TPM Re-Release Poster

[lazypadawan]

It's impossible to find anything on starwars.com these days (but I do appreciate the SWPAS shoutout), so it wasn't until now that I saw on Twitter via @LightsaberRattling that they posted not only more stuff about Maul's Clone Wars debut and the TPM 3D trailer, they also posted the re-release poster:

http://www.starwars.com/news/darth_maul_returns_2012.html

Maybe it's a teaser, maybe it isn't. It's too bad Drew Struzan retired; I loved the stuff he did for the Special Editions in 1997. My only quibble is that um, there's no Quiggy, no Amidala, and no Anakin. Definitely no Jar Jar.

Comments

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

An Episode I poster without baby!Anakin? I'm...uhm...it's slightly disappointing, IMO.

[ladyaeryn.livejournal.com]

Well, they do have Anakin's podracer, at least, but... yeah, the original TPM teaser poster was much more epic.

[designersdilemma.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Yeah, the original TPM poster is iconic. I have one myself, taken from a friendly theater owner, hanging in a frame. This, I'm not really a fan of, but whatever.

No Qui-Gon? For shame.

[ansketil-rose.livejournal.com]

I find the idea of Maul in Clone Wars a bit... leery? I like his character arc. And he got sliced in half, for goodness sake! What are people going to do, clone him? Give him robot legs like in the comic??

[krpalmer.livejournal.com]

It does sort of have a "we're just including the characters the usual suspects complain the least about" feel to me; on the other hand, they're at least promoting the new computer-animated Yoda.

So far as the whole "Darth Maul returning" question goes, I have some ideas of how it might be done, but perhaps a bit of caution about thinking too much about it for fear I'll disagree with what's actually there. I suppose, though, that the "cybernetic legs" I did happen to see in one of the very few Star Wars comics I've looked at of late would be kind of "ridiculous fun" to me.

[darth-pipes.livejournal.com]

Yuck. I hate photoshop posters. It's bad enough that they do it with a lot of books now (particularly with SW and ST) but with movie posters its even worse. It's uncreative. I understand Drew Struzan retired but there has to be someone else out there who still draws movie posters.

[shadadukal]

The first thing that came to mind when I saw the poster was wondering where Qui-Gon, Padmé and Anakin are. And why is Darth Maul so big on the poster? I understand he is iconic, but having being the focus of the poster is somewhat odd.

[hsv-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Agree! xx

[jawajames.livejournal.com]

a thought on why perhaps Darth Maul and the podracers are so prominently displayed on the new poster... things that will look awesome in 3-D: the podrace and the duel. they are hyping up the action side of the movie in this poster because really... what is 3-D for?

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

That's a good point.

[hsv-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Where is Qui-Gon!? Sheesh!