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EP I Shifts into Overdrive Recently downloaded the second Phantom Menace trailer (in a blazing
three hours). Besides the furious action, glorious CGI landscapes, and amazing
battledroids, there were several items I was quite pleased to behold - details that may
not have caught the eye of the casual viewer:
| Item One: Dazzling ROTJ-style metal bikini.
Scope the slave Liea outfit that blue-haired fox next to Jabba was sporting! I reckon
Lucas figured that when you've tapped into costuming genius like that there really is no
point in resisting. Even if this flick tanks (uh, right) a glimpse of that outfit alone is
worth the price of admission (though still won't be the same without Carrie Fisher poured
into it...) 
Item Two: Evil Goatee. Good
to see the mighty Goat being reinforced as a key element in the Prequels. It has been my
experience that a proper Vandyke requires about 30 days to sprout - jump on the wagon now
and join the ranks of the Prequel avant-garde.
Spoiler!
Item Three: KITT. The first trailer had me concerned that all his parts were
cut, but as you clearly saw, you just can't keep the Knight Rider down. I had been told
that he lost the part of "Vehicular Jedi Master" to that sweet Starsky and Hutch
car - such was apparently not the case. The scene where young Anakin and KITT bound gaily
across that grassy field chokes me up everytime I watch it...
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