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Although these panels come straight from Star Wars Celebration last month, this is the perfect time to showcase them. Moving to the present, we’ll close things out with a pair of lengthy panel videos that celebrate the 20 th anniversary of The Phantom Menace. The Phantom Menace 20 th Anniversary Star Wars Celebration Panels
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It seems that, as much as things change – they also stay the same. Both films effectively split Star Wars fans, although the former had the benefit of being relegated to online forums. As they so eloquently point out, the initial divisive reaction to The Phantom Menace was akin to The Last Jedi a few years back. This video from Hello Greedo delves into some of those initial reviews, along with the aftermath of fan reactions. Once the reviews hit, things started to look a bit grimmer in terms of critical reaction.
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If anything, people’s initial reactions prove that it took some time for people’s perception about the movie to change. It’s interesting to see how utterly excited people were coming out of the film, but hindsight is always 20/20. The first, from Funny Local News, features archival news footage of fan reactions from the night The Phantom Menace premiered. Next up, we have a duo of videos that highlight some of the fan and critic reactions after it’s release. The Phantom Menace Fan and Critic Reactions From 1999 In hindsight, people were simply just happy to have a new Star Wars movie coming out. Regardless, it’s worth checking out – simply because it showcases how monumental of an event the film’s release was.
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George Lucas, then some of this footage might look familiar. Therefore, it serves as a historic cache of sorts about the state of Star Wars fandom in the late ’90s. The doc interviewed fans attending the midnight premieres of the film in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. This short film was shot in the days leading up to the release of The Phantom Menace. Luckily, this fan documentary courtesy of Retrocade Podcast does exactly that. One aspect of the aforementioned documentary that was only barely touched upon is the sheer anticipation before its release. Star Wars or Bust: The Phantom Menace Fan Documentary For example, the “rough cut review” (54:44) portion of the film is absolutely priceless because it’s the exact moment where the filmmakers realized that they may have “gone too far.” Overall, The Beginning provides a wonderful fly-on-the-wall look into making what would become one of the most over-hyped and disappointing movies of the 20th century. While watching this doc, one can easily see where Lucas and company went wrong. However, this documentary also gives valuable insight into what it was like making a blockbuster film in the birth of the digital era. Even though this documentary isn’t new, it is perhaps one the most insightful, fascinating and honest depiction of making the film. Next, we have the classic making of documentary for The Phantom Menace that comes from the Star Wars Youtube channel.