1999 STAR WARS Episode I: The Phantom Menace

[BATMAN]

Directed by	George Lucas
Produced by	Rick McCallum
Screenplay by	George Lucas
Written by	George Lucas
Starring	Liam Neeson Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Jake Lloyd Ian McDiarmid Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Pernilla August Frank Oz
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	David Tattersall
Edited by	Paul Martin Smith Ben Burtt
Production Company	Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 16, 1999 (Los Angeles) May 19, 1999 (United States)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$115 million
Box Office	$1.027 billion

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[Puck]

I can't actually believe all these years later and the ST has made me warm to the prequels. They're not great movies in terms of script and writing, but at least they had vision and an actual plan from beginning to end for the overall trilogy. I don't think I can call them abominations anymore, as deeply flawed as they are.

And there still hasn't been a single lightsaber battle that tops Qui Gon/Obi Wan Vs Maul in any SW movie, past and present. The choreography is on another level.

 

[Darth Maul]

There are still unbearable parts of TPM and especially AOTC. I’d wager they’re about on par with the last two ST films.