Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and BJ discuss Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. A young boy is surrendered by his mother to older men with other plans.

An infamous entry in what's now dubbed The Skywalker Saga (thanks Disney!), Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace was George Lucas' first return to the director's chair in over two decades and it shows. While we get some pretty solid world building, we also get maybe 15% of the prequel trilogy's story stretched to over two hours. Overall, the acting is not the problem here. Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson make for a nice pair of reserved Jedi knights, Natalie Portman brings posh notes to Queen Amidala, and Ray Park gives Darth Maul a fierce physicality. John Williams pulls off one of his better late period scores that ranges from subtle nuance (Anakin's theme is an inverted arrangement of the Imperial March) to disturbing bombast (Duel of the Fates is one powerful slice of music no matter how you slice it).

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