Welcome back to our Sci-Fi Film Festival. This week, I continue my conversation with Mike Beidler about Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (TPM) as we chat about canons and legends. You can find the first half of the conversation here, including details about Mike's own role in the storytelling of Star Wars and his in-universe counterpart Myk Bidlor. … [Read more...] about Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 2)
The Phantom Menace
Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)
Welcome to the first Emerging Scholars Network Sci-Fi Film Festival! I'll be having a conversation here on the blog on various classic and current science fiction movies. Feel free to watch along and join the conversation. This week's film is 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. I'm joined by Mike Beidler. Mike is a retired U.S. Navy commander who is active with the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) and BioLogos and who has connections to Star Wars stories that I'll let him explain. … [Read more...] about Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)