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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phanto...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Review, Ranking, and Discussion - Star Wars Marathon

Multiverse Monologues by Ben Raeside, Ethan Wentzlaff and Micah Hett
S4 · E10
Mar 4, 2024
02:04:01

Episode notes

  • This we we get to discuss The Phantom Menace. In this movie Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter.

  • Time Codes
  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 09:06 - The Opening crawl
  • 13:33 - Initial Thoughts/ Reactions
  • 23:05 - The Special Effects
  • 28:00 - Movie Talk
  • 1:06:00 - Budget/Profit Ratio
  • 1:08:25 - Lightsaber Duels Ranked
  • 1:15:35 - More Movie Talk
  • 1:24:30 - Favorite Character
  • 1:31:57 - Favorite Musical Moment
  • 1:36:17 - The 6 hour cut
  • 1:38:49 - Favorite Character
  • 1:40:42 - Academy Awards
  • 1:41:15 - Critic scores
  • 1:44:22 - Our Scores out of 10
  • 1:55:14 - Where is Falls
  • 1:55:50 - Our RANKING
  • 1:56:56 - Next Week is Attack of the Clones
  • 1:57:30 - Letterboxd Discussion

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