Earth. Rookie pilot Christopher Blair is entrusted to prevent the impending Kilrathi assault. Blair's heritage as a pilgrim of the first settlers of space endowed with mysterious superhuman navigation powers is particularly overplayed and seems to be cashing in on the anticipation for the new Star Wars prequel due out this spring. Wing Commander earns the reputation of a pathetic wannabe by attempting to mimic the Force made famous by Star Wars. The movie loses even more credibility through a contrived and overstated romance between Blair and his commanding officer Angel Devereaux, played by Saffron Burrows of Circle...
...first choice for the role. In the novel, Richard is a Brit, and Boyle had planned to cast Ewan McGregor, the young Scottish actor who appeared in all three of his earlier films (and who stars as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the upcoming Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace). However, DiCaprio had expressed strong interest in working with Boyle ever since they crossed paths at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996. DiCaprio had recently made The Basketball Diaries, a dark indie film about heroin addicts, while Boyle was there with Trainspotting, a light indie film about heroin addicts...