Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Hard to see, the dark side is.

The original trilogy introduced special effects never done before on screen; but twenty years later, ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) improved what George Lucas wanted on his masterpiece trilogy. In 1999, now with technology being more advanced, Lucas, has made a film not only of epic storytelling but of visual effects as well.

The film starts out with a Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and a young Obi-Wan Kenobi who disguise themselves as ambassadors for Queen Amidala, which doesn't go well as planned. A droid reveals their identities leaving the Jedi's no choice but to attack. They find out that there's an imminent invasion with the Gungan's, and Jar Jar Binks becomes an aide.

Jar Jar, I'll admit is one of the most annoying characters but thankfully doesn’t appear in any of the other SW films.

The Phantom Menace is a very good start to the prequels but when compared with the rest of the saga, it’s probably the weakest. A fun film nonetheless where there are great fight scenes along the way.

The Beginning of a Saga

The film is beautiful to look at but due to most of the film being taken up by introduction of characters, sometimes the film does drag in places. The CGI used tends to overtake the film from the story and some of the characters are quite inaudible. Overall, the film is a good beginning and makes you eager to see how the film will come together with the proposed sequels. Not the best in the series but important for the story.