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ArtScience on Screen: Season of the Force

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The Season of the Force is a film programme that accompanies ArtScience Museum's new exhibition, STAR WARS™ Identities.

The creator of STAR WARS™, George Lucas has noted that the exhibition "will engage that connection where fantasy meets reality, with a dash of reflection and adventure.”

The Season of the Force will illuminate the cinematic universe that inspired the exhibition, through screenings from the series, plus film presentations which explore the storyworlds, ideas and visual styles which influenced George Lucas. The season showcases the timeless appeal of the iconic space opera series, as well as providing insight into the films, directors and aesthetics which shaped George Lucas' art and provided the blueprint for the canon’s universe. Season of the Force begins in January and will culminate in May around Star Wars Day – May the 4th.

STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)

Age 8+
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday - 11:30am
Sunday - 10.15am

See the first fateful steps in the journey of Anakin Skywalker. Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn discover nine-year-old Anakin, a young slave unusually strong in the Force.-

STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)

Age 9+
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday - 3.40pm
Tuesday and Thursday - 12.45pm
Sunday - 1.05pm

Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)

Age 12+
Tuesday and Thursday - 3.40pm
Saturday - 6.35pm
Sunday - 4pm

Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding.

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