EPISODE I BEHIND THE SCENES: PICTURE FIVE - RACE DAY ARRIVAL

Day Five of our Behind the Scenes of EPISODE I photos linked to its 3D re-release this week shows our young hero Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) arriving with his eventual true love Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman), mother Shmi (Pernilla August) and friend Kitster (Dhruv Chanchani) at the Boonta Eve Pod Race arena. The only human capable of the fast paced and highly dangerous sport, Qui-Gon knows that their encountering of Anakin, who clearly possesses Jedi reflexes, is no accident, and that the fate and will of the Force is at work...

With no animatronic creatures built for this scene, the group of actors are on blue screen mounts with the Eopie creatures beings later superimposed with CGI. The Pod Race hangar was built in large size with part pods, again with lots of blue screen backing for background model extensions, at LEAVESDEN.

Back on the Big Screen: STAR WARS EPISODE I : THE PHANTOM MENACE, now in 3D!