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Jar Jar Binks is a Gungan exile turned political figure in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Introduced early in the film, he serves as a comic sidekick who gu...
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Jar Jar Binks is a Gungan exile turned political figure in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Introduced early in the film, he serves as a comic sidekick who gu...
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The search to cast Anakin Skywalker for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace involved multiple auditions and several recognized actors who tested for the role before Jake...
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The Phantom Menace takes place in the Star Wars universe 32 years before Return of the Jedi, placing its main events around 32 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin). Narratively, it...
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Natalie Portman was 16 years old during the principal photography of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace in 1999 and was 20 at the film’s theatrical release in May 199...
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was shot across four continents using a mix of soundstages and exterior locations. Principal photography began in July 1997 and wrapped i...
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Qui-Gon Jinn dies in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace during the climactic lightsaber duel with Darth Maul. Canonically, he is killed near the end of that battle on N...
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