https://www.npr.org/2024/05/11/1250784222/25-years-of-the-phantom-menace
Embed. Transcript. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Erich Schwartzel, who covers the film industry for The Wall Street Journal, about the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace

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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was released 24 Years Ago. In this thought-provoking video essay, join us as we dive deep into the legacy of Star Wars: The Pha

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/8-major-realizations-i-had-rewatching-the-phantom-menace-25-years-later/ar-BB1mijbo
The Phantom Menace is 25 years old this year, and Lucasfilm celebrated the anniversary by re-releasing the movie in theaters. For many, this was a first opportunity to experience the prequels on

https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-episode-1-phantom-menace-25th-anniversary-modern-blockbuster
In a 1999 interview with TIME magazine, John Knoll, one of the film's VFX supervisors, talked about how Episode I differed from other big movies at the time, saying "a typical summer movie has

https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/09/still-a-menace-25-years-later-history-is-being-kinder-to-star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace/
Set roughly 30 years before the events of the original "Star Wars" (which was rechristened "A New Hope" in 1981 after a rerelease), "The Phantom Menace" introduced audiences to a 9

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/05/star-wars-the-phantom-menace-why-we-still-argue
Twenty-five years later, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace remains a cultural lightning rod for debate and still brings people into the movie theaters to see it.

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Image: Lucasfilm. This weekend, The Phantom Menace turns 25—and while we've celebrated the ways the film brought so much to Star Wars in the past, for its 25th anniversary we wanted to look

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The Phantom Menace, 25 Years Later | The Spokesman-Review. By Charles Apple. Fri., May 10, 2024. It might seem like it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But, in fact, the first of

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25 years later, the story of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is expanding© Provided by ReelZap. In 2024, the 25th anniversary of the debut of Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace is marked

https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/star-wars-phantom/
Audiences were eager to return to the universe they loved as children, but it undoubtedly looked vastly different in 'The Phantom Menace.'. Lucasfilm set a bar as high as the Death Star with the original trilogy, and were already at a disadvantage when many people just hoped to relive their childhoods through the prequel films. 25 years

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-wars-phantom-menace-anakin-comic
Writer Greg Pak has revealed he'll be writing a 40-page comic celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, building off his success writing the Darth Vader comics. There's no

https://www.cultureslate.com/editorials/25-years-later-why-the-phantom-menace-is-more-important-than-you-think
The Phantom Menace came out at a very interesting time for Star Wars, not just as a franchise, but as a phenomenon. The original trilogy had concluded 17 years prior, and the series was living off nostalgia for most of its fans. While books and comics were starting to ramp up in the '90s, Star Wars in theaters had been dormant. By returning the franchise to the big screen, Lucas once again put

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The Phantom Menace one of Neeson's best movies Star Wars. I think it's because we know how cool Obi-Wan is, and Obi-Wan looks up to. him. It might also be because Qui-Gon does things on his

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-oral-history
George Lucas, Doug Chiang, John Knoll, and more creators of the first film in the prequel trilogy look back 20 years later. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace arrived on May 19, 1999, to a degree of anticipation and hype rarely seen before, or since, for a movie. There was good cause. It was the first new film in the Star Wars saga since

https://www.filminquiry.com/the-phantom-menace-25-years/
Few movies have ever equaled the fervent amount of anticipation that greeted Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace in 1999. Even fewer have caused such polarization over the years, with many hating it, some liking it okay, and many viewers loving it. With the recent temporary re-release to honor its twenty-fifth anniversary, how does the

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Review: 'Phantom Menace' 25 years later isn't that bad after all. Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd and Ewan McGregor as Qui-Gon Jin, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenabi in "Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace." (COURTESY OF LUCASFILMS) Click Below To Read Today's Replica Edition!

https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-phantom-menace-toys-history-25th-anniversary-1851170845
In May 1999, Star Warshadn't been in movie theaters for nearly 20 years—well, new Star Wars, at least; the Special Editionshad returned a few years prior. But the galaxy far, far away was

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-phantom-menace-recast/
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace had a star-studded cast when it was released in 1999, and it's interesting to consider how the movie might be different if it was recast today, 25 years later. The cast of The Phantom Menace was an excellent part of the movie, and many of the actors' performances have stood the test of time. While they weren't received well initially, the prequel

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Star Wars returned 25 years ago with Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and the start of the Prequel trilogy. Feel old yet?#starwars #thephantommenace #starwarspo

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Published: May 19, 2024 7:00 AM PDT. Today, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace celebrates its 25-year anniversary. When The Phantom Menace emerged in 1999, it was the first new Star Wars film to appear

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DirectorGeorge Lucas. Release DateMay 19, 1999. Studio20th Century Fox. CastIan McDiarmid, Liam Neeson, Pernilla August, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Oliver Ford Davies, Ahmed Best

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https://screenrant.com/star-wars-expanded-universe-sacred-jedi-texts/
The Expanded Universe is how the Star Wars universe beyond films was referred to in the years before the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm.Beginning after the release of the original Star Wars movie in 1977, the Expanded Universe eventually grew to contain countless books, comics, and games, fleshing out the Star Wars galaxy with every release. The EU was beloved by fans, and introduced so many now

https://epicstream.com/article/phantom-menace-where-are-they-now
Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn. Initially starring as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in 1999's Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Liam Neeson later became involved in several projects in the

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-sith-hidden-from-jedi-real-reason/
The Sith Lord of The Acolyte presented themselves a century before the prequel trilogy, but I think I've found out why the Jedi couldn't see their biggest enemies hiding in plain sight. The Acolyte takes place during the High Republic era, about 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.As such, much of the galaxy is different from the Star Wars movies, from the Jedi's robes

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A DVD release of the film wouldn't happen until a year later. The DVD release of The Phantom Menace also changed several scenes, making this 2000 VHS release the only way to watch the movie in its

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-the-acolyte-episode-5-sith-reveal-canon-break/
The Acolyte episode 5 just revealed the identity of the mysterious Sith Lord, and it threatens to break Star Wars canon. After the Sith's helmet took repeated hits, it was revealed that Qimir was the Sith Lord all along. This was theorized since the first time Manny Jacinto's character appeared onscreen, and the reveal came in heartbreaking fashion with Jecki Lon's (Dafne Keen) lifeless

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/star-wars-acolyte-theory-turns-one-phantom-menace-scene-into-a-bold-faced-lie/ar-BB1oHrye
A new Acolyte theory suggests an important Star Wars scene from The Phantom Menace was actually a bold-faced lie. Coming as a major surprise, none other than Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi had a brief

https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/06/on-the-acolyte-all-paths-converge-on-a-phantom-menace/
After last week's episode of The Acolyte took us into the past for a fascinating story of the Force and perspective alike, things get back to the bigger mysteries of the season in "Day". But