Today in 1999: 'The Phantom Menace' hits theaters — "The promise of a new chapter in George Lucas’ groundbreaking sci-fi saga has been greeted, by fans and the industry, with a rapturous fervor of near-religious proportions." https://t.co/by3ZOaY3n7 pic.twitter.com/BkR7hiN2mL
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Doug Chiang concept art for THE PHANTOM MENACE, released on this day in 1999. pic.twitter.com/ie3SI1KGnb
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Gotta agree. At least he didn't suffer through Wing Commander for that initial peek into the return to the galaxy far, far away. 'Cause at least The Waterboy gave us this:redline248 said:
Very good write-up, but you lose points for calling The Waterboy deplorable. 10 points from House Ravenclaw
Went to a Chiang panel for the TPM 20th anniversary at Celebration 2019.TCTTS said:Doug Chiang concept art for THE PHANTOM MENACE, released on this day in 1999. pic.twitter.com/ie3SI1KGnb
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Even Lucas knew they couldn't take it down. But it was a hell of an effort.Quote:
Today, the first leg of the journey will be complete, when The Phantom Menace opens across the United States and starts its progression toward shattering pretty-boy Leonardo DiCaprio's Titanic success of 1997.
Did you actually count this many people?Quote:
Last Wednesday morning, I drove to my local Tinsletown to stand in line for tickets. At 7:30 a.m., I was the 135th person in line. By 2:00 p.m. when tickets went on sale, there were 871 people waiting.
Absolutely. And I still email with the guy I was in line in front of for 8 hours. He was so hardcore he hadn't even watched the trailers or ANYTHING. He literally knew nothing about the movie except the title and the posters.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Also legit curious about this:Did you actually count this many people?Quote:
Last Wednesday morning, I drove to my local Tinsletown to stand in line for tickets. At 7:30 a.m., I was the 135th person in line. By 2:00 p.m. when tickets went on sale, there were 871 people waiting.
If you think I would have been in Ravenclaw, you need to check my A&M transcript.redline248 said:
Very good write-up, but you lose points for calling The Waterboy deplorable. 10 points from House Ravenclaw
haha, I started to go with Slytherin b/c you have to be evil to not like the Waterboy. Then I decided, no you're not evil, just a nerd.Fat Bib Fortuna said:If you think I would have been in Ravenclaw, you need to check my A&M transcript.redline248 said:
Very good write-up, but you lose points for calling The Waterboy deplorable. 10 points from House Ravenclaw
Dave Filoni is officially an Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm 👏 pic.twitter.com/7qB3sxucbN
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) May 20, 2021
Any promotion that adds to Filoni's creative control at Lucas Film is a great thing. Rumor swirling that Kathleen is out, who knows if it's true but I don't believe she should have any creative input going forward.YNWA_AG said:Dave Filoni is officially an Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm 👏 pic.twitter.com/7qB3sxucbN
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Feel like we're a little past dueTCTTS said:
We're really doing this again.
TCTTS said:
We're really doing this again.
my kids and I just for the hell of it watched chapter 1 of Mando a few days ago.....how did I miss that Filoni had directed the first episode???YNWA_AG said:Dave Filoni is officially an Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm 👏 pic.twitter.com/7qB3sxucbN
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I feel like this rumor has been swirling since the days of the Old Republic.Quote:
. Rumor swirling that Kathleen is out,