The prequel to the Current STARWARS Trilogy, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (due out on May 21, 1999) focus's of young Anakin Skywalker (Played by Jake Lloyd. He was Arnold Schwarzenegger's son in "Jingle All The Way") and his life as a child, before the Empire. Young Anakin lives in Mos Espa, on the planet of Tatooine, where he is found by a young Obi-wan Kenobi (Played by Ewan McGregor, star of Trainspotting) and is taught the beginnings of the Force and how to be a Jedi, which, in this time period, are the guardians of Justice. But the Jedi council does not want Anakin taught the ways of the force because of a prophecy. A prophecy that says a young jedi will come with the power to balance the force, with the Dark Side.
Actors in Episode I:
Jake Lloyd- Young Anakin Skywalker
Ewan McGregor- Young Obi-wan Kenobi
Liam Neeson- Qui-Gon Jin
Natalie Portman- Young Queen of the Old Republic
Pernella August- Shmi Skywalker (Anakin's
Mother)
Frank Oz- Yoda (he played Yoda in TESB and ROTJ)
Kenny Baker- R2-D2(He's returning to R2-D2)
Samuel L. Jackson- Jedi Master Mace Windu
Character's Appearing from the Trilogy:
Yoda
Obi-wan Kenobi
R2-D2
Jabba the Hutt
The beginning's of C-3PO
Emperor Palpatine before he was Emperor
I'll bring you more on Episode I as I find out. Coming soon the Star
Wars Episode I trailer
(So
you don't have to wait at StarWars.com).
