"EVERY SAGA HAS A BEGINNING..."

Monday 16 September 2019

THE 'PHANTOM' AT TWENTY: A HINT OF DARKNESS...


No child is born evil. Nonetheless, a dark aspect of Anakin Skywalker's personality come to the fore early, as seen in this ultimately deleted scene from EPISODE I where the young Pod Racing champion fights off hurtful accusations of cheating from an equally young Rodian bully...named Greedo!

The scene, cut from the film because Lucas didn't yet want to show any major negative aspects to young Anakin, thankfully made it to later DVD release.

"In EPISODE I we meet Anakin, and he's this perfect little boy, but in the music (by John Williams) there's some minor chords which tell us, 'Uh-oh, something's not right. There's some damage here.'"

Rick McCallum - Star Wars Insider magazine - 2002

Anakin confers with Wald (Warwick Davis).

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