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Shooting the Mos Espa Grand Arena miniature for the Podrace sequence.

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Behind the Scenes Gallery | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Behind-the-scenes photos and details from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

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    • Shooting the Mos Espa Grand Arena miniature for the Podrace sequence.
    • Painting a Jar Jar costume bust in the creature shop.
    • Ray Park sits for his Darth Maul makeup.
    • Preparing to film the Senate vote against Chancellor Valorum.
    • Security protects the entrance ramp to the Naboo Royal Starship. The ship and background, shot on blue screen, would be added later.
    • Life-size Podracer props on-set, used for closeups.
    • Ray Park (left) practices with assistant stunt coordinator Andreas Petrides.
    • Naboo N-1 starfighter prop on-set.
    • Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the original trilogy, returns for select scenes.
    • Filming the Tatooine trek sequence in Tunisia, with the ramp and blue-screen underbelly of the Naboo Royal Starship in the background.
    • The busy Mos Espa spaceport set in Tunisia.
    • In The Phantom Menace, C-3PO appears in an early form -- without his signature gold coverings. To bring this version of the droid to life, production employed a mixture of techniques old and new: A puppeteer employed the classic Japanese Bunraku method, standing behind C-3PO, and was digitally erased.
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