Lauren: I think they’re trying to defeat Darth Vader. A Pre-Screening Discussion About Star WarsĪndrew: Before we begin, what do you think Star Wars is about? What follows is my conversation with my wife, Lauren, before the film began, a few quotes during specific scenes, and our post-screening discussion in which she determines, once and for all, whether or not The Phantom Menace is actually good. I needed to find that rare unicorn who somehow, after more than 40 years, had never seen a Star Wars movie. īut 20 years later, does Phantom Menace deserve to remain such a cinematic punchline? I searched out for an impartial judge to decide whether, indeed The Phantom Menace was really that bad. It took another 16 years for The Force Awakensto get fans excited about Star Wars again. The aliens were…kind of racist? The Jar Jar was Jar Jar. The reasons were manifold: The characters were vapid.
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Financially, The Phantom Menace wasn’t a disaster-no movie that makes more than a billion bucks at the box office is-but most people, fans and critics alike, considered it a massive disappointment. After all, this was Star Wars-the most fiercely beloved franchise of them all-and it was the first Star Wars flick in 16 years, a lifetime for diehard fans to project their hopes onto the much-anticipated prequel.īut George Lucas, by most accounts, made a colossal mess out of The Phantom Menace, causing fans to question whether returning to Star Wars was a good idea. Expectations for the film were astronomical. On May 19, 1999, Star Wars: Episode I -The Phantom Menace was finally released into the world.
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