@@dustinburkhart8526 Funny how you hate the haters. Vicious circle, ha ha!. It's all good; I just wanted to add my thoughts in a friendly way. I just watched a multi-part documentary on Star Wars (the first six). It's always the same problem: the target audience. Star Wars was a movie for kids. But kids grow up. I was about 5 years old when the first one came out in 1977. Empire came three years later, and I didn't like it as much, even if it was the best one of the trilogy. Because the second one was more mature, more adult (the only time in the Lucas franchise, except maybe Revenge). Then Return came in 1983, and I loved it so much (I was still only 11-12 years old at that time). But the teenagers who saw A New Hope loved the second one the same or even better than the first one, but as almost adults in 1983, they didn't like Return of the Jedi as much (replace Jar Jar by the Ewoks). The same thing happened to me with the prequels. I was an adult then, and too many aspects of the movie were stupid and childish for me. I wasn't the target audience anymore. But I still enjoyed it a whole lot. But I was happy The Matrix beat it in the awards seasons. Now don't get me started on the Dysney's Trilogy (worst everything in the history of anything).
I also love The Mandalorian; The Book of Bobba Fet was okay, and Ahsoka was fine (maybe because I never watched The Clone Wars, and that's because I can't commit to a TV show anymore - thanks to the TV show Lost (damn you again, J.J. Abrams, you ruin everything).
I doubt it's hate comments (but certainly won't rule out), just much as the person above is suggesting, his performances do tend to be among the best regarded in the franchise.
Hate comments, why? he's simply amazing, he's Palpatine since 1983, and was easily one of the best parts about the prequels, especially in Episode III, when we see Darth Sidious rising up to his full potential and power.
fun fact, when Maul reveals himself, the actors did not know what he was going to look like and their reaction is genuine. A bit like John Hurt in Alien
Honestly, my favourite performance is Ian McDiarmid as Darth Sidious. He might not have that much screen time or do that much physically, but there was a massive difference between Darth Sidious pre Mace Windu duel and Darth Sidious post Mace Windu duel. McDiarmid perfectly transitioned into the deformed Sidious, making it look so easy. Why didn't this man win an Oscar? Seriously
His lines, and been able to portray an innocent senator while we all knew who will he turned to be was amazing. He was my favorite actor of the prequel trilogy.
My favorite performance Ewan McGregor in Revenge of the Sith, particularly when he breaks down over the course of the film, starting from a master showing how happy he is to have trained his student who became like a brother to him, to trying to bring him back after first denying what happened to him, and finally snaps when Anakin is reduced to his state in the finale of their battle
This is why I stay during the credits, aside from the fact, music is beautiful (I conduct it), Anakin's Theme is so underrated, how it slowly transforms into the Imperial March, is a more happy and beautiful version, but also tragic, even if John Williams didn't knew how Anakin would evolve in the other two movies.
I went to see it with my wife and our two sons - my 5 year old loved Anakin. He left the cinema saying he was Anakin and he wanted to podrace. Jake Lloyd did a really good job and he was just a kid.
I never saw the reason for the hate Jake got. He was great in Ep.1, especially for a child actor considering they usually aren't very good actors due to their lack of experience. I'd wholeheartedly accept him coming back to acting some day and I hope he considers it
especially these days, I look on Lloyd's performance fondly, save 3 line deliveries I wish they'd used alternate takes for: "Yippee" "Whoah" and "..what are midichlorians?" Everything else was terrific
I don't even know how many times I've watched all of the Star Wars movies. I was 10 when the original movie came out in 1977, and I've loved (almost) every entry since. While many in my age group were disappointed in the Prequel Trilogy, I absolutely loved them. I never understood the hate thrown at both Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best. They did the exact job that George Lucas wanted them to do. Hell, even in Episode II, Hayden Christensen caught a lot of undeserved hatred. The problem was that some fans couldn't see the forest for the trees in the way. He was SUPPOSED to be an angsty teenager who was being told to repress his feelings for a certain someone, despite everything pushing them together (including, now doubt, The Force itself). But back to Episode I..... the Podrace was quite exciting, young Anakin leaving his mother was emotionally charged, Duel of the Fates was some of the finest music ever put into a movie, and those of us who had read the original books already knew Palpatine was the Sith Lord hiding in plain sight. Also, despite knowing that politics played a huge role in his rise to power..... many in my generation bitched up a storm about it. It was stupid.
I'm a 20 year old fan who started Star Wars with the prequels when I was 10, I never understood the hatred either, I get some of the criticisms like Jar Jar (never hated him) or Anakin & Padmé's romance and performances, but the story in general is great, it adds so much to the lore, expands the galaxy, the political intrigue made it even more interesting, may I say "realistic", I'm from Venezuela and I know what is an economical blockade from the U. S. while people are suffering and starving, and how charismatic politiians turn up to be corrupt and being in powerful possitions just like Palpatine. Near where I live, a theater is playing all six movies, Phantom Menace was AMAZING in theaters, the sound design, the music, battles, the duel with Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Maul, there were fans of all the ages, even my Mom loves the prequels, so does my Godfather and my Great Uncle, they all grew up with the original trilogy (the latino/mexican dub is incredible).
Jar Jar Binks is 100% without a doubt the greatest and most important Star Wars character of ALL TIME…. period!!! So much depth and emotional range. And I know the vast majority of Star Wars fans agree with me
IDK, after watching the Solo, Obi Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka movie & shows, I am wondering why Qui-Gon is such a wuss that he DIES from a wound, that those works clearly show Darth Maul, the Grand Inquisitor, Reva and Sabine Wren survive, and in some cases, walking away from.
Lucas true isn't good when it comes to directing people, but visually he's a master. Also that space battle over Naboo is straight up better any space battle in The Sequels.
I have always loved the prequels and their magic and most of my fave characters are from that era. Personally I have ignored all the haters who can't appreciate all the great that came from these films and the setup for the later more darker films and moments. I remember seeing the podrace for the first time and thinking I had never seen anything like that before on the big screen back then and appreciated the expansion of the SW universe.
I can't believe ppl were hating on jar jar and jake, like why i mean just bc he wasnt that aggressive on screen doesn't mean he wasnt off screen bc if they watch the deleted scenes, they can see Anakin was actually being Anakin and on screen its just showing that Anakin was following his mothers kindness path and after leaving he got kinda mad and sad, i mean and one of the deleted scenes is anakin throwing hands over a kid saying he cheated during the pod race.
Actually, i want to clarify one thing. Jake Lloyd wasn't actually bullied for his role on star wars, and those that posted reveiew that negstively talked about him never made it to him. He suffered from a mental illness and left acting due to that illness. It was not in any way related to being bullied. In fact, he openly talked about how he loved being a part of the movie and how he was treated after. Nothing ever bothered him. The source for this information is from an interview that was done by his mother. She openly stated that he didn't even care to read the reviews because he was happy with the movie and he had fun making it. So, people, you don't have to stress about how people treated him, because it was actually a manipulative article that tried to link his mental health and exodus from acting to the "mean" reviews from toxic fans. But none of that was actually true. Most people STILL believe it, though
@Skute apparently that's not really true either. The extent of that was that kids made lightsaber sounds in mockery but that never bothered him. Again, everything that was said about how much he was bullied was false. His mother was very clear in the interview that he had no negative impact from his time on star wars. And that he was happy because of it.
I was 14 when this first hit theatres. I loved jar jar then. I grew to gate him over the years because he destroyed what star wars was. Now as a 38 year old man I love the moron again.
One moment that always catches my attention is when Anikan talks to the Queen to say goodbye to Padme. He get fidgety with hands. This is either bad acting by Jake being fidgety while saying his lines, or that's good acting and as Anikan nervously talks to the queen.
I remember my mom was so sure that they used different actors for Obi-Wan and Anakin in each prequel movie, because they looked so different each time.
That’s funny. As a kid I remember thinking the same about Luke skywalkwer in the original trilogy because how different he looked. Come to find out mark hamil got into a motorcycle accident and had to reconstruct his face after a new hope.
I honestly never noticed obi wan wearing a wig. Rewatched the movie a few years ago and was impressed with how good the gungans looked a lot of the time. They look best in lower light and start looking fake in day light. Most notable to me is Boss Nass when they discuss the battle plan.
Always loved it. Had to get used to Jar Jar. Wish he would have kept a larger role in the following two. Darth Vader could have made him a victim at the end because he had lost his temper.
I never understood the rage over Phantom Menace. I mean it's clearly not the best movie ever put out, but the "Lucas is Satan" level hatred I saw at the time I never understood. I had fun with the movie.
Jake Lloyd’s childhood innocence absolutely sold the scene of Anakin leaving his mother on tattooine. If that was some 14 year old kid with an attitude, it wouldn’t work.
Exactly, it was one of the most beautiful moments in the saga, I went to see the movie on May 4, one of the pannelist talked (huge fan since 1977) talked about this moment, the innocence of childhood, and said that most mothers could relate to that scene, when a son tries to become independet or go to school or college. Pernilla August is also underrated.
That’s a bunch of BS people say, who just regurgitate talking points. It was critics. Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd both said it was not fans, it was critics. Fans never treated them bad.
Obi wans hair notably changes i noticed that when i first saw the phantom menace on DVD around 2002/2003 when obi wan and qui gon first meet jar jar obi wans hair is short and thinned out then all of a sudden when jar jar goes to lead the way obi wans hair suddenly thicker and is longer
I never understood the negativity around Jar Jar. I thought he was the prequels comic relief that 3PO brought to the OT. People get too uptight over nonsense.
With the last point I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the movie looked weird during the rerelease, it seemed to be tinted blue at a lot of moments.
I just saw the video and I don't agree the space battle is dissapointing, I know some people find ridiculous the fact that a kid Anakin can drive a starfighter, but c'mon, the whole experience in theaters is amazing, the visuals and the sound effects, plus the music, to me, it's so exciting it reminds me of of the Battle of Yavin, which I know that's what George Lucas was going for.
One thing I’ve noticed is how it absolutely ruined the characters of the Emperor and Yoda, and it’s made the original trilogy a little less enjoyable. When I was 8, I liked lightsaber Yoda, and I thought the “Palpatine” was really smart.. lol. Rewatching all of these as I have matured has made me realize how much they obliterated these two archetypal characters: Yoda: Yoda was the wise sage, strong in mind but not body. In fact he was _deliberately_ an un-intimidating character, 2 ft tall, with dialogue about how “size matters not,” in order to make this very point: physical prowess is not everything. He was wise and in tune with a higher “goodness” aka the Force. And that alone made him formidable… fastforward to the prequels and he is twirling around with a little lightsaber… Oh… I guess… you are an action hero too. Just like everyone else… And I guess all that stuff from the OT was BS. “Size matters not,” really meant “Size matters not as long as you are still very physically gifted and agile.” There is only one explanation for destroying this character too: Merch. You can sell lots of toys, and video games, and other crap the more saber wielding action heros you have. After all George had made a fortune off that since the 80s. And that pretty much has driven every decision in star wars since ep 1. Toys toys toys. Junk junk junk. Mark my words, we are never going to see just a normal red lightsabers again. Why? Bc Vader had one and you have to release a new goofy design to sell something new a la Maul’s double-bladed, Dooku curved hilt, Kylo abomination. I wonder what is next, maybe an ax-shaped periwinkle lightsaber idk but you could sell lots of toys and legos prob. The Emperor: There was this deliberately mysterious character in the original trilogy called “The Emperor.” In fact that was it… they gave him no other name… he wore a hood covering much of him, looked satanic, and you knew pretty much nothing about him other than him being “The Emperor.” This was all on PURPOSE because he was a personification of evil, Vader’s metaphorical and _literal_ master, “The Emperor.” It made the _literal_ point: Evil is Vader’s only master. The original trilogy had no trendy morally ambiguous stuff like everything these days.. it was truly a story of good vs. evil. And by having a mysterious character appear who was the master to the main bad guy of the story, Vader, underlined the very straightforward point that Vader fell to the manipulation of Evil. It was mysterious and therefore scary, and he had no lightsaber yet powers that no one else had again to emphasize this. A mysterious and powerful dark force. Aka Evil. The attempted seduction of Luke by “The Emperor” offering him power was symbolic of the call of evil that Vader fell to. None of this is to say that the Emperor was supposed to be a figment of their imagination or anything… no, he was a real guy, but we just deliberately were _not_ told his background because it would kill the metaphor and archetype. Less is more for a bad character sometimes, and we were deliberately told _less_ so that he would work as the personification of evil. Now the prequels- it’s Sheev Palpatine everyone. That’s his name. He’s kind of a Dick Cheney type of guy. We get to see that he has secretaries and an office and does conference calls and zoom and proposes legislation and all that. In other words he is now a completely normal, boring human who happens to have bad guy powers. Boring and ruined. No longer intimidating, no longer dark and mysterious, no longer metaphorical. Just some mitch mcconnell type guy, cool.
Ahmed Best turned in a great performance and deserved none of the criticism he received. However, Jar Jar was an absolutely terrible character. You can't polish that turd.
Jar Jar Binks is 100% without a doubt the greatest and most important Star Wars character of ALL TIME…. period!!! So much depth and emotional range. And I know the vast majority of Star Wars fans agree with me
I felt very differently about Jar Jar. As a kid I loved him and didn't understand the hate. After rewatching it I couldn't stop thinking about how annoying he was.
Yeah I saw the movie in theaters recently and not everyone laughed during Jar Jar, but I never hated him, even my Mom loves him and the prequels (she's from the OT generation).
Jake Lloyd deserves a big role in a Star Wars project. Just like they have teh actor who played Jar Jar Binks another chance to play a Jedi in Mandalorian.
@@TheLexiconDevils For some time Empire was my #1, but after multiple viewings Rogue One has reigned supreme. Better script, more emotion, better acting, better droid, matches/beats dark ending of Empire.
Ian McDiarmid is fantastic as Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine in all of his appearances. However, I think the BEST performance goes to Ewen McGregor in Revenge of the Sith.
Here is a question for you to solve, how did Darth Maul make it all the way through the barriers and was separated by the last one with Qui-Gon on one side and Darth Maul completely inside and they weren't even running, but Obi-Wan ran and he did not make it through the last one but he was running while the duel was taking place?
i didn't hate the prequels when they came out, but i didn't like them either. i watched them again maybe 10 years after 3 and discovered that i actually love them, and now i'm a proud prequel apologist!
Lucas should have never ‘killed’ Maul in Ep 1. He should have been the Dooku Sith in Eps 2 and 3 and he would have been great in the arena fight on Geonosis and then Maul vs Anakin in Ep 3 with dual vs double bladed lightsabers. Then Palpatine ordering Anakin to kill Maul would have bigger impact on the viewer.
Best performance was the entire cast of Andor. Some of the best acting and storytelling I've ever seen. Better than any SW film by far. (Willing to discuss/debate)
For the last time Star Wars is not the wire, it is not breaking bad. It is star wars. If you want to see grown up Star Wars, they should have done the story of Darth Bane or Darth Plagueis. You know... Star Wars.
@@minabee369 I'll agree to that, but SW has branched out and has plenty of different themes and tones with its growing target audiences. The cartoons, D+ shows, trilogies all have different parameters that add variety. IMO, Andor hits more on the backstory and shows that other 99% of the galaxy that isn't influenced by the force. You can only do so much with having this small box that you're putting SW in. I think SW should hit every genre to mix it up or else it will get stale.
Terence Stamp is a great actor, he even said he had no joy being in Star Wars, I wish we had seen more of him, that's truly a wasted potential, but I guess they needed a big name to fill in the credits.
To be honest…the world would probably be better off WITHOUT the Na’vi and two Pocahontas in Space films…let alone THREE MORE!!!!!!! On a more positive note, if it weren’t for Jar Jar suggesting that emergency powers be given to Palpi in Episode II…the ENTIRE OG trilogy wouldn’t have happened
I never got the hate for jar jar binks, he has a lot to do with the events of the phantom menace, he’s just a silly kind of character for humor and it is a children’s movie.
I think I was 5 when I first saw this movie, Jar Jar was hilarious to me at the time. Just remembering the times I laughed at that age, makes me militant against the Jar Jar haters. Come at me lol
Sorry but the only good thing about the phantom menace was like you say the saber fight with qui gon,obi wan and maul and John Williams score. Everything else just a mess.
Darth Maul was BadAss, and should've had way more screen time, remember that spin flip when he is fighting! What a waste of a Ray Parks talent! (I wrote this before seeing his segment)
No, Palpatine, a.k.a. Darth Sidious, was the Master. Darth Maul was the apprentice. Sidious even referred to Maul as his apprentice when he was speaking to the Trade Federation leaders in a hologram.
@@williambryan3346 no, Palps kills his master off screen DURING this movie. When Anakin lands on Corasaunt Palps is still the apprentice. Maul is an assassin NOT his apprentice
The look of pure anger Ani flashed Mace when he said he would not be trained was one of Jake Lloyd's best moments in the movie.
I agree dude I remember being a kid thinking eff that guy and thats how ani looked. Eff haters I rooted for him hardcore.
@@dustinburkhart8526 Funny how you hate the haters. Vicious circle, ha ha!. It's all good; I just wanted to add my thoughts in a friendly way. I just watched a multi-part documentary on Star Wars (the first six). It's always the same problem: the target audience. Star Wars was a movie for kids. But kids grow up. I was about 5 years old when the first one came out in 1977. Empire came three years later, and I didn't like it as much, even if it was the best one of the trilogy. Because the second one was more mature, more adult (the only time in the Lucas franchise, except maybe Revenge). Then Return came in 1983, and I loved it so much (I was still only 11-12 years old at that time). But the teenagers who saw A New Hope loved the second one the same or even better than the first one, but as almost adults in 1983, they didn't like Return of the Jedi as much (replace Jar Jar by the Ewoks). The same thing happened to me with the prequels. I was an adult then, and too many aspects of the movie were stupid and childish for me. I wasn't the target audience anymore. But I still enjoyed it a whole lot. But I was happy The Matrix beat it in the awards seasons. Now don't get me started on the Dysney's Trilogy (worst everything in the history of anything).
I also love The Mandalorian; The Book of Bobba Fet was okay, and Ahsoka was fine (maybe because I never watched The Clone Wars, and that's because I can't commit to a TV show anymore - thanks to the TV show Lost (damn you again, J.J. Abrams, you ruin everything).
@@amara7025 oh no hate man I jus get into star wars haha have a kickass day man.
@@dustinburkhart8526 same here my fellow padawan, same here
I once wrote that Ian McDiarmid was the most underrated actor in all of Star Wars and I’m still getting hate comments for posting that to this day
Who’s underrated him? Can you provide an example?
I doubt it's hate comments (but certainly won't rule out), just much as the person above is suggesting, his performances do tend to be among the best regarded in the franchise.
Way too mustache twirly to be taken seriously.
I was reading this when he said that and fell out of my chair
Hate comments, why? he's simply amazing, he's Palpatine since 1983, and was easily one of the best parts about the prequels, especially in Episode III, when we see Darth Sidious rising up to his full potential and power.
fun fact, when Maul reveals himself, the actors did not know what he was going to look like and their reaction is genuine. A bit like John Hurt in Alien
Honestly, my favourite performance is Ian McDiarmid as Darth Sidious. He might not have that much screen time or do that much physically, but there was a massive difference between Darth Sidious pre Mace Windu duel and Darth Sidious post Mace Windu duel. McDiarmid perfectly transitioned into the deformed Sidious, making it look so easy. Why didn't this man win an Oscar? Seriously
His lines, and been able to portray an innocent senator while we all knew who will he turned to be was amazing. He was my favorite actor of the prequel trilogy.
My favorite performance Ewan McGregor in Revenge of the Sith, particularly when he breaks down over the course of the film, starting from a master showing how happy he is to have trained his student who became like a brother to him, to trying to bring him back after first denying what happened to him, and finally snaps when Anakin is reduced to his state in the finale of their battle
BEST 'Easter egg': at end of credits, music is "Imperial March" followed by sound of Vader breathing
This is why I stay during the credits, aside from the fact, music is beautiful (I conduct it), Anakin's Theme is so underrated, how it slowly transforms into the Imperial March, is a more happy and beautiful version, but also tragic, even if John Williams didn't knew how Anakin would evolve in the other two movies.
I went to see it with my wife and our two sons - my 5 year old loved Anakin. He left the cinema saying he was Anakin and he wanted to podrace. Jake Lloyd did a really good job and he was just a kid.
I never saw the reason for the hate Jake got. He was great in Ep.1, especially for a child actor considering they usually aren't very good actors due to their lack of experience. I'd wholeheartedly accept him coming back to acting some day and I hope he considers it
Exactly and in the deleted scenes he was more aggressive than on screen
Jake Lloyd already had some experience, remember Jingle All The Way? he played Arnold's kid, probably his other remembered role aside from Anakin.
@@jesustovar2549 I'm aware, but he didn't have much experience. Star wars was his 4th and final role
especially these days, I look on Lloyd's performance fondly, save 3 line deliveries I wish they'd used alternate takes for: "Yippee" "Whoah" and "..what are midichlorians?" Everything else was terrific
I don't even know how many times I've watched all of the Star Wars movies. I was 10 when the original movie came out in 1977, and I've loved (almost) every entry since. While many in my age group were disappointed in the Prequel Trilogy, I absolutely loved them. I never understood the hate thrown at both Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best. They did the exact job that George Lucas wanted them to do. Hell, even in Episode II, Hayden Christensen caught a lot of undeserved hatred. The problem was that some fans couldn't see the forest for the trees in the way. He was SUPPOSED to be an angsty teenager who was being told to repress his feelings for a certain someone, despite everything pushing them together (including, now doubt, The Force itself). But back to Episode I..... the Podrace was quite exciting, young Anakin leaving his mother was emotionally charged, Duel of the Fates was some of the finest music ever put into a movie, and those of us who had read the original books already knew Palpatine was the Sith Lord hiding in plain sight.
Also, despite knowing that politics played a huge role in his rise to power..... many in my generation bitched up a storm about it. It was stupid.
Did you realize that Jar Jar Binks was in fact "The Phantom Menace" but nobody caught on so George Lucas wrote it out by episodes II and III?
I'm a 20 year old fan who started Star Wars with the prequels when I was 10, I never understood the hatred either, I get some of the criticisms like Jar Jar (never hated him) or Anakin & Padmé's romance and performances, but the story in general is great, it adds so much to the lore, expands the galaxy, the political intrigue made it even more interesting, may I say "realistic", I'm from Venezuela and I know what is an economical blockade from the U. S. while people are suffering and starving, and how charismatic politiians turn up to be corrupt and being in powerful possitions just like Palpatine.
Near where I live, a theater is playing all six movies, Phantom Menace was AMAZING in theaters, the sound design, the music, battles, the duel with Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Maul, there were fans of all the ages, even my Mom loves the prequels, so does my Godfather and my Great Uncle, they all grew up with the original trilogy (the latino/mexican dub is incredible).
Well said
Jar Jar Binks is 100% without a doubt the greatest and most important Star Wars character of ALL TIME….
period!!!
So much depth and emotional range.
And I know the vast majority of Star Wars fans agree with me
Darth Maul pulling his saber out of Qui-Gon Jinn’s chest is the most metal scene in all of Star Wars.
IDK, after watching the Solo, Obi Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka movie & shows, I am wondering why Qui-Gon is such a wuss that he DIES from a wound, that those works clearly show Darth Maul, the Grand Inquisitor, Reva and Sabine Wren survive, and in some cases, walking away from.
@@GunleaverBacta hadn't been invented when Qui took a saber to the abdomen.
It was invented like 10min too late to save him
Lucas true isn't good when it comes to directing people, but visually he's a master.
Also that space battle over Naboo is straight up better any space battle in The Sequels.
No the original Death Star trench run was handedly better.
I have always loved the prequels and their magic and most of my fave characters are from that era. Personally I have ignored all the haters who can't appreciate all the great that came from these films and the setup for the later more darker films and moments. I remember seeing the podrace for the first time and thinking I had never seen anything like that before on the big screen back then and appreciated the expansion of the SW universe.
I'll say the voice actor for Captain Tarples and Brian Blessed did the heavy lifting for me in the 'suspension of disbelief' department
David Prowse was fantastic, using only body language to give us the menace of the original Darth Vader
Not to forget James Earl Jones did a phenomenal voice work.
To be fair, he was speaking under the helmet, which match his movements. If anything, it's more on JEJ for nailing the inflection in the voice over.
Can't forget Bob Anderson or Peter Diamond.
What’s crazy is that I watched this movie last night at AMC 14 in LA and nowhere in the theater did they have a single poster of this movie.
They're playing all six movies near where I live, including the official re-release, and they did have the poster, beautiful btw.
7:38 the two novels about Maul are really good too. His backstory is further flushed out in Lockdown and Shadow Hunter.
I can't believe ppl were hating on jar jar and jake, like why i mean just bc he wasnt that aggressive on screen doesn't mean he wasnt off screen bc if they watch the deleted scenes, they can see Anakin was actually being Anakin and on screen its just showing that Anakin was following his mothers kindness path and after leaving he got kinda mad and sad, i mean and one of the deleted scenes is anakin throwing hands over a kid saying he cheated during the pod race.
Actually, i want to clarify one thing. Jake Lloyd wasn't actually bullied for his role on star wars, and those that posted reveiew that negstively talked about him never made it to him.
He suffered from a mental illness and left acting due to that illness. It was not in any way related to being bullied. In fact, he openly talked about how he loved being a part of the movie and how he was treated after. Nothing ever bothered him.
The source for this information is from an interview that was done by his mother. She openly stated that he didn't even care to read the reviews because he was happy with the movie and he had fun making it.
So, people, you don't have to stress about how people treated him, because it was actually a manipulative article that tried to link his mental health and exodus from acting to the "mean" reviews from toxic fans. But none of that was actually true. Most people STILL believe it, though
Mostly right but he was bullied in high school. Not by Star Wars fans though. By people were making fun of Star Wars in general.
@Skute apparently that's not really true either. The extent of that was that kids made lightsaber sounds in mockery but that never bothered him. Again, everything that was said about how much he was bullied was false. His mother was very clear in the interview that he had no negative impact from his time on star wars. And that he was happy because of it.
Justice for Anakin and Jar Jar.
I remember rewatching this over and over as a boy. Still do as an adult.
This man really just said duel of the fates is the best when the duel on mustafar exists
My thoughts exactly.
Fates is good... but yeah id put Battle of Heroes higher as well
But Obi Wan overcame the High Ground against Maul
@@LinkMan1NeoGAF and taught anakin to not be cocky
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I was 14 when this first hit theatres. I loved jar jar then. I grew to gate him over the years because he destroyed what star wars was. Now as a 38 year old man I love the moron again.
One moment that always catches my attention is when Anikan talks to the Queen to say goodbye to Padme. He get fidgety with hands. This is either bad acting by Jake being fidgety while saying his lines, or that's good acting and as Anikan nervously talks to the queen.
Great movie but Liam Neeson was overkill, was waste him. He has a very particular set of skills. If they wanted to use someone to die, get Sean Bean.
Sean Bean was filming Lord of the Rings at the time.
@@MorgothsBalrog WRONG! The Phantom was filmed in late 1997, The Lord of the Rings was filmed between 1999 and 2001. It totally would have worked.
I remember my mom was so sure that they used different actors for Obi-Wan and Anakin in each prequel movie, because they looked so different each time.
That’s funny. As a kid I remember thinking the same about Luke skywalkwer in the original trilogy because how different he looked. Come to find out mark hamil got into a motorcycle accident and had to reconstruct his face after a new hope.
@@bdo3979 i mean, a couple years ago i found out Ian McDiarmid played Palpatine in both Return of the Jedi, and the prequels.
I honestly never noticed obi wan wearing a wig. Rewatched the movie a few years ago and was impressed with how good the gungans looked a lot of the time. They look best in lower light and start looking fake in day light. Most notable to me is Boss Nass when they discuss the battle plan.
It felt good watching some real Star Wars in theaters again
Space battle is so cool. Especially the start of it
I actually liked midichlorians probably spelled it wrong but it’s cool to get a power scale
Wild episode 3 had the best duel scene
Always loved it. Had to get used to Jar Jar. Wish he would have kept a larger role in the following two. Darth Vader could have made him a victim at the end because he had lost his temper.
Episode 1 DVD add more scene to the podrace and in the bluray they add even more !!!
The podrace is SOOOOOOOOOO not an F1 analogue! It's clearly a Ben Hur style chariot race!
I never understood the rage over Phantom Menace. I mean it's clearly not the best movie ever put out, but the "Lucas is Satan" level hatred I saw at the time I never understood. I had fun with the movie.
Jake Lloyd’s childhood innocence absolutely sold the scene of Anakin leaving his mother on tattooine.
If that was some 14 year old kid with an attitude, it wouldn’t work.
Seriously
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Exactly, it was one of the most beautiful moments in the saga, I went to see the movie on May 4, one of the pannelist talked (huge fan since 1977) talked about this moment, the innocence of childhood, and said that most mothers could relate to that scene, when a son tries to become independet or go to school or college. Pernilla August is also underrated.
It’s not that Lloyd was bad, he was just given horrific dialog and no clear direction from the director.
He was an adorable little kid just being sweet as could be. He didn't need to be Haley Joel Osment, he was fine as he was. Give the poor kid a rest
Can we have Ewan narrating more please?
I loved this movie back in the day. Now its like .....I barely wanna rewatch it
The behaviour of the fans towards the actors is this movie was disgusting.
That’s a bunch of BS people say, who just regurgitate talking points. It was critics. Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd both said it was not fans, it was critics. Fans never treated them bad.
Obi wans hair notably changes i noticed that when i first saw the phantom menace on DVD around 2002/2003 when obi wan and qui gon first meet jar jar obi wans hair is short and thinned out then all of a sudden when jar jar goes to lead the way obi wans hair suddenly thicker and is longer
It still boasts the greatest duel in Star Wars history ⭕️
Jar Jar Binks is a treasure 🌟
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I never understood the negativity around Jar Jar. I thought he was the prequels comic relief that 3PO brought to the OT.
People get too uptight over nonsense.
Im still positive Jar Jar is a sith lord.
Poetry, it rhymes
Jar Jar is a sith lord he is waiting for the right time to show his true self
You'sa don't mess with Darth Binks
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Did you see the new Lego star wars trailer?
With the last point I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the movie looked weird during the rerelease, it seemed to be tinted blue at a lot of moments.
Yes, I also noticed some details appeared to be out of focus and there was "smoothing" on Liam Neeson.
I just saw the video and I don't agree the space battle is dissapointing, I know some people find ridiculous the fact that a kid Anakin can drive a starfighter, but c'mon, the whole experience in theaters is amazing, the visuals and the sound effects, plus the music, to me, it's so exciting it reminds me of of the Battle of Yavin, which I know that's what George Lucas was going for.
My favorite performance of all SW movies has to be Adam Driver's. He's regarded to be a very accomplished actor in general.
He's easily the best part about the sequels, I wish he was the protagonist, I mean, he's a Skywalker.
One thing I’ve noticed is how it absolutely ruined the characters of the Emperor and Yoda, and it’s made the original trilogy a little less enjoyable. When I was 8, I liked lightsaber Yoda, and I thought the “Palpatine” was really smart.. lol. Rewatching all of these as I have matured has made me realize how much they obliterated these two archetypal characters:
Yoda: Yoda was the wise sage, strong in mind but not body. In fact he was _deliberately_ an un-intimidating character, 2 ft tall, with dialogue about how “size matters not,” in order to make this very point: physical prowess is not everything. He was wise and in tune with a higher “goodness” aka the Force. And that alone made him formidable… fastforward to the prequels and he is twirling around with a little lightsaber… Oh… I guess… you are an action hero too. Just like everyone else… And I guess all that stuff from the OT was BS. “Size matters not,” really meant “Size matters not as long as you are still very physically gifted and agile.” There is only one explanation for destroying this character too: Merch. You can sell lots of toys, and video games, and other crap the more saber wielding action heros you have. After all George had made a fortune off that since the 80s. And that pretty much has driven every decision in star wars since ep 1. Toys toys toys. Junk junk junk. Mark my words, we are never going to see just a normal red lightsabers again. Why? Bc Vader had one and you have to release a new goofy design to sell something new a la Maul’s double-bladed, Dooku curved hilt, Kylo abomination. I wonder what is next, maybe an ax-shaped periwinkle lightsaber idk but you could sell lots of toys and legos prob.
The Emperor: There was this deliberately mysterious character in the original trilogy called “The Emperor.” In fact that was it… they gave him no other name… he wore a hood covering much of him, looked satanic, and you knew pretty much nothing about him other than him being “The Emperor.” This was all on PURPOSE because he was a personification of evil, Vader’s metaphorical and _literal_ master, “The Emperor.” It made the _literal_ point: Evil is Vader’s only master. The original trilogy had no trendy morally ambiguous stuff like everything these days.. it was truly a story of good vs. evil. And by having a mysterious character appear who was the master to the main bad guy of the story, Vader, underlined the very straightforward point that Vader fell to the manipulation of Evil. It was mysterious and therefore scary, and he had no lightsaber yet powers that no one else had again to emphasize this. A mysterious and powerful dark force. Aka Evil. The attempted seduction of Luke by “The Emperor” offering him power was symbolic of the call of evil that Vader fell to. None of this is to say that the Emperor was supposed to be a figment of their imagination or anything… no, he was a real guy, but we just deliberately were _not_ told his background because it would kill the metaphor and archetype. Less is more for a bad character sometimes, and we were deliberately told _less_ so that he would work as the personification of evil.
Now the prequels- it’s Sheev Palpatine everyone. That’s his name. He’s kind of a Dick Cheney type of guy. We get to see that he has secretaries and an office and does conference calls and zoom and proposes legislation and all that. In other words he is now a completely normal, boring human who happens to have bad guy powers. Boring and ruined. No longer intimidating, no longer dark and mysterious, no longer metaphorical. Just some mitch mcconnell type guy, cool.
The prequels have aged like fine wine.
I noticed how many animations were reused for the Gungan Warriors in the Battle of Naboo.
Best *cinematic* light saber duel, but the best overall is Maul v. Kenobi at the end of Rebels.
Ahmed Best turned in a great performance and deserved none of the criticism he received. However, Jar Jar was an absolutely terrible character. You can't polish that turd.
Still Ahmed Best didn't deserve the hate.
Jar Jar Binks is 100% without a doubt the greatest and most important Star Wars character of ALL TIME….
period!!!
So much depth and emotional range.
And I know the vast majority of Star Wars fans agree with me
Who wooda thunk that Vader's Mom would grow up to be Capt. Hook's sidekick???😲🤓😎✌🏼
I felt very differently about Jar Jar. As a kid I loved him and didn't understand the hate. After rewatching it I couldn't stop thinking about how annoying he was.
Yeah I saw the movie in theaters recently and not everyone laughed during Jar Jar, but I never hated him, even my Mom loves him and the prequels (she's from the OT generation).
Jake Lloyd deserves a big role in a Star Wars project. Just like they have teh actor who played Jar Jar Binks another chance to play a Jedi in Mandalorian.
6:09 also don’t forget to mention Stutman
I think that Alec Guinness performance is outstanding! He made this Universe believable
best peeformance is easily Kylo Ren
Battle of Heroes is the greatest duel in Star Wars. Duel of the fates is #2
Best performance in all Star Wars for me is Sam Witwer as Maul in Clone Wars and Rebels
BEST Star Wars Film...Rogue One
BEST Star Wars Performance(s)...Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso AND Diego Luna as Cassian Andor
It’s the best Star Wars live action since the original trilogy
@@TheLexiconDevils For some time Empire was my #1, but after multiple viewings Rogue One has reigned supreme. Better script, more emotion, better acting, better droid, matches/beats dark ending of Empire.
The underwater creatures were practical effects.
Ian McDiarmid is fantastic as Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine in all of his appearances. However, I think the BEST performance goes to Ewen McGregor in Revenge of the Sith.
When I watch TPM again I love betting on the pod races
Here is a question for you to solve, how did Darth Maul make it all the way through the barriers and was separated by the last one with Qui-Gon on one side and Darth Maul completely inside and they weren't even running, but Obi-Wan ran and he did not make it through the last one but he was running while the duel was taking place?
I can’t believe it’s been 25 years
I think my favorite “performance” is Ewan McGregor. Specifically in episode 2
i didn't hate the prequels when they came out, but i didn't like them either. i watched them again maybe 10 years after 3 and discovered that i actually love them, and now i'm a proud prequel apologist!
My fav Star Wars acting moment is def bill burr. All of him in season 2
I wish the theatrical cut was available in 4K HDR. Its only on Laserdisc/VHS/VCD?
That it's even worse than I remember?
Lucas should have never ‘killed’ Maul in Ep 1. He should have been the Dooku Sith in Eps 2 and 3 and he would have been great in the arena fight on Geonosis and then Maul vs Anakin in Ep 3 with dual vs double bladed lightsabers. Then Palpatine ordering Anakin to kill Maul would have bigger impact on the viewer.
Best performance was the entire cast of Andor. Some of the best acting and storytelling I've ever seen. Better than any SW film by far. (Willing to discuss/debate)
For the last time Star Wars is not the wire, it is not breaking bad. It is star wars. If you want to see grown up Star Wars, they should have done the story of Darth Bane or Darth Plagueis. You know... Star Wars.
@@minabee369 I'll agree to that, but SW has branched out and has plenty of different themes and tones with its growing target audiences. The cartoons, D+ shows, trilogies all have different parameters that add variety. IMO, Andor hits more on the backstory and shows that other 99% of the galaxy that isn't influenced by the force. You can only do so much with having this small box that you're putting SW in. I think SW should hit every genre to mix it up or else it will get stale.
Darth Jar Jar!!!
The worst performance was Terence Stamp as Chancelor Valorum. You can really see that Stamp had no fun on set or putting any energy into the role
Terence Stamp is a great actor, he even said he had no joy being in Star Wars, I wish we had seen more of him, that's truly a wasted potential, but I guess they needed a big name to fill in the credits.
Jar Jar Binks was comic relief. He was goofy, because he was meant to be goofy. I never understood all the hate for Jar Jar.
Anakin's pod racer has Ahsoka's colors
I saw this movie on may 4th in the theater and people were laughing at Jar Jar 😂😂😂
Looking back the space battle is really "bad" because they were straight up just going to lose except Anakin accidentally forced his way to victory.
I’m pretty sure Casper the friendly ghost beat Jar Jar Binks to the punch on first fully digital character…
If animation counts, I'm pretty partial to the throwdown between Ahsoka and Maul
To be honest…the world would probably be better off WITHOUT the Na’vi and two Pocahontas in Space films…let alone THREE MORE!!!!!!! On a more positive note, if it weren’t for Jar Jar suggesting that emergency powers be given to Palpi in Episode II…the ENTIRE OG trilogy wouldn’t have happened
I never noticed the Obi Wan hair fiasco lol
Cool. Thank you.
Anakin is space jesus but you forgot because you were distracted by midichlorians.
I never got the hate for jar jar binks, he has a lot to do with the events of the phantom menace, he’s just a silly kind of character for humor and it is a children’s movie.
Ian mcdiarmid hands down
I actually liked the character Jar Jar. Sure he was “annoying” but who cares? His clumsiness is part of the charm
Padme in the clone wars was much better and the Anakin kid was really good in the pretender tv show
I like a the phantom menace always did … always will …a story has to start somewhere…
@346 no way guy on the left can fit through that door of that house
I think I was 5 when I first saw this movie, Jar Jar was hilarious to me at the time. Just remembering the times I laughed at that age, makes me militant against the Jar Jar haters. Come at me lol
Sorry but the only good thing about the phantom menace was like you say the saber fight with qui gon,obi wan and maul and John Williams score. Everything else just a mess.
This movie is 25? Old 👴...
10:25 I saw that. 10:49 You know, FOR KIDS!
You’re nuts if you think duel of the fates is better than the battle of heros..
The battle of heroes goes on too long, is trying too hard to be “epic” and has a bad ending.
My statement stands.
Never noticed Ewan’s hair, and I still don’t see the difference
Darth Maul was BadAss, and should've had way more screen time, remember that spin flip when he is fighting! What a waste of a Ray Parks talent!
(I wrote this before seeing his segment)
Revenge if the sith us the best looking star wars film.
Jake Lloyd portrayed Anakin the way he was supposed to be; AND 'plays in' to how 'whiney' Luke is when we first meet
When the movie begins Palpatine is the apprentice 🙃
No, Palpatine, a.k.a. Darth Sidious, was the Master. Darth Maul was the apprentice. Sidious even referred to Maul as his apprentice when he was speaking to the Trade Federation leaders in a hologram.
@@williambryan3346 no, Palps kills his master off screen DURING this movie. When Anakin lands on Corasaunt Palps is still the apprentice. Maul is an assassin NOT his apprentice