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| Events that occur between 1,000 and 0
years before the Battle of Yavin. |
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![[cover]](images/phantom-menace.jpg)
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Title: |
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The Phantom Menace
(aka Episode I: The Phantom Menace) |
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Authors: |
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Terry Brooks (George Lucas),
Patricia C. Wrede, Henry Gilroy, et. al. |
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Hardback Novel,
PAPERBACK NOVEL, Junior Novelisation,
Comic Book Series, Graphic
Novel , Manga Graphic Novel, Photo
Comic Book |
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Published: |
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1999, 1999, 1999, 1999,
1999, 2000, 2005 (2007) |
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Synopsis:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long
believed dead is stirring. Now the dark side of the Force threatens
to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands
between hope and doom for the entire galaxy.
The Jedi-Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, young Obi-Wan
Kenobi, are charged with the protection of Amidala, the young queen
of Naboo, as she seeks to end the siege of her planet by Trade
Federation warships. This quest brings Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and one of
the Queen's handmaidens to the sand-swept streets of Tatooine and
the shop where the slave boy Anakin Skywalker toils and dreams of
finding a way to win freedom from enslavement for himself and his
beloved mother. His only hope lies in his extraordinary instincts
and his strange gift for understanding the "rightness" of
things. It is this unexpected meeting that marks the beginning of
the drama that will become legend...
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Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 32 years before the Battle of
Yavin. |
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Related Stories (in
chronological order):
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Hardback covers:
Published in 1999 with four
different sleeve jackets:
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Cover: hardback #1 |
Cover: hardback #2 |
Cover: hardback #3 |
Cover: hardback #4 |
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Junior Novelisation:
Written by Patricia C. Wrede and published in 1999:
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Cover: junior
novelisation |
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Comic Book covers:
Published May 1999 by Dark
Horse Comics in 4 issues:
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Cover: issue 1 |
Cover: issue 2 |
Cover: issue 3 |
Cover: issue 4 |
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Cover: issue 1 (photo
cover) |
Cover: issue 2 (photo
cover) |
Cover: issue 3 (photo
cover) |
Cover: issue 4 (photo
cover) |
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Graphic Novel:
Written by Henry Gilroy et. al. and collecting together issues 1 to
4 of the comic book series, published in 1999
by Dark
Horse Books:
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Cover: graphic novel |
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Manga Graphic Novel:
Adapted from the screenplay by George Lucas featuring artwork by Kia
Asamiya and published in 2000 by Dark
Horse Books in 2 issues:
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Cover: issue 1 |
Cover: issue 2 |
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Photo Comic Book:
First published 2005 by TokyoPop as Cine-Manga
(restricted territories), republished in August 2007 by Dark
Horse Books:
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Cover: photo comic book |
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