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The latest Padawan Post has arrived and here are some features for you to enjoy:

Match the Music to the Scene: Classic Trilogy Soundtrack
How well do you know the music of the classic trilogy? Perhaps not as well as you know the images... but you might surprise yourself! Challenge your knowledge of the Special Edition Classic Trilogy soundtrack by playing this fun game, Match the Music to the Scene. There are ten entries, each replete with a short selection of music and two images of scenes from the classic trilogy. Listen to the mood and pace of each piece of music and then click on the scene you think the music is from. It's that easy... or is it? Turn up your computer speakers! You may never listen to Star Wars the same way again. Click here to play now.

'Boba Fett' Author Answered Your Questions!
Early this summer StarWarsKids.com provided kids an opportunity to submit questions to Elizabeth Hand, author of the Boba Fett series books Maze of Deception and the upcoming release Hunted. Questions came in from across the galaxy and Elizabeth has answered them. This fun feature takes you inside the writing process and deeper into the story of your favorite young bounty hunter, Boba Fett. Click here to read what Liz had to say about Boba and his challenges... um, her challenges. :-)

Star Wars Book Reviews
The reviews are in! Padawans have been submitting reviews of their favorite Star Wars books and they're available for viewing. For example, "I like Cloak of Deception because it is very interesting to see how Darth Sidious began to create his influence inside the Senate and how in the end he came into power. The best part is when you discover the conspiracy behind every move. I learned that your friends are not always who you imagine." ~ Padawan Padmenj

Which Star Wars books have you read? Review them here and read comments submitted by Padawans. You can also access a handy "Series Summary" page to learn about Star Wars book series - their summaries, major characters, featured planets, and when each series takes place on the Star Wars timeline. Click here to read reviews, submit a review and check out series summaries.

Site Highlight ~ Printable Star Wars Bookmarks
Enhance your Star Wars books with colorful, printable bookmarks. More than 30 characters and creatures spanning the saga are available for you to print and tuck between the pages of your favorite books. There are 2-3 bookmarks on each printable page and each page is organized by theme, such as "Allies," "Apprentices," "Pilots" and more. Click here to view and print now.

On-Going ~ Padawan of the Week
Each week one StarWarsKids.com Padawan is honored as the "Padawan of the Week" for their participation in the Viewscreen communities. The Viewscreens are kid-safe message boards where participants discuss all aspects of Star Wars. These Padawans are especially recognized for their interesting Star Wars questions and comments, their friendly debate skill, and their welcoming spirit to all new participants. The Padawan Post is proud to highlight recent honorees,

August 14, from the Padawan Viewscreen: "2 PadméJG2003: I think that Padmé was sad 'cause she'd seen her love, Anakin, become evil & she thought that there was no return 4 him & mourned the fact that he would never b a father 2 her children."
~ Padawan Aayla

August 7, from the Padawan Viewscreen: "No way! There is no way to have a good Sith. Sith only think about themselves and what they want. They don't care about other people. Sith can turn good but before they turn good they are BAD!"
~ Padawan soara-darra

July 31, from the Saga Talk Viewscreen: "I don't think Boba was a bad kid. Kids learn almost everything from their parents and Boba grew up around Jango's morals (and from what I hear Jango had a bad childhood) so that's what he became."
~ Padawan Siri Meetro0

Click here to learn more about the Viewscreens and the Padawan of the Week award.

Posted: by Jedi Power

Do you collect the toys of the concepts you've designed?

Yes, that's a very cool part that happens after the movie comes out, to see the toys and video games that use those designs and allows them to exist a little more. As a designer there's nothing quite like holding a model of your design. It's very cool.

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In Star Wars Galaxies, for the first time thousands of players can live the Star Wars saga and become immersed in the classic Star Wars universe simultaneously. Players can interact with characters from classic Star Wars including Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo and many other favorites on 10 different planets/environments in the largest Star Wars game in history.

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TheForce.net has another cool spy report talking about a little "action" from Episode III. Spoilers - Highlight to read: Early on us members were told that we would help visualize Anakin progressing to how we know him from the Classic Trilogy. By that I understood he would be closely resemble the mechanical Darth Vader we all know and love. He'll lose more of himself and become more and more machine. It is true - I'll tell you how he does that in one way tonight.

Here is what they had planned at the stage of involvement where I was at. Anakin loses his right leg after the fight - and yes, Anakin and Obi-Wan do battle it out in the lava environment we've dreamed about since the early days. More as I dare.

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The Official Star Wars Site has announced a new online chat for tonight. George Lucas has long asserted that Star Wars movies are period pictures, and the incredibly detailed and beautiful costumes of Episodes I, II and III have made that a striking reality. These costumes are the work of Trisha Biggar, Costume Designer for the prequel trilogy. She has freed up time in her busy schedule for an online chat with Hyperspace members this week.

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Is ILM able to use any of the digital models and animation that animatics create? Or vice-versa? Or do you each develop from scratch?

Because we are not creating a final product our resources are not appropriate for the final shots. That being said ILM has used our Maya projects for reference and for some spaceship and camera animation. They do edit the animation to varying degrees but having our projects does save them time in the end.

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TheForce.net has a spy report that claims we will definitely see another Original Trilogy character in Episode III. Who is it? Spoilers - Highlight to read: Fans for some time have continued to speculate on whether or not Tarkin would appear in Episode III. The Grand Moff would have to be a younger version and bear a striking resemblance to the veteran actor - considering the powerful performance that Peter Cushing gave in the original Star Wars.

Anyhow, here's what I know: he is in Episode III. I'm not sure who's playing him and how large the role is - but who cares - I can tell you he's in 100% for sure.

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