Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

Young Anakin Skywalker is discovered on a desert planet by Jedi knight Qui-Gon Jinn, who believes the boy may be the prophesied one destined to bring balance to the Force. A Trade Federation blockade of the peaceful planet Naboo sets in motion a political crisis that conceals a much darker threat from the Sith.

Director

  • George Lucas

Cast

  • Liam Neeson
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Natalie Portman
  • Jake Lloyd
  • Pernilla August
  • Frank Oz
  • Ian McDiarmid
  • Anthony Daniels
  • Kenny Baker
  • Terence Stamp
  • Brian Blessed

Filming Locations

  • Leavesden Studios

    Various parts of Tatooine, spacecraft cockpits, a Jedi Council Chamber, hangars and machine rooms, and all the other environments were filmed on sets built at Levesden.