Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
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Director: George Lucas
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, Frank Oz
George Lucas is back behind the camera in the fourth Star Wars film, which is the first episode in the entire saga. Obi-Wan Kenobi meets the young Anakin Skywalker, the future Darth Vader and the father of Luke and Leia. The film looks terrific but its story lacks drive, its performances are wooden and its dialogue is mostly gibberish. Since the first trilogy, Lucas has fallen in love with the possibilities of CGI, and the resulting action scenes feel like a computer game. Followed by Attack of the Clones.
