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Time for a new series! I'll be analyzing one image from the films each week. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Eh, maybe I'll think of a better title for the series later. But let's get started.



Episode I starts quietly enough, which generated some rather petty complaints in my opinion. It really doesn't take long for the ambassadors' peaceful arrival to devolve into an intense confrontation, leading to our first thrilling look at the fighting prowess of two fully-trained Jedi Knights. And it starts with this tantalizing image.

To the battle droids, who presumably have very little data about the Jedi in their memory banks, it's just two strange lines of light appearing in the fog. There was a little fake-out first with the protocol droid showing up, so now their guard is down. Surely the ambassadors are dead by now. But we know better. We know what those lightsabers presage. Sure enough, the Jedi emerge seconds later and make quick work of the battle droids. It's a highly evocative choice to show the sabers appearing first amid the fog. For a moment, it almost seems like the weapons are floating on their own, a delightfully eerie image.

Fog of various sorts will appear frequently in the saga, a useful way of denoting uncertainty, mystery and suspense. A fitting introduction for the first use of lightsabers in Episode I.

Next time, a striking vista....
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