SWNN Celebrates the 17th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace

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Seventeen years ago today, Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace was released in theaters around the world. Back in May of 1999, the world was jacked up on nostalgia-laced Star Wars Kool-Aid and fan craziness. It was the film that reinvigorated the fandom of the series and returned the magic to the franchise. While many Star Wars fans still have mixed feelings about The Phantom Menace, others have come to the conclusion that after all these years, the film is actually worthy of the name STAR WARS.

 

When The Phantom Menace hit theaters in 1999, I walked into it feeling very neutral due to the even feedback presented by the public. I came out of the cinema feeling satisfied about the film. As for the critics who slammed the movie, I think they over-reacted at the time. Opinions of this movie were formed well before it was finished … well before anyone knew anything about it. In fact, one must remember that this was the FIRST film out of six and therefore had to set a foundation for the entire Saga.

 

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The action still holds up, definitely better than the “things-crashing-into-other-things” style of superhero standoffs that drag down many of today’s blockbusters. From the senate council chamber to the epic pod race… right down to its epic lightsaber battle, it’s pretty darn spectacular even to this day.

 

In the end, the film may not be the most loved addition to the franchise, but it remains an important one—after all, it brought the Star Wars films into the digital age and introduced a whole new generation of fans to the Star Wars family.

 

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SWNN celebrates the 17th Anniversary of the film that brought the magic back to a Galaxy of Star Wars fans.

 

Lets take a look back at some of the Hype surrounding the film, the magical trailer, and fan reactions to the beginning of the greatest Saga in cinema history.

 

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Theatrical Trailer in HD

 

 

 

 

CNN Live – Star Wars Episode 1 – Hours Before The Films Premiere

 

 

 

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Local SoCal Channel 13 Opening Night Fan Reactions

 

 

 

 

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180 thoughts on “SWNN Celebrates the 17th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace

  • May 19, 2016 at 11:35 pm
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    My 2nd favorite!

  • May 19, 2016 at 11:38 pm
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    …all the options on the poll include “dislike”, are you trying to tell us something, Sen Cosmicflight? ;P

  • May 19, 2016 at 11:53 pm
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    Looking back it has its flaws, but its still an enjoyable movie and worthy of being called Star Wars. The PT gets a lot of hate from fans, much simply nit-picking over minor details or because it goes against their view of what Star Wars is. I’m not an defender of its faults, hell I cringe over each love scene with Anakin and Padme, but its not worth obsessing over.

  • May 19, 2016 at 11:53 pm
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    It’d be more accurate for me to say “I loved it then, I like it now.” There’s things that bother me about TPM, but I find them easy enough to ignore and still find watching it enjoyable. Of course, as a kid I didn’t have any issues with it, but when you grow up things start to stick out.
    Rank of films from favorite to least favorite would be: ANH, ESB, TFA. TPM, ROTJ, ROTS, AOTC.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:03 am
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    In 3, 2, 1

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:05 am
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    George got the story structure correct in the prequels, but crashed and burned with the dialog. The dialog ended making the actors struggle to do well. So, even seasoned actors recognized for great acting failed to suspend disbelief. This was true in all of the prequels. Some of the all time worse dialog is in Attack of the Clones. If George would’ve just let someone else write the dialog it would’ve made a huge difference. I won’t even touch Jar Jar…what a huge mistake.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:07 am
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      Still a sucker for all Star Wars movies. I own all of the prequels and watch them from time to time because the SW universe is so awesome. The prequels have a lot right in them too. But, I am a story and dialog person, so if you mess that up, then you’ve kind of lost me.

      • May 20, 2016 at 12:20 am
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        He should have let someone else direct this and the other prequels. Half the problems with these movies were the result of a filmmaker who hadn’t been in the chair for 20 years. From the pacing, to the shot compositions, to the performances – it all lacked inspiration. It relied too heavily on visual elements and aesthetics – which were amazing but no substitute for personality.

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:18 am
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          Funnily enough, he wanted Kasdan to help him write and someone else to direct. He just wanted to produce them. But everyone told him only he could do it…

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:39 am
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            Wow, that’s right, I had forgotten that! I’ve always thought it ironic that Lucas seems to be overall a humble, quiet guy in person, yet the PT suffered from the autocratic nature of his involvement in the films. This info stands as a much-needed reminder of what happened then, and sheds some very interesting light on the situation. Doesn’t make Lucas a better director, but I think this could help people demonize him a little less. He’s the best space fantasy story writer in the world’s history to me, but he’s just not a very good director, and he was human enough to forget that when people encouraged him. Thanks for the reminder!

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:06 am
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    Well I am definitely one of the haters of this movie. It’s not the worst. AOTC holds on to that title strongly. But in all honesty I don’t consider this a part of my Star Wars, I instead made up my own series of events that begin this saga and I stick to that.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:09 am
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    I still remember walking out of the theater opening day, my friend and I were so bummed that we couldn’t even talk.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:10 am
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      I’ve been thinking lately that maybe I’ll attempt to go back and rewatch the prequels. I only saw each one once in the theater.

      • May 20, 2016 at 4:42 am
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        I did the same. I rewatched them for the first time late last year. It was interesting having some distance. I could be dispassionate & acknowledge what good bits there were. Still thought they were overall awful. They sound AMAZING, though!

    • May 20, 2016 at 4:40 am
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      Yeah, I was at the London premiere (public opening night, not red carpet) with my then girlfriend & when we left she said she thought it was “pretty good”. That was basically the end of that relationship.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:11 am
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    I will never forget that day in 1999. The most dissapointing movie of all time. Not the worst, but certainly the most dissapointing.

    • May 20, 2016 at 4:28 am
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      “… Three fart jokes. Count them – three. I remember reading somewhere that Lucas wanted this film to be an epic on the scale of Lawrence of Arabia, which, strangely enough, features no fart jokes at all.”

      — Chris Gore, FilmThreat.com

      “…I can accept that a project this large could sink under its own weight, and that its most pressing issues were too fundamental to the material to have been amended through simple suggestion. But how is it possible that of the hundreds of people materially and emotionally invested in the production of this project, nobody pointed out that maybe Jar-Jar stepping in s**t did not belong in this movie?”

      — Calum Marsh, SlantMagazine.com

    • May 20, 2016 at 6:19 am
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      I was more let down by Indy 4. At least TPM had original ideas.

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:45 pm
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        Indy 4 was not an important backstory to a legendary series. It was just a weaker sequel.

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:24 pm
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          Which is why it’s amazing they screwed it up because it wasn’t very difficult to make a decent one yet it made even some of the lesser Indy comics/books/games seem more exciting by comparison. The fact that Lucas retired just four years afterward pretty much says it all there. Something that people should be worried about with Kasdan who’s at that point in his career now.

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:49 pm
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        Yeah – like completely sterilizing the concept of The Force. Visionary stuff! F__k Midichlorians!!!

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:31 pm
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          Well, I never said GOOD original ideas.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:13 am
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    Seventeen years ago today, I walked out of the theater really not knowing how to feel. I was in disbelief. I had loved Star Wars all my life. Then this happened! I felt absolutely no emotional connection to this incredibly flat movie. I was afraid to tell my friend who was still standing in line for a later showing how much the movie just plain sucked. I didn’t want to ruin it for her.

    I have watched this movie many times since then (my 3 year old son likes it). I still think its really not even worth watching. Luckily, each prequel movie got better than the last. But Phantom Menace is still very hard for me to watch.

    • May 20, 2016 at 3:17 am
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      “Luckily, each prequel movie got better than the last.” Did you forget about Attack of the Clones? 😛

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:13 am
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    I like TPM.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:18 am
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAH polls are sooo clear

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:21 am
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    There is really strong and beautiful imagery in The Phantom Menace. A large portion of the movie is great. So much care and attention went into it.

    I believe today that they could do a better edit that would appease a lot of the anger about that movie. It is a shame that they did not think more about it at the time, because it created some negativity about the whole prequel trilogy that was hard to overcome. The worst points were unnecessary to the story and could most likely simply be removed.

    The hardest point to change is that the movie is so focused on forcing the characters to reach a certain destination. Saddest point I think is all the innovation and sincere effort put in by Ahmed Best only to result in a character that was generally reviled. Again surely this could have been tamed and repaired before release.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:35 am
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      Agreed on the Jar-Jar point. That Lucas wanted a central character in his tent-pole movie to be motion capture in 1999 was astoundingly ambitious and commendable. Too bad he couldn’t figure out how to properly integrate him into the story and the baffling characterization was borderline offensive. ‘A’ for effort though George.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:58 am
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      Yeah…except for the acting, dialogue, and story!

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:20 am
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        I think Laim Neeson, Ewan Mcgregor, Ray Parks, Ian McDiarmid, and Pernilla August do just fine. Natalie Portman also does fine when she is interacting with any of the aforementioned. Watto and Sebulba are also well implemented and voice acted.

        • May 20, 2016 at 1:48 am
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          Laim? Yeah – you’re not far off the mark: “I’LL TRY SPINNING – THAT’S A GOOD TRICK!”

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs93ITM9G4Q

          All the actors above deliver their lines like they’ve been mainlining valium!

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:24 am
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    The movie serves better as an extended sizzle reel for ILM than anything else. The star of this picture was the FX.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:32 am
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    Watch out, obsessive and pretentious geek/nerd cinephile armchair filmmakers who acts and talks like experts in making big budget blockbuster films but are really posers will be chiming in (some already have).

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:37 am
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      Don’t you ever think of any thing new to write than the same copy and pasted diatribe?

      • May 20, 2016 at 12:40 am
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        I do, but I’ve already got a file full of stuff that I use to troll trolls depending on the situation.

        • May 20, 2016 at 12:53 am
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          Yeah, I should’ve known by now that making actual points is way beyond you.

          • May 20, 2016 at 1:05 am
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            Not as bad as nuanced and sophisticated things that go over your head (and because you misunderstand them, you have a dislike for them).

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:49 am
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            I’ll take my ability to determine sophisticated things over yours when you think that poop and fart humor is great entertainment and tell people to F their opinion when it differs from your own. It just indicates that you have nothing substantive to say.

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:26 pm
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            Leslie?

          • May 21, 2016 at 8:56 am
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            AKA Marsha. It’s pretty clear from the way they speak and the attitudes they have that all three of these people are the same. Can we IP block “Joaquin”, guys? She’s a bit annoying.

    • May 21, 2016 at 8:54 am
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      The lack of self-awareness is impeccable.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:33 am
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    I thought we were’nt allowed to have an opinion on this movie because it came out 17 years ago? We were told we need to move on and stop focusing on it.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:41 am
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      No, you can have an opinion, but when it’s all you obsessively talk about, it’s weird.

      • May 20, 2016 at 12:52 am
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        People talk about Star Wars obsessively because they are passionate about it. So I guess any opinion talked about a lot is weird by that standard.

        • May 20, 2016 at 12:53 am
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          Not what I meant and you probably know it. If you constantly obsess over how much the prequels sucked, 17 years later, that’s pretty weird. Time to move on.

          • May 20, 2016 at 12:55 am
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            What about people who like and constantly defend it? Do they need to stop talking about how much they like it because it’s a 17 year old film?

          • May 21, 2016 at 1:44 am
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            Yes, the people who also constantly take offense at every little thing and freak out when someone dares criticize them also are weird

        • May 20, 2016 at 1:01 am
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          That’s just code for “I’m a loser and I don’t really have much of a life so I’m on the Internet 24/7 to talk SW and harp on my hate for the PT because I have nothing else better to do with my time”.

          • May 20, 2016 at 1:25 am
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            The irony is strong with this one.

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:46 am
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            Right, because you never spend any time on here at all. Lol. Being passionate about something doesn’t mean you love every aspect of it. A person can be just as passionate against something as they are for it. A person can be passionate about something being great and be honest when other parts of it suck.

    • May 20, 2016 at 12:42 am
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      Not when it’s negative as it now looks sad and depressing (and obsessive) to continue harping on hateful opinions (and in many cases, forcing negative sheeple/groupthink/echo chamber mentality onto others who are more positive and parroting and regurgitating the same unoriginal, tiring, “not as a big deal/bad as haters make them out to be” talking points) instead of dropping it, letting go, and getting over it and moving on.

      • May 20, 2016 at 12:49 am
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        As opposed to parroting the same lame excuses defending it for 17 years? Yeah, nothing’s pathetic about that. Sorry, but a critical opinion carries as much weight as a positive one as long as it’s backed up. There no selective time limit to when you can’t talk about a movie only if you praise it.

        • May 20, 2016 at 1:02 am
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          Yeah, there is a time limit. Like I said, it now looks sad and depressing (and obsessive), especially doing it for 11+ years like if something can be done about it (news flash: they’re here to stay).

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:41 am
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            Yeah they are here to stay. And if I have to put up with them being terrible then you have to put up with people calling them terrible.

        • May 20, 2016 at 2:27 am
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          This guy has carried the hate within him for 17 years.

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:40 am
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            Criticism and hate are two completely different things.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:40 am
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    Qui-Gon Jinn is by far my favorite part of this movie. He’s a great character and Liam Neeson brought his A-game.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:44 am
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    After growing up with these other classics in addition to Star Wars, let’s be honest surely those of us from that generation could surely go into The Phantom Menace having quite an open mind. Nevertheless the fart joke and slap stick was somehow totally unnecessary for me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndpV6qfQJVw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NaxBxFWSo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WklPABGo77k
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwPTIEWTYEI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFwECV8Kkk

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:49 am
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    Good to see we’re all mostly on the same page. Definitely not the best SW film but a fun one and lots of great backstory that I love. Without TPM there is no Old Republic in the way we think of it today. That means no KOTOR GUYS!!

    And honest I like this movie way way better than Attack of the Clones I’m not a prequel hater by any means but man for me Clones is the hardest Star Wars movie to sit through. I mean there’s hardly any action until the end and I’m not big on the scenes with Anakin and Padme even though overall I like the Anakin/Padme story.

  • May 20, 2016 at 12:55 am
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    I am not a “prequel hater”.. I wanted nothing more than to love the prequels because I grew up with them. I enjoyed the phantom menace as a child, saw it multiple times in theatres and bought a ton of ep 1 toys.. It was my introduction to Star Wars and I eventually discovered and fell in love with the OT. By the time ep 2 came out I was of the mind to understand how bad it was. This was before i lurked Internet message boards or YouTube reviews were a thing.. Clones was just BAD. So bad that I fell out of love with Star Wars all together.. I didn’t even see revenge of the sith in theatres because I knew there was no saving the PT. Clones had retroactively made TPM worse and after seeing Revenge on dvd, my fears were affirmed: the prequel trilogy was a load of shit. I still to this day think ep 1 is the best of the bunch.. no Hayden, less CGI (but still way too much), and a worthwhile villian (Maul). But clones is unforgiveable and revenge is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.. It was all downhill: 1>2>3
    I really do think a great 2 and 3 would of elevated the status of 1, yeah I can ignore Jar, Jar.. But it still doesn’t hold a candle to the OT (or TFA, which made me a fan again) and I don’t consider 1-3 part of the canon.

      • May 20, 2016 at 2:15 am
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        Newsflash: no one gives a crap

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:17 am
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          Newsflash:

    • May 20, 2016 at 1:25 am
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      Oh, and this too (in response to your condemns info ROTS).

      (you claim that you’re not a hater yet here you are doing so. Come on, don’t be a fraud!)

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:56 am
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        ROTS is just an overrated garbage. Next time post the audience score on RT aswell btw.

        • May 20, 2016 at 7:05 am
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          Dude that’s jsut cra cra. The Emperor, Obi-Wan, expanded lore with Plegusis, the battle of Coruscant. IDK how you can be a Star Wars fan and disregard that stuff to call ROTS garbage. Yeah there is some wooden acting… hardly garbage though.

      • May 20, 2016 at 2:24 am
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        I’m not a hater (I can think for myself and have a legitimate opinion unbiased by others). I could say you sound like a infantile fanboy.. but I won’t say that. I could also direct you to the many razzies and unbiased polls that malign the prequels.. But all of that doesn’t matter. All that matters is the prequels disappointed and divided a significant portion of the fanbase and no amount of revisionism or excuses will ever change that. I’m not here to hate, but if we’re commenting on the prequels, don’t be surprised if many people don’t agree with your praise.

      • May 21, 2016 at 8:53 am
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        Apparently, MARSHA has gone through yet another name change….

    • May 20, 2016 at 3:54 pm
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      Besides 1 or 2 top kek scenes ROTS is already superior to 4,6,1 and 2 IMO.

    • May 21, 2016 at 8:51 am
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      As much as I dislike the prequels, you can’t just say “i don’t like it, therefore it’s non-canon!”

      That’s not how it works.

    • May 20, 2016 at 1:02 am
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      I wish there was video of Lucas introducing explaining this scene to ILM and some of the reactions the people in the room must’ve had.

      “So we’re going to have Jar Jar tinkering with the pod, when a camel-like creature farts in his face. You’re going to need to animate a full shot of the creature’s ass as it farts. Jar Jar stiffs the fart and exclaims, ‘Pee-yoosa!.’ It’s going to be great.”

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:14 am
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        You know, we did see a Happabore in TFA shaking his/her butt 😉

        (FYI, if you don’t get that Jar Jar was made to appeal to kids mostly, then I don’t know what to tell you)

        • May 20, 2016 at 1:49 am
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          Hey I like Episode I just fine. But saying Jar Jar was meant appeal to the kids is not a good defense. He still appealing to the lowest denominator of kid.

          After all don’t forget Clone Wars and Rebels are meant to appeal to kids too and those shows are amazing and I don’t recall any poop joke let alone 2 of them.

          • May 20, 2016 at 3:08 am
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            Yeah, the Clone Wars series Jar Jar was actually rather decent in the later seasons.

          • May 20, 2016 at 1:58 pm
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            The Lost Missions had the Mace Windu and Jar Jar arc and I never did feel like it was wasted screen time for the short season. It’s all about handling the character properly. I don’t hate Jar Jar, just how he was used in the film.

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:47 am
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          You can create a kid- friendly character without resorting to the lowest common denominator of fart and poop humor. See BB-8, Chewbacca, Ewoks…

          • May 20, 2016 at 9:42 pm
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            Wait, I thought Ewoks were “George Lucas selling out for toys”? Jesus, would you people get your stories straight?

          • May 20, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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            And which scene in Jedi were the Ewoks farting and stepping in poop?

      • May 20, 2016 at 6:17 am
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        He also had an extended fart sequence on the DVD just to troll the fans. No other reason why they had a zoom-in of it.

  • May 20, 2016 at 1:00 am
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    The prequels are definitely not the greatest movies ever, but there’s much to enjoy. Wooden acting and the over-the-top cgi aside, the story is solid and the action is good. What I like most about TPM is that it still has a lot of real sets and locations. Out of the prequels, it feels the most like a proper film to me. I still remember how cool it was to revisit Tatooine and to see all those beautiful vistas.

  • May 20, 2016 at 1:48 am
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    I was 12 when the movie came out. It was a period of time where I thought every movie I saw was good. I just recently rewatched it with my wife and she could not get through it to the end. While I has some redeem qualities it still isn’t a good movie, like at all. I liked it then, I dislike it now.

  • May 20, 2016 at 1:57 am
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    Wow! 17 years already that’s crazy

    • May 20, 2016 at 3:06 am
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      Especially considering it was 16 years in between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace

  • May 20, 2016 at 2:16 am
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    I didn’t like it then and don’t now but I don’t begrudge those that do. There are good things about it, although they’re pretty scattered. Jar Jar aside AotC is considerably worse.

    • May 20, 2016 at 3:37 am
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      Agreed. I would take Jar Jar over the terrible 3PO head swap scenes. The prequels suck, but that is one of the only two rage button moments that exist for me.
      The other is Padmé losing the will to live and no, I don’t believe the fan theory that Palpatine did some Sithy thing to save Anakin by killing Padmé since there is no actual evidence for it anywhere in the narrative. If that was the case, it should be “She mysteriously dying, almost of if her life was being drained,” not “She’s lost the will to live.”

      • May 20, 2016 at 3:44 am
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        Where to start with AotC… the nonsensical Padme assassination plot, the C-3PO head swap, the horrendous droid factory platform game scene, R2 flying, Yoda with a saber, the “romance”, kid Boba Fett, Dex’s diner… Literally the only good things about it are the opening shot of Padme’s ship going through the clouds and the final shot of the clone army with the Imperial March playing. But, it’s been over a decade, I should get over it!

        RotS is frustrating because it’s almost good in a few places but just fumbles the ball so many times.

        • May 20, 2016 at 4:19 am
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          The RotS ending was really well done. Owen and Lars looking out to the Tatooine landscape, Binary Sunset playing. Best and only moment for me out of all the PT.

        • May 20, 2016 at 3:46 pm
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          Her murder was commanded by the Trade Federation because they were defeated mainly by Amidala in TPM. it’s plausible they are seeking for revenge and wants to kill her.

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:10 pm
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            When I say “nonsensical” I’m not referring to the separatists’ motivations for wanting her dead. It was Dooku who gave the order IIRC and yes, could have been to get the Federation on side.

            What’s nonsensical is…
            – Using deadly insects when a rocket though the window (like the one they fired the day before) would seem considerably more likely to succeed.
            – Having the flying droid return to Zam & lead the Jedi to her — why not just self destruct it? She didn’t need anything from it. It wasn’t bringing anything back.
            – Why does Zam try to kill Obi-Wan when she’s effectively lost him in the nightclub? She was home free.
            – Killing Zam with a poison dart when Jango is a walking tank. Again a rocket would seem prudent, maybe take those Jedi with her. Not a distinctive poison dart that leads Obi-Wan right to Kamino. That’s a terribly clunky way to get Obi-Wan to the cloners.
            – Why was Jango even there? Does he watch all his sub-contractors so closely? Why not just do the job himself then?

          • May 20, 2016 at 4:37 pm
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            _Jango asked Zam to be more subtile then… and rocket are a lot louder, and as we can see there is a force field that protects the window.
            _I think Zam was not expecting Jedis to be here.
            _same as above line and when she sees Obi-Wan it’s already too late.
            _Are you sure she was home free ? A pub with 2 exits and 2 full-awared (and one is Chosen One) Jedi lurking for her. She wanted to take her chance with the wrong Jedis IMO. And killing a Jedi is always rewarding for a bounty hunter and assassin.
            _Jedis can deflects Rockets with the Force. God, never did you play Jedi Knight games ? lol
            _i admit you have a point here. but Zam & Jango were associated i believe, even more Jango was the mentor of Zam.

        • May 21, 2016 at 4:17 am
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          The best part of that movie was definitely Jengo Fett.

      • May 20, 2016 at 4:13 am
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        I’m pretty sure ol’ fucker Palpatine killed her with the force somehow..I mean how else would he know she died to then deliver the bad news to Vader?! It hasn’t been confirmed but COME ON! Lol

      • May 20, 2016 at 9:39 pm
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        That whole thing with Threepio kills what otherwise is a really fun action sequence.

    • May 20, 2016 at 4:29 pm
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      Agreed. I can barely sit through AOTC. I’m OK with the other two. At least we get to see little Ani burned to a crisp in ROTS! Haha. I went to see it with a couple of my friend’s kids and they sat there with their mouth’s hanging open in shock and disbelief when Obi-Wan cut his legs off and he caught on fire. Was awesome.

  • May 20, 2016 at 2:57 am
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    I had mixed feelings about the movie when I saw it each of the 4 times in the theaters. I didn’t think it was very good, but I could not stop obsessing over it because it was Star Wars, & it brought me back to that universe. Even though I own all the SW movies, I had not seen Ep 1 since it was new….until it was released in 3D in the theaters just before the Disney sale. I ended up loving it because it brought me back to an era before the dark times. I was reading some of the comments on here, & was surprised to see so many positive comments. I enjoyed the prequels myself, & think a lot of haters are like hipsters who think they have better coffee. IMO, I think all of the SW movies are pretty cheesy if I try to compare them to any other films like a critic….but when I watch SW, it makes my imagination explode the same way it did when I was a child watching the OT, & that makes them bigger than just films to me. Anyone who spreads hate for the PT, but who think the OT are some of the best “films” of all time remind me of people who hang out at over priced coffee shops, who purposely ignore everyone around them, but yet are desperate for everyone to see them sporting their new apple phone/laptop…..just confused lol

    • May 20, 2016 at 9:38 pm
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      “I could not stop obsessing over it because it was Star Wars, & it brought me back to that universe.”
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      Besides opening up glimpses into new parts of the GFFA, it’s also got more going on under the hood than any of the other films. Great film? Not by a long shot, but it re-captured people’s imagination in a way that TFA doesn’t.

      • May 21, 2016 at 8:45 am
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        “it re-captured people’s imagination in a way that TFA doesn’t”

        Speak for yourself. TFA captured $2 billion worth of imaginations.

        • May 21, 2016 at 9:22 am
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          I prefer TFA, but I can see why someone would say that. For me TFA feels small time and safe. There are many criticisms of TPM, but that isn’t one of them.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:06 am
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    if any Star Wars film doesn’t deserve the Star Wars name it’s Attack of the Clones. It feels like a non-Star Wars film with certain Star Wars feeling scenes.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:10 am
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    I liked when I see it the first time, and I like it now, Jar Jar can be a little too anoying, but it doesn’t interfere in enjoying the movie, the story, the characters, the planets, ships, etc, imagination is what makes this stories amazing.

    We didnt know anithing about Coruscant, Naboo, the jedi, the sith, we knew nothing before TPM, and I’m talking about the movies.

    The Phantom Menace and all three prequels added a lot to the starwars universe, and that’s a fact, and is something that I love about it, starwars become bigger an richer in a lot of areas.

    There is a world/internet phenomenon with people thinking that hating prequels made them cool, is like, “i have all the action figures from episodes I, II, III, and i have seen the movies hundreds of times but I hate them”. I know people who loved, or at least liked the prequels, and suddenly they hate them, magically, just like if Obiwan came and say to them “You hate prequels” using a mind trick.

    And other people saying that hating prequels makes them “Real fans”, WTF!? You may like or dislike prequels and it is ok, that doesn’t make you “Real Fan” if you like them you don need to say you hate them to make people think you are cool, or to people think you are a “real fan”… well, that is my opinion.

    I like all six, all of them have good and bad things, and now The Force Awakens I think it is the worst and the best at the same time, and I enjoyed it a lot the times i saw it theater.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:11 am
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    None of the poll answers really apply to me, I’ve got kind of a convoluted opinion of the film … not really something binary where I can say “love” or “hate”.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:13 am
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    Was 28 and working in Ann Arbour, MI when this movie came out. Remember a few of my colleagues were so psyched for the release, they were there front and center on opening Friday night. I next bumped into them on the Monday and asked how it went, they pretty much mumbled it was ok, but their expression in the eyes gave it away. I hung fire towards the last day of my time in the US to catch the movie. I actually dozed off a few times in the theatre. Sitting there I was just hoping for the movie to get better. It never. I left the cinema feeling empty and disappointed, drove to Detroit airport then flew back to Heathrow.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:34 am
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    Can we celebrate the 12th anniversary of Revenge of the Sith instead? I mean, it did suck less.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:42 am
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    was quite young when this film came out.. can’t remember seeing it in the theater, but i remember watching the VHS/DVD multiple times. i may have had a different opinion on the film if i were older when it was released, but i really enjoyed it at the time and i still think there are more pros than cons in this one. it’s a visual feast, the story is beautiful, the climax is excellent, and it offers a unique narrative set in the star wars world (something that force awakens fell short upon, in my opinion). and i never minded jar-jar binks and i still don’t. i think C-3PO is more annoying than he is!

    • May 20, 2016 at 2:15 pm
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      The worst part of the Phantom Menace imo is how Anakin blows up a entire Trade Federation ship.

      • May 20, 2016 at 9:35 pm
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        But’s it’s A-ok, and completely NOT cliched when Poe flies around and around and around inside the “Thermal Ocelot” blowing the hell out of DS3.

        • May 21, 2016 at 4:13 am
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          I’m pretty sure that I never said that wasn’t cliche either…

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:42 am
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    I was never letdown by TPM simply because I never had high expectations like some of my friends. I remember arguing in the spring of 1999 with my friends that fans are not going to take to these movies cause there’s no Han, Luke or Leia. When you throw all new characters in a universe we grew up in, its not going to resonate the same. How can a 10 year old Anakin or 14 year old Padme resonate with fans the same way Luke and Leia did in 1977? TFA had the luxury of introducing the new characters, but still have beloved characters as background music to keep it feeling like we’re in the same universe.

    • May 20, 2016 at 3:37 pm
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      Yeah but you forget about Oni-Wan, Qui-Gon and Jar Jar that were the other main protagonists of the movie. We follow the journey of the two Jedis who met a boy on a random planet. I think it’s balanced.

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:56 am
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    The lightsaber battle between Darth Maul, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in TPM is one of the best in all of the films to me, except for the death of Maul, which (like many others) I find completely ridiculous, since he displayed such speed and awareness in the rest of the battle. I thought Ewan MacGregor, Pernilla August and Liam Neeson did a fantastic job with what they were handed. But this film still feels like a kid’s movie to me because of how George Lucas chose to tell this part of his story. I think it’s great that there are people who enjoy this film, there’s a lot to like, but for me it just didn’t hold up after the second viewing in the theater for me. Still, I respect it as a Star Wars film, and I definitely recognize Lucas’ strengths as they appear in the film.

    • May 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm
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      The movie would have felt less childish if it centralized on the other characters more than Anakin. BUT, Star Wars has always been for kids and adults. Enjoyable by both. That’s why it’s so popular. It’s also what helps it keep on chugging, even if there were no new movies.

      Think of a children’s franchise, Winnie the Poo for example. It hasn’t aged that well because it was made specifically for kids, those kids grew up, they rewatched, found their tastes have changed, and may or may not decided to pass it down to their kids. How much popularity does the classic Winnie the Poo have today? Almost nothing sadly.

      Now look at Star Wars, kids went to go see it, they grew up and it still was just as good to them as it was when they were kids. They passed it down to their kids and Star Wars was the most profitable franchise in history.

      • May 20, 2016 at 9:34 pm
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        You’re out of your mind regarding Winnie the Pooh. Just check out the recent film – it’s sweet, naive, earnest, and manages to be appealing to both kids and adults who aren’t complete cynical fucks.

        • May 21, 2016 at 4:13 am
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          They made a new one?? Just helps prove my point that these franchises don’t have the appeal that they would have had if it was enjoyable by all ages.

          • May 21, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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            Actually, it proves that opening a Winnie the Pooh movie on the same weekend as Harry Potter 8 is a bad idea.

  • May 20, 2016 at 6:14 am
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    I think it works better as a 90’s sci-fi/fantasy family film than an actual SW episode, It’s not so bad when you look at it like that. AOTC felt like more of a Star Wars film to me even if it was a worse film.

  • May 20, 2016 at 11:13 am
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    The story is bad, but that’s not the worst part. The worst parts are horrible acting and inconsistency with the original trilogy. I keep rewatching it though, hoping I will like it better, but liking it less every time.
    Jar-Jar Binks alone would have ruined though.

    • May 20, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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      Yeah cuz Star Wars is know for it’s stellar acting. The OT acting was crappy too, it SW and it’s campy and food for dorks… try and loosen up. Obi-Wan kicking Maul’s ass was epic.

      • May 20, 2016 at 5:27 pm
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        Do not agree about crappy acting in the OT. Was anything in the OT on the level of Jake Lloyd or Jar-Jar Binks, for instance?
        True, the OT is campy and food for dorks, but the PT is unfortunately childish and bad movies. But this is my opinion, if you like them I actually envy you.
        Agree about the Maul duel though. That was actually pretty good.

    • May 20, 2016 at 9:32 pm
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      What in TPM (taken alone) is inconsistent with the OT? What about the STORY is bad? Let’s have specifics.

      • May 21, 2016 at 9:21 am
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        The story isn’t. But the look and feel of the whole thing does feel out of place. I don’t think the heavy CGI use helps. With the OT you had that used feel about the universe. Plus there was very little overt silliness (perhaps with the exception of the Ewoks and Threepio). The PT is littered with cartoon characters and other outlandish elements. For me it sometimes gets to the point where I just can’t accept that this is the same universe that will be occupied by Han, Luke and Leia. For me personally it’s only the second half of Episode III that comfortably slots alongside the OT.

        With TFA going even more towards the “used”, old school style than even the OT, the PT now feel even more orphaned and disconnected.

    • May 21, 2016 at 2:06 am
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      haha i feel you with the rewatches in order to find somethig to like that eventually make you hate it even more.. thats how force awakens works for me lol

    • May 21, 2016 at 9:15 am
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      I dunno. I tend to think stuff like Jar Jar would’ve been overlooked had the direction been better, with more freedom given to the cast to act and a better choice of takes from George for the final edit.

      I think that if characters and engaging and entertaining that the audience is will to overlook shortcomings, which I think in part is one of the reasons TFA has been so widely embraced.

      • May 22, 2016 at 12:17 am
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        I think with better direction Jar-Jar wouldn’t be around. I actually feel that the story could have worked, but it is so poorly made it just doesn’t work. That’s my opinion anyway.

  • May 20, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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    hm I was still fresh out 97 Remaster that was my introduction to SW so I was a little disappointed when TPM came out since it had no Luke, Han or Vader but as a kid I appreciated the “new” characters for who they were. obviously loved Darth Maul, I remember being really hard on my mum getting my face painting right the following Halloween haha. another thing I got out of TPM then was an absolute urge to built my own robot, I honestly thought that Anakin making C3P0 was the coolest shit ever. overall, as a target audience, I was 6 then, the movie worked on every level for me.

    17 years later I still enjoy it a lot. it feels a little like Episode 0 rather than 1 as it introduces events that seem a little out of context to the whole Clone Wars story, but I can live with that. I dont hate Jar Jar, i think he definitely adds that 90’s sloppy humour vibe to the movie which is very abstract and absurd on many levels lol.
    I think its easily the best looking SW movie to date, introducing the perfect marriage of practical and CGI. both the podrace and final dogfight looks to me way better than any CGI on 2,3 and def 7. theres just something about that late 90’s special effects.. hence LOTR looking again a billion times better than the Hobbit movie.

    overall, I really like the movie, def my fav from the PT, much better than we all like to think of it haha

    • May 21, 2016 at 9:13 am
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      introducing the perfect marriage of practical and CGI”

      Not sure I would agree with that. For me it was the picture that ushered in the overuse of CGI. Lucas said it was Jurassic Park that convinced him to do the prequels, but JP was just as much puppet work as it was CGI, if not more. But after TPM everyone in Holiday decided that piles of CGI on screen was the way to go.

  • May 20, 2016 at 2:12 pm
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    The prequels are just as much Star Wars to me as the OT.

    • May 21, 2016 at 8:39 am
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      For better and for worse.

      • May 22, 2016 at 5:09 pm
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        Same to be said for all the movies though to be honest.

  • May 20, 2016 at 2:27 pm
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    The Phantom Menace has always been my favorite of the prequels.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:13 pm
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    It may have a few characters I didn’t love, but the phantom menace added so much lore to the star wars universe- the rule of two, the jedi council, pod-racing, saber-staffs, naboo, and yes even midiclorians. To me these are the corner-stones of our understanding of the universe. Plus that JW score and the final fight scene- brilliant! It may be one of my least favorite star wars flicks, but it DEFINITELY is still worthy of the name “Star Wars” IMO.

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:18 pm
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    Never had a problem with it out side of Jar Jar but I get it, the kids at the time loved him. The Duel of the Fates is still my all-time favorite Star Wars Duel. The dialog in Star Wars movies has never been that good. Star Wars is campy and cheesy and awesome. Let’s not make these into art films. The kids man THE KIDS! OK so the lead actor was a kid that couldn’t carry the story but there was Darth Maul, young Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon all of whom are still some of my favorite characters. Out of the prequels Attack of the Clones is really the only one I have trouble sitting through these days, a scene with 100 Jedi in it still fell flat. Jedi’s getting killed like chumps by droids that could barely stand up…

    • May 20, 2016 at 9:28 pm
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      Campy and cheesy are one thing, stilted and awkward is quite another.

    • May 20, 2016 at 9:42 pm
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      – “You know what I come for”
      – “I know where you come from, before you call yourself Kylo Ren”

      This is a good exchange of words. Cheesy? Perhaps… but also funny, and well enough to set a certain level of tension, also with a slight pun – which is always good to hear.

      PT dialogues where not so well written. Ok, it’s Star Wars, not Woody Allen, but come on! George could have written something better.

      • May 20, 2016 at 9:44 pm
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        No he couldn’t have. He’s a terrible writer. He’s ALWAYS been a terrible writer. He’s open about hating the process. Read the original SW screenplay, any early draft really – the difference between TPM and ANH is a decent screenwriter to work with George’s story.

        • May 21, 2016 at 8:05 am
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          Or just somebody to push him – Coppola would rip his scripts apart over and over again. Not sure anybody was in the position to do it in the 90’s.

      • May 21, 2016 at 9:09 am
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        You can write this shit George, but you can’t say it. – Harrison Ford.

        The dialogue has always been cheesy.

        • May 21, 2016 at 3:50 pm
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          Yes, I repeat. But the dialogues from ANH were at least funny.

          • May 21, 2016 at 7:24 pm
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            Due to Harrison and likely – Marcia Lucas, who is credited (in small doses as she’s nearly erased from the Lucasfilm memoirs) with convincing Lucas to keep in some of the comedy during editing.

            I’d love to see if Harrison has some even more outlandish takes in the dailies – but they probably destroyed those anyway.

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:26 pm
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    I’m not gonna lie: I don’t like this movie. But I think it has been pretty unfairly destroyed by the hardcore fandom, when it really has his merits.

    First: Qui-Gonn Jinn is the Jedi Master Obi-Wan has never been in the PT. Wise, powerful and deeply human. He is the most recognizable Jedi Master after Yoda and the old Obi-Wan. I hope Luke will have the same treatment in Ep.8.

    Second: the central part of the movie is good. I really enjoyed the pod race, and the biblical feeling of everything George has shown.

    Third: the atmosphere is pretty childish, and I don’t like this. But the music is awesome, and it really saved the day in almost every action scene. The final duel is cinema history, even if Darth Maul was nothing special in terms of writing (Kylo Ren is a far more enjoyable villain).

    This is my personal SW ranking: 7) AOTC; 6) TPM; 5) ROTS; 4) ROTJ; 3) TFA; 2) ANH; 1) TESB.

    • May 20, 2016 at 5:23 pm
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      Agree about Qui-Gonn Jinn, the childish atmosphere and the final duel.
      Hate the podrace – it’s terrible because it goes on forever. Could have been ok if Anakin wasn’t in it… The soundtrack is in my opinion the weakest of all the SW-soundtracks, the best being ESB.

      • May 20, 2016 at 8:08 pm
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        I like the TPM soundtrack more then the others from the prequels. And I personally think it’s one of the best scores John Williams has ever composed. To me, pieces like “Duel of the fates”, the march of the Federation, the final celebration, or even the young Anakin’s theme, are works of art. The soundtrack from Ep.1 is probably the richest of the entire saga in terms of sonority.

        • May 22, 2016 at 5:07 pm
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          Thank you for the new word that I probably should have known a long time ago.

          • May 25, 2016 at 12:59 am
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            What do you mean? I’m no english, have I make some mistake?

          • May 25, 2016 at 6:23 pm
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            Sonority <- I did not know this word prior to this conversation. Thank you for showing me a new word. 🙂

          • May 25, 2016 at 10:00 pm
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            You’re welcome 🙂

          • May 26, 2016 at 8:26 pm
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            Maybe one day I can share the word with someone else! 🙂

      • May 21, 2016 at 9:07 am
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        I would have agreed with you on the soundtrack in 1999. But I actually think it’s improved over time. I really rather like it. In fact I was underwhelmed by AOTC as well, but on reflection I think the music in the prequels is the one consistently reliable aspect. I actually think that TFA is the weakest score, and I think that’s in part due to the nature of the movie. Not that any of the scores can be considered bad!

        • May 22, 2016 at 12:27 am
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          Yes, I actually rewatched the film today, and the soundtrack was better than I remembered. Still my least favorite SW-soundtrack, but better.

        • May 25, 2016 at 1:01 am
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          Wait a couple of year, and you probably will leave home in the morning whistling Rey’s theme as I do right now 🙂

    • May 21, 2016 at 9:05 am
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      Qui-Gon is pretty much the best thing in the picture. He’s the only character in it that you can take and drop in any of the other movies. Even Obi-Wan doesn’t film right in TPM in my opinion (not McGregor’s fault and not to take away from his better performances in Eps II & III).

  • May 20, 2016 at 5:48 pm
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    I remember going in with mixed feelings. I was thrilled & excited by all the hype & the return of Star Wars, but totally unsure the movie would live up to my expectations. It did. I loved it then & I love it still. Star Wars engages the part of my brain that has remained six years old & it’s firmly stuck in a galaxy far, far away. I sobbed tears of pure excitement at that first glimpse of Artoo’s brilliance & heroism. I wept tears of pure joy when Threepio & Artoo meet for the first time in Anakin’s hut. Star Wars is an emotional experience for me & this movie delivered that for me. Maul vs Obi Wan & Qui Gon is still my favourite film duel too.

    • May 21, 2016 at 9:02 am
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      You screamed cries of ecstasy when Jar Jar stepped in a turd! You sobbed with pleasure when the Eopie farted! You orgasmed with delight when Boss Nass flung his spit! You gushed with pride when Sam Jackson’s waxwork stand in had some lines! You jizzed your pants when you heard about trade negotiations! You shat your pants when the robots said “roger, roger”!
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  • May 20, 2016 at 7:59 pm
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    Not sure if anyone saw it, but there was a brief bit on the Late late show with Seth Myers ‘celebrating’ the 17th Anniversary. Not for everyone, But I enjoyed the laugh.

  • May 20, 2016 at 8:08 pm
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    I remember how big this was at the time…build up was massive and at the time, no one was beating it up. Everyone loved it! Of course time has changed people’s feelings on it. But, look at the numbers as they were very impressive. I know I wore out my vhs back in the day just watching the maul/kenobi/ qui-gonn fight over and over.

    Still like the movie to this day. Plenty of flaws but the story was excellent and it give us one of the best baddies of all time!

    • May 20, 2016 at 9:27 pm
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      Eh, while it was not universally acclaimed, I agree that the reviews at the time were much, much kinder than history would have you believe though, with many critics commenting that there has never been anyone quite as good at cinematic world-building as George Lucas.

    • May 20, 2016 at 11:08 pm
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      Nah, I remember opening night some of my friends already having a problem with the movie. I still remember one of my friends looked like a ghost when we exited as he was in shock at what he just saw.

      • May 21, 2016 at 1:06 am
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        I’d say you were definitely in the minority of the time. But, to each their own.

    • May 21, 2016 at 8:36 am
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      And yet, you dislike TFA. Darth Maul (AKA the walking lightsaber) doesn’t do it for me.

      Personally.

      • May 21, 2016 at 5:06 pm
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        Nothing wrong with you not liking it. I can sure remember the first time they showed those doors open with Maul standing there….a goosebumps moment for sure.

        • May 21, 2016 at 7:01 pm
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          Oh yeah, he certainly looks cool. I like the way he looks.

    • May 21, 2016 at 8:54 am
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      The numbers were good, but I saw it twice and all I felt both times was crushing disappointment. In fact, I saw it the second time because I had convinced myself that it couldn’t have been as much of a let down as it was and I must’ve been having an off day! lol

      The criticism has been there from the start. The difference is that in the years since the “cool to hate it” types have not only jumped on the bandwagon, but have also become the most vocal critics.

      • May 21, 2016 at 5:04 pm
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        Certainly can’t argue your opinion of the movie as we all have our own. I’m only stating that overwhelmingly it was well received when it first came out.

        • May 21, 2016 at 9:50 pm
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          Then again, nostalgia and the need to like an established franchise can make people do crazy things. Just look at Batman v Superman.

    • May 22, 2016 at 12:53 am
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      This movie was pretty DESPISED from the start —- I still remember people shaking their heads as they left the Theater on the Premiere day…….

      • May 22, 2016 at 2:13 am
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        Very few…the numbers were huge, and most loved it. Not doubting your experience, just saying the majority liked it.

  • May 21, 2016 at 8:03 am
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    I still think this might be the best prequel – only because you can forgive a 10 year old acting, and I still can’t get through whole scenes of Hayden and Portman in the next two. And this one still has the podrace and Maul.

    It still fails at being a ‘good’ children’s space opera because of the 40 minute lull after the podrace, but its a serviceable children’s space opera if you choose to look at it in that way.

    Although in hindsight, its probably the least useful to the story of the saga, we could have started at AOTC and including the Ahsoka arc as Ep. II, thereby demonstrating the first cracks in Anakin’s psyche – losing his apprentice and maintaining his hardcore wartime approach, while increasing his desire for influence at the top with Palpatine – but that’s all hindsight.

  • May 21, 2016 at 9:03 am
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    I liked when i was a little kid. I bet you can guess what I think about it now that fart humor doesn’t me laugh….

  • May 21, 2016 at 6:53 pm
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    The Phantom Menace is the only prequel that comes halfway close to feeling like a Star Wars movie. I almost like it, but the plot is just useless and a waste of everyone’s time. There’s definitely a vibe there that is missing in the other two, though.

  • May 21, 2016 at 9:23 pm
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    I thought The Phantom Menace was a concept album by Roger Waters.

  • May 22, 2016 at 12:51 am
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    This Film was absolutely a STEP BACKWARD for the Series. “Bringing Star Wars into the Digital Age” with excessive Green Screen usage and over-reliance on CGI left viewers with an experience that felt ARTIFICIAL, EMPTY, and ultimately UNSATISFYING. The Prequels have LOST cultural significance in the past decade – to the point that most Retail Stores that carry Star Wars Merchandise have ABANDONED Prequel-related merch, as it WONT SELL —- while OT related Merch is still an annual BEST SELLER at retailers including HOT TOPIC (which is aimed at ages 12 to 20), TARGET STORES, and TOYS R US.

    • May 23, 2016 at 8:39 am
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      Actually, a great majority of the shots most people consider evidence of green screen and excessive CG were in reality practical effects and models. There’s a thread on a Star Wars forum with hundreds of photographs of all the stuff they built from the prequel trilogy. It’s mind-blowing how much of it was actually real….and the problem was not CG and digital effects, the problem was simply a questionable artistic choice….to go so far away from the “used future” aesthetic of the OT that everything became so shiny and new it has a sense of unreality and fakeness. Personally I don’t mind this choice as it gives the pre-Empire galaxy a unique visual palette, but I’m quite convinced it’s that choice and not excessive CG that gave the prequels their reputation for excessive CG. There are so many photos of sets and models that look CG even while humans are standing there putting them together….merely because of how they chose to color and texture things.

  • May 22, 2016 at 3:50 am
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    It does not match anything from the OT but in my opinion it is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. Qui Gon was great, as was Maul. My 2 kids watch duel of the fates on you tube nearly every day.
    Having said that, George’s timing of the story was wrong in my opinion . Anakin should’ve been discovered as a young hotshot teen. Obi wan should have been introduced as an established Jedi and Qui Gon should’ve been the grand master of the council until his death at the hands of maul, with yoda moving into his position at the end of 1. I thought Dooku was an under utilized character in the movies who was incredibly compelling in TCWs. Dooku should’ve introduced in ep 1 as a jedi master on the council unhappy with the republic with systems already appealing to him personally in 1 setting up the clone wars later on. Ep 2 should’ve been the clone wars in full motion and ep 3 more completely showing anakin’s fall.

  • May 23, 2016 at 11:11 pm
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    The Phantom Menace was my introduction to the saga. I was around 8 or 9 when I saw it and it absolutely blew my mind. Soon afterward I became obsessed with all things Star Wars. I remember reading an OT picture book

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