Mauled: Ray Park, who originated the character with 'The Phantom Menace,' was expected to reprise as the character but was then written out, according to multiple sources. By Borys Kit, Aaron Couch ...

Ewan McGregor recently revealed the technical difficulties behind filming the iconic duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul (Ray Park), and Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in Star Wars: Episode I - The ...

Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are two of the biggest characters in all of Star Wars, but what exactly were they doing between Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II ...

Neeson was going to play Obi-Wan, the older mentor Jedi who discovers Anakin Skywalker. Meanwhile, McGregor would have been Qui-Gon, his padawan learner. Obi-Wan would have still died in battle, and ...

Evan is a writer and lifelong sci-fi and fantasy fan. His background is in communications, writing tutoring, and songwriting. He majored in history and was a staff writer for the arts section of his ...

Artist Iain McCaig did character artwork for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; in a new interview, McCaig discusses one big idea that crossed his desk but didn’t make it into the finished film. That idea ...

George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” has a clear set-up/pay-off as the reason for its existence: young, innocent child Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) will grow up to become Darth ...

As Star Wars fans, it’s tempting to fixate on everything wrong with the franchise under Disney. But even the most anti-Disney devotees must admit that the House of Mouse occasionally nails the brief, ...