During the hiatus, the backstories he created for the characters, particularly Anakin's own backstory, sparked interest in him to develop a prequel trilogy during the 1990s. The film was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox.įollowing the release of Return of the Jedi (1983), talks of a follow-up were proposed, but Lucas was unmotivated to return to the franchise. Joined by Anakin Skywalker-a young slave with unusually strong natural powers of the Force-they simultaneously contend with the mysterious return of the Sith. Set 32 years before the original trilogy, (13 years before the formation of the Galactic Empire), during the era of the Galactic Republic, the plot follows Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they try to protect Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo in hopes of securing a peaceful end to an interplanetary trade dispute. It is the fourth film in the Star Wars film series, the first film of the prequel trilogy and the first chronological chapter of the " Skywalker Saga". It stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz.
It's got it's moments, I'll defend it a little bit, but overall it's pretty cringey and pointless.Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. I still like the podracing scene, and that final fight is as good as it was back in the day with some stellar choreography. Not always for the right reasons, but it's got some fun stuff.
But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't at times an entertaining film. So it's a bad film, and at times it's pretty cringey. Even that is more of a background thing for all the other weird crap happening, and probably could just have been put in the opening scroll of the next film. What do we learn from this movie for the overall Star Wars mythos? Basically how Sidious rose to the status of chancellor. On top of that, it's really just not necessary. The writing is bad, the directing is awkward, and the CGI is about on par with a PlayStation 1 cutscene, if not worse. I don't know that I was ever bored by anything, but it's wildly inconsistent and just not well put together. I liked it well enough as a kid as a charming little adventure, but as an adult it's kind of a hard watch. Watching this thing years later, I can finally say, this is not a good movie.
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