Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Back in 1999,Star Warsfans were hyped . Having originally thought they ’d seen the last of the saga , they were now set to see a brand Modern prequel trilogy . The first installment , The Phantom Menace , hit dramatic art and originally released to positive reviews across the world . However , many had a dissimilar view - and charge George Lucas of create a muddle , nonsense movie .
Even those who love it are definitely accepting of its defect . So here are ten things that make no sense about the blockbuster .
The Opening Crawl
The Opening Crawls ofA New Hope , The Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jediare all easygoing to understand . After all , the motion-picture show ’s target audience was children and therefore had to appeal to that audience by using words they bang . intelligible , of course of instruction .
Fans expected something exchangeable forThe Phantom Menacebut were left totally shocked when the renowned yellow composition started to glide across the screenland . With the words ' taxation ' , ' business deal route , ' and ' congress ' , as well as a ' Galactic Republic ' and ' Trade Federation ' even many adults were leave behind gravel . Right from the off , the moving-picture show surprise .
Mind Tricking Boss Nass
Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi ’s hopes of a smooth clip with the Gungans are quickly frighten off when they arrive and discover that Jar Jar Binks , who they ’ve just met , is in some trouble . By bringing them down to the Gungans ' underwater alkali , he incurs the anger of Boss Nass .
Boss Nass search poised to dish out a rather abrasive penalisation when , out of nowhere , he change his mind . Audiences know this is because of Qui - Gonn using a Jedi Mind Trick but not a undivided someone questions it . They all just nod along as if they were anticipate this to happen . Their drawing card must always be switch his mind , it ’s the only explanation .
Anakin Being Nine
Even today , in a mean solar day and long time where baddie likeLord Voldemort , Thanos , and The Joker have all graced the bad screen , there ’s a common consensus that Darth Vader tops the bad guy power ranking . With his Brobdingnagian height , monstrous mask , and terrifying breathing he definitely made a big impression during the original trilogy . And when a brand Modern story was announced , many were intrigued .
But those feelings soon turned to confusion when it was revealed Anakin ’s journey would begin at the age of nine . The big bad Darth Vader in child form ? Really ? It seemed to somewhat lessen the villain ’s awe element among some phallus of the community . And as if that was n’t eldritch enough …
…And Padme Was 14
There was always going to be some love affair require in the prequels . Anakin Skywalker patently must have met somebody before becoming Emperor Palpatine ’s lapdog to have Luke and Leia . But what really did n’t want to happen was for the seeds of such a romantic kinship establish while Anakin was nine .
Especially with somebody five years senior . It was definitely a somewhat odd decisiveness to make Padme Amidala 14 and Anakin nine rather than the same age . Sure , we get that she ’s a Queen and could n’t operate Naboo while still in 3rd Grade but even so … this just did n’t make any sense .
‘At Last We Will Have Revenge’
Poor Darth Maul . A character with such Brobdingnagian potential , he does n’t have much to say duringThe Phantom Menace . But one thing he does say makes zero sense to audiences . ' At last we will have revenge ' .
Revenge for what ? At the time there was n’t the huge amount ofStar Warsmedia there is today . And , as a upshot , nobody had any clue about the history of the Sith and the Jedi . Nobody jazz what exactly Maul and Palpatine want revenge for . Even now , all these years on , we still do n’t solely know . But we hope to find out one sidereal day .
Palpatine’s Disguise
While we ’re on the subject of Palpatine , let ’s speak about his camouflage . And how unfit it is .
This is a Senator of Naboo , attempting to penetrate a powerful furore known as the Jedi - who are capable of reading minds , smell out flavour , and more often than not being somewhat on the formal . It ’s not an easy task and you do n’t want anybody knowing about either identity in case your rarified plan of astronomic ruler is scuppered . So for disguise yourself , you wear out a … hoodlum . A hood that does n’t even hide your whole typeface ? Nute Gunray spends so much time look and dealing with Palpatine you ’d remember he would put two and two together . Clearly , he is n’t the smartest person in the galaxy .
Obi-Wan Knew C3-PO And R2-D2
In the original trilogy , Obi - Wan Kenobi does n’t seem to knowR2 - D2 and C3 - PO . C3 - PO would n’t recognize him anyway after having his memory wiped following the downfall of the Jedi . But R2 decidedly would , with the little astromech droid having no such affair bechance to him .
We know that the prequels released mode afterA New Hope , The Empire Strikes Back , andReturn of the Jediof course of instruction . However , no matter , the decision to have Kenobi and R2 foregather each other and spend so much time together creates a giant secret plan hole . Kenobi could have drop so many yr on Tatooine he ’s lose his mind but that seems a unconvincing account . Anyway , R2 has no alibi .
The Chosen One Thing
Hindsight can be a vivid thing . InThe Phantom Menace , Qui - Gon Jinn feel that Anakin is the Chosen One , the one destined to fetch balance to the force out and shoot down the Sith for good . George Lucas has always insisted the whole distributor point of the saga is Anakin himself . He ’s the agonist and antagonist in equal criterion .
Anakin does indeed bring Libra the Balance to the force inReturn of the Jediwhen he throws Emperor Palpatine to his ostensible expiry . That is , until theFirst Orderappears 30 eld later . And Rey then defeats Palpatine … this time for serious . The sequels are effective movies , do n’t get us wrong , but it makes the whole pick out One affair now make no gumption whatsoever .
Darth Maul’s Death
One of the bountiful ground behind devotee ' excitement for the first flick of the prequel trilogy was because of the scoundrel . He looked the part with his red and smutty face , horned head , and scarlet lightsaber . And he was redoubtable in scrap , sincerely captivating to see .
Therefore , his death come in as a surprise - and a blow . Most wanted him to remain around , especially after scantily speak , but Lucas had other ideas which mean the character did n’t satisfy his reliable potential drop at the clip . Lucas end up backtracking , too , bringing the persona back to life inThe Clone Wars . He made his yield to the fully grown screen in 2018 with the release ofSolo : A Star Wars Story .
Anakin’s Conception
We whole understand that Lucas wanted to really forge home that Anakin was unlike to the ease of the Jedi . But the decision to make his conception so unorthodox definitely backfire .
' There was no father , ' Shmi Skywalker tells Qui - Gon . Why , though ? lover do n’t get out in that movie and , to this day , still do n’t screw the truth . There have been many theories over the year and our personal favorite is that Palpatine manipulated his conception from the get - go , creating his dream apprentice . This has previously been dismissed , though , and it ’s something else we want to bang more about in the future .
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