Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace is a 1999 Star Wars film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth live-action film to be released in theaters, but chronologically is the first film in the saga. It also was the only Star Wars film to be re-released in 3D. The film wars produced by Rick McCallum and stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, and Ian McDiarmid as the primary characters.

The film takes place thirty-two years before Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. It begins as two Jedi attempt to resolve a trade dispute and prevent the eventual invasion of the planet Naboo by the Trade Federation.