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9 unusual facts about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace


Daniel Langlois

Softimage software was used to create 3-D effects in such films as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Matrix, Titanic, Men in Black, Twister, Jurassic Park, The Mask and The City of Lost Children.

Digital Light Processing

In June 1999, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was the first film to be entirely scanned and distributed to theaters.

Kia Asamiya

To that end, he has worked on projects with Image Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics, as well as developing a manga adaptation of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Nintendo 64 color variants

A Limited Edition Star Wars bundle, available during the time of the release of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace came bundled with Star Wars Episode I: Racer and a standard gray console.

Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council

The bold iconography and design of Martin's engravings were inspirations for scenes in D. W. Griffith's films Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, and for the design of the Galactic Senate in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Sorenson Media

Version two was given wide exposure from the release of the teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on March 11, 1999.

Trade Federation

They are the main antagonist in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace due to being manipulated by the Order of the Sith Lords and become a part of a larger consortium in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith known as the Confederacy of Independent Systems or the CIS which is also manipulated by the Order of the Sith Lords.

Shortly before the time period of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray ascended to the position of viceroy of the Trade Federation with Rune Haako as his chief lieutenant.

In The Phantom Menace, Gunray was manipulated into blockading and subsequently invading the planet Naboo by the shadowy Darth Sidious, who assured him the Senate would take no action against him.


Adrian Dunbar

He was cast as Bail Organa for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and appeared in costume in publicity stills, but his scene was cut, and the character was re-cast with Jimmy Smits for later episodes.

Monkey Kung Fu

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Ray Park can be seen using an adapted form of Monkey Kung Fu as Sith Lord Darth Maul.

Star Wars Celebration

The Star Wars Celebration was held from April 30-May 2, 1999, at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado, just three weeks before the release of The Phantom Menace.

Star Wars Episode I: Obi-Wan's Adventures

Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan are sent there by the Jedi Council as part of a mission to officiate the dispute and reach a settlement with the Federation leaders.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer

The Game Boy Color version of the game had an additional "Rumble" feature, in which you could put an AAA battery into the game card to activate vibration.

Star Wars marathon

On 1 January 2007, Sky Movies broadcast a Star Wars marathon starting at 6:00am with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and ending at 8:30pm with the end of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Zener cards

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), (as a reference to Zener cards) a young Anakin Skywalker, in an interview with the Jedi Council, had to perceive (in a clairvoyance-like test) a device that projected images on a monitor held by Mace Windu, in order to examine the power and control of Anakin's Force-wielding abilities.


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Digital cinema

On June 18, 1999, DLP CINEMA projector technology was publicly demonstrated for the second time on four screens in North America (Los Angeles and New York) for the release of Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace.