Our series breaking down The Phantom Menace begins with the Jedi arrival at the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo.

 

Allen Voivod from Star Wars 7x7 joins us for this segment. Make sure to check our Allen’s TEDx Talk: Why Hope Is Star Wars’ Most Powerful Force.

 

This edition of our The Phantom Menace series covers the following segment of the movie: Beginning to 10:45.

 

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Allen’s experience with The Phantom Menace, his favorite scene, and favorite character,
• The opening crawl to The Phantom Menace and the importance of “taxation of the trade routes,”
• Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s arrival at the Trade Federation blockade,
• Initially thoughts on the battledroids,
• The first appearance of Neimoidians,
• Darth Sidious’s introduction in The Phantom Menace,
• Queen Amidala’s first appearance when she confronts the Trade Federation, and
• The Naboo response to the Trade Federation blockade.

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