But this time on the big screen. It's an amazing spectacle, like moving painting in and around Theed palace. UK Fan Day is coming in little over a month, but keep going to see it, we want to topple that formula-written travesty of a boat film.

Hopefully you saw Lucas on The Big Breakfast, definitely the best interview of them all. Lucas says he's got an eight page document at the ranch which details everything that happens in the Prequel Trilogy. I wouldn't mind a photocopy of that.

He was laughing all the way through especially when Jonny Vaughan came up with a brilliant quip (Paraphrasing: 'Some of the fans we've had on have criticised my SW knowledge, I've then pointed out to that many of them are overwieght and have problems talking to women'. Class). Someone one the BB Star Wars Shrine, with almost every piece of merchandise, with items signed by all of the cast and Lucas.

Episode I is out NOW, throw aside your bootlegs and rush to the cinema to see it. Eat a lot and have fun. There's a Jake Loyyd interview in the Telegraph as well.

TheForce.net has pics of the Royal Premire, which will probably be of extreme interest to the Natalie Portman fan site (Nudge, wink, ahem). Still, the less said about them the better.

George Lucas on the BB tommorow, set your videos. Again.

The title says it all really, so if you have a cable modem, T1 or ASDL and a disregard for copyright law pay a visit to the alt.binaries.vcd newsgroup.

Liam Neeson was on the Big Breakfast today. Nothing that interesting, it was basically a cut and paste of all his other intervies. He talked about mad fans and how even if his career had a nosedive he would never attend a Sci-Fi convention. He's doing well in emulating Alec Guiness.

Also take a look over on to TheForce.net if you're a more fanatical fan, as The Big Breakfast is looking for people to dress up in Star Wars gear, and the super-bland mind numbing show that is GMTV is looking for someone to be made up as Amidala.

Anthony Daniels was great on the Big Breakfast today. Throughout the show he joined in. Saffron from Republica (A mad SW fan) got his autograph and he had his Republica CD signed (Why?), after she waited for FIVE HOURS one time for his autograph. The also BB had five Star Wars fans in a cage and ONLY one could meet of C3PO himself.

One of the major points was George Lucas was going to Dub C3PO's voice! He riginally hated Daniels' voice but no other voice actor would fit his mannerisms. Thank the Maker indeed.

The Big Breakfast kicked off its Star Wars interviews yesterday with Brian Blessed (Everyone is on over the next two weeks, even Natlie Portman and Lucas himself). Pity I haven't got £150 to blow on a video capture card or I'd put some shots up.

Brian Blessed was excellent, and has possibly the loadest and deepest voice on earth. He was very enthusiastic about anything Star Wars, which is quite surprising considering what a Thespian he is. He talked about acting Boss Nass in front of a blue screen half a mile wide, that he came up with Boss Nass' clicking and face shaking antics. Liam Neeson and Natalie couldn't keep a straight face when they were doing their scenes with him. Lucas didn't actually tell him what to do with Boss Nass, he just left him to his own devices.

Hugh Quarshie and Warwick Davies were on today. Not as good as Brian Blessed but there was some footage shown from the Podrace and Coruscant. Hugh Quarshie explained his role and pointed out how he does have more screen time than Darth Maul when Johnny Vaughan was calling Panaka 'a smaller role'. Warwick Davies talked about being in both trilogies. Nothing earth-shattering really.

Ewan was on Parkinson (BBC1) last night, but kept pretty quiet about Star Wars. he moaned about Holywood (As a place), talked about researching the part for Trainspotting (Which is on again on Sunday on Channel 4), and said a little bit at the end about the new trilogy.

Rory Bremner who was also on had no idea about TPM! There actually is someone on earth who doesn't. Robbie Williams was also on playing the sickening 'Angels'. Him and Ewan chatted for a while but steered clear of Star Wars (Even though Williams has two Storm Trooper outfits and a Vader statue).

The Countingdown line starts again for the UK release, Lincoln is in London now so it looks like we'll be seeing Star Wars all over TV again. Check out Jedi3167's site, in case you missed the navbar icon, as he's supposed to be in line too. You won't be getting me down there. Unless some huge compant buys this site and pays me too.

Sorry for the lack of updates but more on that later, a point I'm slightly pissed off about. Anyway, I've posted a FAQ for the bootleg as I keep getting mail about it. Read that before you mail me concerning it.

Another point is some idiot on the message board complaining about the lack of updates. I don't update for the reason I have other things to do apart from update this page. Also, there's no reason to comment on every minute detail that's posted by other sites. You'll see from the post that this guy isn't exactly a rocket scientist. You can read my reply to him there, but another 'guest' post like that and the Guestbook goes.

Ray Park was on the Big Breakfast today. For once a good guest stopped for all of the show, most of the best ones the Big Breakfast has on leave after five minutes.

Not sure if he did anything beforehand but the first thing he did was demonstrate a few lightsaber moves using the new toy Darth Maul sabres. I've never really been able to put Ray Park without the make-up to Darth Maul, but the face he did today was exact (Maybe its because he doesn't frown as much in real life). Anyway, he showed Johnny Vaughan (? How do you spell that?) a few moves and faces from the film.

Johnny Vaughan interviewed him later on, showing One Truth again., ('A little sequence showing the new dark side' - in other words a cobbled together collection of footage from trailer B and One Truth). He talked about being called up by the Episode I stunt co-ordinator for the role. Johnny Vaughan was saying something about Darth Maul being the Darth for the new trilogy, Ray Park must have been trying to keep a straight face (Erm, he dies actually - he didn't say!). He went on to talk about the Magic Of Myth show and working on the film, the lightsaber noise stories again.

In the second part he showed Johnny Vaughan another move with the saber he flicked out both blades in one move but the camera moved onto the crew when he actually did it. Hopefully we'll see some more Episode I actors on The Big Breakfast, I'd like to see Neeson, but I don't think he'd go for the BB.

I've just seen it on my Video CD copy! The critics were crazy, I loced it and I'm a cynic! Even Jar-Jar (Notice I'm so happy I'm using exclamtion marks for once).

Update Well, where can you start on a film like this? Here goes.

First, I am not one of those fans who has palid skin and a Metallica t-shirt (Joke! No abusive mail!). I'm very cynical. I lowered my expectations after reading the reviews, and I have to say I had some reservations from reading the book. I read the book imagining the scenes and hoping, but thankfully I needn't have bothered.

Episode I is an amazing film. The Jar=Jar haters need to get out more. The critics of Jake Lloyd need to remember what nine-year old's behave like and realise just how well Jake acts. Ah, the critics, I remember reading the front page of The Times and its review. Most great acheivements have been panned at first release. The cultural zeitgeist for Britpop, Morning Glory by Oasis was marked down. Seargent Pepper by the Beatles was criticised. Surely you've heard the reactions to the first (fourth?) film on its release.

Even on a bootleg VCD it was amazing. Why the VCD? Did you think I'd wait until July 16th for this? Lucas has made the piracy situation worse by not having a worldwide release, hopefully he'll learn from this. Back to the point, the film surpassed my imagination's attempt at interpreting the book. Maybe you'll be disapointed, but the only reason for that I can think of is that you want more. After that opening crawl begins, you probably won't care. I had three friends in to watch it. their jaws were still dropped as they left. Let me point out all they had heard of the film was the trailers and bad reveiws, they had read no spoilers. If the film repeats the same impact on everyone in Britain, George has done well. As Roger Ebert said "How quickly we become accustomed to wonders".

To the people who, incredibly, class it as racist, please turn your attention to actual racism instead of making paranoid attacks on entertainment. You give civil rights a bad name. As Ahmed Best said, examine your own prejudices. The critics? Ignore them. Music critics favourite sound is that of their own voice. A film critic, especially the one from The Times (Don't get me started on that pompous outlet for the establishment), will not admit to liking a film as 'commercial' as Star Wars, they hide behind excuses for their criticism. They will not admit to liking any film not shot on Super 8 and without an 18 certificate. Star Wars is fun, don't let these people bring you down and go enjoy yourselves. Remember enjoying yorself? Before it went out of fashion?

Manchester United win the league, cup, and European cup treble AND Episode I in the same year!!!