HOTT continues to divulge descriptions of the new pictures from the latest edition of the Star Wars Insider.

Qui-Gon and Shmi standing side by side watching something. Nothing particularly interesting. They're in Tatooine. Caption: "Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn stands on the back porch of the Skywalker hovel as he and Shmi Skywalker discuss the future of her son, Anakin."

Really cool shot of a full bodied Jar Jar, R2D2, and C-3PO. Great shot of the pod engines and the little arc. There's a moisture vaporator in the background. The shot in the teaser where Jar Jar shocks himself w/ the electricity is probably a different angle of this same scene. Caption: "The droids R2-D2 and an unfinished C-3PO try to steer clear of a couple live engines as Jar Jar Binks tinkers with an energy arc between them." The engines and the energy arc is really neat.

The next shot is simply incredible. It's a shot of two 'pit droids', with MASSIVE engines towering over top of them. I'm not sure if these are the pod engines' or not, as they look too big in relationship to the droids. Unless the droids are really short. They both have 'toadstool' heads, and they look REALLY cool! I think pictures of them were posted on the Internet sometime back as conceptual art. A really neat picture. Caption: "A couple of pit droids tend to their chores in the Podrace arena on the outskirts of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine."

The next shot is of Kenobi and Anakin. Nothing special, Kenobi kneeling down next to Anakin, both of them looking at something off camera. In some kind of ship. Caption: "Young Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi hav e much to discuss as they encounter Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn in a hallway of the Naboo Queen's ship."

The next shot is reason enough to subscribe to the Insider: the coolest Prequel picture I've seen yet. Sebulba. Also the coolest alien I've seen so far. He's decked out in his pod racing suit (goggles and 'padding') and is in the cockpit of his pod (which is yellow). The 'dreadlocks' hanging off his snout and ears look REALLY cool, and the goggles/helmet make him look spectacular! It sort of looks like he has more than two hands though. This is just a really cool shot, which will send you into geek-gasms the moment you see it. Honestly. I'm not sure if he is CGI or if it is a mock-up. Cool effect with the goggles: the lenses distort his eyes behind the goggles. Looks neat! Cool caption too. Caption: Sebulba, who is acknowledged as the best Podrace pilot in Mos Espa, will not hesitate to try any dirty trick to win a race."

Cool shot of a blue Pod being repaired by two technicians. There are some neat multi-colored flags in the background. I can't tell how many pods are in the shot though. Confusing design, but cool nonetheless! :) The pods all have a very airplane-cockpit-feel to them in the actual pod cockpit (the separate piece), but the engines look like hot rods. Very interesting mix. Caption: "Two Tatooine Podrace crew members work on a cockpit near the starting grid of the Mos Eisley arena."

Just a cleaner shot of the Jedi Council chamber scene shown in the trailer. Not a new angle or anything, same shot. Caption: "As the Coruscant sky fades into night, young Anakin Skywalker faces the probing questions of a senior Jedi, Mace Windu, as the other 11 members of the august and powerful Jedi Council pay close attention."

The last shot is of Senator Palpatine in his quarters, standing there facing the camera. There are large windows behind him with an INCREDIBLE view of Coruscant. Remember those production sketches of Coruscant way back when? Well, during the daytime, it looks EXACTLY the same. The canyons and towering 'atmosphere'-scrapers look REALLY cool. There is also a really weird alien behind Palpatine. Caption: "A concerned looking Senator Palpatine, pacing his quarters on Coruscant, discusses a weighty issue that affects the fate of his planet."

That's about it. The other shots of Darth Maul in the interview don't have any interesting descriptions and the previous guy that wrote the shorter descriptions summed them up pretty well, so I won't go into them.

Go and get the magazine! That has got to be motivation enough to subscribe to the Insider, right? Now, if we could just get someone to scan the pics and send them in...