WATCHING STAR WARS THE PHANTOM MENACE (EPISODE 1) FOR THE FIRST TIME REACTION/COMMENTARY | STAR WARS
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Guys we’re back for another starwars adventure!!! I hope you enjoy the reaction, over the next two weeks we’re going to up levels, & diving deeper into the world and franchise that is starwars, in two weeks after we’ve watched episodes 1-3, I will be live streaming - Starwars Jedi: Fallen Order on the channel, make sure you check out the community tab, for more information ! (Also for full unedited reaction click the link in bio and check out the Patreon)
You guys will love the prequel trilogy.
Make sure you watch the prequels before fallen order
for the end part when u give your review... if u think about it Obiwans master Jin was right about anakin.. he did bring balance to the force he destroyed the Emperor in the end..no? :D
Fun fact about the lightsaber colors. Blue means you're more of a combatant and Green means you're more in tune with the force. Red obviously means your with the darkside. And Samuel L Jackson only agreed to make these films if he had a purple one lol
You're in Britain, right? You do know that the police doesnt like people having any knives, right? A lightsaber is basically "a big OVERPOWERED knife" ...
tl;dr Change your government (the bureaucracy)!!!
just to clarify. Anakins mother was not the one gambling. They were already slaves and their previous owner lost them while gambling.
100%
If you go back and rewatch that scene, it was Gardula (not sure on spelling) the Hutt who previously owned both of them and lost them gambling.
@@folcotook3049 Close! Two "l"s "Gardulla"
Yeah, just like the OG’s, the prequels were lightyears ahead of their time with CGI and visual effects, cause George Lucas pushed his tram so hard that they literally invented technology all the time on set, he also did this for the animated clone wars show, and now Dave Filoni is continuing this trend with deepfake, AI voices, and the volume/statecraft.
You mentioned the music was “Harry Potter-ish”. You aren’t wrong! The first two HP movies score was written by the same composer as this whole trilogy, John Williams. A true legend.
First three;)
Of almost every Star Wars movie actually
Chicken and egg ... Star Wars was first, so HP is Star-Wars-ish ... not the other way round.
I would love to have seen John Williams compose the lord of the rings trilogy. I bet it would be just as epic if not more as the original.
@@Muck006 Sure but those were Rico's words, not mine.
The fight between Obi Wan and Maul is like an homage to old Kung Fu and swashbuckler movies.
The young warrior’s master is slain and he must fight the Big Bad all on his own. Only when the Big Bad is defeated can the young warrior become the new Master.
Almost 25 years later still one of the dopest lightsaber duels of the franchise.
It’s a real shame we didn’t get to see more of it I would have loved to see more
It’s a shame Obi Wan didn’t use his Force Run like he and Qui Gon did in the beginning of the movie. Who knows how much of Star Wars would’ve changed if he had just used his Force Run to get past the shield doors to help Qui Gon. Lol.
Anakin had no father cause he was concieved by the force, or rather Sidious, but actually the force, cause it gave Anakin the prophecy of being the chosen one, balancing out Sidious evil intentions and keeping balance in the galaxy by ensuring Anakin’s redemption in the end, just like our real world nature always survives and creates balance, no matter what damage and har, we throw at it. Climate change isn’t a threat to the planet, it can survive anything we humans could ever throw at it, but we can’t, very important difference.
When Anakin tells Qui-Gon that he wants to visit every star, it brought tears to my eyes when reviewing because it is a direct foreshadowing of what will happen to him in the future...But already in the guise of the Emperor's Chain Dog when he will destroy the planets.
Darth amul could easily have jumped on the ship as Qui-Gon did, but he would’ve accomplished nothing by it. The sith have waited 1000 years for revenge, they are very patient, and won’t take unecessary risks or make risky moves, they wait for their opponent to move.
That moment when Monica straight calls the Queen disguised as a servant
Two fun facts 1) If you swap the boys choir who are singing during the parade at the end with a deep men choir you’ll hear them singing the emperor’s theme and 2) At the very end of the credits you’ll hear the imperial march and Vader’s breathing
Oh
2) ...O.O In 24 years, I _never_ caught that! (to be fair, I also probably never stuck around for that part, either).
@@sandwiched I didn’t either when I first head that I immediately pulled up the movie and went passed the credits it’s a really cool detail
Funny thing too, Natalie Portman and Kiera Knightley often got mistaken for each other, and compared to each other. Both are in this movie, Natalie playing the Handmaid/Queen, and Kiera playing the Handmaid/Queen Decoy, since you guys kept mentioning how similar they looked. You're not wrong lol
Even their own mothers on set and in full costume and make up couldn't tell which is which
They are both equally bad actresses ... and people.
Neat.
Great catch about Qui-Gon dying being the thing that sealed Anakin's fate. He's the father figure Anakin needed. Obi-Wan agreed to train Anakin only reluctantly as a promise to his master and was more like a brother figure, not a father. Not enough to keep Anakin contained
Can’t believe you didn’t recognize Obi-Wan, Sidious, and Anakin right away, you just watched ep 4,5,6, wow.
I still think its horrible that the actors who played Anakin and Jar Jar received so much hate and bullying they quit acting. Anakins actor ended up diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2015 and Jar Jars actor was close to ending it all.
Thats so fked up! I was 21 when this movie came out and I was over the moon happy and also everyone else I knew but that was not in the US.
I never understood why were critics so hard on a literal child actor. He doesn’t get to decide the script and writing. Star Wars fans are extremely cruel with their critics.
you make it sound like there is a correlation between the hate and his late schizophrenia...don't spread nonsense dude.
@@tbakhalid4781 I’ve always thought his child actor was good lol
I'm honestly amazed on how on point your comments on the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan influence on Anakin were. That's exactly the difference creators wanted to portray. That's why in meta-discussions the fight with Maul is referenced as "Duel of Fates" because it decided the fate of Anakin. But that will be further explored in movies 2 and 3 :)
the key thing about the boy being the chosen one is that he will bring "balance". Think of it as how much % of the force is light vs dark. At this point the force is heavily unbalanced 99% on the light side.
@Waddles_Art that's absolutely not what that means. He brings balance to the Force by killing the Emperor, in Episode 6. Balance never meant equal shares between light and dark, there is no such thing.
The way I heard it best summarized is that Qui-Gon was a father figure and Obi-Wan an older brother figure, they're not quite interchangeable
R2D2 has flown and fought with 2 generations of Skywalker’s. That little droid really knows how to keep a secret.
Their memories get wiped
@@WaddIes Only 3PO’s memories got wiped. R2 knows everything
@@technopirate304 R2 doesnt get his memories wiped clean. R2 never blurts out secrets or anything unlike 3PO he would say anything without realizing the consequences of his actions. Then again he's a droid lol. Kinda reason why they had to wiped 3PO memories away for security reasons
@@johnnymoreno5065 I know R2’s memory doesn’t get wiped. Another poster thought he had been wiped.
That said you are correct C-3PO would have told everything.
@@technopirate304 Told what? He only knows that Anakin was under a lot of stress and later he finds Padmé unconscious. I mean, we don't actually get to see the droids watch on as Anakin chokes his wife, unless I missed it 20+ times. Wiping his memory was just a precaution but it's possible that he knew nothing. After all, he was programmed for etiquette and not analyzing someone's turn to the dark side. He doesn't even have the ability to understand people to the same extent as a human would, which becomes quite apparent when he bickers so much about the odds of survival that he gets turned off. And he was programmed by a 9-year-old boy.
I don't think he had the capacity to figure out that Anakin became Darth Vader, even if he was present for some of its consequences. R2 might have had the capacity but he missed out on too many key moments too. The thing is the droids are not in the scenes that matter so drawing such a conclusion would be beyond far-fetched. And they never engage with Darth Vader anyway, not directly that we get to see. It's just that the movies make it seem like they do.
I Saw this movie in the theater in August 1999 it made me to a hardcore Star Wars fan
The question it leaves, of course, is what would have happened if Qui-Gon had trained Ani--Obi-Wan is a good guy, but he doesn't understand normal human emotion as well as Qui-Gon did. Qui-Gon might have been able to guide Anakin through his emotional problems and kept him away from the Emperor. Obi-Wan is young and a bit resentful of the responsibility. Ani needs him to be a father figure, but Obi-Wan isn't ready for that.
To answer your questions about how the production and sfx are so far ahead, this was released in 1999. At the time, these sfx were the most advanced ever for a movie. George Lucas created and owned ILM (the premier FX house at the time, and still one of the best in the world). While ILM still did fx for films at the time, Lucas told them that Phantom Menace was the only film allowed to use their cutting edge techniques.
Did ILM also do the FX in episodes 2 and 3 as well?
@@yardslammer009kennedy2 Yes. ILM predominantly handle ALL Lucasfilm projects.
Darth Maul was called "a thing from your worst nightmare" in the script, and it took two years to get to that design, which was taken from Rorschach paintings and Christian of the devil
“He took the angel and went straight to the bedroom.” And Rico waving his hand, “your son will be fine.” Yall were some comedians in this reaction. 😂😂😂 Glad yall had fun, the reactions were better than the movie. 💀🔥
I love people saying Anakin was very monotone in ep 2 and 3, when Padme and her double/bodyguard were way more monotone in this movie.
Monica: "If the kid had remain by the guy that passed away he'd be metored by someone that genuinely believed in him".
That's absolutly on point, keep that in mind while watching the next ones. And keep always in mind that the jedi council isn't always right, that's what Qui Gon believed. Anyway fantastic reaction, hope you enjoyed John williams duel of the fates.
Monica watches these movies using the Force. Predicting stuff just before it happens.
Oh, and if you didn’t know, Darth Maul is Toad from the 1st X-men movie.
"Don't Luke back" 😂😂😂 I now consider this canon.
"Catcha Leia."
i believe i heard monica say something along the lines of 'i think i know this actress' when seeing padme for the first time
and she is indeed right
you know the actress
padme is played by natalie portman who also plays jane foster in the mcu
The moment when Qui-Gon on Maul are facing off behind the ray shield shows the difference between the dark and light sides. Qui-Gon meditates, settling his breathing and emotions. Maul tests the ray shield to see if he can get at his opponent, then keeps pacing to maintain his fighting rhythm.
Rico has no problem with Anakin and his mom being slaves but can't let it go when Qui-Gon Jinn takes a blood sample without permission. Too funny. ;-)
i like how these ppl will show the whole scene not like other eeactors where ur waiting for a certain moment to see there reaction and they skip ahead of it ty
Idk how I missed this upload, thanks for continuing with the series. These films were my childhood
It’s so interesting seeing how the Jedi could see but were also so blind in the coming movies you’ll see why
The end fight is called duel of the fates 'cause it was the outcome of this fight that decided if Anakin becomes Vader or not. If Qui Gon would've survived Ani would've gotten the father figure he needed to grow up well, and if not he would get a brother that is not suited as Anakin's father figure.
If you guys watch the animation Clone Wars Series, you will know what "Angel" Anakin is talking about. He did not try to smooth her, it's just he saw her as beauty not like any other he sees before. So he mistakenly her as an angel, that he heard people been talking about beautiful creature in space. To him she is beautiful unlike other girls from his place.
One of the many rules of the Jedi is that they are forbidden to have emotional attachments. Because Anakin was attached to his mother, he is more prone to the vulnerabilities of the Dark Side. Jedi are taken in at infancy before they know attachment. That’s why they initially rejected the proposal of training Anakin to become a Jedi.
Let’s goooo I’m so glad you guys are watching Star Wars now. 🔥🔥
Rico, Qui Gon believed that Anakin was the chosen one, he was right, Vader killed the emperor and brought peace to the galaxy
@07:39 “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” When he said that, I immediately thought of people in the government and in colleges and universities.
ive always wished they'd make a nascar-esque podracing show, where its just podracing for an hour and then interviews with the racers at the end
Since it doesn't look like anyone else said this, Boss Nass (the leader of the Gungans), is played by the glorious, famously hammy BRIAN BLESSED.
Obi-Wan admits in the OT he wasn't a mature enough teacher to handle Anakin, though he does his best. Qui-Gonn was one of the few people who could have trained him. He had a unique perspective amongst the Jedi that could have prevented the Clone Wars, too. His loss is a big deal in Star Wars. It's cool to see fresh eyes on this movie, still my least favorite but I love all star wars and it's cool to see perspectives evolve. I didn't love Jar Jar, but think it's cool people do now. He's growing on me. The initial confusion at the character was priceless, Lucas did weird things with accents and aliens in these movies.
Monica: I swear I know that actress.
Jane from the thor movies: am I a joke to you?
I watched the Star Wars originally in order episodes 1-6, but I am glad to see your reaction watching it how people older than me saw them, first 4-6 and then the prequels 1-3.
4:50 - I never noticed that until recently, that right there was Force Speed power in effect, the way they zoomed away to the end of the corridor like Sonic the freakin' Hedgehog!
The force literally impregnated anakins mom
I know I'm a little late to the party but I just found y'all's channel. You mentioned wondering if qui-gon had survived whether or not Anakin would still have become Darth Vader and whether obi-wan is up to the task of training him with his level of maturity and experience. The music during the final duel between maul, obi-wan and qui-gon is called "Duel of the Fates," because this duel decides the fate of Anakin Skywalker. If qui-gon had survived he very well might not have become Darth Vader. But he didn't, so in essence the dark side won right then and there. Anakin's fate was decided long before he turned to the dark side.
Mons right, Anni stalling his pod racer was the turning point to him becoming darth Vader
I love the podracing sequence so much that I used to play the Nintendo 64 game Podracer all the time. I even built my own custom pod to race in the game. I still have the N64 system and my pod saved on the memory card.
Honestly, I'm very proud of how much you guys remembered and refreshed on since there was a half-a-year gap between you watching the originals to the prequels. This movie was mostly an introduction to the characters and I hope you guys catch on to EVERYTHING that happens to Anakin which seduces him to the dark side. Overall the story of Star Wars is technically the story of Anakin and the tragedy that is his life, so get ready for some heavy stuff to happen.
Star wars is not solely about Anakin. Each trilogy has its own set of characters and conflicts that they must deal with. The original trilogy is more Luke's story, the prequel trilogy focuses on Anakin and the sequel trilogy looks at Rey. That being said, there are a lot more characters that have important roles in the movies too. It's not a story about any one person, but a living universe that changes and evolves.
@@JoshuaBloom01 That's okay that you believe that but Lucas even said it himself the entire point of the 6 movies was to follow the "Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker" which was the name of the story before it was titled Star Wars. Yeah the Original Trilogy follows Luke's perspective, but who is the hero in the end, Vader is.
@@GrimBrother um, no. That can't possibly be true, George Lucas didn't even know he was going to make a trilogy when he was making episode 4, when it was just star wars, let alone the prequels. George has also gone on record saying his earliest ideas involved Luke, not Vader, and he was originally called Luke Starkiller.
@@JoshuaBloom01 Well considering the 6 Star Wars movies we got. You can't possibly watch them and say oh yeah, that's Luke's story LOL. Luke literally didn't do anything lol.
@@GrimBrother No, just learned to be a Jedi pretty much by himself and brought his father back to the light side so he could kill the emperor. Yeah, nothing. And this isn't even going into what he did in the expanded universe.
Anakins mom wasn't gambling. They were gardulla's slaves originally.
Watching you suffer through these is just sadistic fun for me. Some people aren’t made for movies.
Well, the doors, if they made one of those underwater spheres, would probably be an airlock. Kinda like Sandy Cheek's tree dome from SpongeBob.
Obi-wan/ Ben Kenobi was the old man from A new hope that Leia was seeking out in her hollogram.
Really enjoyed your review guys, thanks!! and looking forward to episode II
If qui Gon didn't die Anakin would not have fallen to the dark side
Fun fact, in the scene where Subulba attacks Jar Jar, there’s a Jedi sitting in the background at one of the tables watching, Quinlan Voss, he’s in the clone wars but also the Expanded lore, you’ll spot in one of the scenes when Sebulba jumps onto Jar jar, he’s the one with the yellow mark across his nose and long hair
I think what Padme Amidala meant by not condoning an action that would lead them to war is she doesn't want to start a war not fight a war
He's smol, he has no Dad, his name is Ani. He's Little Orphan Annie
Loved your guys reaction! And I just wanted to say that you guys were spot on with qui-gon. If he lived anakin wouldn't have turned. I would explain more, but that would spoil some things from the next two, so have fun with the rest of the trilogy! I can't wait for you guys to get to Revenge of the Sith.
Holy fuck Monica gets it. Qui Gon stays alive we most likely don’t get Vader.
29:50 - Gardulla the Hutt lost Shmi and Anakin in the bet .Gardulla is a she - that's the "she" that lost the bet to Watto. Anakins mom didn't lose a bet - she was the slave that was lost in the bet. Lol. Just to clarify. Feel like Shmi was getting a lot of undeserved hate
cant wait to see your reaction to the other 2 and you realizing more and more along the way
i sadly never got to experience it like this cause i saw them out of order when i was pretty young so i cant even remember which one is the first i watched haha
but this makes me feel like im seeing them for the first time a little bit
also pretty impressed with monica finding out some of the stuff
to this day i still say "okey day" instead of okay all the time. it's just so much more fun.
This film came out in 1999.
The original trilogy is from 1977.
The first three film’s basically invented modern analog “movie magic” special effects.
The prequels - of which this is the first - pioneered modern computer graphics in film, which explains the jump in quality from return of the Jedi.
George Lucas is a legendary filmmaker, for these and other reasons.
I watched all the movie with you guys...I really enjoyed it...I was having a bad day...but then Rico said "We don't need that negativity" (4:10)...and I felt like that was for me. Thanks!
Can’t wait for you guys to watch episode 3, the one that bridges the gap to the original trilogy.
@56:48 There is a delegation of E.T.s in the lower left corner of the screen. George Lucas added this as a playful nod to his good friend Steven Spielberg and to show that Star Wars and E.T. exist in the same universe.
Darth Maul is not dead if you guys want to know, he just been cut in half. He died after Luke turn into teenager and on Tatooine.
32:28 I think the guy on he right her is Greedo. He's the one who tried shooting Han at the bar but was shot before he managed to kill Han.
Monica must've watched this movie or she's a movie genius, no way she just speculated Padme is the real Queen😅😅😅
Tbh it’s not that hard, Monica just pays attention unlike other reactors who continuously keep talking.
@@tbakhalid4781 Like bro, don't you just hate it when they talk over the movie, That's why I enjoy Monica and the likes of Jen(Holden Hardman) because their reactions are actually authentic, not for the views....
@@Kal-El105 exactly that’s why there’s rarely few reaction channels that I like. Monica, Holden, White Noise Reacts, Spartan and his gf. Although I feel these days White Noise have started talking over dialogues but at least they still give attention to details.
Your "Don't Luke back" joke made me laugh out loud. It may be my favorite line from your channel. Love watching you guys react and a little disappointed Monica isn't doing Daredevil with you. I know it's a little violent for her but it is great storytelling. At least have her do Jessica Jones with you.
Qui-Gonn probably checked to see if Anakin was healthy, too. Though, he was confirming his suspicion that he could be trained as a Jedi also. Obviously, he's going to be looking for illness, too.
Jar jar Binks has a built-in drunken fist that's why he is so clumsy and he can fight extremely well That's crazy he will do well in a Naruto universe 🤣
their is a channel called hacksmit they made a real working lightsaber
Don't forget to remember to watch everything.
Hope yall watch Rogue one after Episode 3, takes place right before Episode 4
fun fact darth maul did jump on the plane but they cut that part out
I love her comments so much!
Darth Maul’s skin is naturally red and black. It’s not makeup. He’s an alien species called a Zabrak that has brightly coloured skin and horns
50:14 there’s actually more to that fight. Mail did jump and engage in the duel but was kicked back down
Can’t wait to watch you play Fallen order and watch Rogue one probably my favorite of all the movies
not sure if someone said this but no that is not face paint on darth maul, that is how his species looks, there's a yellow alteration of it instead of red too
This is where the fun begins
21:26 guys this is set 32 years before the events of episode IV or the first of the old trilogy you watched.
This one was F U N N Y ! You're both on point with the plot, and got all the right silly jokes xD I've watched all HP and Marvel, but this one is my favorite of your reactions so far😅 Qui-Gon being a criminal stealing DNA, the Jar-Jar clumsy warhero predictions, all the puns, Rico critisizing Darth Maul's cocky "spark move", loved it all :D
Anakin and his mom were lost in a bet by their owner. The mom wasn’t gambling
kiera knighly was the body guard, and her own mother sometimes had trouble figiuring out which was which so she was a perfect choice for the part
Darth Maul was played by Ray Park a known martial artist and acrobatic specialist. Those moves yall saw are him performing them spectacularly
Many people don't like Darth mauls death because he didn't have to hesitate or taunt obi wan. However he is a Sith and can be manipulated by his extreme emotions. In that way it's understandable he didn't kill obi wan asap. He's literally evil and his logic would be skewed to the manifestation of the dark side of the force.
I never noticed before that Palpatine was the only one who referred to Padmé as “Your Majesty”, which is appropriate for a queen, rather than “Your Highness”, which is appropriate for a princess.
Your reaction with Darth Maul's second blade was EXACTLY like how everyone else reacted watching for the first time 😂😂
when i saw this with my dad in 1999, he told me the pod race rminded him a lot of the chariot race in 1959 ben hurr movie. i wetn back and watched it, and wow, was he right. lucas may have been inspried by it
50:55 you guys will find out why Obi Wan changed his name to Ben while watching over Luke!!!
Not many people catch the two actresses swapping out, it impresses me when someone can see that twist coming. Some people can just tell them apart, not me lol.
Keep paying attention to your feelings about how proud you are of yoda sensing the danger in anikans training. Consider distrusting anikan could effect anikans training and overall upbringing in general. Consider that yoda said "great fear i feel in his training..." isnt fear a path to the darkside?
Anakin Skywalker is not the old guy they went to find, that was Obi Wan Kenobi who is The Jedi Padawan (apprentice) in the original trilogy they called Luke’s Father Anakin and who was Luke’s Father, Darth Vader
I have loved this movie since the day I first watched it! It’s great!
Really excited for the next reactions
Did you notice how Sebulba tried to con with the chance cube? Four sides were red and only two were blue. He reeeeally tried to keep Anikin.
Watto but never noticed that! Cool if true
Darth maul was an apprentice like obi wan was.
Guys I just want you to know anakin mother wasn’t the one who lost them in a bet they were slaves to some lady who lost both of them in a bet
1:23:55 Ben (Obi wan) Kenobi’s master was Qui Gon jinn
the pod racing game was some serious business bak in the day. it came with my n64 and I was a bad man!!!
Lightsabers are real they are made by hacksmith on UA-cam you should make a reaction video to it.
I think It all was meant to be. Yes, without obi-wan and his master's stuborness Darth Vader would never be created...but It is also true that Darth Vader did saved the galaxy at the very end. He was the one who killed Darth Sidious when he was hurting his son in episode 6. He gave his life to do so. He is the chosen one🥺💖. LOVE this franchise, LOVE your videos!! ✨ Hope you like the other Star Wars' movies as well...
It's really cool to see people coming to the prequels for the first time and kind of enjoying them, after all the years of shit they had thrown at them. I think going in the order of when the films were released was a good move too. I'm hoping you keep an open mind and continue on to 7, 8 and 9 too!