Tom Jolliffe travels back in time 20 years to 1999 to look over the cinematic landscape… The millennium suddenly draws in. The century is in its final year. Cinema has a pre-occupation with apocalypse and disorder, chaos, among other things. It’s 1999. 20 years ago. That’s pretty frightening, but regardless, hold my hand, lets go […]
Star Wars Saga to receive new Blu-ray and DVD re-release
As revealed by Core of Movies on Twitter, Disney and Lucasfilm are set to issue Blu-ray and DVD re-releases of the first ten movies in the Star Wars saga to coincide with the upcoming arrival of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. As you can see above, the re-releases cover all ten films – The […]
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Ricky Church on the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace… For children of the 1980s and 90s, the Star Wars trilogy was exciting, groundbreaking and amazing, but it was all we would ever get of the galaxy far, far away. That is until this day 20 years ago on May 19th, 1999 […]
Natalie Portman reflects on the negative reception to the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Exactly 20 years ago today, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace arrived in theaters, simultaneously introducing a new generation to the galaxy far, far away whilst leaving another with a range of feelings, stretching from mild disappointment through to a level of anger and vitriol the likes of which wouldn’t be seen again […]
Some of the Star Wars: The Phantom Menace didn’t know Ian McDiarmid had dual roles
Ian McDiarmid, who played Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, says some of his co-stars didn’t know he had two roles. It has recently been revealed that Ian McDiarmid will be returning for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker but did you know that some of his co-stars didn’t know that […]
Hasbro unveils new Star Wars: The Black Series and Vintage Collection figures at Celebration
Hasbro has unveiled its newest Star Wars products toys at this year’s Star Wars Celebration which includes: a special edition retro prototype Darth Vader figure (available exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con and in limited quantities on Target.com), Black Series figures for an event exclusive Boba Fett, Clone Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi, Droid Depot 4-pack, Emperor Palpatine, […]
Funko’s Star Wars Celebration 2019 exclusive Pop! Vinyl figures unveiled
Funko has unveiled a new wave of exclusive Pop! Vinyl figures for Star Wars Celebration 2019 which includes 20th anniversary Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace versions of Darth Maul and Watto, along with blue and chrome versions of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Chewbacca, Yoda, Stormtrooper, and Princess Leia; check them out here… […]
Hot Toys’ Qui-Gon Jinn Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Movie Masterpiece Series figure revealed
Hot Toys has unveiled its 1:6 scale Movie Masterpiece Series Qui-Gon Jinn collectible figure which is based on the appearance of Liam Neeson as the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; check out the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles A venerable if maverick Jedi Master, Qui-Gon […]
Hasbro’s latest Star Wars: The Black Series, Vintage Collection and Phantom Menace 20th Anniversary action figures revealed
Yesterday we brought you a look at Hasbro’s new Kenner-inspired Star Wars Retro Collection action figure line, and now we’ve got further reveals from Toy Fair, including two Star Wars Celebration exclusive 20th Anniversary The Phantom Menace figures featuring Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as new Star Wars: The Black Series and Star […]
Updating the Yoda puppet for Star Wars: Episode I was a mistake says Empire puppeteer
A former artist and puppeteer for the Star Wars franchise has said that updating Yoda’s look was a mistake in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. When Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace arrived in cinemas all the way back in 1999, one of the first things people noticed was how different […]