The Phantom Menace (1999)
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What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 7 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 3 lines the host's read ×3
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lineage (lineage):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read).
The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
“tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 6 lines lineage ×4 contrast ×2
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contrast (contrast):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Original films don't explain world-building; the prequels explain everything out loud.
“And what I like about these movies, as opposed to how the prequels work, is that the original trilogy, episode one, two, and three, I like that these films, like just don't explain shit.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:37:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
Star Wars (A New Hope): 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Star Wars (A New Hope) → The Phantom Menace.
The originals were Lucas working out what he had to say; the prequels were people telling a genius he must keep being one.
“the original films are George Lucas going, I don't know.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:21:13 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- anecdote in The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims, first at 0:03:47, 1 time
- anecdote in Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free), first at 0:15:52, 3 times
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free), first at 0:03:49, 15 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (3)
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contrast (contrast):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Jabba is an ugly race guy in Phantom Menace and soft on Han in A New Hope, so he should have debuted only in Jedi.
“I think he probably should not be in the movies other than this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:34:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Original films don't explain world-building; the prequels explain everything out loud.
“And what I like about these movies, as opposed to how the prequels work, is that the original trilogy, episode one, two, and three, I like that these films, like just don't explain shit.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:37:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Star Wars (A New Hope) → The Phantom Menace.
The originals were Lucas working out what he had to say; the prequels were people telling a genius he must keep being one.
“the original films are George Lucas going, I don't know.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:21:13 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
lineage (4)
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lineage (lineage):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels.
“you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:08:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Jedi's Death Star 2 and bureaucrat-nagging scene is Lucas griping, as the Trade Federation is him griping at his tax bill.
“the trade federation is him griping at his tax bill, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
“tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace.
Ewok guerrilla tactics echo the Gungan thing in Phantom Menace, though that one is far worse.
“And it just sort of reminds you of the Gungen thing, which is way worse, but is in the same, like, ballpark.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:08:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- George Lucas: director (The Big Picture, The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims)
- George Lucas: director/creator (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free))