Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

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Wikidata Q165713, film, IMDb tt0120915, TMDB 1893: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar.
    “It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Colin Trevorrow: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (insult joke): Colin Trevorrow → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Closing rant says Trevorrow should not be allowed to make a Phantom Menace-style fan movie.
    “You shouldn't be allowed to make a fucking fan of menace movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:42:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Eric Bauersfeld: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Eric Bauersfeld → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The voice actor (transcribed Bowersfeld) who voiced Bib Fortuna and Akbar was originally supposed to appear in Phantom Menace.
    “Initially, he was supposed to appear in Phantom Menace.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's planned sequel outline, midichlorian-heavy, sounds like the prequels: wacky ideas, possibly unwatchable, dramatically inert.
    “I mean, it sounds like the prequel trilogy and it would probably be at times completely unwatchable.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:49:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rick McCallum: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Rick McCallum → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Producer Rick McCallum is blamed for not telling Lucas that one of the 14 Jar Jar bits was superfluous.
    “it is crazy that Rick McCollum wasn't like, maybe just like one of these is superfluous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. As the start of a new trilogy, The Force Awakens is far more successful than The Phantom Menace.
    “It is infinitely more successful than Phantom Menace was.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

The Judge: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): The Judge → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The Judge's characters announce their motivations in dialogue, which David says is worse than the Phantom Menace.
    “I just want to say this movie is a lot worse than Star Wars episode one of the Phantom Menace.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:09:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Eric Bauersfeld → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The voice actor (transcribed Bowersfeld) who voiced Bib Fortuna and Akbar was originally supposed to appear in Phantom Menace.
    “Initially, he was supposed to appear in Phantom Menace.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. As the start of a new trilogy, The Force Awakens is far more successful than The Phantom Menace.
    “It is infinitely more successful than Phantom Menace was.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar.
    “It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans.
    “you get to see some Gungans.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Rick McCallum → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Producer Rick McCallum is blamed for not telling Lucas that one of the 14 Jar Jar bits was superfluous.
    “it is crazy that Rick McCollum wasn't like, maybe just like one of these is superfluous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (comparison): The Judge → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The Judge's characters announce their motivations in dialogue, which David says is worse than the Phantom Menace.
    “I just want to say this movie is a lot worse than Star Wars episode one of the Phantom Menace.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:09:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (insult joke): Colin Trevorrow → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Closing rant says Trevorrow should not be allowed to make a Phantom Menace-style fan movie.
    “You shouldn't be allowed to make a fucking fan of menace movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:42:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's planned sequel outline, midichlorian-heavy, sounds like the prequels: wacky ideas, possibly unwatchable, dramatically inert.
    “I mean, it sounds like the prequel trilogy and it would probably be at times completely unwatchable.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:49:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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