Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Opening crawl

Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.

Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo.

While the Congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict...

General information

Attribution information
Director(s) George Lucas
Producer(s) Rick McCallum
Writer(s) George Lucas
Starring
  • Liam Neeson
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Natalie Portman
  • Jake Lloyd
  • Pernilla August
  • Frank Oz
  • Ian McDiarmid
  • Oliver Ford Davies
  • Hugh Quarshie
  • Ahmed Best
  • Anthony Daniels
  • Kenny Baker
  • Terence Stamp
  • Ray Park
  • Samuel L. Jackson
Music by John Williams
Production information
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Released
  • May 19, 1999
  • February 10, 2012 (In 3D)
Run time
  • 133 minutes (Theatrical)
  • 136 minutes (DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and Digital HD)
Budget $115,000,000
Language English
Chronological information
Timeline 32 years before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
Followed by Episode II Attack of the Clones