As a piece of cinema history, The Phantom Menace still feels like a brand-new toy from 1999. As Qui-Gon, Neeson brings a chilled-out vibe to the heroics of The Phantom Menace that feels almost more at ...

The great thing about a Hollywood strike is that it forces the big studios to cover for the lack of new films by rereleasing older pictures for us to enjoy on the big screen once more. Still, ...

As if George Lucas‘ 1999 Star Wars prequel wasn’t divisive enough, The Phantom Menace nearly ended on a complicated twist. Marking the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, ...

A quarter century has passed since George Lucas released “The Phantom Menace,” his 1999 directorial comeback. A follow-up to one of the ‘70s and ‘80s biggest blockbuster franchises, “The Phantom ...

It might seem like it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But, in fact, the first of three prequels to the popular “Star Wars” movies opened nationwide on May 19, 1999 — a quarter-century ...

During a 1999 interview with Empire Magazine, Lucas shrugged off the negative reviews of The Phantom Menace. “The critics pretty much hated the first three movies; they said the dialogue is bad, the ...

The absence of the word “Sith” from the original trilogy is surprising in retrospect. It was a piece of early conceptual lore left in the dust while the focus remained squarely on the heroes’ journey.

In 1999, when Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace was first released in theaters, it had been 22 years since the release of just plain old Star Wars in 1977. Now, in 2024, the number of extant ...

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For this series we’re going to start where it all began! Well, chronologically at least. 1999’s Star Wars The Phantom Menace was not without its share of critics, but it has since gotten its flowers ...

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25 years ago, The Phantom Menace launched with a fully armed and operational merchandise campaign behind it—one that found a star in Jar Jar Binks. Reading time 1 minute Star Wars and merchandise have ...