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And be our Facebook chum here.The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Novelizations, #1) Download by Terry Brooks. I try to smirk at Star Wars, but I just can’t do it.įollow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. Oh well, the kids at the screening seemed to enjoy it, and laughed at Jar Jar (the bits with him in pain I was pleased to note, rather than him in general), and I guess that’s the audience rather than we jaded, angry adults.

It’s just a pity you have sit through the mostly turgid stuff beforehand to get to it. It’s epic, engrossing, and the best lightsabre battle in all six films. Williams works his magic again, reworking his earlier legendary themes into new creations, and adding to the saga with Duel Of The Fates, a brilliant piece of work which soundtracks the final showdown between Qui Gon Jinn (the ever reliable Liam Neeson), Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. Then again, the score is probably the best thing about the The Phantom Menace. The sound design from Ben Burtt is second to none, and is one of the finest technical achievements in recent cinema history – making the race essentially score free was probably Lucas’s best decision in the film. The pod race still ranks as something truly special, and the 3D brings it to life in an even more vivid way. And its two set pieces are bang on the money. I’ve only seen it better rendered in Avatar. The 3D upgrading of it is quite brilliantly done, as you would expect, and only adds to the action. For all my carping about the cartoon-like nature of it, for a film more than a decade old it looks bloody amazing. However, there is no denying that when Episode I gets it right, it gets it spectacularly right. McGregor still seems a bit off as Obi Wan, mainly due to the writing, one suspects, while Jar Jar is still at times offensively bad. The only change for the better is that the weird stoned Yoda puppet has been changed to the CGI one of Episodes II and III (the same change as in the Blu-ray saga) but even that’s not as good as the original puppet from 30 years ago.

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