Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie · PG · 136 min · ★ 6.6 · 53% critics
A young slave on Tatooine is discovered as the Force runs strong in him, while the Sith return to launch revenge against the Jedi. Amid political pressure and rising danger, a Jedi pair becomes involved in a high-stakes conflict that sets major things in motion.
Also known as Star Wars: Episode I · Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace · The Phantom Menace · Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-05-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (15,859 votes)
- Box office
- $1,027,082,707
- Budget
- $115,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a big, colorful Star Wars adventure with thrilling set pieces and a dramatic setup for what comes next; Not for you if you dislike Jar Jar Binks or find the dialogue and pacing hard to sit through, as with Solo: A Star Wars Story and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Pros: pod race tension; epic lightsaber duel; inventive worlds | Cons: slow early pacing; divisive comic relief; uneven dialogue
Themes
- galaxy
- senate
- taskmaster
- prophecy
- queen
- apprentice
- taxes
- prequel
- space opera
- admiring
- tuwaderalit
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2000 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Picture · 1999 · nominated
Cast & crew
Liam Neeson
as Qui-Gon Jinn
Ewan McGregor
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Natalie Portman
as Padmé Amidala
Jake Lloyd
as Anakin Skywalker
Ian McDiarmid
as Senator Palpatine
Pernilla August
as Shmi Skywalker
Oliver Ford Davies
as Governor Sio Bibble
Hugh Quarshie
as Captain Panaka
Ahmed Best
as Jar Jar Binks
Anthony Daniels
as C-3PO (voice)
Directed by George Lucas