Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 20 years later
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2024
- Today is May 19th, and the Phantom Menace is now 20 years old. Star Wars fans have had mixed feelings about this film since its release in 1999. This documentary covers the film's journey in the Star Wars fandom over the past 20 years. How do fans look at The Phantom Menace 20 years later?
0:00 The build-up
7:52 The Reaction
16:55 Jake Llyod/Ahmed Best
18:55 George Lucas Returns
24:00 The People Vs George Lucas
26:00 The Plinkett Reviews
27:00 The Lucas Empire
31:00 Lucas sells Star Wars
12:47 I invented a new word "interpretated" it is the result of doing a large part of this documentary on deathsticks
I will go home and rethink my life now, May the force be with you.
That would be the appropriate response, thank you for understanding how serious this is.
Are there any Boba Fett action figurines left? oh no one s taking the bounty hunter from me no way. I get Fett Life insurance it pays well gives me what I need right away. no grey areas or problems just fast and friendly service. honest insurance agency better than others.
you also said kids could care less about politics instead of "couldn't care less". dont beat yourself up, making videos is hard.
"More backlash then any other star wars movie" i mean according to episode 8 the Prequels are god tier.
I think it is a perfectly cromulent word...
What hurts the most, is knowing he sold Star Wars to Disney in the hopes it might make the fans happy. That says a lot when a man sacrifices his vision for the fandom.
For 4 BILLION dolars.
I don't know you but i wouldn't be very sad about it
@@nikoo977 Well, it's still small price for how much cash it can generate. This yt video literally shows potential of it.
Ummm... no he sold it because the check was for billions!!
I would’ve done the same if I were George Lucas
@@HBK492 4 billion is never a small price for anything. But it is also way more than anybody would ever need. Or their family would need, for the next 100 years.
Ironically selling to Disney was the best choice he ever made, it made everyone realise he was really the source of the franchise's wonder
Not really, the prequels were pretty horrible. But could have been salvageable had he not had sycophantic yes men in his company, and did like he did with the originals, write and direct the first one, then hand off those duties to others for 2 and 3.
@@maxxdahl6062 Hear hear!
@@maxxdahl6062 stop the cap
@@maxxdahl6062 dude let me ask you a question. What do you think is horrible about prequels? If you cant say anything other than ,,waahh bad dialogue bad acting i dont like jar jar the story is confusing" st*u
@@totallynotdio1311 Dude name it. Damn near everything is horrible about the prequels. From the casting, to the acting, to the writing,. Oh here's a waahh bad dialogue for you. stfu
Lucas: "It can't get any worse."
Disney: "Hold my deathsticks."
My thoughts exactly
Pretty sure folks would complain no matter what. I’d say episode 1 and 9 are the weakest but wasn’t my story to write so take it for what it is. ENTERTAINMENT.
Personality Rouge one is debatably the best of all of the movies. (Excluding tv series haven’t had the chance yet to watch them
@@NobodyUR ehh I prefer rots and esb but rouge on was the best Star Wars film that Disney put work in
OMG you deserve some kind of award! I am with you. Episodes seven through nine make episodes 1 through 3 look like Citizen Kane. Besides, if we viewed E1-E3 in our same 1977 innocence & mindset added to our awareness of Joseph Campbell’s heroes journey, then I believe there would be no reason to complain. But like you said, Disney loaded everything Star Wars on a huge imperial cruiser & destroyed it in a single hyper speed crash. Hate to say it but I’m grateful I’m a way. Just like Marvel End Game, I don’t have to waste another nickel to see anything related to it after that.
We must liberate Lucasfilm from the money grubby asswipes at disney
I have to admit seeing the joy and excitement of those 1999 fans feels really good to watch.
I remember that! It felt amazing when the title card appeared on screen and the music started.
great comment. You don't get that for movies anymore.
Yep. 1999 was a cool time to be alive. Before that, I recall my parents taking me to see the originals in 1997 when they had been theatrically re-released. That was an experience to remember.
Yeah I remember sucking cocks for the cinema tickets
💯
George speaks in size 6 font.
Aidan Birch h’awesome
best comment of the youtube
all lower case
Two JJ's screwed Star Wars
This. This right here. The most accurate thing ever said.
I personally LOVE the prequels, I don't even care what anybody else says. Revenge of the Sith is my favorite SW movie
Revenge of the Sith is pretty hard to handle. Phantom Menace is my second favorite Star Wars movie after Return of the Jedi.
OkieAllDay that’s cool you know Star Wars is a mythology witch means you can believe in whatever you want!
OkieAllDay revenge of the Sith is the greatest movie of all time
I rewatched them a few years back and couldn’t understand the hate they got. Sure the phantom menace was a wee bit underwhelming but attack of the clones and revenge of the sith was pure Star Wars. The dialogue was questionable in bits but it didn’t ruin the experience at all. I think it became fashionable to criticise the sequels. Now that Disney has all but ruined the franchise people are now appreciating that the sequels weren’t nearly as bad as they were conditioned into thinking.
@@VernHestandIII wow you have bad taste
Born in 92. Watched the original trilogy a million times before the phantom menace came out. Still loved the prequels when they came out. Screenplay wise they fall short but more than make up for it with the worldbuilding, art, vfx, and bringing the story full circle to the originals
That, is why you fail.
preach
And then the last 3 came out. 😅
force awakens was better than any of the prequels tbf@@ademord
@sponish0 are you joking right now?
Episodes 7-9 greatly helped people re-evaluate the prequel trilogy. Many thought those were bad, but Disney has shown us there is always a new low to discover.
no, the prequels are still awful
no it didn't this is cope the prequels are as terrible as the sequels
They're still bad lol. Just because someone took an uglier dump doesn't make the previous dump look better.
The prequels were great. Only Jar Jar in Episode 1 had to be taken out of the movie. The CGI of Episode 2 was too much but the rest was very good. Episode 3 was fantastic and there was nothing to complain about. I do not understand the critics for the prequels. The original trilogy and the prequels are both fantastic. Episode 7-9 were very horrible, because Disney did not understand what Star Wars is.
the prequels are horrible and so are new ones@@stopwar-makepeace486 you must be on drugs if you think attack of the clones was very good. all that terrible awkward romantic stuff. "i wish that i could just wish away me feelings"
Imagine the IQ of the person that sent death threats to the jarjar actor
And imagine the IQ of the people who did that to the actors of the sequels AND saying its objectively bad.
@@jeck8005 Those Kelly Marie Tran trolls are really the scum of the SW fan community.
a negative number
@@jeck8005 the sequels *are* bad, but the actors deserve no hate
@@Kyroro97 the sequels arent objectively bad though.
The hate that Jake and Ahmed got was just ridiculous
It really painted a dark picture for me growing up as a Star Wars fan. In fact I one day saw so much hate toward the actor on a video about him by some nobody TH-camr that I went through all the comments and found some of the most toxic shit that it made me want to flag the video.
It's not fair that so much of this bullshit exists for a film franchise that fans believe they own more than the creator himself.
The prequel haters will always be the worst of the fans, next to Hayden Christensen and Kelly Marie Tran haters. And I'm talking about pure hate.
Agreed. It sickens me that people feel that way about a movie, a fantasy one at that. Those people are not fans they are nerds, fanatics that think this is real. I have no problems with the sequels, in fact i've seen The Phantom Menace more than any other ofthe saga. My least favourite is Return of the Jedi and I find C3PO more annoying than any other character. People are like sheep, they have just fallen for every word spoken by internet geeks who think they know everything.
@Chris L I enjoyed it too. I think it works as a great introduction to the universe of Star Wars and while it wasn't as exciting to me as Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith, it was fun for me as a kid, the other two films were much darker and had an M rating so I couldn't watch it unless it was with my dad.
People need to be allowed to enjoy the films they want to enjoy and not have to deal with Raging Nerds that will insult every aspect about your intelligence while spouting on about how a series of films that had just Teddy Bears, Big Foot and Bubble Headmen playing saxophones is the Holy Grail to all fiction in existance.
Having said that, I do love the Eworks, Chewie and the Cantina Bar Band. I just need to use them as an excuse for the fact that people put way too much hate into something that pretty much was already kinda silly and fun to begin with.
@@2bsure It's so true. People think that they own the franchise and they should be the writers. There is a great film about this called Fanboys, which is a road trip comedy about 5 friends traveling to get their hands on The Phantom Menace for their sick friend and at the end of the film the friend gets to see the film and kinda doesn't look too impressed with it, but when he sees his other friends and all the trouble they went through to get him to see the film he tells them how special the movie is to him cause he got to spend time with his mates before he passed on.
That film, while not a big fan of the Phantom Menace made a true statement about how it doesn't matter if Star Wars is people's lives, they should feel more for the fact that they can experience with the people they care about and share interests with.
That is what a fandom should strive to be, an inclusive loving fanbase that while might not agree with everything about a film and lets their voice be heard over weird things they do like in Last Jedi. It's a fanbase that should keep looking out for everyone that may wish to experience Star Wars in any which way they choose, wheater it's by Episode 1, 4, 7, whatever. It's their choice.
No worse than the shit that some of the cast if the new ones have gotten. Sad all around really.
I always loved the unique aesthetic the prequels had, there is just something so interesting about the designs and colors along with wardrobe and cinematography. There’s few of not no other film(s) like them
Ha, that's what I hated most about it! Didn't feel like Star Wars at all.
@@Captain_MonsterFart and next year marks star wars episode 1 25th anniversary
@@Captain_MonsterFart Maybe that's the real reason people hate it, cause it's too colorful? But that reason is too shallow, so they masquerade it behind ridiculous reasons like the boys acting, the CGI, and Jar Jar
@@Captain_MonsterFart It was the opposite for me, the prequels fully embodied what the concept of star wars was , even though I watched the OT first.
I think they look very late 90s early 00s sci fi or how you would expect that era. Not saying that's a bad thing!
I was 10 when Episode 1 came out and i just loved everything about it. Its not perfect, but for me as a kid it was 10/10
You are a giant home oh.
you liked jar jar? wtf... i was the same age but he pissed me off big time
You are a giant home oh.@@kintarooe7745
Fans: The prequels were terrible!!
Fans after new Star Wars movies: "The prequels weren't that bad, come back George!"
The prequels are still terrible!!
Nope. The prequels are bad movies.
Aaron Barlow The Last Jedi is a very good movie that doesn’t deserve the hate
@@milkenobi They really aren't that bad compared to the originals when you take off your nostalgia blinders. The statement about kids loving TPM is absolutely correct, as I was 10 years old when it came out and distinctly remember all my classmates commenting on how awesome it was. Both trilogies suffer from many of the same flaws. I would actually argue the prequels do a better job of delivering on action and excitement. I'll always find the podracing, duel of the fates and the Mustafar duel exciting. Watching Luke lift rocks on Dagobah and Han/Leia/Chewie fixing the Falcon for several minutes inside a space slug is fucking boring after the umpteenth time. Let's not forget how horribly the Obi-wan/Vader duel from ANH has aged... for all the changes Lucas made in the special editions, I can't fucking believe he didn't do anything to that boring-ass duel. SC38 reimagined got it right, and honestly should just be edited over the original duel.
The sequel trilogy has not only been unorginal, it's taken what the originals established and shitted all over it, especially that abomination Last Jedi.
nahor88 when my kids were young they loved the phantom menace and they also loved avatar the last air bender. So, kids basically have taste in their arse. And if you like flashy action scenes over character development, more power to you. Everyone has their own tastes and I genuinely won’t disparage yours. I think you’re objectively wrong saying the OT shares the same flaws though. The OT has way better acting and direction. Sure the effects and choreography have aged but, like the prequel trilogy, they were cutting edge at the time.
“The only way it can live up to the hype is if Jesus burst through the screen and comes back”
Ewan McGregor: Hello There
Roy Eldred HAHAHAH
This is perfect
This quote tells something about our world.
Rew
Didn't ned to live up to the hype. Just needed to not be a BAD movie.
As a 12 year old when the movie came out it was beyond amazing.
Why do people speak in this annoying hyperbolic language? What does “beyond amazing” even mean? This is corporate shill marketing-speak. . .
As a 12 year old watching this movie in 2015 I was bored out of my mind.
@@jnnxyou’re way over thinking it dummy.
@@jnnxbro speak like the west has fallen.
Anyways I watched TPM when I was like 7 in 3D back in 2012. Was good, Qui-Gon is cool.
It’s boring when you’re a kid because all you want to see is lightsabers but it’s not a bad movie as an adult.
I watched The Phantom Menace in 3rd or 4th grade at home after getting some teeth pulled, and it might be my absolute favorite of the saga. Never hated Jar Jar Binks, never thought Anakin was annoying, I loved all of it, including the politics stuff and Jedi council stuff, and especially the podrace. Podracing might be my favorite Star wars thing ever. Episode 1 felt like a massive expansion to the story of the Special Edition Original Trilogy I had watched 100 times
You look like a sex predator. Stop soliciting minors, you home oh.
yeah, episode one isn’t bad, the light sabre battles are better than any one of them in the original trilogy
Home oh comment.@@branscombe_
"I don't trust reviews, I gotta form my own opinion"
Ahh, a man of culture I see.
Intelligent.
And he probably still regretted it. lol
@@maxxdahl6062 who knows
This was me when I went to see no time to die. And it was as bad as what people said about the phantom menace.
I love when people say that critics don’t know anything. When in reality, if you see the reviews for any movie that is universally loved by fans, it’s most likely a critically well reviewed movie as well.
the hate on Jake llyod and Ahmed best was heavily unnecessary.
Yup, same with Kelly Marie Tran. History repeats itself...
@@joshb8574 eeehh...did she ever confirm that the fans attacked her? because I heard a lot of hearsay from sources that were definitely not her.
I'll admit, I've never cared much for Jar Jar, but I don't hate Ahmed Best. He's actually quite interesting to watch when being interviewed. And in behind the scenes of the prequels. Plus he also had a cameo in Attack of the Clones as an extra, which was quite cool. I was shocked when I heard he once considered suicide cuz of the bashing he got regarding Jar Jar. And Jake Lloyd was just a kid when he did Phantom Menace and didn't deserve all the bashing he got either. Feel kind of sad when watching The Beginning Making Episode I feature on the DVD, like the part where Jake signs a form and everyone gives him a round of applause. And then of course after the movie came out and met with mixed reviews, he was bullied by school kids and everyone else. And look how his life turned out cuz of all that. Oh, and I also saw him in the movie Jingle All the Way and liked him in that.
That's an understatement
@@AndrewChapman same I don't hate jar jar. And I don't think that George made a bad decision to make the prequels more child friendly. I feel like jar jar was comedy relief was fine for kids, but it wasn't very well executed. The gungans are also an interesting species and Ahmed made a good performance. His voice really fits the character. Fans were expecting a similar theme to the OT.
I was around 7 years old when Phantom Menace came out and I vividly remember the hype this movie generated and I went to the premier of the movie opening day with my dad brother and sisters. I LOVED the movie and it’s what got me into Star Wars.
I love that guy "what will you do if it sucks, I'll probably see it again" that's the stuff I think George Lucus wanted, he didn't care about the critics, and I personally really enjoyed the prequals.
“Star Wars isn’t a cult thing” me proceeds to research the Jedi and Sith religions
ZB classic vehicles djedhi is what you want to look for haha! ancient egyptian priesthood!!!
that was a cringe moment, especially when she said that was a contrast with the Trek fandom
@@alexroselle That was really funny
Jedi is listed as a religion in the UK.
@@GekoHayate so are a bunch of other things that are silly.
"I think we're owed a public apology from George Lucas"
And this sentence here sums up everything wrong with the fanbase. George owes you nothing you nerd.
West Side is da best “Oh but teh Disneyz should apologies11”
I wish I could add a million likes to your comment.
i think the public owes george lucas a public apology.
@@plutonium120 They really don't. They were right. Makes no difference if there's actually nowhere to go with Star Wars, they were *terrible* movies.
@@MrLtia1234 then shut up and go about your life.
I was living in New York when people were lining up to see this at downtown theaters. I saw a few matinee showings in mostly empty uptown theaters, so from the beginning the hype stood out to me. I got the film on home media as soon as it was released and watched it several more times. At worst my feeling for it was dismissiveness but I never tore it up or bashed Lucas. I can't ignore how much awesomeness his work added to my childhood in the 80s and I'm grateful for that. At this point I've even watched Episodes 1 through 6 in sequence in a day and I believe Phantom Menace is the movie it needs to be and it flows with the rest of the series. People aware of something this big who have nothing of their own to say but who need to feel involved can always find a way to attack it, and the lowest common denominator response seems to me now to have been responsible for most of the negativity.
I watched The Phantom Menace last weekend and I loved it. I’m nearly 30 years old. Don’t get me wrong - there are plenty of issues with that movie. But, the impact of the storytelling and the compelling context it offers the following 5 films is undeniable. The pod race and Dual of the Fates alone are enough to support it IMO. Is Jake Loyd a great actor as a 10-year-old? No. Is Jar Jar my favorite character? No. Did I enjoy the movie? Absolutely.
I must have watched each of the prequels some 30-40 times, but I have yet to see those plenty of issues.
Are they on some kind of hidden track after the actual movies? 🤔
i haven't seen it since it was in the theatre. What I remember is extremely flat acting and that bloody pod race went on forever and didn't seem important to anything.
@@Captain_MonsterFart Disney helped improve my opinion of these movies. They are masterpieces compared to the sequels.
Also, watching Dave Filoni's Clone Wars brought me new appreciation of these films.
And then the last 3 movies came out 😅
@@ademord Will you ever learn to stop crying and whining?
Kids now adays will never understand, pod racer in arcade.
Hands down the best arcade game
mr illis yoo i forgot about that shit. We used to all crowd around on monitor in the YMCA for that
The greatest arcade game.
The best racing arcade experience I ever had
Or on N64
1999 I hate jar jar
2019: is jar jar snoke
The rise of jar jar
ol pathetic social media cretin sheep unoriginal fanboy can’t even spell fortnite right 😂😂😂😂😂😂
If Lucas had just said screw it I don't care what people are saying, and just made Ep. 2 with JarJar revealed as the big baddie Sith Lord as originally intended, Phantom Menace would be much more liked. I like it more after knowing the original JarJar purpose. The fact that everyone hated him was PERFECT setup.
@@Kassadinftw YES! Exactly! I am glad that he still got a nod of sorts in being the one who allowed Palpatine to accomplish his goals in the end in the Senate, but to finally see that huge surprise reveal that he was one of the main bad guys all along, working with the Sith (perhaps being a Sith Lord himself no less) and silently guiding events to achieve his aims, all the while playing the fool and convincing everyone that he was just 'clumsy' and harmless and friendly and could be trusted would have been amazing and I regret that we never got to see it because Lucas caved to all the backlash and controversy.
somthing they should of done , is made jar jar the bad guy ( think of all the toys u can sell ) I would want a bad sith jar jar doll !
To get a true representation of how 'good' The Phantom Menace was, you should ask the people who was 8-14 around the release date. Me being one of them, I can say that me and my friends loved it. From JarJarBinks to Darth Maul, we absolutely loved it. As an adult I look back and still love it. My only critic is I wish there was more Darth Maul. - Even to this day Maul is one of my favourite characters.
That’s why I love the clone wars (and rebels) TV shows, it really explores his character a lot more.
You got anything but true representation about Phantom Menace if you ask someone who was 8-14 around the release date.
It's like saying to get a true representation of how good heroin is you should ask a drug addict.
I hope you understand what you said is not smart thing to say. You want true representation you should ask someone who don't care about Star Wars at all but understand the artform of movies.
True, this film kept star wars alive to an entire new generation
Huge mistake killing Darth Maul.
Huge mistake killing Darth Maul.
I was 25 years old and camped out on Hollywood Blvd for over two weeks so I could be at the first showing at the Chinese Theater(little secret, almost no one actually stayed there full time. Me and four of my friends set up a tent in line. Every evening after work we would meet up and hang out for a few hours, then go home to sleep.) I'm not going to go into what I thought about the film then or what I think about it now. When "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." came on screen, and that main theme music kick in, that theater went berserk. It was amazing and I'll remember that feeling for the rest of my life.
Nomention on the soundtrack? Even people who hate the Phantom Menace will admit John Williams’s score it still amazing.
Of course it is. It's based on the original Star Wars score.
It never got the nomination....In fact none of the prequel films had oscar nomination for score...
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
However had nominations.. But the prequel scores are FAR superior. Both in composition and performance ..
I agree! It has one of the best soundtracks. John Williams is a genius.
Red duel of fates
Red God wants you to have a relationship with him! It was very loving of Him to come to earth as Jesus and live the life we should have lived and died the deserve we deserved. Some say "why doesnt God just wipe out all the evil in the world?" But people dont realize that would include them too if they do not have the blood of Christ covering their sins. His judgment is just and warranted because of evil in this world, but He provided a way of redemption for us through the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for us on the cross. God is patient with mankind. According to 2 Peter 3:9, " ...He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
Mark Hamill defends the young kid who plays young Anakin Skywalker, "he simply did what George Lucas said for him to do." I, like Hamill am appalled at people who bashed this film, especially the young kid who played young Anakin.
Mark Hamill didn't defend the awful performance by jake Lloyd. He said you should blame george for the lines and not a kid, who had barely experience with acting. And he is right.
christian schmidt he did what are you saying?
Nice, you unfairly lumped together people who bullied Jake Lloyd with people who "bashed the film".
You have to be a huge loser to harass a small child.
Hamill probably did it cause its Darth Vader, his dad.
I love George Lucas for the fact that he always goes his own way. Before episode I, he was warned for making a child the main character, but he simply stated "that's how the story goes". So rather than adjusting to what's most popular at the moment, he stuck with his vision.
And it turned out to be a garbage movie so maybe he shouldn't of done that
@@sponish0It was not garbage, fans were already manchildren who only cared about space battles instead of more profound scenes
ah sure the films are great and its all the viewers who are wrong sure :D@@orlandofurioso7329
@@sponish0 It was not by any means a garbage movie, but it might have been better as a spinoff movie and had 3 movies centered around the clone wars rather than 2.
Movie 1 would have been attack of the clones, movie 2 would have been the clone wars (a shorter version of the show that's 130+ episodes long) and movie 3 was revenge of the sith.
was by all means a garbage movie@@theguy8412
I always liked the title. And sometimes when I'm doing a project and it's going well, I always quote little Anakin when he finally gets his speeder up and running: "It's working! It's working!"
When you see the prequels become popular after the sequels:
“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.”
SpyNix07 and they say the prequels had bad dialog
A desperate wish for kids who were 4 years old when they came out. The sequels being dull and soulless rehashes of 'Star Warsness' doesn't make a complete and utter cluster fuck of a prequel trilogy any better.
The good thing about the sequels is just nostalgia for the three good movies. The good thing about the prequels is sharing laughter at how bad the really were with people.
Everyone in the cinema laughed at the denoument of the entire trilogy because it was so bad. Ep 9 was just quiet because people were bored. Not the same thing at all.
@@Rebelscum264 the new trilogy has no dialogue to remember. nothing even stands out with the new movies disney has made. the only one (not part of the new trilogy) is rogue one because its story was entwined with a new hope, and rogue one is the only good one of the recent star wars movies because rey and kylo are not present.
the prequels were meh, i will agree 110%. however, revenge of the sith is obviously the winner of the three, let alone better than all 3 new movies.
this mrltia1234 guy commenting sounds like an NPC. probably thinks rey is the best character in star wars history - with no character arch, and just overpowering everyone without having to learn any of it. nothing in the new trilogy is memorable no matter how you look at it - finn is the new Jar-Jar binks , rey is just a mary sue, and kylo is autistic with all his tantrums. So nvm...maybe there are a few memorable things in the new movies, LMAO.
Darth Vaders story alone makes the prequels WORTH watching. who cares about the last 3 movies as they were just total crap with nothing to offer
SpyNix07 yeah, at least Anakin wasn’t a perfect mary sue that could learn things on a whim with no reason. Rey is a horrible character, especially for a main protagonist, she is not relatable or interesting. Making her the granddaughter of Palpatine is a cheap way of attempting to make her interesting
Not a surprise my sir, I always liked them
God I feel so bad for Jake llyod and Ahmed best, they didn't deserve what they got
Yeah i especially feel bad for Jake Lloyd.
King Ragnar Just like some sequel actors and directors don’t deserve now.
Vino For sure not.
@@northtimo666 Kelly Marie Tran didn't deserve to be targeted by fans. And while I don't advocate going to Rian Johnson's social media and personally attacking him, he has not helped himself with his antagonistic and frankly un-professional attitude towards fans.
It was truly pathetic wasn't it, that hate on young Jake, who like Hayden a few years later, was on a hiding-to-nothing trying to portray a character we all knew was going to turn sour, and make that performance believable to entire generations of fanatics and tragics. Yes, he was a poor choice for the role - but that blame lies with Lucas and his casting sycophants, who dared not question his decisions. Was this the dawn of online bullying? Shame on the haters; look where Jake is now. You broke him; well done keyboard warriors.
I absolutely love this video. One of the only TH-cam Videos I’ve went back and watched numerous times.
I will defend TPM until the day I die. Seeing that film as a 9 year old was one of the best cinema experiences of my life, it was made with my generation in mind and I will always love it.
like me!
+1
🤣🤮
Wait til you discover “Fight Club” and “The Matrix”!
Thank you JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson for making people appreciate the the phantom menace
How did making mediocre movies make people appreciate fucking terrible movies?
@@Vontux The prequels, while suffering from bad dialogue at times, introduced us to brand new parts of the galaxy, brand new societies, pod racing, and worlds that made the universe seem much more complex and vast. Everything in the sequel trilogy is a rehash or an empty planet or spaceship interiors. Let's not forget how they handled the original trilogy cast and the lack of motivation or development for characters like Rey.
@@JP-sp9bm Ok lets say bad instead of mediocre but worse than the prequels? No. Introducing me to a ton of new stuff doesn't count for much when you completely fuck up the entire origin story of Star Wars and have story structure problems at least as bad as The Last Jedi 3 separate times with the prequels. Lets be honest here though, really Star Wars should have ended with Return of the Jedi prequels, further sequels those even existing are the real problem.
@@Vontux The Last Jedi wishes it could've been a mediocre movie lol. It was an absolute trainwreck.
@@Vontux cause its better than the piece of shit we have now... I think
Hahaha people who criticised George for only caring about money and not story. Now we have Disney xD
Midgar W
I thought that Rogue One was great. It's probably my favourite Star Wars movie after the first two.
@@geekyradical4985 Yeah, because it was done by people that love and respect Star Wars.
Ep VII and VIII was done by people that love and respect - themselves. And nothing else.
That's the difference.
@@palimpalim5291 I don't think Ryan Johnson loves himself, nobody does.
"There's always a bigger fish."
yes, because he sold it to them.... thanks a bunch george
I love this movie. When I was a little girl it was my favourite. The soundtrack is amazing. I didnt get the flat acting cause Italian dubbers are great, in fact in this case I don't like the original voices much. I used to love Jar Jar and imitate him all the time. I used to be in love with Obi Wan and admire Qui Gon so much 😂 and of course Padme 💕 was a sweetheart.
A country that creates good dubs.
Rarer than a unicorn
@@Kolokommouna Italian dubbers are the best in the world as a fact. Italian actors are not that good on the other hand. Dubbing is huge here. The annoying thing is that there's little place for new voices and it's 30 years that you hear the same voices in movies. I usually like better the original ones, except for animation movies.
it’s so interesting that GL said he would’ve focused on the Whills in the sequels, the Clone Wars episode about them were really good. It would’ve been really cool to see them in the films as well
I feel so bad for Jake and Ahmed. Jake was literally *10* and Ahmed played his role perfectly. Makes me boil with rage.
you can thank “the fandom menace” literally the most toxic and obnoxious people in the star wars community i don’t even consider them fans cause no real fan would actually send death threats just because they didn’t like the movie
That's a distraction. In the world of social media there will always be people that take things to ridiculous extremes. There are bronies threatening to kill each other over the definition of unicorns.
The Ghostbusters people did the same thing. They made a terrible movie that bombed, and they tried to distract from it by focusing on the 3% of criticisms that were racist and sexist, to discredit the other 97% that were perfectly valid and frankly obvious.
People usually blame the fans for that but Jake was bullied by his classmates and Ahmed by journalists calling his role racist. That doesn't mean the fans aren't shit though.
I agree, for kid actor standards Jake did just fine, same with Natalie. Ahmed though played Jar Jar PERFECTLY I cant see Jar Jar played any other way. I really feel bad for him since his character arc with Darth Jar Jar Binks would have been the best plot twists in cinema history
@@attackoftheclonesisnotthat790 Actually they called Ahmeds portrayal of Jar Jar Racist and stereotypical. Hmmmm people concern trolling does that sound like the Fandom Menace or SJWs?
6:46
“What are you gonna do if this movie really sucks”
“Probably see it again”
That's how you know you're talking to a true fan :D
That guy definitely "liked" The Last Jedi.
@Isaiah Tufor Oh... Yeah... Ain't it like all those "Metallica has ended on Kill'em All"-thing? SW were there too. "Lucas killed the Saga with Phantom Menace". "Lucas spoiled the Force with midichlorians" (even though this idea was born back in 1977).
Boycott? I've been there before. E.g. with "true Metallica fans" destroying CDs bacause of Lars' statement about Napser. I remember some "true Star Wars fans" boycotting prequels. And there were many more examples among various fandoms.
Also, I don't think Disney destroyed anything, except for hopes of "true" fans that expected those new episodes to be adaptation of EU...
@Isaiah Tufor Well then... I've got bad news for you... Disney is already talking about possibility of continuing the story. And to be honest, I'm looking forward to see that.
And what's wrong with alien speaking English with Asian accent? Ever wondered what "Tuta mishka Jabba the Hutt?" mean? It's almost exactly Polish "Tutaj mieszka Jabba the Hutt?" which translates to "Is that where Jabba the Hutt lives?", and I - Pole - don't have problem with that. And why should there be only TWO English accents across the goddamn GALAXY? Both are spoken by humans, so why shouldn't some alien race use it's own accent?
And both Qui-Gon and Kenobi were trained Jedi. One in the rank of Master. Contrast between them and Jar Jar was quite obvious but expected...
"Worst Cosmic Wars ever. I will only see it 3 more times...... today"
I loved this film. My first Star Wars film ever. Fell in love with the franchise. First video game I played and completed. I was 13. Good times
I've re-watched Episode One at different points in my life and I found it especially moving when I watched it again recently, marking 3 years after my Mother's passing, that it really hit me. When time seems to drag along slowly and your heart is racing while mourning the loss of your Mother. Some movies hit different. You watch movies in a sort of slow motion in your head, you pick up so many more nuances and the silences are so soothing.
I'm a music artist and writer so, I appreciate the magnitude of this undertaking. When as a fan, you build up too much expectation and hype, you're gonna be merely disappointed. But you mature and life happens to you. Then when you sit down alone and watch these again, you might feel differently.
Art is to be enjoyed and entertaining, engaging and mesmerizing for the most part. It isn't home work it isn't a task. Let the story unfold and be an active participant.
I do love the idea of fan edits, wow. I wish I could see every fab edit out there. I don't wanna own them. I'm super curious now.
May the force be with you all. My hearts....... xox
First star wars film I ever saw
Couldn't hate it if I tried
Same. It’s been my favorite ever since. I think others are done better with story and stuff but the nostalgia of that film is so great for me.
Ehhhh... seems like you aren't trying at all.
@@gausssto570
Did you get a lollipop for jumping on the bandwagon? For gods sake the prequels are good movies, masterpieces compared to the sequels.
Here, I'll copy and paste a comment that describes it very well:
The prequels, while suffering from bad dialogue at times, introduced us to brand new parts of the galaxy, brand new societies, pod racing, and worlds that made the universe seem much more complex and vast. Everything in the sequel trilogy is a rehash or an empty planet or spaceship interiors. Let's not forget how they handled the original trilogy cast and the lack of motivation or development for characters like Rey.
Credit to the person who made the original post J P.
Robbie Phillips Memory doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the film.
Same, I watched the prequels before the original trilogy
Woman "It was an awesome two and a half minutes"
Why can't I find a woman like that? 🤔
JagoUK this comment deserves more likes
Legendary comment
Will I go to Hell for finding this funny?! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@NOT YOU fuck, you stole that from me
I think it’s time to shine
This was the first Star Wars movie I ever saw at age 6. I absolutely loved it. Star Wars instantly became a major part of my life. All the talk about these movies being for children is spot on.
Star Wars: The Legionary Wars trilogy [Plot Outline]
Episode I: _The Chosen One_
Over 1,000 years before The Phantom Menace..
As it begins there are no Jedi nor Sith, just force sensitives living in temples like monks practicing midichlorianism.
Subsequently, one of these 'force monks'; Alorod Sim the Wise of the temple on Koriban, creates a radicalized faction or 'force cult'. They build lazer swords to arm themselves (the first lightsabers) and proclaim themselves the 'Sith'.
They then proceed in marauding bands of personalized star fighters/land speeders, system after system on a sort of ' crusade', attempting to conquer the galaxy in the name of their beliefs and fulfill their Sith prophecy of supremacy over non-sensitives.
480 years have surpassed....[27 years prior. Sith Lords adopt the moniker 'Darth' to signify their rank.]
The Sith have amassed a considerable territory, with thousands of outlying star systems now under their oppressive rule.
Having recently overran the Doqhit system, after a tense battle with the Quitai army; the Sith led by Darth Sion, dispatch a royal convoy headed for the Core worlds.
They massacre its crews and take Princess Xenead hostage, demanding tribute from King Novis of Coruscant; leader of the Alliance of Sovereign Systems.
Just returned from his final defeat of the Vong General Wiibo, Novis and his subjects declare war on Red Legion; an interplanetary confederacy allied with the Sith, composed of cyberneticaly enhanced soldiers led by the evil alien warlord Malik.
The King gos to the Temple to consult Yaddle, the wisest of all force monks, about the fate of his daughter and his fortunes in battle. Yaddle then departs Coruscant on a peace mission to end a civil war between Wookie tribes and the Kashars on Kashyyyk.
In the first major battle of the war. Malik's fleet is besieged by Alliance forces over Rugalia, but the attack is thwarted by Red Legion. Malik vowing swift retaliation.
In a pivotal event known as The Siege of Coruscant, the Sith storm the Temple, declaring its monks "Join us or die!". A troubled young orphan raised in the bowels of Coruscant and a pupil of Yaddle, named Gandryth Malgus, defects and becomes a Sith acolyte.
The Sith gain temporary control of the Alliance capital, forcing its dignitaries to take refuge on the mountainous world of Cedes; a heavily guarded military stronghold.
On Cedes, the royal delegates convene in the Cedetian palace chambers. King Novis is proclaimed Supreme Chancellor of the first Galactic Republic, and pledges to reinforce its defenses after over a century of war with the Yuzhan Vong.
Meanwhile, the surviving monks seek out the sacred Kyber crystals, build there own 'lightsabers' and begin training themselves in the art of swordsmanship under the guidance of the living force and mock battles with melee droids, hence becoming the founders of the Jedi Order. Yaddle meets a force sensitive Alliance pilot named Talon Karade, who seeks to learn the ways of the force. Yaddle dubs him 'Padawan' meaning 'student' in old Coru. [End ep1]
[During the period between ep1 and ep2, Malgus kills Darth Krait to become the Sith Elect of Coruscant, and is dubbed Darth Nihilus]
Episode II: _Knights of the Old Republic_
14 years on...
The once great King Novis has died...and is entombed on Tarvel.
Sufficiently trained, the Jedi Knights find themselves in the midst of a Republic effort to re-take Coruscant in his honor.
Overwhelmed during the fight, the Sith and Red Legion attempt a retreat. Yaddle gos to inspect the ruins of the Jedi Temple where he encounters Darth Nihilus and a duel ensues. Nihilus is wounded by a slash to the face but manages to escape thanks to a homing beacon aboard his Starfighter.
The tides now turned, the Jedi [Including: Rolin Vassis Dia Aleyian Lux Banter Hodo'Na Satile Mara & Eeth Koth] set out behond the safety of Republic space, into the Sith dominated Outer Territories in pursuit of the Sithari (One Sith); who claims to be conceived by the midichlorians and is said to be immortal.
Meanwhile, Yaddle would return to his home planet of Churwahi where he would marry Tola, Princess of the Wahians.
Know a skilled Jedi Knight, Talon Karade embarks on a solo mission to free the war prisoners of the Legionary slave ship _Vengeance_ . Using a confiscated Legion fighter, he gains access and frees the captives who take up arms against the remaining crew before Karade encounters and defeats Legion Commander Thrawn . Exiting the ships hanger, Karade is intercepted by Darth Rage in his starfighter. After a brief dogfight, Karade is shot down on the nearby moon of Atunaru 6. On its surface, Darth Rage is narrowly defeated by Karade in a clash of lightsabers. Stranded, Karade learns of the Sith world of Koriban and persuades a group of smugglers to take him there.
Talon Karade and company rondevu at the gates of the Sith enclave in the Valley of the Dark Lords. Sensing a disturbance in the force, Darth Nihilus tells the Sithari to leave the planet before taking several acolytes to meet the Jedi. Nihilus himself is engaged by Jedi's Satile Mara and Rolin Vassis who are both slain.
This distraction allows Karade and Yaddle time to free Xenead and the rest of the Sithari's servants before making a dashing escape. Leaving the planets atmosphere, pursuing Sith fighters clash with the Republic's 88th Squadron as the legendary Battle of Koriban commences. Back on the surface, Darth Nihilus takes his L9 _Dagger_ battle speeder to assist Red Legion.
The Jedi receive Medals of Valor from Xenead, who will succeed her father as Supreme Chancellor. Afterward, the Jedi knights gather to honor the passing of Satile Mara, Rolin Vassis, and others who's remains are ceremoniously burned in keeping with midichlorianist tradition. [ End ep 2]
[During the period between Ep 2 and Ep 3; in revenge against Yaddle, Darth Nihilus accompanied by several of his best acolytes, would launch a surprise attack against the Jedi Temple of the city of Chiss on the Opterix Major system, massacring many Jedi including Jedi Master Teo Vi Shan]
Episode III: _A Fallen Hero_
Republic forces led by General Leer are attempting to retake Vaknum, a metallic world overseen by the Sith Elect Darth Nemesis, in an event known as The Liberation of Vaknum. Republic infintry must locate and dismantle a self-detonation device before it melts the planet. During the fight, Yaddle manages to defeat both Acolytes trained under Nemesis, and finally Nemesis himself. On Vaknum, the Jedi discover Malik's design for a planet-sized superweapon and take them back to Coruscant.
Meanwhile, Talon Karade and fellow Jedi Exar Koon are sent to the planet Saazish to investigate the recent assassination of a local Senator but the situation quickly escalates into an all out conflict, known as the Saazite Rebellion. Amid the fighting, the Saazites release their God-beast Eneddra, on the Republic; and its up to Karade and Koon to defeat him. Karade remarks "I have a bad feeling about this".
During the Battle of Koriban, the Sith Temple was destroyed by Republic artillery, forcing the Sith to relocate to Tyranus; one of the original 13 worlds of Red Legion.
In response to the reliquishment of their Sith homeworld, an uprising occurs on Tyranus, but is ultimately put down by the Sithari and his loyalists. One of the leaders of this insurgency, Darth Bane, turns himself over to the Republic, promising the location of the Sithari in exchange for his pardon.
A coalition of Jedi and Republic commandos are sent to infiltrate the polar base on Tyranus but, anticipating an attack, are ambushed by Malik's fleet, an epic battle erupts. It is here that the Sithari would meet his end at the hands of Yaddle after an intense climactic lightsaber duel.
Elsewhere, Talon Karade brazenly takes it apon himself to dismantle the shield generator onboard Malik's command ship _Assassin_ . Forseeing this, Darth Nihilus awaits him. Overpowered during the duel, Karade's arm is severed by Nihilus who before finishing him foretells "A day will come when your 'Jedi Order' will perish, and the Sithari his great name shall be redeemed" vvvmm!!". Malik is destroyed along with his ship, and the last vestiges of Red Legion disappear into hyperspace.
Later on. As the Republic revels in its triumph, Darth Nihilus is seen returning to Tyranus to recover the Sithari's lightsaber, that which would become his most coveted possession. [End ep3]
The Sithari slain and their prophecy broken, the Sith receed into exile for a millennia. A long lived Y'Tiven Darth Nihilus would escape and encrypt the "Rule of Two" into the Sith holocron. 700 years later apon his death, Nihilus would apprentice a young Muun Jedi dubbed Darth Plagueis and pass on his knowledge of the Dark Side. (Darth Sidious would later assinate Plagueis in an attempt to claim the Sithari's lightsaber, afterwhich the spirit of Darth Nihilus would take possession of him).
The former unclaimed Sith territories (including Tatooine; a former ship building hub of Red Legion) would be known for centuries as the Outer Rim.
In the following centuries; the Jedi Knights would attempt to seek out the illusive Sith remnant to no avail. Yaddle profisizing the birth of a 'Chosen One' that would one day bring the force back into balance.
Talon Karade for his heroic deeds is memorialized in the Jedi archives. Subsequently; Yaddle and his surviving confidants would found the first Jedi Council on Coruscant. 100 years after the Battle of Tyranus, Tola would birth a son named Yoda. The Republic armada, so ravaged by these conflicts, would never fully recover. And the Republic would be without a proper military until the Clone Wars, relying heavily on the Jedi Order to maintain peace and justice in the Old Republic.
George did his job. I was a kid when the prequels came out. Those movies (and toys) shaped my entire childhood!
That’s awesome! I remember watching them vividly. Unfortunately I still think they are extremely wooden and stilted and far worse than the originals, but I have some good memories of them.
I was a kid when the originals came out. But I have to say, I've always loved the prequels too. I never understood the hate they got. I wasn't a huge fan of Jar Jar Binks, but I never saw him as a racist stereotype, and I am Black myself. A lot of people found the Neimondians to be a stand-in for the Japanese, and Watto to be Italian/Jewish. I think that when someone makes up aliens with funny accents (like George Lucas did), you are going to use things in the real world subconsciously. I don't think any offence was intentional.
As far as the plot, dialogue, and whatever, I have no issue with it. It is what it is, and entertaining set of films that is clean (no cursing, sex, gore), and family friendly
i really liked them aswell. still do
The prequels are citizen Kane to the new sequels. Liam Neeson, Ewen Mcgregor, Ian McDermott are better actors than what the originals had at the time (Harrison Ford wasn’t a finished product). Clone wars admittedly was pretty rough, but watching Yoda battle was still worth the price of admission. Dearth Maul was outstanding too
Glad you enjoyed it, but the movie was bad, real bad ...
This is a really historical piece of journalism . Good job dude
thank you glad you enjoyed it
I know everyone hates Phantom Menace. But because that movie came out when I was 5, I can verify it had the intended effect on children. To me, Phantom Menace was the greatest film that had ever existed. I watched it so many times that I had all of little Anakin's foreign language lines memorized. Made me a lifelong fan. Now, of course, it doesn't quite hold up. But if his point was to gear it toward kids, he succeeded.
I loved the movie from the moment it started to the end credits. It’s one of my favorite Star Wars films .
Same
Same I was 9 when it was released my dad took me just like his father took him to see a new hope!! :)
@@chimrichalds8985 very relatable. Don’t remember who I went with but I must have been about 13 or even 15, think I went with a friend… but I was looking forward to if for so long. It didn’t disappoint. In fact it exceeded my expectations. I was in love with it and to this day it’s one of the only copies of any movie I own digitally (now that all my dvds are basically obsolete this is kind of problematic for me, but I digress; just dating myself with you)
Opposite.
@@FrederickTheGrtthen whats the point of commenting?
"No child dislikes Jar-Jar." This is true, and when I realized this, I no longer disliked him either.
Big Kids still dislike Jar Jar!
I certainly disliked him as a child
Z1gguratVert1go What a fucking nonsensical reason. Don't talk shit.
i don't think i dislike jar jar. or liked him ether. i liked him in the clone wars.
@@elijahblechman8633 he was a lot more fun in the Clone Wars, I agree. There was a scene where C3PO was trying to explain to Padme that jar jar had destroyed their ship and she managed to guess what had happened before 3 p o told her. I remember laughing out loud at that scene.
My fav part of watching this trilogy is watching Palpatine set up the galatic empire. So dope.
That's pretty much the whole trilogy. Not much else really happens. The prequel trilogy was Palpatine's story disguised as Anakin's story.
Meh
The entire prequel trilogy could basically be boiled down to one single scene.
The fight between Obi-Wan and Anakin and the horrific climax. That is as good as it ever got, the pinnacle, the apex, the top.
Palpatine is the best Star Wars character. Change my mind.
Yep. The great puppetmaster. Even the whole jedi order was just a tool on his hands
I remember going to watch Ep 1 with my grandpa as a preteen after being a huge fan of the originals. I loved it. As I got older, I heard more about the flaws and recognized them, but the nostalgia was still there. Now I look at it with a certain love despite skipping chunks of it.
My current Star Wars watch binge, whenever I do it, is to watch 1 & 2, skipping chunks of it, then watch the Tartakovsky Clone Wars, Ep 3, Rogue One, and Eps 4-6 in their entireties.
I loved Episode I back when I watched it in 2001 (I was 19 years old) and I still love it to this day. Qui-Gon Jin is still my favorite Jedi Master, and yes, I really like Jar Jar Binks.
I never hated the prequels, but I will say this. After seeing The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, I have a newfound appreciation for the prequels.
Those movies were such a disappointing mess.
That, that is Star Wars without George Lucas. Bad.
@@magiccookies420 in my opinion as the creator of Star Wars George Lucas has the right to change and/or expand upon the franchise as he sees fit, it's his creation.
@@BSM-vw6cf George had no input on The sequel trilogy. That was all JJ and Rian Johnson.
Cookies is right. Star Wars without George was bad. Until The Clone Wars series, Rogue One and The Mandalorian.
As for The Phantom Menace...Jar Jar is still hard to stomach, Anakin is yelling "Yippee" 3 is cringy AF(that word should never be unironically spoken after 1959), there are some truly awful lines(I'll try spinning - that's a good trick" and "Now, this is podracing" 🤢🤮), the acting, other than Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Sam Jackson and Ian McDiarmid, is pretty fucking rough. And there is not a single character arc in the entire movie and that is not only shocking, it's also kind of impressive in a Somalian tire fire in the middle of the street kind of way. Nobody grows. They...do shit. But there is not a shred of character development.
There are great parts! The lightsaber battles, Duel of the Fates, really good lines(Fear is the pathway to the darkside. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering.), there are great action scenes
Film makers have the right to make bad films. Just as fans have the right to say a film objectively sucks.
Phantom Menace is pretty fucking bad. But it's not worse than The Rise of Skywalker. And at least was made without a pure hatred of Star Wars and it's fans which is more than I can say for The Last Jedi.
@@BSM-vw6cf I strongly disagree. Once you sell the product, you no longer have a right to change it.
@@4477superman I know that but I'm talking about the prequels, from what I heard alot of people didn't like it at the time, personally I liked them since I grew up with them and are what introduced me to the Star Wars franchise. People saying he ruined star wars and ruined their childhood sounded pretty extreme.
“I deserve a public apology from George Lucas”
No you don’t
_These are my movies. Kiss my ass!_
Entitled little shit
That guy deserves shit I hope it's delicious for him
The internet got filled with female teachers trying to pick people by the ears.
They are probably males,
Which makes it pathetic beyond belief.
It was a joke lol
I was, am, and will always be an avid Episode I fan and defender. I was blown away the first time I saw it and it triggered my passion for Star Wars. Those lightsaber combats, the music...! Even its silly Jar Jar comedy worked for me. I think I was 10 years old... and I had seen the originals (IV, V, and VI), but they never really "clicked" in me like The Phantom Menace did. Even today, whenever I have the chance, I'll watch it, enjoy it, and get goosebumps when those metallic doors open, the first notes of Duel of the Fates sound, and one of the most epic parallel action storytelling happens!!
Rewatched TPM yesterday and still loved it.
LOL im glad you enjoyed the 20 minute monotone scenes about trade disputes
@@JordanMSeverns Thanks. I'm glad I did, too.
I had never seen any star wars movie until I was 17, I just wasn't interested. But one day, while watching tv, phantom menace popped up, and it was the final lightsaber battle, I didn't move an inch for rest of the movie, I then went out to rent the whole film and eventually the rest of the saga. Because of phantom menace I am a mega star wars fan now.
tell whoever raised you that i'm disappointed. 17? come on man
Did you watch the clone wars tv shows i mean both of them the 2008 and 2003 they make them much better.
@@danieltsiprun8080 yes, clone wars improves all of the prequels, especially revenge of the sith, which if you watch the whole clone wars show before it, feels so much more tragic.
AndreNitro X1000 awwww that’s really neat :)
Cool i was introduced through the re-release of Return of the Jedi in 1985. I had seen Star Wars and Empire on video in 84. But Jedi cemented the series in my mind and i was hooked. Then Heir to the Empire and Dark Empire reignited my love for the Saga.
"Reviewers don't know anything..." the more things change, the more they stay the same
yeah...when they dislike something "Well, they are clearly just a bunch of elitist snobs."
When they like something "Disney paid them off!"
I was 20 when I saw this in the Theater. I was totally unprepared when the star wars words and theme it. Nobody else did either. Talk about a body buzz and goosebumps, it was like I was 8 again
Regardless of the quality of episode 1, it was the first movie I ever saw and it made me the Star Wars fan I am today. So the movie and the other prequels will hold a special place in my heart
This documentary is like a time capsule from the 90s! So much nostalgia....
Chris Wuebbolt ...too bad the toys were and are crap now
Robd collector
What toys?
...so much cringe!
@@MrNecryptic People like you are the cringe I'm talking about. You take what is a film for youngsters way to seriously.
@@MrNecrypticNice story, yet the 30-40 years old dudes spending hundreds of dollars for crap toys are cringey as fuck mate.
I'll never forget my mam standing at the edge of my bed telling me that the following day a Neighbour would be bringing us to see the film.
It was like Christmas day wrapped up into 30 seconds of excitement
I was 5 years old and had just lost my dad 2 years previous my mam was raising 3 kids all under the age of 10 so needless to say going to the cinema was a BIG deal
One of the major criticisms I've seen over the years is about how Childish it was,well I was a child and It blew my mind and for the first time in my life I escaped into Fantasy I never wanted the movie to end
This movie holds a very special place on my heart.
Glad you will associate the good memories with your family to the movie. People tend to be too critical of movie stories or screenplay that they forget to just enjoy the cinema experience
How childish the movie is? Darth Maul gets decapitated from the waist? Long drawn out boring Senate meeting?
I'll take 100 JarJar's anyday over 1 Rey, at least when people questioned George about it, he didn't scream TOXIC FANS!!,.. he simply gave his true answer "It's my movie, and i wanted my kids and grandkids to like it, and have fun" .. I'm a huge fan of KOTOR,.. so i actually love the pacing of the prequels. which definitely includes the PodRace.. "Meesa thinks it wasn't quite a stinker" He may have been goofy as fuck,.. but at least the movies have charm to them.
This in a nutshell is why shit films like The Phantom Menace, or Attack of the Clones gets any approval which is because it holds nostalgia when in reality its a completely shit movie
I like all of the Star Wars movies, yeah i like some more than others but I like every star wars movie and always Star Wars will be my favorite movie franchise
I was one of those people, Midnight showing, chills when Star Wars opening scene hits with the music, it was friggin awesome.
I watched Phantom Menace in theaters as a young kid and thought it was okay. A lot of confusing dialogue and politics but the effects were fine. LOTR became the GOAT for the fantasy loving kids. Rewatched it recently with my son who loved it! So now it holds a special place for me and him
Man. I love his quote from 94 when he says I think no matter whatever I come up with people are going to tear it apart and that maybe some people will like it. Nailed it.
hxh05g H Just because he said it, it doesn't mean it's unjustified.
the poeple who hate it do so "no mater whatever I come up". the people who like it do so...... oh, he never qualified that.
Did he mean critics or Disney?
@@jonnya4209 he's talking about general audiences. The quote was from years before Episode 1 even came out and it seemed pretty insightful to me that he understood long before all the controversy and the debates that he was ok if tons of people hated it as long as some people really like it. I want to learn to live with that kind of satisfaction and peace.
a few weeks before Phantom Menace came out a friend of mine says "what if it sucks?" I said "nah, it won't suck, it'll at worst, be about half as good as ROTJ." I only wish it was that good, its not that its not as good as 4,5,6. its not a good movie. its just a mess. It was the beginning a fresh start, and by the time you read the scroll its already a confusing mess.
"What are you gonna do if the movie really sucks?"
"Probly see it again"
-star wars past the OG trilogy in a nutshell
That's the trademark of modern day lost Star Wars fans still in denial. Back then, at least the Prequels were exciting, still had energy, with plots merely hinted at that fans had waited decades with to see come to reality. With the Disney trilogy, every movie is the same with every YouToob reviewer - "I think it kinda sucked, but I'm not sure, so I'm going to have to see it *again*." And ya'll keep shelling out money to the big Mouse for shitty movies. The only one I saw in theater besides the real Lucas Star Wars I-VI, is The Farce Awakens, after that.. nah, I'm good. "Fool me once..." Fuck off, you won't fool me again..
@@Elricwulf same
@@Elricwulf my sentiments exactly. If you have to go see a movie 10 times (TPM) to decide that it sucks, it says more about you and not the movie. I went into TPM ready to take it to the woodshed and I loved it. Saw it four times in the theater. After I saw TFA once I havent seen a single other Disney SW movie and I never will.
@@brucewayne1662 the TFA is good
Phantom Menace is my favorite hands down.
This is art. Aimed at children and if you don’t like that you are not a fan! I grew up with this at the age of 6 in 1977. Then my children grew up with the prequels in the same age as I was. All characters are great! Jar Jar included! Kids loved him! If you dislike a single character, or movie or story, you are not a true fan! This is Georges’s vision! His art! Its amazing! And now thanks to Dave Filoni, and Jon Favereau. It does not deserve any criticism! Its art! Wonderful artistic story telling!
This is so stupid, I'm not sure if it's a joke or real or not.
No. Just no.
6:46 What are you going to do if the movie really sucks: Ugh, Probably see it again.
Spoken like a true fan.
*Like a true idiot
Makes sense, Ep9 will easily make a billion dollars despite that Ep8 sucks and Solo was nothing to write home about.
Adam Bean No it won’t. Mark my word episode 9 box office will do slightly better than Solo, which doesn’t say much.
@@samtrotter7177 Hater
@@thaiboypsp3000 it'll do a lot better, I reckon
Darth Maul saved Phantom Menace for sure. That lightsaber duel was one of the best and the music score!
lol
Bob Seiji Tanaka light saver come on man
*screensaver
**Lifesaver
Bob Seiji Tanaka No he didn't. The film's still bad.
The Fellowship of the Ring and The Phantom Menace were AMAZING. 2 of the best trilogys made.
Rami Spider-Man trilogy: are you sure about that
Being 30 now, and 8 when i came out i can say.. firmly.. that he opened my mind and made me love starwars. I remember cutting class to see ep 3 when i was in middle school. I even loved and mimicd jar jar.
I was 12 when it came out and I thought it was the greatest movie I had ever seen.
I still think it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. Every time I sit to watch it, I get caught up in wonder even now as a 26 year old.
Did you like Jar Jar?
@@lunarmodule6419 I never had an issue with Jar Jar. Not necessarily liked, but he seemed a natural part of this world we learned about.
@@lunarmodule6419 jar jar was ok, but not one of my favorites. I thought he was pretty funny tho.
@@kovenmaitreya7184 😃 ok then!
This movie really was an event. 2.2 million people took sick days to see a movie on opening night. That's insane!
I don't buy for one second the "just wants to sell toys" argument. Everything in the Prequels are directly relatable to themes and interests Lucas had already shown in the past. Just for one example: the podrace, which is widely touted as a "toy-grab" scene - race scenes are a well established element of almost every Lucas film going all the way back to THX 1138 and American Graffiti. He wanted to be a race car driver before he got into film after a car accident. His love of racing never went away. It is a genuine passion of his. Writing it off as a "toy grab" is lazy criticism at it's worst, and shows no understanding of the artist or his art.
3:30 24 years later and that's still the case, i feel this guys pain and i hope he takes solace these 24 years later knowing that this is relatable to a new generation
18:38
Spielberg: That's great
Lucas: It's gonna be great
Spielberg: that's gonna be great
Lucas: It's gonna be great
Spielberg: that's gonna be great
It was.
@@fundhund62 no, iT's gOnNA bEee!!!
@@fundhund62 Spielberg knew it was gonna suck
@@genetenz You always support your friends - Luke Skywalker
Coughs Coughs in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
1999: Jar Jar is the worst SW character ever.
2019: Rose/Holdo is the worst SW character ever.
McFrozenNuggets I think holdo was alright, that convo with leia about Poe just before she sacrifices herself always puts a smile on my face. Rose can die tho
@@joecantswim1317
Holdo hid plans for no reason and then used hyperspeed (despite the fact that you go into a wormhole and can't hit anything) to destroy a ship.
Was Star Wars: The Last Jedi a flawed movie? Absolutely. Did it ruin your childhood? I call bullshit on that. It's easily better than Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
@@Imaxxacre1 Nah, it's the worst star wars film ever, worse than any of the prequels.
A normal metalhead that’s the writers bad .
When phantom came out in 1999 I was 12. I had not watched the originals yet and watched phantom first. I wasn’t into it at 12 though I hung in there, watched episode 2 and 3 and then the original 3. By the time I was 18-19 years old, and watching the original 6 again, I started to appreciate the phantom Menace. When the sequels came out with Kylo and Rey, I fell in love with the prequel, so it’s been a steady growth of affection. I am currently in the process of watching the clone wars show and rebels.
Lucas was the great visionary. But giant projects like the Star Wars movies cant last on just two shoulders, perfection in such big things needs proper teamwork. The best of these movies, A New Hope and Empire proved that Lucas needed people around him who had the guts to criticise his bad ideas and come up with something better. Even Mark Hamill who was very young back then wasnt shy of standing up against a line of his character which would ve sounded very cringe. And Lucas has the good feature of listeting to criticism, again proved by those movies.
However, what went horribly wrong with the prequels i believe is that people didnt dare to criticise the at this point big George Lucas, the father of one of the most successfull franchises ever. We had some signs of this in Return of the Jedis already and in the Prequels Lucas bad ideas went ham on the movies. One scene of the Phantom Menace making of tells alot. Lucas is going over a planned scene with JarJar with a marker to sort stuff out and one of his staff looks to the others with a clear WtF look. But nobody told a word, everyone was too shy of the master...
This is no Lucas bashing btw. As i told he has the important characteristic of listening to and accepting criticism. Its just a point of view to think about for all the people who say all of this was Lucas fault alone. Yes he is responsible but you can also blame the guys around him who let it happen.
Fans really didn’t like the name “Phantom Menace” prior to the film’s release? I think the name is my favorite thing about the film
Star Wars fans hate everything
That may still holds true for the people who didn't like the name, too.
It effectively conveys a feeling of intangible, insidious and elusive evil
It's better than "A New Hope" and "Attack of the Clones"
@@rnhtube even Ewan McGregor thought Attack of the clones was a horrible title.
Love or hate it, this man spent years working on the trilogy and planning it out. It’s not for everyone, but it’s HIS. Not some product, rushed out on an assembly line by executives and hacks.
That’s part of what made the prequels so terrible. Lucas was unrestrained.
What made the Original Trilogy great was that most of his team saved him from himself. He’s good at world building, and that’s about it. it’s well documented that the editors totally reimagined New Hope to recover from Lucas’ disaster of a screenplay. It was a completely different film by the time the editors were done with it.
When the prequels came around, Lucas developed an undeserved reputation as a genius filmmaker and no one could tell him no. The prequels is what you get when Lucas has unrestrained control. This is why the prequels failed because he was surrounded by nothing but yes people. Him selling Star Wars was the best thing he could’ve done.
@@marcusstrinidad I wish people would stop repeating this nonsense. Lucas was unrestrained in both trilogies. Ask A New Hope's original editor or Gary Kurtz, George fired anyone who disagreed with his vision during the OT. He is what made Star Wars great.
Unfortunately Hollywood and Disney hate George and there's too much anti-Lucas propaganda out there. Too much misinformation. Don't like the wooden dialogue in the Prequel trilogy? Got issues with the screenwriting? That's fine, just don't pretend they're not entertaining and creative movies with better story, themes, world-building and action than the OT. Don't pretend most people didn't like them back when they were released. Cause prequel haters were a significant minority which grew years later thanks to the media and their ability to shape public opinion, specially after 2012 when it was announced Disney would make Ep VII.
There's a reason why the best filmmakers and actors in the industry look up to Lucas. Online trolls trying to discredit George, diminishing his importance in Star Wars and filmmaking history, or denying his skills as a director without having watched his other work are sad and annoying.
@@subeedeibaatar7113 you guys are both right, Lucas's staff did hold him back on some things and Lucas might've gone a little too far on the prequels, but Lucas is still an incredible filmmaker and a solid writer
@steve schoening if prequels were all bad, they wouldn't be popular and widely memed cult classics 20 years after their release.
@steve schoening point is they haven't been forgotten after some time, so they must have done something right. Like, if kids enjoyed them, then they succeeded as children's movies, much like Lucas had intended.
What would've made The Phantom Menace a decent (or possibly legendary film,) would be if George had limited control over the characters' dialogue and had Anakin played by Hayden Christensen from the very beginning instead of a 9-year-old Jake Lloyd.
It would've been more believable and less "cringeworthy" had a 16-year-old Podracer pilot slave from Tattooine ended up also becoming an ace pilot who brought down the Trade Federation after a hard-won battle rather than by accident instead.
Could you imagine how badass and a little frightening it would've been if for instance, Hayden's Anakin gets pissed during the Podrace and started using the Dark Side of The Force to win the Boonta Eve? Or have a love triangle form between he and Obi Wan with Padme that would result in a burgeoning jealousy that would exponentially build in both to varying degrees with each film?
That kind of foreshadowing would've been sweet...
I was a kid in the 80s. We loved SW to death. When the Ep 1 came out we hated Jarr Jarr with a passion. We all thought Lucas had made what we called a "Disney movie". Then TLJ came out. And killed SW entirely. It ended when he sold it.
“I was at Toy R Us at midnight” Damn that hits hard now.
lol the guy with the ringtone on his phone is so proud of it
and the reporter sounds totaly disgusted by it lmao
Back then, you had to manually type in your ringtones with the numbers. There was virtually no internet with instructions for this stuff, either. so odds are, that this guy had to track down the notes, compare them to the beeps of his phone and then write and input the melody by himself. That, or you needed a Star Wars fan friend who had done this and could give you an instruction paper or something.
So yeah, back then it was something to be proud of.
Bet that phone is worth alot now it was on tv!...guy never thought to keep it i bet?
@@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel It was 99. it was all over the net.
@@davidlindsay9564
"All over" as if it worked remotely as smoothly as it does today. Although I lived in Germany at the time, so I guess internet may have been a tad slower on the expanse, there.
Idk if you make videos often but for the love of god level your audio.
I loved the prequels when they first came out and I loved Jar Jar when I first saw him.
I was on the love train for the prequels long before things turned around. I will defend the prequels to the bitter end, and I still watch them to this day.
The prequels are a big part of my childhood, even with their flaws i still love them all.
Atleast they were original added slot to the Star Wars universe and didn’t copy rehash and shit all over the originals like those pathetic sequels also revenge of the sith is way better than return of the Jedi which was my fave as a kid. Jedi is just Luke talking to yoda and ob1 and Vader and leia about the past a pretty boring side mission on Endor and taking down another Death Star in way less spectacular fashion revenge way better film and it fanboys complained of acting dialogue and bad writing in the prequels there was at times but the originals were not as flawless as they think some of the acting was also mediocre as was a lot of the dialogue but they think they’re perfect the only prequels I didn’t think much of was attack of the clones menace is decent just dosent have a great story as it’s pre clone wars and post old republic pretty full time in the galaxy clones should've been better.
liam holloway Ever heard of punctuations?
Gary Glitter is part of my childhood.
Love the Prequels. Solo is the only modern SW movie i've enjoyed.
@@benno_360 I did like Rogue One too though. I feel the side movies were better than the main solely because the main execs didn't care about them.
Those “fans” said “who cares, it’s Star Wars” and yet they’re hating on it.
I mean you have to have no common sense at all if you don’t acknowledge that it’s pretty awful but those who love it like me can look past it
I was born 1993. The Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith were the most amazing movies I watched at the time. And no, I've seen the original trilogy. I think I even watched A New Hope before The Phantom Menace.
He didn’t deserve so much hate for making the Phantom Menace and the rest of Prequel trilogy. He did his own work to make the story more sense.
@David Bonanno Anakin: LIAR!!!
Seriously, everyone who wanted the title to be "The Balance of the Force" or "Guardians of the Force" back then has officially lost every right to complain about George Lucas.
Attack of the Clones was far worse. I spat my coffee when I first heard/read that announced. The immediate thing that entered my mind was 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!' + music. Should have simply been ": The Clone Wars". Would that really have been that hard ffs??? Pfft.
@@Nostromo2144
It wasn't actually about the Clone Wars though.
I never understood the hate over the title. IMO, "The Phantom Menace" is probably the best title from all of them.
and now I know why the title The Force Awakens was a bad title.
@@Nostromo2144 funny thing was before the clone wars I thought the Clones were the bad guys that the Jedi had to fight. Well that sort of did happen but I didn't think they would have been on the side of the republic.
"And that's the reason why Star Wars Fans, like me, can't get what we want!"
- The Star Wars Fandom accidentally summed up by one fan in 1999
Such a poignant statement because that's what Disney did with the movie's. They bought it for cheaper than they're selling it, but they actually opened the packaging first before selling it
Those who were critics of The Phantom Menace were wrong 20 years ago, and they're wrong now. In the years to come, they'll still be wrong.