--- title: Star Wars Fans React to the Premiere of The Phantom Menace description: The year was 1999 and it had been 16 years since The Return of the Jedi hit the big screen. canonical: https://time.com/4143743/star-wars-fans-react-to-the-premiere-of-the-phantom-menace/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-10T14:39:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:17.302Z og:title: Watch Star Wars Fans React to the Premiere of The Phantom Menace og:description: "There’s no way it’s going to be a disappointment" og:url: https://time.com/4143743/star-wars-fans-react-to-the-premiere-of-the-phantom-menace/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7f2227a19467878/698874c7e20a87058fa8e962/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace_3mawjs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace_3MAWJs og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Star Wars Fans React to the Premiere of The Phantom Menace twitter:description: "There’s no way it’s going to be a disappointment" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7f2227a19467878/698874c7e20a87058fa8e962/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace_3mawjs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:35 video:published: 2015-10-20 section: entertainment topics: trailer, force, Dark Side, Jedi, rebels, Empire, inquisitors, hyperspace, star destroyer, identity genre: trailer, science fiction tones: dramatic, urgent, mysterious, tense emotions: tension (high), suspense (high), determination (medium) sentiment: neutral audience: film fans, science fiction viewers, general audiences organizations: The Empire content_suitability: violence [02:22-02:35] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Watch _Star Wars_ Fans React to the Premiere of _The Phantom Menace_ > Sponsored content. 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Voices then discuss stories about the Dark Side, the Jedi and the force, and say these are real. The closing lines describe the Empire hunting rebels with inquisitors and a ship being pulled out of hyperspace by a star destroyer. ## Key points - A speaker answers the question 'Who are you?' by saying 'I'm no one.' (00:17) - A speaker says they were raised to do one thing and have nothing to fight for. (00:38) - A speaker says 'Nothing will stand in our way' and another says 'I will finish what you started.' (00:41) - A speaker says there are stories about what happened and affirms that 'It's true. All of it.' (01:07) - The Dark Side and the Jedi are named and described as real, along with the force. (01:15) - A voice says the force is calling to the listener and tells them to just let it in. (01:24) - An order is given to dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels. (02:22) - A speaker says the Empire is looking everywhere for them, and a ship is pulled out of hyperspace by a star destroyer. (02:27) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:38] Opening music and questions of identity. After silence and music, a speaker is asked who they are and answers that they are no one. - [00:38 to 01:07] Purpose, conflict and resolve. Speakers describe being raised for one task, having nothing to fight for, and vowing to finish what was started. - [01:07 to 01:24] Stories confirmed as true. A speaker says the stories are true, naming the Dark Side and the Jedi as real. - [01:24 to 02:22] The force calls. A voice says the force is calling and urges the listener to let it in. - [02:22 to 02:35] Empire hunts the rebels. Inquisitors are dispatched, the Empire searches everywhere, and a star destroyer pulls a ship out of hyperspace. ## Key quotes - [00:17] Unnamed speaker: "I'm no one." - [00:38] Unnamed speaker: "I was raised to do one thing." - [01:24] Unnamed speaker: "They're real. The force." - [02:22] Unnamed speaker: "Dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels." - [02:27] Unnamed speaker: "The Empire's looking everywhere for us." ## Questions this video answers - What does a speaker say when asked who they are? [00:17] - What does a speaker say they were raised to do? [00:38] - What does the video say about the Dark Side, the Jedi and the force? [01:15] - Who is ordered to hunt the rebels? [02:22] - What happens to the ship at the end of the video? [02:29] ## Content suitability - violence [02:22-02:35]: Dialogue refers to hunting rebels and a ship being pulled out of hyperspace by a star destroyer; no graphic content in the transcript.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 2:39 PM UTC  Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace". Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace". Twentieth Century Fox  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 2:39 PM UTC As the hype continues to build for the Dec. 18 release of the highly anticipated, J.J. Abrams-directed [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4116403/star-wars-force-awakens-fan-theories/), this video is here to remind everyone what happened last time the _Star Wars_ series made an encore. The year was 1999 and it had been 16 years since _The Return of the Jedi_ hit the big screen. Fans were eagerly awaiting the newest installment of the franchise, a prequel to the original trilogy, _The Phantom Menace_. This clip shows a compilation, created by YouTube user [Funny Local News](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6s%5FN3IQI4sswTSfLoIUrA), of moviegoers’ reactions to the film both before and after having seen it. “There’s no way it’s going to be a disappointment,” said one man dressed as Darth Vader. Despite the fact that the movie would go on to be highly criticized, the majority of audience members had nothing but positive things to say about it at the time. Although the last fan interviewed shared a thought that would later become a popular sentiment: “Two thumbs way down. I think I deserve a public apology from George Lucas.” Watch the full video below: ## Transcript [00:00] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:05] [ MUSIC ] [00:11] Who [00:17] are you? [ MUSIC ] I'm no one. [ MUSIC ] [00:38] I was raised to do one thing. [ MUSIC ] [ NOISE ] I've got [00:38] nothing to fight for. [ MUSIC ] Nothing will stand in our [00:41] way. I will finish what you started. No! [ MUSIC ] There [01:07] are stories about what happened. [ MUSIC ] It's [01:11] true. All of it. [01:15] [ MUSIC ] The Dark Side. [01:19] [ MUSIC ] The Jedi. [ MUSIC ] [01:24] They're real. The force. It's [01:48] calling to you. [ MUSIC ] Just [02:01] let it in. [ MUSIC ] [02:22] Dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels. The [02:27] The Empire's looking everywhere for us. We can't just [02:29] run. We're being pulled out of hyperspace. It's a star [02:34] destroyer. 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