#the phantom menace 25th anniversary

[claudia1829things]

Happy 25th Anniversary "THE PHANTOM MENACE"!

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Who’s going to watch The Phantom Menace in theatres!! I am very excited for this.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

PREQUEL JUNKIES, REJOICE!! -- BOUGHT MY TICKET FASTER THAN THE PODRACE AT BOONTA EVE.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1350x2000 -- Spotlight on"STAR WARS: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" 25th Anniversary poster design by Matt Ferguson, returning to theaters on May 3, 2024 to commemorate the film's latest milestone.

OVERVIEW: "Every saga has a beginning, including that of poster artist Matt Ferguson and his relationship with "STAR WARS: The Phantom Menace." It started with the original theatrical release in 1999, which followed a huge buildup — it was the first "STAR WARS" film since 1983’s "Return of the Jedi" — and level of anticipation seen by few movies. For 15-year-old Ferguson, living in Sheffield in the UK, the hype was real.

PART 1: “I was actually doing work experience at the time in an office through school, and I remember just being so excited about the new "STAR WARS" movie,” he tells StarWars.com. “I went out and bought this Darth Maul action figure on a lunch break and everybody else was just so excited for it. And then we got to go see it. And I can remember I just loved it.”

PART 2: Fast forward 25 years later, and Ferguson — still based in Sheffield — has been tapped to create the official poster to mark the film’s quarter-centennial milestone. It follows his anniversary art made for "The Empire Strikes Back"��and "Return of the Jedi," and will be seen in theaters around the world as "The Phantom Menace" returns to cinemas starting May 3.

PART 3: The poster is a beautiful image, featuring Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a regal Queen Padmé Amidala, with Darth Maul’s piercing eyes looming over everything. Earth tones drive the painting, from the twin suns to Jedi robes, in a significant change from his earlier "STAR WARS" work. For Ferguson, the idea of what the poster would be came surprisingly easily.

PART IV: “The key thing is to go on the memory of the film. These are anniversary posters, so it's kind of like, what's my personal memory of the film when it was coming out — almost like, before it came out.” And one specific element plays a big part in Ferguson’s memory.

PART V/END: “The color comes into it a lot for me,” he says. “So there's reds and golds, and I remember a lot of the marketing at the time and a lot of the stuff in toy shops, because I always liked action figures and things, was that kind of color. So that was the thing that I keyed on for this one. I wanted that rich, warm color.""

-- STARWARS.COM, "Matt Ferguson on His Stunning Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Poster," by Dan Brooks, published February 12, 2024

Source: www.starwars.com/news/matt-ferguson-the-phantom-menace-25th-anniversary.

[earth-1218designate]

[hopecomesbacktolife]

$4.99 at the grocery store can actually be something so personal

(red background for the queen amidala color theme) it’s so tiny and strangely cute for a separatist battle droid machine!! the circular cap on the front and the extended blaster thing both rotate vertically, and the top part of the structure also rotates horizontally as well

also that little stand with the blaster isn’t part of the official instructions but is made from the kit’s extras, and tbh since looks intentional, I decided to roll with it✨

[gffa]

*slams this comic down and yells about it* It's not that feelings are wrong, it's that they are Level 100 Space Psychics whose emotions are the foundation of their connection to the energy field that gives them those abilities. A Jedi can literally crush someone's windpipe with their mind. A Jedi can move so fast a regular person could never keep up with them, they could slice right through you before you could do more than twitch. A Jedi is placed in a position where lives are going to depend on how well they can handle a crisis. Feelings are normal, natural, and the Jedi have never said to suppress them. But instead that control is vital and this is exactly why--because using the Force through anger and fear is the dark side, that's literally what the Force is, your emotions. Jedi have to have higher standards than most people because otherwise people will die. Qui-Gon is not the first to say this (off the top of my head, I remember instances of Obi-Wan saying it in The Clone Wars, I remember Depa saying it in the Kanan comics, this is basically what Yoda was talking about in ESB) because this is what the Jedi teach and live by. Check yourself before you wreck yourself, because wrecking yourself is going to get a lot of people hurt.

[comicwaren]

From Star Wars: Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special #001

Art by Will Sliney and GURU-eFX

Written by Greg Pak

[vhshistory]

The VHS release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (2000)

[beandraws]

Happy 4th!!

[cyanshootingstar]

[eawasekaruta]

Duel of the Fates

[cruella1989]

Jar Jar Binks and Anakin Skywalker

Picked up the 25th Anniversary comic of The Phantom Menace yesterday at the local comic shop. I really like some of the extra details added to it.

I thought this little conversation between Jar Jar and Anakin, right after Skywalker’s interview, was especially sweet.

[hopecomesbacktolife]

GUESS WHAT I GOT TO SEE IN THEATERS TONIGHT 🫶🏻

star wars prequels!! my beloved!!!

happy 25th anniversary of the phantom menace ♡

[gffa]

OOOUUGGHHH I'M GONNA CRY, Obi-Wan going after Anakin to check on him and tell him he believed in him and he had a place as a Jedi, all while still grieving Qui-Gon's still recent death, like this guy just lost his father figure and he's still stopping to ask, "Are you all right?" and reaching out to put a reassuring hand on Anakin??? EXCUSE ME I NEED TO GO LOOK AT THE ENDLESS FATHOMS OF THE OCEAN FOR AWHILE THAT IS ALL THAT CAN ENCOMPASS MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

[feeilix]

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

[comicwaren]

“I had a dream. I... I was a Jedi.” -- Anakin Skywalker

Cover art for Star Wars: Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special #001

Art by Phil Noto