Word: starring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soundtrack for the first of the Star Wars prequels is a more subdued work than its predecessors but is nevertheless a fun and interesting piece of music. It is one of the few essentials of Star Wars collecting, and while it may be somewhat derivative, it is also creatively inspiring and interesting. John Williams creates some of the best film soundtracks today, and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is one of them...
...have probably heard, for example, that Liam Neeson signed to star in The Phantom Menace before he was able to read the screenplay. Neeson later joked that when he eventually got his hands on the script, security was so tight that Darth Vader himself was standing guard outside the room. (Neeson was, of course, well-paid for his enforced ignorance.) You probably know about the sandstorm in Tunisia that demolished most of the Mos Espa spaceport set when location shooting was only half-finished...
Those of you who know where to find an issue of Time have probably read about the entire races of creatures being created by computer. One of these creatures, Jar Jar Binks, is a central character in the film. And those of you who have seen the Star Wars Special Edition are probably hoping that Jar Jar will be a bit more convincing than was the computer-generated Jabba the Hutt. (If nothing else, Jar Jar's dialogue should get frequent laughs; he speaks in a grotesque pidgin English throughout the film...
...have purchased the published screenplay, you know most of what transpires in the film. And if you're like me, your foreknowledge probably only makes you want to see the film even more, because The Phantom Menace is blessed with an infectiously enjoyable story that oozes the Star Wars-ethos out of every computer-generated pore...
...good Star Wars fan knows the story of how George Lucas was turned down by countless studios before he was able to convince 20th Century Fox to take on what was, by almost all accounts, an outrageous project. And who could blame all those cautious studio executives who passed on the chance to produce what would become the highest grossing movie the world had ever seen...