The Bearded Trio

A Retrospective Look At Star Wars Behind The Magic Way back In 1998 the Star Wars buzz was back mainly thanks to the imminent arrival of Episode One. The Internet screeched at 56K all around the world as fans tried to find out that little bit of information about the upcoming movie and Star Wars in general. Video clips would take an age to load and when they did they were low resolution and in a small window on your screen. The web was a wonderful place for information even back then but for the multimedia experience, CD-ROM was still the way to go to get a true audio and visual experience. Imagine my excitement when I got my hands on Lucasarts’  Star Wars Behind The Magic . Two CD-ROM’s packed with more information on Star Wars than I had ever seen before, plus on disc one was a preview of The Phantom Menace. The discs were packed with photos from the Lucasfilm archives and footage never before seen including that now famous lost “Biggs scene” from A New Hope. My fa...

Star Wars: Behind the Magic - Who remembers that epic opening video or the Princess Leia fashion show?  And what about the weapons test?  Well I play all that in this video.  I hope you enjoy it. - Rob The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.

I take a look at disc two of Star Wars: Behind the Magic. Back in 1998 Lucasarts released a two disc interactive CD-ROM called Star Wars: Behind the Magic .  It was packed with information on Star Wars and included a tasty sneak peak of the yet to be released, The Phantom Menace. The discs came with videos, audio clips and photos some of which were never seen before. This was our source for the Force before the Internet. In the video below I take a quick look at disc two.  Let me know if you would like to see more including a video on disc one The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.

Way back In 1998 the Star Wars buzz was back mainly thanks to the imminent arrival of Episode One. The Internet screeched at 56K all around the world as fans tried to find out that little bit of information about the upcoming movie and Star Wars in general. Video clips would take an age to load and when they did they were low resolution and in a small window on your screen. The web was a wonderful place for information even back then but for the multimedia experience, CD-ROM was still the way to go to get a true audio and visual experience. Imagine my excitement when I got my hands on Lucasarts’ Star Wars Behind The Magic . Two CD-ROM’s packed with more information on Star Wars than I had ever seen before, plus on disc one was a preview of The Phantom Menace. The discs were packed with photos from the Lucasfilm archives and footage never before seen including that now famous lost “Biggs scene” from A New Hope. My favourite though was the raw footage of the Cantina scene with the ...