While Lucas had used other ways of producing motion-based storyboards in the past, after The Phantom Menace the decision was made to take advantage of the growing digital technology.
Iako je Lucas u prošlosti koristio druge načine produkcije pokretnih nacrta (motion-based storyboards), nakon Fantomske prijetnje odlučeno je da se u potpunosti iskoristi znatan napredak digitalne tehnologije.