![]() ![]() That obviously didn’t work for a lot of people and many, many, many reasons have been given and repeated ad nauseam about why that is: it uses too much computer-generated imagery ruining the aesthetic its dialogue is terrible and Lucas can’t get the actors to deliver it well the actors spend all of their time in worlds of blue screen and no longer interact with their world destroying suspension of disbelief the plot focuses on trade and politics which is too boring to make a Star Wars film about it is too childish and features a terribly misconceived character in Jar Jar Binks Lucas surrounded himself with yes men who couldn’t bring themselves to tell him when he was going too far and on and on and on. ![]() Given the longest preparation time of any of the Star Wars films since the first one, it is probably the purest distillation of Lucas’ original vision of what Star Wars is. Though there is some intentional repetition in it, it dispenses with much of the audience and fan baiting of Return of the Jedi to focus on more new ideas and presentations of those ideas, expanded world-building and subversion of expectations. It is extremely uneven, with high highs and low lows. ![]() That’s not to say audiences secretly loved The Phantom Menace or that it doesn’t have its issues. ![]() An entire industry has sprung up to analyze the missteps of the prequel trilogy and in particular its initial offering – Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (Unfortunately, this will not be the last time that can be said, either). And most of it is wrong. Here’s where things get weird. As much as has been written about the influences of and important participants on the original Star Wars films, even more has been penned about where Lucas’ prequels follow up. In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. ![]()
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