But the genius of Lucas’ plans - anticipated or accidental - is that the movies sparked creativity in other creators. Abiding to reasonable runtimes, the movies don’t go that deep with the Jedi’s request for a clone army or interesting characters like Darth Maul, Mace Windu, and Count Dooku, who all meet an early demise.
The Phantom Menace, and later Attack of the Clones, introduced a political conspiracy that spanned every corner of the Star Wars universe, a corrupt government meshing with a somewhat clueless Jedi Order. The animated series, books, comics, and everything else tying into the expanded canon made good on the promises delivered in those seven hours of CG-filled adventure. There are memes that celebrate the highly dramatic dialogue, direct references in tentpoles like Solo, and the kids who grew up with the prequels as their main Star Wars movies have spoken up to defend them.īut what arguably vindicated the prequel trilogy was the spin-off culture. Though heavily criticized, The Phantom Menace, and George Lucas’ prequel trilogy as a whole, has been reexamined and somewhat embraced in the years since release. Just in time for the final season of Game of Thrones to polarize dedicated viewers, another contentious pillar of entertainment, one that provoked the biggest fandom in the world to almost completely turn against itself, turns 20 years old: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
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