The Star Wars fandom bought right into a tizzy earlier this week when Empire Magazine teased one thing. Quite than being a take a look at the future of the franchise—like say, The Acolyte, Andor, or Dangerous Batch—it was all in regards to the previous. Because of Empire, we’re going again to the Prequels, babyyyyyyyy!
As a part of its bigger cowl story for the second set of Star Wars motion pictures, Empire’s revealed that Episode I: The Phantom Menace shall be making its manner again to theaters for a restricted time, beginning on Might 3. The (chronologically) first Star Wars film is 25 this yr, and like Return of the Jedi final yr, Disney’s marking the event by placing it again on the massive display screen. Additionally like Return and Empire Strikes Back’s respective fortieth anniversaries, there’s a model new poster from artist Matt Ferguson, which you’ll be able to see under. At time of writing, Disney hasn’t put the poster shall be up on the market.
The Phantom Menace initially launched on Might 16, 1999. Again then, its large cliam to fame was being the primary new film since Return in 1983. Again then, the sequence was saved alive with comics, the Expanded Universe novels, and video video games, which made the propsect of going again to Darth Vader’s origin thrilling. And the top outcome…was not what older followers actually wished. Whereas there was actually stuff to understand just like the visible results, John Williams rating, and that struggle between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul, every thing else wasn’t hitting fairly as a lot. However it made some huge cash—initially $924.3 million, then an additional $102.7 million with a 3D reissue in 2012, bringing it as much as $1.027 billion.
In 2019, we requested followers at Star Wars Celebration their emotions on Phantom, and lots of had been appreciative of what the movie was making an attempt to do. The Prequels have steadily gotten a re-examination within the final decade, so for many who haven’t seen the movie in a really very long time, this re-release is an efficient alternative to get in on that. In any case, it’s not like it will possibly get worse in any case this time.
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