{"product_id":"0786936866490","title":"Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace","description":"In 1977, George Lucas released \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, the ultimate sci-fi popcorn flick-turned-pop-culture myth machine. It quickly became the biggest money-making film of all time and changed the shape of the film industry. After two successful sequels (1980's \u003ci\u003eThe Empire Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e and 1983's \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e) that extended the story of the first film, Lucas took some time off to produce movies for others, with mixed success. In 1999, Lucas returned to the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e saga with a new approach -- instead of picking up where \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e left off, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace\u003c\/i\u003e would be the first of a trilogy of stories to trace what happened in the intergalactic saga before the first film began. Here, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson); Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a nine-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter, but when they arrive on Naboo they are brought to Amidala (Natalie Portman), the Naboo queen, by a friendly but opportunistic Gungan named Jar Jar. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan plan to escort Amidala to a meeting of Republic leaders in Coruscant, but trouble with their spacecraft strands them on the planet Tatooine, where Qui-Gon meets Anakin, the slave of a scrap dealer. Qui-Gon is soon convinced that the boy could be the leader the Jedis have been searching for, and he begins bargaining for his freedom and teaching the boy the lessons of the Force. The supporting cast includes Pernilla August as Anakin's mother, Terence Stamp as Chancellor Valorum, and Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi master Mace Windu. Jackson told a reporter before \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Menace\u003c\/i\u003e's release that the best part about doing the film was that he got to say \"May the Force be with you\" onscreen.","brand":"Walt Disney Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48341461893360,"sku":"0786936866490","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0786936866490_p0.jpg?v=1764626164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0786936866490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}