In 1977, George Lucas released Star Wars, the ultimate sci-fi popcorn flick-turned-pop-culture myth machine. It quickly became the biggest money-making film of all time and changed the shape of the film industry. After two successful sequels (1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi) that extended the story of the first film, Lucas took some time off to produce movies for others, with mixed success. In 1999, Lucas returned to the Star Wars saga with a new approach -- instead of picking up where Return of the Jedi left off, Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace would be the first of a trilogy of stories to trace what happened in the intergalactic saga before the first film began. Here, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson); Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a nine-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter, but when they arrive on Naboo they are brought to Amidala (Natalie Portman), the Naboo queen, by a friendly but opportunistic Gungan named Jar Jar. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan plan to escort Amidala to a meeting of Republic leaders in Coruscant, but trouble with their spacecraft strands them on the planet Tatooine, where Qui-Gon meets Anakin, the slave of a scrap dealer. Qui-Gon is soon convinced that the boy could be the leader the Jedis have been searching for, and he begins bargaining for his freedom and teaching the boy the lessons of the Force. The supporting cast includes Pernilla August as Anakin's mother, Terence Stamp as Chancellor Valorum, and Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi master Mace Windu. Jackson told a reporter before The Phantom Menace's release that the best part about doing the film was that he got to say "May the Force be with you" onscreen. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Quick Facts
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) is Rated PG
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) was released on February 10, 2012
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) has a critic review score of 57
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) has an audience score of 62
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) is No Longer In Theaters
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton / CNN.com
Nov 15, 2002
There are no romance, no humor, ultimately nobody to care about in this oddly sterile movie.
Rick Groen / Globe and Mail
Mar 22, 2002
It does the job just fine. That job, as director George Lucas freely admits, is quite simply to thrill the beating hearts and the inquiring minds of 12-year-old boys.
Jack Mathews / New York Daily News
Jan 01, 2000
With Phantom, Lucas has brought the series to the brink of total artificiality, the future as a video game.
Steve Murray / Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan 01, 2000
Too bad writer-director Lucas left out the gee-whiz enthusiasm of the original movies. He also left out memorable characters. He left out the fun.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) Cast:
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