For those who missed Bonus DVD I shared a while ago.
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Hollywood storyboard artist Marc Baird was brought in by Chris Roberts to 'board the extravagant intro sequence, in 1998/1999. Here are some of his storyboards. After watching the intro in its full glory on this DVD, you'll be able to understand the storyboards better.
The intro was created by Digital Anvil's visual effects team (after finishing the Wing Commander movie) during 1999, and the 5.1 soundtrack was created by Soundelux DMG in Hollywood, in February 2000.
The anonymous narrator role, who in this DVD product is revealed as the character of "Atticus Rockford", was performed by actor Xander Berkeley - who ALSO performs the roles of Sam Lonnigan and Dexter Hovis later in the game (a pretty varied set of performances there!).