Sunday, 26 June 2011

Every movie has a beginning

Quote of today
"Captain."

Qui-Gon Jinn utters the first words in the movie.
The Phantom Menace
Today...
year 1997 did the filming begin for The Phantom Menace
year 2000 did the filming begin for Attack of the Clones
year 2003 was the release in USA of the Star Wars Galaxies, An Empire Divided

The filming of The Phantom Menace took place in the Tunisian desert for the Tatooine scenes. The podrace was filmed in a canyon near Sidi Bouhlel and Oung Jmel. A set was built near Oung Jmel to represent Mos Espa on Tatooine. The Slave Quarters Row was filmed in Ksour's near Tataouine and Ksar Medenine. Small parts were filmed in Royal Caserta Palace in Italy, Whippendell Woods in the United Kingdom. Studio work was mainly done at Leavesden Studios in the United Kingdom.

Above information can be found in the documentary "The Beginning" Making Episode I, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace DVD documentary, [2001], bonus disc". The documentary follows the producton team from five month before the start of filming to the premiere day.
Source is Wookieepedia and Answers.com


Principal photography of Attack of the Clones primarily took place at 20th Century Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. Location shooting took place in the Tunisian desert, at the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain, in Italy at the Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como, and in the former royal Palace of Caserta. Pick up shots took place in Ealing Studios in United Kingdom.
Exactly where the information come from is not noted at the sources Wookieepedia and Answers.com

Star Wars Galaxies, An Empire Divided, was the original part of this MMORPG.

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