SoFie at 46:11 -- "I wonder if things would have been different for Anakin if Qui-Gon didn't die." Arguably so. Had Qui-Gon lived, he might have been the kind of positive paternal role model Anakin needed to become a "good" Jedi. Obi-Wan, though well-meaning, treated Anakin as a brother, leaving an opening for Palpatine to become Anakin's father figure instead.

Now when you rewatch the original trilogy every time you hear C3PO say "Thank the maker!" you'll know that his maker was Darth Vader.

"Return of the Jedi" actually gets its name from Anakin not Luke...Anakin defeated the emperor and returned and died a jedi. He was in fact the chosen one who brought balance to the force.

@ronniearnold9165

19 күн бұрын

Through redemption. Yes.

@Tayoel

15 күн бұрын

@@ronniearnold9165 Even in another way, maybe. One of the teachings of Yoda in 'The empire strikes back' is that once fallen to the Dark Side you cannot ever return to the Light Side. But Anakin does it. A theory says that from that moment every force-user will be able to do it too, and that's the 'restoration of the balance' of the prophecy. (even if Lucas said otherwise ^_^')

Fun fact: if you listen to the chior in the final parade, they are singing a happy version of the Emperor's theme from Return of the Jedi. They are literally celebrating their deaths

@jozdundar

25 күн бұрын

Most ppl don't pick that up 👍🏻

@SleepySloth2705

22 күн бұрын

Holy shit you're right 🤯

@irrelevant_noob

10 күн бұрын

*choir

Nobody makes Padme smile like sweet little Anakin.

the clone wars show provides SO MUCH CONTEXT it takes place between episode 2 and 3

Anakin, in fact, brought balance to the force after all!

@brandonleon4068

25 күн бұрын

Hallowed be thy name

@elfffin

25 күн бұрын

True, Luke was just the trigger.

@gethriel

25 күн бұрын

I've said that since before the prequels.

@Jerome616

25 күн бұрын

The only thing I wonder about is: did the force want the Jedi to fall? Were they straying too far into ascetics and missing the heart of the Force?

@pipoj5

25 күн бұрын

​@@Jerome616i dont think so while the jedi were not perfect the sith do all kinds of things against the will of the force

"How old is he?"... Anakin was 9 at this time. He'll be 10 in a few months. Padme is 14 here.

@digitaladventurer2142

21 күн бұрын

Which isn't weird. literally only a 4-5 year gap and they don't officially get together for 10 years. Just some people seem weirded out by the age difference here. I think its just because Portman was a little older then 14 during filming but they could have just used the excuse Padme was tall for her age.

@mckrackin5324

21 күн бұрын

@@digitaladventurer2142 Exactly. That's why I always let people know their ages. My own parents are 5 years apart. Perfectly normal.

@virgiliodantetv

18 күн бұрын

Knowing their ages makes it a lot better because here it looks like a 22 year old girl and a 7 year old boy 🤣 but it always looks really weird for me just in my eyes how much difference in their ages look like xD

@LeroOfTheKodiak

14 күн бұрын

​@@digitaladventurer2142my girlfriend is 37, and I'm about to turn 33. It's normal.

Natalie Portman played Queen Padme Amidala and Keira Knightley played her decoy. Both were quite young here, but Natalie, at this time, was more known as actress.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, I don’t think anyone really knew who Keira Knightley was at this time. Maybe she was known in the UK, but I don’t think she’d become known in the US till around ‘05-‘06, at the earliest. Edit: I take that back, she’d starred in Bend it Like Beckham in ‘02 & Pirates of the Caribbean in ‘03, so this was just a couple years before she became popular.

@joshuawiedenbeck6944

25 күн бұрын

This was Keira Knightlys first major role. The story goes that Portman and Knightly looked so much alike that Knightlys Mom kept getting them confused on set.

@UTU49

22 күн бұрын

Portman had already had memorable roles in Leon: The Professional, Heat, and Beautiful Girls.

@yenifervargas5078

21 күн бұрын

I didn't understand at that time the plot... I always tought it was the same person lol

Anakin is the chosen one. He did bring balance in the end by defeating the emperor, thus saving the galaxy.

@lyssalovesit

24 күн бұрын

I dont get how a lot of people dont understand this.

@garethlawton5278

24 күн бұрын

@@lyssalovesit Because what brought balance was actually Luke. No Luke present, no Anakin redemption. Can argue Anakin made Luke, but also, Anakin had no hand in training or preparing Luke, the Force reached out to Luke, not his father. Also, canonically, what exactly did Vader do? He didn't do what everyone's arguing thanks to the new movies.

@lyssalovesit

24 күн бұрын

Thats because the new movies are trash and most dont find them canon. The title "Return of the Jedi" was reffering to Anakin returning to being a jedi and bringing balance to the force by defeating the emperor.

@MK-lb3oc

24 күн бұрын

@@garethlawton5278 Vader is the one who defeated the emperor, not Luke. If Vader wasn't there, Luke would have died. Anakin was the chosen one.

@rfresa

24 күн бұрын

Or, he brought balance to the Force by reducing the number of living Jedi to 2, the same as the number of Sith...

The "rat tail" of Obi Wan shows that he is a padawan learner, an apprentice, not a Jedi Knight yet. The final fight, sounding "Duel of the fates", it´s one of the best in the franchise for me. Legendary.

@jasondrake323

25 күн бұрын

Well it's the braid that shows that, not the rat tail.

Palpatine serves as a warning to all generations that you should never trust a politician

@MI-hz1cp

22 күн бұрын

They are all no good slime.......we need true leaders.....

@paulchavez3039

16 сағат бұрын

Especially a populist one who values business ventures and theological justification over ethics.

Yoda being Obi Wan's master was a tiny bit of a plothole they fixed it later. Basically there are a lot of jedi that start their training with Yoda, but receive a new master when they get a little older... George didn't think of creating Qui Gon back when he made the Empire Strikes Back

@guaty4788

25 күн бұрын

I mean Yoda was kind of everyone’s master, not to mention A master, and even the Jedi Grandmaster.

"Young Ani is such a good actor". If only someone said it back in the days

Anakin does fulfill the prophecy, it's just not in the way people expect. People think because he ended the Jedi order that he couldn't be the chosen one when that is exactly what needed to be done to actually create balance. You have to remember the force isn't just the light side, it is also the dark side. The Jedi were in full control at this point in time, but once you watch the movies and if you watch the animated series, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," you will see that the imbalance of the light side causes just as much hardship to what you see once the Dark side has all of the control.

All good questions in your intro. The Jedi however were not in their prime but rather their decline. Their prime was 100 to 200 years earlier.

@eligap4839

25 күн бұрын

Are you serious their prime was thousands of years earlier

@palisade32

25 күн бұрын

@@eligap4839 That's arguably true. I would clarify that the Jedi Order prior to the end of the last Sith war and the Russan Reformation was considerably different from the Order afterward so maybe it would be more accurate to say that the Jedi Order IN IT'S FINAL FORM was at it's peak 100-200 years prior to the prequrls during the High Rebublic era.

@houseofaction

24 күн бұрын

no they were not in their decline

@Blinkptx

24 күн бұрын

​@@houseofaction Yes...they were. By this point their flaws and arrogance were putting them on the fast track to the end of the order.

@Blinkptx

24 күн бұрын

​@@eligap4839Both can be true. Current canon clearly straight up says they were at their best during the high republic era. Nothing has really been said about the old republic yet, so who knows. I don't count anything in legends.

I love your reaction to the movie. I wish most people would have reacted like this when it first came out. Also great to hear someone praising young Anakin's acting. He had a rough life because of backlash and bullying. Ended up with schizophrenia and had trouble with the police and stuff. Just like with Anakin, one can wonder how different his life could have been if people treated him differently.

I love your reaction to this movie. When it came out, people bitched about every aspect of it, crying because it wasn't their precious original trilogy.

It's the same actor who performed as the Emperor in return of the jedi in 1983. He was young enough that all those years later, he could play a normal aged Palpatine as a Senator.

30:28 Vader throws the emperor down the shaft on the death star and Luke brought him back to the light so the prophecy is about Anakin but Luke reenabled it.

"we will watch your career with great interest" No you slime, GET AWAY FROM HIM 😭😭 I loved this reaction ❤ looking forward to attack of the clones and Hayden as Anakin!

@chrisgorman1652

24 күн бұрын

It was that line that made me pick him as the emperor (back when the movie came out). When I said it to my Sci-fi geek colleague, he didn't see it. SoFie picked it even sooner!

Hi Sofie ! In case you haven't noticed it. What Yoda said to Anakin : "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering..." is the line Xander was trying to quote to Buffy in 4x01 when he cheered her up.

Can’t wait for you to get into the next two movies! You heart will definitely break at some of the stuff you will witness, but you must see the rest to see the whole story and understand the depth of what is only teased at in this one. Love your reactions and Star Wars is an amazing franchise and happy to have you become a part of the Star Wars family

Mean SoFie laughing at Qui gon's meditation just before he dies T-T lol

The current head of Star Wars story team Producer Dave Filoni who worked with George Lucas making the Clone Wars animated series, said that the reason the song in the final fight is called Duel of the Fates is because you have Qui Gon vs Palpy for control of the fate of Anakin. He suggests, and I think rightly, that if Qui Gon had remained his master Anakin would have never become Darth Vader. I have a tendency to agree. Padme - 14 (Natalie Portman was 16 at the time of filming) Anakin - 9 This episode is highly underrated in my opinion and sets so much in place. It just went against expectations which frustrated people. Also George leans into religious myth making so the idea of a virgin birth (which was never exclusive to Christianity) for the way a prophet like figure to enter the world was something he was drawing parallels to in Anakin.

@jeffreymeehan3116

24 күн бұрын

Filoni doesn't seem to get that his headcanons are not canon. Anakin calls Obi-Wan "like my father" twice in Episode II and George Lucas calls him that at least as many times in the commentary for Episode III. Ewan McGregor was already a father when they made Episode I and Obi-Wan was certainly old enough and qualified enough to be a teacher of a 9 year old anywhere in the English speaking world.

Fun fact The actor who plays Obi-Wan is the nephew of the actor who played Wedge in the original trilogy

Holy fuck you are RIGHT "You have been well trained" is just him,.... PRAISING HIMSELF X''D omfg I never deeped that HAHAHA That is actually so on brand for a sith to do x'd

33:27 That's pretty normal for them. Jedi do train new padawans when their old ones are ready to become a jedi knight.

@iscariot2180

25 күн бұрын

Yeah. Anyway you should wait until current padawan will get knight rank. However many of jedis have only one padawan during they lifespan since of strong connection with old padawan don't want to take others.

“I’m in love with Obi-Wan already” You and literally everybody else who has ever watched these movies 😂

47:46 correct 👍🏻. And that's why the film is titled The Phantom Menace. It was all for him. And Anakin does ultimately bring balance to the force in the end. As per prophecy 👍🏻

your love for R2-D2 is the most precious thing haha

41:21 Qui-gon took a moment to regain his strength by doing Force Meditation, a Jedi Master technique.

This reaction is exactly why I'm glad you watched the original trilogy first - it adds SO much more to the prequels

Two of my favorite Qui-Gon Jinn lines in this movie are: "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" (So useable for so many people in real life) "There's always a bigger fish." Fun fact: Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman were so identical in the Queen Amidala wardrobe and makeup, their own mothers couldn't tell who was who.

@sebastianwittmeier1274

25 күн бұрын

Still Sofie saw through the decoy at once.

@GoUtes92

24 күн бұрын

Yes indeed. There is always a bigger fish.

@rainbowpegacornstudios

24 күн бұрын

@@sebastianwittmeier1274 She's got Sherlock Holmes-level intellect. Even Keira and Natalie's mothers couldn't tell them apart in full wardrobe and makeup.

36:40 It's nice to finally see a reactor who notice Qui Gon and Obi-wan knew all along that Padme was the queen in her reveal there. Most other reactors think that Qui-Gon and Obi-wan didn't know that Padme was the queen.

11:05 "She looks different, that's not the queen" Nice catch. You're more observant than two Jedi combined!

"Fear is the path to the dark side. [...] I sense much fear in you." This one always gets me.

@brandonleon4068

25 күн бұрын

Jedi bulllshit

@brandonleon4068

25 күн бұрын

If u only knew me most powerful Siths became the most powerful Siths by the pure seek of power, not fear or any shit like that.

I don't care what anyone says:this is my *FAVORITE"Star Wars"movie of them ALL!* I love Amidala,I love Kid Anakin,I love R2D2 _and_ C3PO(unlike in Luke's trilogy where I only loved R2),I love Young Obi-Wan,I love Qui-Gon,Darth Maul is literally the *ONLY* SW Villain I have ever loved 😎 and yes,I also love Jar Jar! #Justice4JarJar There is nothing in this movie I dislike except for Palpatine!Also I love the score during the Qui-Gonn/Obi-Wan V.S. Darth Maul fight! So epic!!🤩 34:36 - 34:54 I see midi-chlorians kinda like melanine and the Force like the Sun:the more melanine/midichlorian you have,the more receptive you are to the Sun/Force,so you get more tanned/more skilled in the Force-based abilities. 38:11 - 38:13 14 years old. P.S. I strongly suggest you the video"The Case Against the Jedi Order"by Pop Culture Detective(and possibly also his video on Harrison Ford's characters)!

You actually caught a lot of things that many people who watched the series many times over never noticed. Seeing how all of it was Palpatine work in the shadows was great! I am loving your reactions and can’t wait to see more.

Its amazing how much you recognise, just by watching the old trilogy once. Just on the first transmission to the Trade Federation Leaders you saw the jawline, and already knew. You picked up at once, that Palpatine is already plotting for his later actions in this film. Or your wondering about Obi-Wan being trained by Qui Gon, although he told Luke being educated by Yoda. There are Training Groups for the young students, so many of the Jedi's had been trained by Yoda. Only later there are transferred to a single Master to learn the practice, like an internship.

@spikeysnack

15 күн бұрын

We had to wait from 1983 to 1999 and that if you are counting is 16 years, most kids never saw the Star Wars trilogy on the big screen, many never saw them at all.

I love seeing you react to how Anakin was as a child because you know what he eventually becomes. Looking forward to seeing you watch how the story evolves and how Anakin becomes the greatest villain ever 😈 It's gonna break your heart even more. Bring tissues to your Episode III reaction once you watch it.

@brysonfreeman7226

2 күн бұрын

Yes, she definitely needs to be prepared for Anakin’s dramatic transformation into Darth Vader in Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith

Except for during the last scenes of the movie on Naboo, Sidious is merely an apprentice himself with a master that commands him. It wasn’t until the night before his election to the Chancellorship that he managed to kill his master, Darth Plagueis the Wise.

The Star Wars story starts to come together in the first three episodes, all your questions will be answered you will see. beautiful reaction.

"you have brought hope to those who have none, im so proud of you Ani" You could say he brought...: A NEW HOPE 🎉🥂🎉

39:41 right as the Duel of the Fates starts up... Sofie: "Give me an epic battle, please!" TPM: "As you wish."

Fun fact: the celebration music at the end is the Emperor's theme sped up. In Return of the Jedi, it's slowed down. So they are celebrating the Emperor's victory.

I´ve loved so much your reaction Sofie. Your enthusiasm it´s amazing. I´ll join you till the end!!

Great reaction video, Sophie! I watched this video 25 years to the night when I saw the midnight showing on opening night. The Lightsaber Duel( along with the " Duel of the Fates" music) is still breathtaking to this day.

Loved your reaction to this! You're definitely asking all the right questions and making all the right observations. Can't wait when you get to Episode 3!

Actually, Anakin IS the Chosen One. He's the one who defeated the Emperor at the end of Return of the Jedi, thus bringing balance to the Force. The final celebration's music has the Emperor's theme in it, because, even though it's meant to be heroic, this is the beginning of Palpatine's rise to power. PS: If you're open to watching an animated show, I strongly suggest the Clone Wars show after Episode II. First seasons are a bit childish, but later seasons are among the best SW stuff.

I'm so happy watching an adult say this is incredible and complex from the start, I will soon watch all of the saga again just because. The hard work of Lucas is amaizing and monumental

Episode II is very good, and based 10 years after this story!! and episode III 😨😳 is by far the greatest Star Wars movie in entire series!!! it’s so good it’s shocking.

Prequels Palpatine might be the greatest movie villain ever

Did you notice that one of the kids next to the droids cheering Ani on in the podrace, was baby Greedo (the one with a green teardrop-shaped head with ridges on top)? Greedo grew up to be a bounty hunter and henchman for Jabba The Hutt, and was the one who Han Solo "shot first" in the Cantina scene in A New Hope. Foreshadowing right there...

You are asking all the right questions, we are watching a true SW fan in the making

Yea Yoda was Obi wan's master, but not the whole time, like every teacher.

'I'm too sensitive for this.' Good thing that was spoken over 'Will I ever see you again?' which, to me, saddest line in franchise.

19:58 midi chlorians are basically counts that were linked to potential in the Force, ranging from normal human levels of 2,500 per cell to the much higher levels of Jedi. Anakin had the highest with around 27.000.

@houseofaction

24 күн бұрын

the 2500 per cell thing is not canon there is no avarerage listed in any canon material

@MitchellPorter2025

24 күн бұрын

Based on mitochondria of actual biology

@Tayoel

24 күн бұрын

@@MitchellPorter2025 I think Chloroplasts is a better paragon. As Chloroplasts can turn sunlight into energy that cells can use for metabolism, midi-chlorians give the power to access the life-generated force field called ''Force'' and turn it into several powers like precognition and telekinesis.

@spikeysnack

15 күн бұрын

I can only tolerate the "Magic Blood" trope in perhaps a Vampire movie. Other than that it is just the old harmful stereotype that some people are special because of their "Bloodline" and should rule over others because of that simple biological fact. The whole world (the real world) has been using that lie to create the worse kind of oppression and racism and hierarchical regimes for most of post caveman history. It is only when Democracy rose up as a dominant ideology that the lie that dominance is because of "blood" or families have divine right of rule over others, some people are given more rights than others, all of the bad, that this rule was exposed as one of the worst lies perpetrated on people there has ever been. "God ordained my family as the one to tell everyone what they can and can't do, and we decide who lives and dies..." it just the worst idea ever and how the whole world has been run for about 10,000 years until recently. It still is in most of the world, and still causes endless suffering. Why they put this in as "an explanation" for some magic plot (magic does not need that much explanation) is very weird and very colonial mindset and elitist, and of course contributes nothing to the story other than to make some people "special" because of what vagina they popped out of or who provided the sperm, as if that is what matters about a person. I really hate that, and have no idea why they put that ancient sick philosophy based on lies into these stories. I mean that was what the Nazis were all about, why make it what the Jedi are all about as well?

@Tayoel

15 күн бұрын

@@spikeysnack I agree with everything you said, but in this case there are no 'lineages' of some sort. Jedis have no children - with some exceptions - and their role in the galaxian republic is diplomatic and spiritual, with no control over society. (except maybe for the funds for the temple) Sith had empires in the past, but even in those cases there was not a 'lineage', just an apprendice serving a master until becoming strong enough to kill him. (and before the Rule of the Two it was even worse, with endless wars for supremacy.) In the star wars universe the 'special blood' is intended as a casual 'mutation' that gives more connection with the force: it can happen on every planet, in every species, so it cannot be more 'democratic'. Those children, left alone, could use their power in every way, and Jedis take them to teach them how to use it for good. (we could argue if it's right to take away children from their families, but it's off topic). In conclusion, there is no 'divine right' in star wars, just a randomic (or maybe planned by the force) birth of individual with special powers. Like children born with a strong affinity for magic in a fantasy world.

I CANNOT wait to see your reaction to the rest of this!

the hype was real. when the trailer came out people bought tickets for other movies just to see it. and it very much lived up to the hype. universally, critically acclaimed for sure as the best prequel of all time.

@eolsunder

25 күн бұрын

yea keep living in the fantasy world. It was horrible. Horrible acting, horrible cgi, horrible plot and loopholes, don't know what universe you live in but most of us laughed at the stupidity.

15:54 C3PO's memory was deleted some time before episode IV. Therefore, he can't remember they know each other for a looooooooong time.

@irrelevant_noob

10 күн бұрын

15:35 for more context

The end of the fight between Qui Gon, Obi Wan and Darth Maul shows the difference between Sith and Jedi very well. When the laser partitions separated Qui Gon and Maul from each other, the Jedi began to meditate, calming down, and the Sith, on the contrary, walked in a rage like a tiger in a cage, filling himself with emotions. And when Obi Wan attacked Maul after the death of his master, you can see that he was filled with rage, which took him out of balance, since this is not the way of the Jedi and he does not know how to handle it, and Darth Maul, being a Sith who has been raised inside the order since childhood, who on the contrary feeds himself with emotions, easily he was defeated and thrown into the mine, and only when Obi Wan was able to calm down and return to balance, he was able to defeat Maul мне

48:25 That is the sith "rule of 2" which was created by Darth Bane, to also create a super strong and powerful sith. Because the sith often fought and destroyed each other without that rule thousands of years ago during the Old Republic era.

Great reaction! Loved your appreciation of Palpatine's machinations throughout the movie. Also, the parade theme music at the end (chorus part) contains a sped up/happier version of The Emperor's Theme.

@PheonixFire

25 күн бұрын

Yup sung by a children's choir

Me and my buddies saw this in 1999, we were 7, and you better believe after seeing that final light saber fight, anytime we saw a long stick we pretend it was light sabers and fought… good times

"The soundtrack in this movie is incredible." [Duel of the Fates] "Wait for it..." 😂 (Duel of the Fates is the theme playing during the final lightsaber battle, maybe one of the best scores by John Williams.)

So enjoyable to re-watch this film with your impressions! Can't wait to see your Episode 2 upload!

Sofi over here saying about Anakin "he is breaking my heart." LOL! IYKYK.

Very professional look. Purple glasses gives out some casual vibes.

When 3PO says "thank the Maker" he's actually referring to Anikan

I have always thought the whole Anakin will bring balance to the force is such a weird statement. With the Jedi in power and the Sith in hiding, there was no balance, and with Anakin the Jedi would even be in more power. I just wonder what the Jedi (and Qui-Gon, really) had dreamed of when they spoke of that balance.

So glad you liked it, and, as always, your instincts are on point!!👏🏻

It's amazing that very few people realize that Palpatine is Darth Sideous. Even though everything points to it, especially during Qui Gons funeral when it pans to and focuses on him.

💜💜 SoFie, you are the smartest person I have ever seen watching Star Wars! Your deductions and predictions are absolutely perfect! You have no idea how much truth you spoke! Watch the next two films and you will understand how well you predicted the events that will follow! Amazing reaction to a fantastic movie, thanks SoFie 🌹🌹

@di3486

24 күн бұрын

Lol

31:24 A baby basically. Cause jedi don't like attachments and as a baby you don't really have any yet.

My parents divorced in 1976. And my mother took me to Star Wars in 1978. US releases didn’t worldwide these days. I miss her.

12:41 for hundreds of years the Sith have had many Darth’s Sith Lords bearing the Darth title, from left to right: Darth Andeddu, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Darth Malgus, Darth Ruin, Darth Bane. Many Sith Lords chose to add "Darth" to their name, so much so that the word is considered synonymous with the dark side of the Force in some circles.

The best reaction i've seen. No one else knew who Palpatine was after this movie and you got it immediately. Also figfuried out every political move he made which takes most people multiple watches to understand.

Things would’ve absolutely been different if qui gon survived. The song playing during the duel between qui gon, obiwan and darth maul was called duel of the fates because it was a duel for the fate of anakin

You have the same goosebumps I had back in those days.. So cool to see them again trough your eyes ❤

56:10 - Yes If Qui-Gon survived, Anakin would not have become Darth Vader. That's why the duel, and the music, is called Duel of the Fates

If she doesn’t know but the actress who play the bodyguard of Padme is the same actress who play Elisabeth Swan in Pirate of Caribbean and of course we don’t recognize her with the Queen Amidala makeup but she is very young in the movie but this is really her Keira Knightley

Sofie with the business casual attire. 🤣

SOFIE, your fear and dread of what’s about to happen…my sister walked out of the theater when she saw Anakin and his mother, when Ani said goodbye to his mom. That ended Star Wars for her. She’s a mom, so I understood her. SOFIE, I love the smirk and the rolling of your eyes whenever that nice man Palpatine is on screen. Anakin brought balance when HE killed the emperor.

Welcome to the Prequel Trilogy!!! 😊 Buffy and Once Upon a Time yesterday. Star Wars today! It's shaping up to being a great week on this channel. Fun Fact: This month(the 19th)is the 25th anniversary of this movie. A somewhat unpopular opinion, but I really enjoy this movie. It's the beginning of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader's story. The cast is great! Liam Neeson as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Ewan McGregor as a young Obi-Wan Kenobi. Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker. Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi Master Mace Windu. And Natalie Portman as Queen Padmè Amidala. And got to give a shout out to Ahmed Best for playing Jar Jar Binks. Loved that character when this movie first came out. And I still think that he's a fun character. Love the podracing scene. And the Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan vs. Darth Maul "Duel of the Fates" lightsaber fight at the end is one of my all-time favorite lightsaber duels in the whole franchise. Already looking forward to "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones" next. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

30:27 No its not Luke , as you saw it in Episode 6 it was Anakin/Darth Vader who killed the Emperor and brought balance to the force , so anakin is the chosen one

Sofie is too smart and perceptive for these movies 😂

49:18 -- the happy festive music is actually the theme song of the Emperor, but played faster and on a major key.

I have never in my life felt older than when you said the Prequels came out 15 years later and then I realized you were right...what the actual fuck.

39:35, 40:14 This music is called "Duell of the Fates" cause had Qui-Gon not died during it Ani might have never become Vader (46:11).

In truth, these three prequel episodes could have easily been 6 episodes. Like you said, a lot to take in. Kudos to Ewan McGregor for his efforts to sound like a young Obi Wan in line with Alec Guinness. There are many subtle tidbits that address questions including your question about the droids seeming to have met in episode IV. Back in the late 90's the upgraded originals were run thru theaters immediately followed by the new prequels. That was pretty wild.

The Episode I hype was real. Today, we're spoiled with so much Star Wars content and how quickly popular IPs churn out new content. But back then, we only really had the Original Trilogy for many, many years. So the fact that we were getting a new trilogy of Star Wars movies was surreal. The marketing with the video games, toys, and promotional items were everywhere as well. If it could be sold, Darth Maul's face was plastered onto it.

The title "The Phantom Menace" has always confused people. Lucas and Spielberg always wanted Star Wars to be like an old time serial adventure series from like the 1930s and 40s, in the tradition of old Hollywood. They therefore structure the movies to open up with a recognizable music intro, a "catch up" text crawl, a pan in to a planet or giant spaceship, etc. They also have a catchy "episode" title that is both mysterious and sounds exiting. The Phantom Menace then is a phrase that sounds like something from around 1935 for a title of a "Spycatcher" serial series. "Phantom" means both an illusion or a trick to give the wrong impression, to throw people off the real reason for the trouble going on. It also means an enemy that appears and disappears at will like a "Shadow Ghost" that you see in the dark that is not there when you turn on the light. Menace means danger, evil, enemies, disaster. In the olden days of World War I and so on it meant Fascist and Communist Spies from Europe and South America doing evil deeds to cause havoc and unrest, to stir things up against the people with their wicked ways and dangerous ideologies. In those stories the foreign agent would usually arrange to create some crisis or disaster and blame it on the good guys or some stupid low level criminal, getting them in trouble, distracting the "authorities" from their real evil plans to really mess things up. Supreme Chancellor Valorum got almost no screentime in the final cut, so he comes off as ineffectual, because that is the lie that Palpatine puts in everyones ear. Actually, Palpatine is the Phantom himself, the whole Trade Federation Blockade was his manipulation behind the scenes to create a pretext to take over the Galactic Senate by pretending to be everybody's friend and councilor. He gets everyone fighting each other so that he can "prove" the the Senate how "bad" a Supreme Chancellor Valorum is, But Valorum was not -- he got the Jedi involved because he knew that Something Was Rotten in Denmark, so the saying goes. This of course was not expected, and instead of Palpatine become the "Hero" and solving the crisis, things got out of hand, and he started the war against the Jedi right then by sending Darth Mall on a mission of murder When Darth Maul was killed, he intervened directly and sent the droid army to massacre the planet, in case the Jedi were on to him. By pretending in the end to be the Savior of the Senate and the the Republic -- he eventually won his evil plan to lead the Senate into Fascism in the name of "law and order" against the "Federalising" of the Galaxy. So the Republic will split into "Space Nazi Germany" and "Rebel Planets", and "wild untamed Planets" -- and Galactic WAR. All because the Phantom Menace was not recognized and exposed in time to prevent the takeover of corruption and power-mad politics, all driven by the seductions of wizards of the dark force -- the Sith, ancient enemies of the Jedi, sworn to an eternal oath of vengeance and holocaust to wipe out the Jedi order in the Galaxy. So yeah the title is doing some heavy lifting -- too heavy to easily understand if you have not read all the comics, all the novels, etc. So Valorum being the Political hero the galaxy needed is left out and a missed opportunity. If they had released a "short" perhaps a year earlier of setup or a 10 minute teaser explaining something about the Trade Federation plans, Valorum, Princess Amadala, Why Valorum thought the Jedi were needed on Naboo -- it would have left less confusion that never really was resolved in the Theatrical release. To this day only super Star Wars nerds have any idea why the Trade Federation even exists or what they were after and wanted so bad and they just give up on the title as not meaning anything really.

We Need a Star Wars "What If" where Anakin & Padme Raise their Beautiful Kids Leia & Luke on Naboo by the Lake.

Great video - thank you Sofie 😊I'm a long-term Star Wars fan but you made me smile, laugh, consider things I'd never thought of - I even shed a tear or two while watching your reactions and hearing your thoughts. I'll follow your journey on Episodes 2 and 3 for sure, so I'll keep an eye out for those videos!

George Lucas once said Star Wars is the story of The Skywalkers as told by Artoo (R2-D2)

A funny fact, when she is looking out the window as the army starts to invade you can see the extension for the lights on her dress on the fround behind her

If you like politics of star wars then I would recommend watching clone wars when you’re done watching this trilogy. I don’t know if you’re going to watch the sequel trilogy. But the clone wars is worth watching.

@palisade32

25 күн бұрын

I would go so far as to say that the Clone Wars should be watched between episodes 2 and 3. I can't think of a Reactor who has done this however, most likely due to the time commitment.

"Compliments himself instead of his own apprentice". I never saw that with that angle before but that checks out perfectly, actually. The Podrace is heavily influenced by the old Peplum movie Ben-Hur and its cart race scene.

@spikeysnack

15 күн бұрын

Peplum is referring to the old Greek and Roman flowing robes -- and consequently the old movies where they wear that sort of thing - Roman, Egyptian, Greek period dramas. "Sword and Sandals" movies they used to call them. Star Wars is in that tradition, but in space.

When I first saw these when they came out, I never took the emperor/chancellor reveal to be any secret, just blatantly showing us the man pushing chess pieces and pulling strings into play. But when I watched so many other reactors, they never 'catch on' and only start to question him during maybe the 2nd episode. YOU... I think are the first person to not only 'know', but to revel in him being such a (blatant) snake 😂

@starlighter930617

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, the thing is, somehow she already knew the Emperor's name is Palpatine. That probably helped her a lot. I don't know how as it's never stated in the original trilogy, not even in the end credits. I guess she read that in the comments.

@PheonixFire

25 күн бұрын

Adding to the mystery, Darth Sidious doesn't have a listing in the cast credits in tPM or AotC.

@jozdundar

25 күн бұрын

No exactly. It wasn't a secret at all. Only to casual fans. He was just moving his chess pieces around the board. Also why the film is titled The Phantom Menace. Don't know why som folks didn't get this lol. It was a fake Menace and Palps was the true menace/evil. Wasn't much of a secret. The audience loved and was laughing at the line "and you young Skywalker. We will watch your career with great interest" back in '99 But I like how for those that didn't know they still didn't completely spell it out nor list him in the credits 👍🏻

@slchance8839

23 күн бұрын

@@starlighter930617 The name "Emperor Palpatine" was in the credits in Jedi in 1983. At the time I owned the toy/action figure and the Topps baseball/trading card and it says Emperor Palpatine. But to your point, she probably didnt collect the cards, had the action figure, nor watched the movie in 1983, so i dont know how she knows the name "palpatine."

@starlighter930617

23 күн бұрын

@@slchance8839 Yeah, I know, I got a Visual Encyclopedia when I was a little kid and it also named the Emperor "Palpatine" so it was no secret to me either when Episode 1 came out. My wondering was only about how she knew about it.