A blank post; to be used for a possible future category (if ever needed).
Instead of having a blank post here, until a new category is made for this post (if it ever is), here are some OT•com threads discussing ‘the anticipation of the Prequel Trilogy films’; what we as fans at the time were hoping for, expecting, envisioning.
Which was likely based on what we’d already been told about in the OT & EU in the years before the release of the PT films:
• The Prequels as Envisioned by the (Pre-PT) Expanded Universe (2012 thread)
• How the EU and the OT described Anakin Skywalker, Palpatine and the Jedi Knights before the PT films? (2023 thread)
• Star Wars Prequels were mapped out in 1981, only nothing like the way they turned out (2013 thread)
• Interesting Hypothesis of the Prequels Story from the Mid 90’s (2005; ‘Looking Back To The Future Of Star Wars’, by John L. Flynn)
• What did we all expect from the Prequel Trilogy? (2004 thread)
• How did you envision the Prequels? (2007 thread)
• What were your original expectations for the PT? (2007 thread)
• How did you imagine The Star Wars Prequels before they came out? (2011 thread)
• What did you think the Clone Wars were gonna be? (2005 thread)
• How did you imagine the Emperor taking over? (2005 thread)
• Did you think Dagobah was Yoda’s homeworld before the Prequels were made? (2022 thread)
• How you pictured Anakin pre-PT (2015 thread)
• The Jedi Purge | a general discussion (2024 thread)
^ the above discussions are from the much larger ‘An Index of Relevant OriginalTrilogy•com Threads’ category, found below.
Also of interest may be:
Phil Tippett on the Special Editions: “They’re shit” + £2b for George to direct the Prequels (2021 thread)
^ it also features some of the hype, PR campaigns, merch and marketing for the Prequels, and reviews of the PT at the time and since.
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Don’t know if it has previously been posted elsewhere on this site , but here is a link to an article from Cinescape magazine speculating on the prequels in 1995 . Found on Reddit …https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/10vv3qk/cinescape_magazines_predictions_for_the_prequels/
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also , a Cinescape magazine from November of 97 ,after some of the actors had been cast ,but still full of speculations …found on the archive …https://archive.org/details/cinescape-11-97/page/42/mode/2up
very interesting how close to what ended up being Jango’s armor color scheme is on that cover !
Maybe someone will do an “info thread” for ‘the anticipation of the Prequel Trilogy films’, full of sources from the time?
A Thread Index:
• Introduction
• A quick note on ‘Canon’ (yep, I know…)
• Timelines: Story Events and Alterations
• Settings, Planets and Systems | Organisations and Governments
• The Jedi (as an Order Of Knights; their Way Of Life, the Force, Robes, Lightsabers etc)
• Characters and Biographies | Protagonists and Allies (including changes of persona or origin story)
• Characters and Biographies | Antagonists, Adversaries and their Allies (including changes of persona or origin story)
• Miscellaneous
• Blank Post (a spare post for possible future use; if ever required)
• A list of ‘Suggestions, Claims, Memories, and Posts’ on more pre-PT era material: to be checked and confirmed
• Index of Relevant OriginalTrilogy.com Threads
• Credits