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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Release Date March 22nd, 2005
Genre Science Fiction
Edition Widescreen Edition 2 Discs DVD
Format DVD
Disc Aspect Ratio
2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
MPAA Rating PG Parental guidance suggested
Runtime 6 hours
Studio 20th Century Fox
UPC 024543023920
Number of Discs 2
Disc Sides 2
Production Year 1999
Plot In 1977, George Lucas released Star Wars, the ultimate scifi 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, ObiWan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of QuiGon 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, QuiGon and ObiWan 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. QuiGon and ObiWan plan to escort Amidala to a meeting of Republic leaders in Coruscant, but trouble with their spacecraft strands them on the planet Tatooine, where QuiGon meets Anakin, the slave of a scrap dealer. QuiGon 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, All Movie Guide

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