STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

"You could confuse her with a few other actresses." That's literally why she was cast as Padme. They figured it out early. Jyn and Ryl are big brains.

the decoy was keira knightley from Pride and Prejudice

I always thought if Qui Gon had lived he may not have turned into what he did. He needed a father figure!

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."

Anakin was conceived by the Force. His mom was telling the truth. Thats why he's so powerful and special, and why he's the "Chosen One"

37:34 Amidala was played by Natalie Portman. She was 16 yo at the time. The Bodyguard was played by Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean). She was 12/13 yo.

37:35 fun fact: Keira Knightly is the decoy while, Natalie Portman is the real padme. 38:37 😂

During the scenes inside Yoda’s hut in Episode 5, Yoda does tell Force Ghost Obi-Wan that Luke was “too old” to begin the training. The statement was accurate. The Jedi Order started training children from a young age. But, Yoda was also playing mind games with Luke as a test of his character. When Anakin was being tested by the Jedi Council in this film, the issue of Anakin being too old was raised.

3:56 - yep, it was move called "Force Speed"

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.

May the fourth will be next week :D

Another good display of Liam Neeson's swordsmanship is in the movie Rob Roy. A very underrated movie.

The queen's dicoy is Elizabeth from Prirate of the Caribbean 👌😎

Best lightsaber duel in the franchise.

Shmi Skywalker: "There was no father." Anakin's birth is a clear parallel with a certain other messianic story from long ago. A virgin birth, caused by the All Powerful. In this case, it is the Force!

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

2:00 LOL i have never seen anyone CORRECTLY stumble/guess someone's name . Well done. Love it.

Cannot wait for the next two films , The fight scenes get intense :) Much love from the UK!

26:32 The tears are flowing! Asking a little boy to choose to leave his mother is cruel!

I love this movie. I watched it in cinema/theatres on premiere day in the early 2000s, absolute banger of a movie. It's one of my favorite star wars movies.

Darth Maul was never a Jedi. He was a Dark Lord of the Sith, just like Darth Vader and his Master, Darth Sidious

Did a double-take seeing Jyn with her hair down and Ryl's up... Fantastic as always!

Virtual hug ladies!

So glad you continue the Star Wars journey totally the best reaction channel

Thanks for reacting. This is my favorite one of the Star Wars series.

Key take-away from this film.... 1. Anakin Skywalker and his mother (Shmi) were slaves. No one knows exactly how long they had been slaves or where Shmi is originally from...but they were owned by Gardulla the Hutt (crime lord). Gardulla was not very nice to her slaves, and she lost Anakin and his mother from gambling. So Watto became their new owner. Compared to previous owners...Watto wasn't the worst. He was probably the "nicest" owner they had...but still treated them poorly. 2. Anakin is around 8-10 years old when he is found by Qui Gonn (Jedi) and has lived a harsh life in such a short time. Jedi are normally found early (very young) and are taken to be trained, so their attachments are limited and most barely remember their lives prior to becoming a Jedi. They are also taught how mitigate their emotions from an early age. So for Anakin, he is extremely close to the only person that has ever shown him love, his mother, and he has been treated horribly his entire life being a slave. 3. Anakin is upset when he must leave his Mother behind, but he promises her he will become a Jedi and then return to free her. 4. Qui Gonn brings Anakin to a completely new place with new people and is put in front of the Jedi Council to be "test" (judged). While there, he is interrogated and ultimately told he will not be accepted as a Jedi and that he future is clouded. So Anakin has just been rejected, judged, and deemed too old/dangerous to train. This was his dream, to become a Jedi, and to eventually be able to free his Mother from Slavery and get her away from Tatooine, but the Jedi Council have just taken that from him. 5. Anakin has also experienced "love at first sight" with Padme. Which is forbidden for Jedi. 6. Qui Gonn is the only one that believes in Anakin and he takes him under his wing to teach him. Very much like a Father-figure to a young boy that has never had a male role model. Unfortunately, Qui Gonn is killed and the one person that believed in Anakin is gone. Plus, Qui Gonn is very unique in his approach with the force and treats it more like a religion than the current Jedi Order. The current Order have become too political and act more like a police/military force than a religion. 7. Obi Wan only takes on Anakin as his pupil due to Qui Gonn's last dying wish/statement. The same Obi Wan that has said "Why do I sense that we have picked up another pathetic life form?" and "The boy is dangerous. They can all sense it. Why can't you?" Plus, Obi Wan was still in training when Gui Gonn died and taking on an apprentice so early is not typical. So relatively inexperience Master...and older apprentice that had a horrible life growing up.

Check out Leon the professional with Natalie Portman 👍

Anakin is a product of the force itself. He is like Jesus for star wars

You both picked up on a lot of important things about fear and being a Jedi that other reactors didn't. Nice job.

Jyn & Ryl, if you really like Liam Neeson, check out one of his first films: "Excalibur" (1981) - a great story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Liam Neeson plays Sir Gawain.

Just love your reaction makes me smile keep up the great work

May di force be wid yuh yuh hurrr!!!!!

The actor in Pride and Prejudice is the queen's decoy.😄 Even their own mothers in real life couldn't identify them on in full Queen Amidala's make up,lol.

I think you're gonna love the next two movies girls! A bit of trivia - "Darth Vader" is pidgin Dutch for "Dark Father". Thanx for another great reaction. 😎👍 Virtual hug! 🤗

Fun fact: one of the Queen's decoys is Keira Knightley in an uncredited appearance. Both she and Natalie Portman, who plays Padme/Queen of Naboo, went on to be nominated for multiple Oscars (Natalie actually won one). Fun how they essentially shared a role as children and ended up with similar careers. Did you recognize Anakin's mother being the Swedish queen from "Young Royals"? I hope you finish that show, eventually, because the series finale just came out, and it's soooooo worth the watch. You only have 2 more seasons (12 episodes). It's actually how I found your channel

the beginning of the end of the franchise

You had me laughing so hard at "Inconceivable". Thank you so very much. :)

Virtual hug! Love your channel!

You gals are great! I really like your reactions and how you delve into the films at the end. I hope your channel does very well for you.

Senator Palpatine seems trustworthy. I wonder what will the Emperor do to him when he takes over.

Anakin is the greatest pilot in the galaxy ✌️

Yes, Darth Vader created C3PO

My people🇯🇲🇯🇲 Great reaction👊🏽👊🏽

I like the world building of the prequels. Check out Fanboys..a Phantom Menace related comedy.

Can’t wait for the reaction to the next one 🔥

3:20 I'm watching this after you uploaded episode 3, so I'm not spoiling anything, when you're busy wondering about the queen's decoy you're probably not thinking about the other senator's voice sounding familiar. 😉

Jedi can use Force Speed Boost. Fear is the Ally of the Sith. Anakin is anxious about a lot of things but there is one domain he fears nothing, piloting. He is in his element. Qui Gon lightsaber combat style was not the most approriate in narrow spaces. Obi-Wan style is more focused on defense with small and fast moves. If you are verse in music, just listen the end parade theme... see if it doesn't ring a bell...

I remember seeing this film when it first came out in the 90s when I was 10 and it was so exciting to have a Star Wars film come out in my lifetime but after I saw it I thought I wish they had showed more of Darth Maul. It was a bit annoying how little screen time he actually got considering how much merchandise they were trying to sell.

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Virtual hug. Y'all remind me of me and my sister. Luke's faja lol Inconceivable!! Love that y'all are watching some good movies. I like the first. A new hope through return of the Jedi. The first three with the back story with Anakin. Y'all are in for a treat

After you watch these three episodes make sure you watch rogue one before you watch the last three

Hello, Ladies. I just wanted to let you know I'm not seeing your reactions showing up in the random "reaction videos" too much anymore. I've given a thumbs up and left this message in hopes of helping you out. You are really good commentators, you don't talk over the movie and are very respectful to each other. Keep being yourselves.

Good reaction once again. Quickly watch the other episodes.

Awesome 😊

VH. Thanks for the reaction, ladies.

38:50 surprised you don’t recognize a specific face 🧐

Happy 25Th Anniversary Of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Thrasher Skateboard Magazine 🙌🏼

Imagine being a ten year old slave programming 6 million languages in a droid😂

The lightsaber duel with Maul is still the best lightsaber duel in the entire series, imo

13:26 He got rizz, he's no Captain Kirk. Kirk got rizz. Anakin uses the Force.

I can’t wait for your next reaction video to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

37:34 _"I_ am Queen Amidala. This my _decoy."_ The original trilogy set an _incredibly_ high standard that, of course, the _prequel_ trilogy could not measure up to. Stylistically, and cinematically, it's just not as good. But strategically, I would dare to say it's actually a good movie. At what point in the original movie does anyone make use of decoys or diversions?

If you want to know what will happen, you'll have to watch episodes 2 & 3--I won't give you answers to not spoil your experience. But you both have a good grasp at the storyline. Have a nice day.

The Force can’t just be used whenever you like. Obi-wan was already using his entire Force concentration to fight Maul, using another force power would have degraded his fighting technique.

Please everybody in the comments try not to spoil

The true problem why Anakin fell to the Dark Side was because Obi-Wan wasn’t the Master Ani needed, it should have been Qui Gon Jin.

You should watch/listen to The Saga Begins by Weird Al Yankovic. It's a parody song about this movie and you'll love it. :) You did well noticing the different faces. I'm bad with faces myself but I've seen a lot of reactions and the only person that noticed was someone who already knew the actress Natalie Portman. You didn't have that advantage so it was great to see. Thanks for another great reaction. ***hugs***

They start trading at around 3-4 years old.

Very perceptive you two are of Palpatine

15:05 Ana kill is right. The guy killed Obi-wan. He blew an entire planet in front of his own daughter, killing the people who raised her. It traumatized her so much, she made out with her only brother in front of her boyfriend. It won't surprise me if he killed his kids' mother.

u guys rock :) sub +

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49:28 and many more reasons added to Anakin’s fall to the dark side. 🙂🔥🔥❤️👍 After ep 3 I recommend to you to see Clone Wars! 🙂

So will you be reviewing Episodes 2 and 3 as well? Rouge One and Han Solo movies? This is all before A New Hope took place.

Jyn & Ryl! Don't read the comments!!! They are full of spoilers!!!!

Since Anakin built C-3po, is C-3po Luke's brother?

Anakin= space jesus

I was blessed to see first trilogy starting in '77 at 6 yro. Was as big a Star Wars fan as there was. But hated this cgi, chock full-o-celebreties trilogy when it hit. Especially this kiddie flick!😅 Years later when i asked my nephew born in '93 which Star Wars was his fave he said EPISODE 1!!!😅 Just goes to show differences between generations. Generation before mine felt our flicks were just as "silly". And about 20 years from now, "Source" willing, y'all be saying the same about the next Generation's god-awful flicks!😅 To each their own! May the "Source" be with you! 🤘🌎❤️

Virtual Hug ❤ Love you ladies ❤ See you in Attack of the Clones 😊

he is the father

*You girls just didn't get it. LOL. The guy you keep saying you don't trust...is the Emperor*

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Hi girls. Virtual Hug. You pick up a lot of things really fast. Having read your comments section you need someone who has seen the fims to weed out any spoiler comments. Much love and looking forward to Attack of the Clones.

I didn't really like that famous actors and characters drop in this movie happened along side with important information Mace Windu (Samuel Jackson's character), Yoda and Ki-Adi-Mundi (long headed guy) were talking about the fact that the Sith were extinct for a millennium (as Jedi thought) and attack on the Qui Gon made not by some rouge Jedi, but by a warrior who had tattoo of the ancient Sith order was a pretty big deal

The Star Wars film where George Lucas went heavy on the racial stuff! Japan archetypes for the trade people, Jewish archetypes for the slave owner .... and Jar Jar Binks as some sort of weird, I dunno, African stereotype? I don't have big issues with it, as I think people ARE surprising and different in different societies. Just surprised Lucas really leant into it XD

Your comment on Palpatine not giving for anyone, you have no idea how accurate your comment is.

Y’all should’ve started off with the Star Wars Prequel trilogy first

the queen or padme is her character is 12 years old on naboo kids rule the planet at a young age

Ah yes, the movie that introduced us to the worse character in Star Wars, Jar Jar. And those battle droids are a close 2nd. This was a time when the Jedi numbered in the 1000s. You're the first reactors that I follow who saw through the Senator's manipulations to become Chancellor. One good thing about this movie is it has the best lightsaber battle in all the SW movies. Jedi are trained very young, Annakin is too old because he has attachments, especially to his mother and attachments can be a problem

George Lucas went back in time to talk about the tragedy of Anakin SkyWalker and how he became Darth Vader. The Star Wars prequel trilogy was inspired by Richard Nixon's administration and the American Civil War. When you're telling a story, you're telling a story using the tools. You don't use the tools to tell a story. Star Wars the original trilogy was inspired by George Lucas's opposition to the Vietnam War.

5:35 "I _spek."_ 🤨I think there's good grounds to _dispute_ that statement.

Chancellor is emperor lol. Hope that pretend ruins it for ya

VH ladies.

Queen Amidala / Padme was played by Natalie Portman (age 16/17* at the time); the decoy handmaiden was played by Keira Knightley (Bend it Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. age 13/14* at the time). It's unclear exactly what age the Queen is supposed to be, but a teenager, for sure. Portman and Knightley were cast because of their resemblance to each other. But you saw through that much more quickly than most! Young Anakin was played by Jake Lloyd (age 9/10* at the time). Nine or ten isn't really a "little" kid, but I think because of his round face and youthful acting style, he comes across as younger. He got a lot of flak from school classmates, and the press, and the public, over his part in this film. Hardcore Star Wars fans who disliked the prequels thought that the part of young Anakin was played for laughs, thought that Jake was a bad actor, blamed him for problems with the script (which were of course not his responsibility) and other things. Poor kid had a hard time of it, which was totally unfair to someone so young. He retired from acting shortly after Star Wars, due to personal reasons. In later life, he has suffered from many mental problems, which might be genetic. Quite sad, really. *actors' ages are approximate, based on filming year and birth year; they might have been slightly more or less, depending on birthdays and such. But about those ages.

If you liked this one all i can say is the other two are better, which they are(😬)... But then you have 'Rogue One', watch that after 3 and see how good the first (1-3)and last(7-9) could have been. And I don't care about the abuse I'm going to get for saying that, I am one with the Force and the Force is one with me😎

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There’s always been speculation that jar jar is really a Sith Lord and just acting like an idiot to cover it up lol