There are aspects of Star Wars, notably The Phantom Menace, that make me uncomfortable.
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The first film (in story order), The Phantom Menace, should hit theaters next year.
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Indeed, this is how pirated copies of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Matrix got online.
There was little to love in "The Phantom Menace, " and I was so ready to love it.
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The company is planning a heavy push for the 3D release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
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The result, then, is the kind of spirited, satisfying follow-up that The Phantom Menace should have been but wasn't.
Since it's the follow-up to 1999's The Phantom Menace, expectations aren't as high as they were the last time around.
Prequel Screen Savers: These two screen savers include sounds, pictures, and animations from The Phantom Menace, along with fan art and behind-the-scenes photos.
The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for his starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List and Michael Collins.
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The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List, Taken and Michael Collins.
While the studio 20th Century Fox is involved as a distributor, "The Phantom Menace" now stands as an example of indie film achievement.
The Phantom Menace Trailer: The trailer is stuffed with images from the new movie, in which Anakin Skywalker, a young boy, must begin to face his destiny.
The actor who comes from Ballymena, in County Antrim, plays the key role of Jedi Master Gui Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lucas plans to release the films in story order (as opposed to chronological release date order) starting with The Phantom Menace in 2012.
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But come the end of the year, as film critics and moviegoers totted up their best of the year lists, The Phantom Menace was appearing in the year's great turkeys, not triumphs.
The storyline occurs years after Anakin Skywalker won his race in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, " but many of the characters are still around and add some great dialogue in between races.
This week, the release of Revenge of the Sith completes a six-movie, 15 hour sequence in which the trilogy of films released in the last six years (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and now Revenge of the Sith) form a prequel to the original Star Wars films released between 1977 and 83, numbered parts IV-VI (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi).
That 2015 release seems a fairly safe bet given the box-office reliability of all things Star Wars no matter the quality (Phantom Menace anyone?).
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"This is Star Wars the way it was meant to be seen, " Phantom Menace producer Rick McCallum told reporters.
Phantom Menace Theme: Dress up your desktop with color photos from the prequel.
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