Gallery: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Sixteen years after Return of the Jedi restored peace to the galaxy George Lucas returned to where it all began with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, aka I Was A Pre-Teen Sith Lord. Future Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker’s training in the Jedi arts by difficult to pronounce master Qui-Gon Jinn and apprentice Obi Wan Kenobi sit alongside rumblings in the Force as Sith Lord Darth Sidious and apprentice Darth Maul manipulate an interplanetary trade dispute and invade the planet Naboo, governed by Queen Amidala, in the most controversial Star Wars of them all.