STAR WARS EPISODE l: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) FIRST TIME WATCHING.... 

Don't forget to read the opening crawl. It catches you up with what has happened leading up the beginning of each movie. It explains things you had questions about just a few minutes later.

50:49 The Midi-chlorians are just conduits that connect you to the force and the more connectors you have the easier it is for you to use the force. They are not the force themselves since it's way more mystical than that.

There is no military in the Republic because there's been peace for 1,000 years. The peace is kept by the Jedi Knights. Private armies are illegal, but the Trade Federation uses corrupt politicians to enable them to have a "security force" which is basically a droid army. Queen Amidala is a pacifist so she just has a small group of security volunteers. After the events of this film, many people across the galaxy have become tired of the corruption in the senate and want their planets to secede from the Republic. These Separatists sometimes resort to violence. Loyalists want their planets to remain in the Republic to find a peaceful solution. The Jedi have to step in to resolve skirmishes between the two, but there are only so many Jedi. This is the basis of the conflict in the next film.

I think maybe you should have read the scrolling text to find out who the aliens were at the beginning of the movie. But as you were talking...

49:52 Yeah, this planet is one big city with multiple levels. You can't even see the planets surface anymore except for the peak of the tallest mountain.

Tatooine was Luke Skywalker's planet

The blue flying creature. His name is Wattoo

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

Love it! Keep them coming! Also, don't let any nerd tell you that you're watching in the wrong order. You started in a good place.

It is a shield. To protect them.

1:01:20 something slow can pass through the shield, sth fast can't (we learn that in the 2008 Clone Wars TV show which happens after Episode II)

Thanks for this! I hope you have a third party to screen your comments for spoilers before you read them. That would be a good idea :) Best wishes!

Keep up the Star Wars reactions !🇬🇧

It is. This movie was filmed in Italy. You are right.

Alright, I have subscribed, here for the ride! Make sure you guys read the scrolling text at the beginning of the films. It gives you context and lets you know what's happening in each film. Now, I hope you guys aren't going to keep me waiting a month for each movie! Lol

Found you thru your GOT reactions - super excited to see you guys get into Star Wars!!

I really enjoyed your reaction ;) You're gonna experience an awesome journey with star wars. And I'm glad you enjoyed this episode because episode 1 and 2 are considered to be the weakest of the whole saga (episode 3,4,5,6 are the best). I love that you chose the chronological order so please stick with it and do episode 2 next even if it may upset some toxic fans to tell you to do the release order. Just one little detail, there is a very important episode called "rogue one" that is sets between episode 3 and 4 so I think you really should react to it just before episode 4 (in facts the story takes places some days before episode 4). In short, there is the correct chronological order you should do : - episode 1,2,3 - rogue one - episode 4,5,6 (6 is the last episode and is the epic conclusion of this amazing franchise ^^)

Star Wars is the franchise I introduce all of my beloved ones first. It's like a ritual, because it affected my childhood in many positive ways. Kid eyes see things differently. Have fun watching all episodes!

Love to see people starting SW from the beginning. You're getting the complete experience. (Try not to spoil Ep. 3 tho!)

You are referring to C-3PO

where's episode 2?

Welcome to the world of Star Wars. At the moment, there is only one global state in the galaxy where the action of the films takes place - this is the Galactic Republic, which has existed for more than several thousand years, it is governed by a senate, which includes representatives from each world that is part of the Republic. Systems that are not part of the republic remain neutral or form their own small alliances. Now about the structure of the Force, in this period of time, the two most powerful and well-known orders of forsyuzers are the Sith and the Jedi, they came from one ancient order of force users who served both its aspects - the Dark and the Light side. The dark and light side of the force are not the good and evil side, they represent two different currents of force and were named by members of the very first order in honor of the two moons that were satellites of the planet where this order was based, one was made of white stone, the other of black. This ancient order practiced a balance between the sides, the light one is more calm and creative, the dark one is more emotional and destructive. But over time, this order banned the study of the dark side of the force and focused on the light side, becoming the Jedi Order from the time. Once there was a split within the order and some members of the supreme Council were exiled to unknown regions of the galaxy because of the desire to study the dark side of the force. These fallen Jedi found the planet Korriban (or Morraband), where a humanoid undeveloped red-skinned race lived, which had a huge connection with the dark side. The fallen Jedi quickly subdued this race, which called itself the Sith, after which they named themselves the Sith Lords, creating a new order of force users, which was focused only on the dark side. With the passage of time, several major wars occurred between the newly created Sith Empire and the Old Republic, which included the Jedi as guardians of peace and justice. As a result, the Sith were almost destroyed several times, losing wars due to constant betrayals and internecine power struggles. But then a Sith lord was born, named Darth Bane, he created the rule of two, the rule that there can only be two Sith master and apprentice, a master to embody power, apprentice to reach for this power. When an apprentice becomes more powerful than a master, he kills him and takes his place, taking a new apprentice, the Sith were forced to go underground, but began to develop thanks to this. Darth Bane, after creating this rule, killed all the remaining Sith, becoming a master and taking a girl as an apprentice, who eventually killed him and, taking his place, continued the path of the Rule of Two. Sith and Jedi have opposite ideologies and philosophies, and most importantly - an attitude to the Force, Jedi serve the force, cutting themselves off from everything mundane, they are forbidden to take wives or husbands, have children, have property, nothing should cause affection and emotions and distract from serving the Force. Emotions lead to the dark side of the force, so the Sith raise their emotions to the absolute, they feed on them, most often hatred and rage, as one of the most powerful emotions, but also any other, if the Jedi serve the force like monks, then the Sith use the force to get what they want. Even the powers of the dark side and the light side are different, the light side is more creative and protective (forceful push, mind deception), when the dark side is more destructive and aggressive (force strangulation, force lightning) At the moment, the Sith are hiding their existence and following the path of the Rule of Two, the republic is in a deplorable state due to corruption and debts, and the Jedi are increasingly moving away from their path, which is why a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious decided to prove himself by sending his disciple Darth Maul on an open mission

Not sure why youre not reacting to episodes 4-6 first as I had to and many of us in 1977 when Star Wars A New Hope came out? If you watch it chronologically in order starting with episode 1 and finishing with episode 6 it will certainly make sense, but George Lucas started with episode 4 A New Hope in 1977, episode 5 Empire Strikes Back in 1980, and episode 6 Return Of The Jedi in 1983. Episode 1 A Phantom Menace came out in 1999, Attack Of The Clones episode 2 came out in 2002, and Revenge Of The Sith episode 3 came out in 2005. If you want to experience Star Wars as it originally came out you should start with episodes 4-6. It doesn't normally make sense to start in the middle of the story, go to the end, and then finish from the beginning to the middle, but George Lucas knew something we didnt; normally a backwards idea, but it worked! In 1977 we had questions; in 1980 we had even more questions; and in 1983 the story ended, but with more questions! Episodes 1-3 fill in the gaps with backstories, but not near as fun as we had starting in 1977, I was a 12 year old boy, and my journey started in the middle and that was part of the fun even though we didnt know why George Lucas did what he did!? The gap between episodes 6 and 1 was 16 years, a long time to wait!

It's sad that you are only experiencing a fraction of the movie. Not only are you watching on a tiny computer screen when these films were designed to be experienced on a large screen, you are only getting half the sound, when the sound design itself is half the movie.

i see you are watching in the wrong order my suggestion watch in release order start with a new hope

Are you Moroccan?