25 years ago, George Lucas allowed his magnum opus to get stale with 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'. It's only gotten worse with age. The movie was always bad, but age has made it worse ...
“The first one was panned and we still had to make another two!” said Ewan McGregor of his first time playing Obi-Wan Kenobi But the critical reception to Phantom Menace was less than warm, McGregor ...
In 1999, I knew Episode 1 would be a bit of a slog as soon as we hit the second line of the opening crawl: "The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute." Really, George? This ...
One of the oddities of The Phantom Menace, however, is it seems to age and change right along with us. When I last watched and reviewed the movie for this magazine, the prequels were enjoying ...
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, ...
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McGregor also admitted that he questioned taking the role of a young Obi-Wan Kenobi because he felt he was a "grungy, independent film actor." ...
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 ...
May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away ... Excitement for “Star Wars” is at an all-time high. The first new film in the beloved series that originally concluded with 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” is ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Released back in November 1998, The Phantom Menace’s teaser trailer offered audiences their first ...
George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” has a clear set-up/pay-off as the reason for its existence: young, innocent child Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) will grow up to become Darth ...