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Hoping to petition the Galactic Senate for aid, they set out on a journey to the Republic's capital - in the process discovering a young boy named Anakin Skywalker ( Jake Lloyd), who is unnaturally strong in the Force. Under pressure from their ominous backer, the Trade Federation's ambassadors attack the Jedi and invade Naboo, forcing the Jedi to escape the planet with its young leader, Queen Amidala ( Natalie Portman).

Hoping to resolve things peacefully, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic sends the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn ( Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Ewan McGregor) to serve as negotiators.

Thirty years before the destruction of the Death Star, a corrupt corporate conglomerate known as the Trade Federation blockades the small, peaceful planet of Naboo in protest of rising taxations. It was written and directed by franchise creator George Lucas, who took the director's chair for the first time since A New Hope. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, or simply known as The Phantom Menace, is a 1999 Space Opera film and the first film of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. note Clockwise from top left: Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, Queen Amidala, Jar Jar Binks, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and C-3PO and R2-D2. Obi-Wan Kenobi: It's not about the mission, Master.

Obi-Wan Kenobi: I have a bad feeling about this.

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