A good Star Wars title is a tricky thing. You need something short, dramatic, with a little nostalgia for the old Flash Gordon serials, but not so much that it becomes goofy. That's the real failing of the titles of Episodes I and II is that they're too goofy and too referential to the Flash Gordon tradition. The Phantom Menace is clearly taken from chapter ten of the original Flash Gordon serial "The Unseen Peril". The serial chapters for Flash Gordon are very silly, so you have to be careful when trying to evoke that nostalgia that you don't fall into the trap of being too campy.

Vaderios: I've been struggling with those repeated words. I agree, there's too much repetition of terms in the crawl. I'll be bashing out another draft tonight.

Bingo: I've never really liked the name Gunray. Like many of the names George came up with for the prequels, it's silly and goofy. Also, I think pinning the scheme on one individual is less threatening than having it be the machinations of a powerful and corrupt organization. That's just my thoughts on it.

Frink: Not to worry, if I don't end up using the gathering storm it won't be because someone else has.