• Best Villain: Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
• Best Hero: Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi
• Best Fight: Obi Wan Vs. Anakin on Mustafar

While these are extremely lightweight awards, the Star Wars prequels do have some history with them. After Episode I, Lisa Kudrow went before the Jedi Council to ask for permission to host the 2000 MTV Movie Awards and that was a great sketch. Also, Yoda’s fight in the climax of Episode II won in 2003 for Best Fight and the pod race won in 2000 for the Best Action Sequence. After the Special Editions, Chewbacca was awarded with a lifetime achievement award by Carrie Fisher.

The awards will tape on the 3rd of June and will air on the 8th of June on MTV. You can vote here to make sure Obi and Ani take home their prizes.

Duel of the Fates: Sanskrit Lyrics

Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Rahtamah Yoodhah Korah

Korah Syahdho Rahtahmah Daanyah

Korah Keelah Daanyah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah

Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah

Source : The Sheet Music for Duel of the Fates

What does it mean?
According to John Williams in his interview to the Star Wars Insider, the inspiration for the theme of DOTF was an old Celtic poem called ‘CAD GODDEU - The Battle of the Trees’. From the nine words used in the Sanskrit version it is evident that the entire poem has not been translated. The actual poem spans many pages. But a little knowledge of Sanskrit allows me to make the speculation that a general meaning might be ‘All the dread is mainly in the head’. This, to a certain extent, matches a line of the original poem, which says "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging, behind, in the head." Make what you want of it.

This story was originally sent to TheForce.net by DevanJedi of GalaxyFarAway.com

Newspaper clippings

In Gujarati

Ahmedabad Newspapers

Bombay paper

From the Lines
Hi! I (DevanJedi) just saw it in Hindi; and I must say, the dubbing was done well. I knew every line in English, so could tell the difference. It was well done; but for a bit of a heavy dose of  Hindi! Another problem was that the ‘profecy of the chosen one’ was reffered to as ’ chosen by God’! God? In Star Wars?

The voices were well done; Jar Jar sounded like himself, as did Watto, Boss Nass, and the Neimoidians. It was cool; and I’ll be off to see it again soon!

Pictures from the last country on earth to see TPM!

Thats me! DevanJedi of GalaxyFarAway.com reporting from Baroda, India!

Timings at Rajshree Cinema, Baroda, India!

Everybody’s been waiting for the 22nd of October


Half an hour before the first show; no one slept over from the night before to get tickets here!


The Hindi Poster!


More people just before the show started!

GalaxyFarAway.com – The Only Indian Star Wars Fan Site


Releasing in India – October 22nd, 1999

Very interesting Picture from Times of India :
Vajpayee and Musharraf in Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace!

• “Look… Obi-Wan is pretending he doesn’t know R2-D2.”


• “Is Chewbacca the only Wookiee that survives the Clone Wars?” (with great concern)

UPDATE: Stop the presses. It’s a $50 million opening day! I believe, even for adjusted dollar value it trumps anything that has ever preceded it.

Can we sink the Titanic? It’s too early to say, but many other records are going to be rewritten within the next few days as Episode III takes on the world. An estimated $16.5 million just from the midnight screenings bodes well for the prospects of highest gross for an opening day and four day weekend. Where we go from there- depends on you. How many times will you see it in the theatres?

Personally, I saw

• The Phantom Menace 7 times (3 English, 4 Hindi)
• Attack of the Clones 5 times (3 regular, 1 digital, 1 IMAX)
• Revenge of the Sith 1 time so far with many more to come…

Back then, we all wondered how things came to be the way they were. And each of us individually carried our own private version of Star Wars mythology. How we imagined- in our dreams, with our toys- how we imagined the galaxy far, far away came to be the way it was in the original trilogy.

This one- this movie- is for you. Personally. It is a big fat present with a bow on top specially gift wrapped for you. You who feared, doubted and secretly dreaded that the prequels wouldn’t live up to everything you had dreamt of. Henceforth there will be no more Star Wars movies and this one is our parting gift.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

—WH Auden

Lucas has played an elaborate chess game. For two and a half films George Lucas has only been placing his pieces in an intricate formation so that when we enter the final hour of Episode III we are blindsided at the rush of events as the film hurtles towards it’s inevitable conclusion. And oh what a magnificent climax.

Brave traveller- you must see it for yourself. But I will say this- the opening shot of the film is the most gorgeous and the final shot is the most emotional of any from the entire series so far.

There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;
There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak,
And bring a pallor into the cheek,
And a mist before the eye.
And the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill:
‘A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The film is not perfect- parts of the first half hour had me squirming in my seat. But there is a moment in the film- and I will leave you to discover which moment it is- after which the movie spins into overdrive and doesn’t recover until a few minutes before the end.. the beautiful, magical closing shot.

The circle is now complete. Star Wars is a finished masterpiece. My name is Devanshu Mehta, I am 25 years old and I have a Star Wars problem.