Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
19992h 16mPG · MPAA
Directed by George Lucas · Starring Liam Neeson & Ewan McGregor
54%Rotten Tomatoes6.5IMDb51Metacritic
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
AdventureActionScience Fiction
— Critical consensus, summarised
Lucas's return to Star Wars, twenty years after Jedi — kid Anakin, pod-races, midi-chlorians, and the immortal Darth Maul. Widely panned at release and slowly partially rehabilitated by the generation that grew up with it; essential canon viewing despite the writing.
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