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The Phantom Menace

Fear to Power
In the first and last films of the Skywalker Saga, Palpatine tempts a young woman to give him power through an act of aggression by making her feel…
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Robert Brown
Darth Sidious
In The Phantom Menace, the future Emperor Palpatine is first introduced as his Sith alter ego: Darth Sidious.
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Timothy Lawrence
Redeeming Attachments
Across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, there is a movement away from seeing attachment only as a cause for destructive fears and toward seeing attachment…
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Robert Brown
Coruscant
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker travels from Tatooine to Coruscant, the capital planet of the Republic.
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Timothy Lawrence
Confronting Fear
The nine-film Skywalker Saga begins, reaches its central turning point, and ends when Jedi masters choose to train new apprentices in spite of fear …
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Robert Brown
Darth Maul
The name "Maul" carries two meanings that illuminate the Sith Lord's role in The Phantom Menace.
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Timothy Lawrence
Now This is Speeder Chasing!
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker competes in the Boonta Eve Classic podrace, driving a yellow podracer.
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Timothy Lawrence
Being Mindful
In the scenes leading up to the climactic Battle of Naboo in The Phantom Menace, two masters each tell their apprentices to “be mindful.” Qui-Gon Jinn…
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Robert Brown
The Jedi and Sith Temples
In the first and last episodes of the Skywalker Saga, the audience is introduced to the temples of the Jedi and the Sith.
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Robert Brown
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Mandalore's Phantom Menace
In The Clone Wars, the two-part arc consisting of "Corruption" (3.5) and "The Academy" (3.6) closely mirrors the plot of The Phantom Menace.
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Timothy Lawrence
Lady Proxima
At the beginning of Solo: A Star Wars Story, the adolescent Han Solo is a small-time criminal who works for the worm-like Lady Proxima.
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Timothy Lawrence
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Grand Armies
In The Phantom Menace, the senator from Naboo – Padmé Amidala – comes before the Senate because a droid army threatens the people of her home planet.
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Timothy Lawrence
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