Recommended music: Beedle The Bardcore – Ruff Ryders’ Anthem (Medieval Bardcore Version)
For this #StarWarsSaturday post from the archives, we don’t have just another podracer pilot, but instead have this pair of pod race announcers. It’s Fode and Beed!
This figure from the Power of the Jedi line corrects the version that was included in The Phantom Menace line just a year earlier. The TPM figure was not based on the likeness of the character we actually see on-screen. Instead, it was designed to reflect the character concept art. Besides the design change, the heads of the characters played by Greg Proops and Scott Capurro were on the wrong side of their body. The pair of comedians was originally filmed with makeup on their heads with the rest of their bodies in blue suits; however, the effect never worked convincingly, so Fodesinbeed Annodue became the completely CGI character we eventually see in the film.
“It’s Skywalker! The crowds are going nuts! – Fode and Beed
The Phantom Menace turned 26 years old as of last month, and I “figure” there’ll be a new Episode I figure to share here for the rest of the year. Happy 25+ years of The Phantom Menace!
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