I can’t think of many movies that carried the amount of hype that this movie did upon its release. Off the top of my head, the movie that comes closest is the 1989 Batman. Like Batman 1989, “The Phantom Menace” was ubiquitous in pop culture. If you were present in society at all in 1999 … More Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Lucasfilm, 1999)
If there’s one thing I learned through the years about Lucasfilm, is that they are very shrewd when it comes to making money. I noticed that they came up with reasons to re-release the original trilogy on video and laserdisc. In 1995, it was the last time you could be able to own the original … More Star Wars Limited Edition DVDs (20th Century Fox, 2006)
It is hard to describe exactly how hyped Episode 1 was leading to its release. It is easily the most anticipated movie I have experienced. Any information about the movie was quickly spread throughout the internet, and even occasionally actually made the news. When the first trailer came out, there was a listing on the … More Star Wars: Defeat the Dark Side (1999)
Twenty years ago in August of 1995 Star Wars fans were at a pivotal crossroads that few of us would actually have believed at the time. 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm announced that they were going to release the original Star Wars trilogy for the home market one last time. The release was in the … More Star Wars THX Home Video Release (1995)
It was 20 years ago when Star Wars began it’s incredible resurgence in the public eye. After roughly a decade of taking a back seat to various other franchises such as Transformers, Ghostbusters, He-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was time for the masses to rediscover the magic of that universe far far away. … More Princess Leia Organa (Kenner, 1995)
Screen legend and all around renaissance man Christopher Lee passed away on June 7 at 93 years old. Lee had already been a legend in Hollywood long before I was born. Playing an assortment of stock characters for a decade during the post war period he had his big breakthrough in 1957’s “The Curse of … More In Memory of Christopher Lee
Some of you may enjoy the Star Wars films but not follow all of the goings and happenings outside of the movies themselves. If you wanted to you could literally spend a lifetime just reading up on characters that were in the movies for exactly two frames worth of film. If you have watched the … More R5-D4 Action Figure (The Power of the Force, 1996 Kenner)
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