Yet there is one specific moment in the movie's climax that not only is rousing within the context of The Rise of Skywalker, ...

One of the best Star Wars posters of all time, the Phantom Menace poster featuring young Anakin and Darth Vader's shadow ...

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, ...

Star Wars introduced the Sith Rule of Two. The Sith were never actually mentioned in the Star Wars original trilogy, with ...

The post Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Works Best When Seen Through a Child’s Eyes: ’99 Rewind appeared first on Consequence. Not to mention the fact that at that point in pop culture history, the ...

It wasn't until 1999 that George Lucas officially resurrected and dramatically expanded this lost piece of his own mythology.

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 ...

Having recently rewatched it, this writer would argue that it’s neither. The Phantom Menace may, in all actuality, be one of the biggest mixed bags in blockbuster movie history. Fans have, of course, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The movie that started the Star Wars saga, at least from a chronological story standpoint, is returning to movie theaters for its 25th anniversary. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace returns to ...

The teeth-gnashing aspects of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” have been chewed upon for a quarter century, from Watto to Anakin Skywalker’s Midi-chlorian count (and miracle birth) to almost everyone’s ...