Shooting the Mos Espa Grand Arena miniature for the Podrace sequence.

Painting a Jar Jar costume bust in the creature shop.

Ray Park sits for his Darth Maul makeup.

Preparing to film the Senate vote against Chancellor Valorum.

Security protects the entrance ramp to the Naboo Royal Starship. The ship and background, shot on blue screen, would be added later.

Life-size Podracer props on-set, used for closeups.

Ray Park (left) practices with assistant stunt coordinator Andreas Petrides.

Naboo N-1 starfighter prop on-set.

Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the original trilogy, returns for select scenes.

Filming the Tatooine trek sequence in Tunisia, with the ramp and blue-screen underbelly of the Naboo Royal Starship in the background.

The busy Mos Espa spaceport set in Tunisia.

In The Phantom Menace, C-3PO appears in an early form -- without his signature gold coverings. To bring this version of the droid to life, production employed a mixture of techniques old and new: A puppeteer employed the classic Japanese Bunraku method, standing behind C-3PO, and was digitally erased.

Ray Park is catapulted backwards during a fight scene in Tunisia.

Full-scale prop of Sebulba's Podracer, used for closeups.

Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) leads her security forces into the Naboo Royal Palace -- in front of a blue screen that would be filled in later.

Filming the Jedi's arrival at the Naboo Royal Palace.