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Podcast: Action Movie Hall of Fame
Episode: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Description: in 1999, 16 years after The Return of the Jedi, George Lucas finally released the follow-up to his cinema-changing space fantasy, with the first of 3 Prequels, The Phantom Menace. With people waiting so long for the return of the Star Wars Universe (the SWU), the Phantom Menace made almost $1 Billion at the Box Office. But much has been made about, well, how bad it is. So, given all that history, Matt and Dereck return to the movie they saw at a Midnight screening 25 years ago, for a deep dive review. They'll have to decide if The Phantom Menace should have a...