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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- Director: George Lucas
- Writer: George Lucas
- Producer: George Lucas; Rick McCallum
CGiii Comment
Sesame Street goes sci-fi - very expensively too.
With wooden actors (McGregor never fails to disappoint, Neeson doing not much better) and a computer generated gay-Jamaican-talking-kind-of-horsey-thing...
Lucas manages, spectacularly, to create a turkey with all the trimmings.
Those that loved the original Star Wars stay well clear of this garbage.
Those too young to remember...go and buy the dvd and marvel at the sheer inventiveness of the original.
Really, just a money-making machine with no sense of integrity.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The evil Trade Federation, led by Nute Gunray is planning to take over the peaceful world of Naboo. Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are sent to confront the leaders. But not everything goes to plan. The two Jedi escape, and along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks head to Naboo to warn Queen Amidala, but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and to finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows. Are the Sith really extinct? Is the Queen really who she says she is? And what's so special about this young boy?
Cast & Characters
Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn;
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi;
Natalie Portman as Queen Padme Amidala;
Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker;
Pernilla August as Shmi Skywalker;
Frank Oz as Yoda;
Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine;
Oliver Ford Davies as Gov. Sio Bibble;
Ray Park as Darth Maul;
Hugh Quarshie as Capt. Panaka;
Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks;
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO;
Kenny Baker as R2-D2;
Terence Stamp as Supreme Chancellor Valorum;
Brian Blessed as Boss Nass