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Star Wars prequel trilogy


The Star Wars prequel trilogy logos
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story byGeorge Lucas
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byJohn Williams
Production
company
  • Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed by1999–2019:
20th Century Fox
Since 2019:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a]
Release dates
  • May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)
    (
    The Phantom Menace
    )
  • May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)
    (
    Attack of the Clones
    )
  • May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19)
    (
    Revenge of the Sith
    )
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$343 million (total for I–III)
Box office$2.526 billion (total for I–III)

The Star Wars prequel trilogy, colloquially referred to as the prequels, is a series of

Skywalker Saga. Lucas had planned a prequel trilogy (as well as a sequel trilogy) before the release of the original film, but halted major Star Wars films beyond the original trilogy by 1981. When computer-generated imagery (CGI) had advanced to the level he wanted for the visual effects he wanted for subsequent films, Lucas revived plans for the prequels by the early 1990s. The trilogy marked Lucas's return to directing after a 22-year hiatus following the original Star Wars film in 1977, as well as a 16-year hiatus between the classic
and prequel trilogies.

The trilogy consists of

Leia Organa) as a Jedi under the tutelage of Jedi Masters Qui-Gon Jinn[b] (1999), Obi-Wan Kenobi[c] and Yoda,[d] his fall to the dark side of the Force and rebirth as Darth Vader. The trilogy also depicts the corruption of the Galactic Republic, the annihilation of the Jedi Order, and the rise of the Empire under Palpatine (secretly the Sith
lord Darth Sidious). The first two films received mixed reviews, while the third's reception was more positive. However, all three enjoyed box-office success.

Background

It’s all based on backstories that I’d written setting up what the Jedi were, setting up what the Sith were, setting up what the Empire was, setting up what the Republic was, and how it all fit together. I spent a lot of time in developing those elements, and what each planet did, and why they did it the way they did. So I had all this material. A lot of the story elements were givens. Early on, it was that Anakin had been more or less created by the midi-chlorians, and that the midi-chlorians had a very powerful relationship to the Whills [from the first draft of Star Wars], and the power of the Whills, and all that. I never really got a chance to explain the Whills part.

So a lot of the story of the prequels, I’d done already. And now I was just having to put it into a script and fill it in, kind of sew up some of the gaps that were in there. I’d already established that all Jedi had a mentor, with Obi-Wan and Luke, and the fact that that was a bigger issue -- that’s the way the Jedi actually worked. But it was also the way that the Sith worked. There’s always the Sith Lord and then the apprentice.

Everybody said, “Oh, well, there was a war between the Jedi and the Sith.” Well, that never happened. That’s just made up by fans or somebody. What really happened is, the Sith ruled the universe for a while, 2,000 years ago. Each Sith has an apprentice, but the problem was, each Sith Lord got to be powerful. And the Sith Lords would try to kill each other because they all wanted to be the most powerful. So in the end they killed each other off, and there wasn’t anything left. So the idea is that when you have a Sith Lord, and he has an apprentice, the apprentice is always trying to recruit somebody to join him -- because he’s not strong enough, usually -- so that he can kill his master.

—Filmmaker George Lucas describing the concepts and plot of the prequels in a StarWars.com interview.[1][2]

According to

original trilogy producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films.[3] In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had the nine-film series plotted,[4] but due to the stress of producing the original trilogy and pressure from his wife Marcia Lucas to settle down, he had decided to cancel further sequels by 1981.[5]
However, technical advances in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the ability to create computer-generated imagery (CGI), inspired Lucas to consider that it might be possible to revisit his saga. In 1989, Lucas stated that the prequel trilogy would be "unbelievably expensive."[6] After viewing an early CGI test created by Industrial Light & Magic for Jurassic Park, Lucas said:

We did a test for Steven Spielberg; and when we put them up on the screen I had tears in my eyes. It was like one of those moments in history, like the invention of the lightbulb or the first telephone call. A major gap had been crossed and things were never going to be the same.[7]

In 1992, Lucas acknowledged that he had plans to create the prequel trilogy in the

Star Wars Expanded Universe, so that it still had a large audience. A theatrical rerelease
of the original trilogy in 1997 'updated' the 20-year-old films with the style of CGI envisioned for the new episodes.

Films

Having been significantly anticipated by fans,

Order 66, the Galactic Republic coming to an end and the Galactic Empire forming in its place and Anakin falling to the dark side of the Force and being reborn as Darth Vader, all under the machinations of Palpatine.[13]

Film Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer Distributor
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
 May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19) George Lucas Rick McCallum
20th Century Fox (initial)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
 May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16) George Lucas George Lucas and Jonathan Hales George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
 May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19) George Lucas

Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Main article: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

32 years before the events of

Trade Federation has formed a blockade around the planet Naboo. Naboo's senator Palpatine—who is secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious—has covertly engineered the blockade as a pretext to become Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. With the help of Naboo's fourteen-year-old queen, Padmé Amidala, and accompanied by a clumsy native named Jar Jar Binks, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan escape the blockade. They land on Tatooine to repair their starship, and meet a nine-year-old slave named Anakin Skywalker. Believing him to be the prophesied "Chosen One", Qui-Gon takes Anakin to be trained as a Jedi.[14]

The prequels were originally planned to fill in history tangential to the original trilogy, but Lucas realized that they could form the first half of one long story focusing on Anakin.[15] This would shape the film series into a self-contained saga. In 1994, Lucas began writing the screenplay for the first prequel, initially titled Episode I: The Beginning. Following the film's release, Lucas announced that he would be directing the next two.[16]

Episode II – Attack of the Clones

The central trio of the prequel trilogy was played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker, Episodes II & III), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Natalie Portman (Padmé Amidala), respectively.
Main article: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

10 years later, an assassination attempt is made on Padmé Amidala, who is now serving as Naboo's senator after finishing her term as queen. Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin, are assigned to protect her; Obi-Wan tracks the assassin, while Anakin and Padmé secretly fall in love. Meanwhile, Chancellor Palpatine schemes to draw the galaxy into the Clone Wars between the Republic army of clone troopers led by the Jedi, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems led by Darth Sidious' Sith apprentice, Count Dooku.[17]

The first draft of Episode II was completed just weeks before principal photography, and Lucas hired Jonathan Hales, a writer from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, to polish it.[18] Unsure of a title, Lucas had jokingly called the film "Jar Jar's Great Adventure".[19] In writing The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas initially considered that Lando Calrissian was a clone from a planet of clones which caused the Clone Wars mentioned in A New Hope.[20][21] He later came up with the concept of an army of clone shock troopers from a remote planet which attacked the Republic and were resisted by the Jedi.[22]

Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Main article: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Three years into the Clone Wars, Anakin becomes disillusioned with the Jedi Council and begins to have visions of Padmé dying in childbirth. Palpatine reveals himself as Darth Sidious and convinces Anakin that the dark side of the Force holds the power to save Padmé's life. Desperate, Anakin submits to Sidious and assumes the Sith moniker Darth Vader. Sidious then orders the Jedi's extermination while declaring the former Republic an Empire. Vader engages in a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan on the volcanic planet Mustafar which results in Vader getting disfigured and losing both his legs and his left arm, while Padmé dies after giving birth to twins.[13]

Work on Episode III began before Episode II was released, with one scene shot during the earlier film's production. Lucas originally told concept artists that the film would open with a montage of the Clone Wars,[23] and included a scene of Palpatine revealing to Anakin that he had willed his conception through the Force.[24] Lucas reviewed and radically reorganized the plot,[25] having Anakin execute Dooku in the first act to foreshadow his fall to the dark side.[26] After principal photography was completed in 2003, Lucas made more changes, rewriting Anakin's arc. He would now primarily turn to the dark side in a quest to save Padmé, rather than just believing that the Jedi are plotting to take over the Republic. The rewrite was accomplished both through editing principal footage, and filming new and revised scenes during pick-ups in 2004.[27]

Themes

Lucas made a conscious effort to parallel scenes and dialogue between the prequel and original trilogy, especially concerning the journey of Anakin Skywalker in the prequels and that of his son Luke in the older films. Together with the original trilogy, Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader".[28] According to Lucas, the correct order to watch the films is by episode order.[29]

There are many references to

comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.[30]

Political science has been an important element of Star Wars since the franchise launched in 1977, focusing on a struggle between democracy and dictatorship. Palpatine being a

Great Jedi Purge depicted in Revenge of the Sith mirrors the events of the Night of the Long Knives.[36] The corruption of the Galactic Republic is modeled after the fall of the Roman Republic and the formation of an empire.[37][38]

Re-releases

The films have been made available on many home video formats, most notably on DVD and Blu-ray. Like the "Special Edition" re-issue of the original trilogy, Lucasfilm has altered the films with each release, although these additional changes are minor.

A 3D theatrical re-release were planned for the then-six-film franchise beginning with The Phantom Menace in February 2012. However, following Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, the subsequent releases were cancelled to focus on the sequels.[39] The trilogy was made available for streaming on Disney+ upon the service's launch in late 2019.[40]

Reception

Further information:
List of Star Wars films and television series § Critical response

Box office performance

Film Release date Budget Box office revenue Box office ranking Refs.
North America Adjusted for
inflation
(North America)[n 1] 		Other
territories 		Worldwide All-time
North America 		All-time
worldwide
The Phantom Menace May 19, 1999 $115 million $474,544,677 $815,518,000 $552,500,000 $1,027,044,677 #15 #35 [42][43]
Attack of the Clones May 16, 2002 $115 million $310,676,740 $482,820,000 $338,721,588 $649,398,328 #73 #130 [44][45]
Revenge of the Sith May 19, 2005 $113 million $380,270,577 $535,701,000 $469,765,058 $850,035,635 #39 #71 [46][47]
Total $343 million $1,165,491,994 1,834,039,000 $1,360,986,646 $2,526,478,640
  1. ^ Adjusting for inflation is complicated by the fact that the first four films have had multiple releases in different years, so their earnings cannot be simply adjusted by the initial year of release. Inflation adjusted figures for 2005 can be found in Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success.
    constant dollars is undertaken in conjunction with the United States Consumer Price Index provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, using 2005 as the base year.[41]

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Critical response

See also:
Star Wars fandom
Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[48]
The Phantom Menace 52% (5.90/10 average rating) (237 reviews)[49] 51 (36 reviews)[50] A−
Attack of the Clones 65% (6.50/10 average rating) (257 reviews)[51] 54 (39 reviews)[52] A−
Revenge of the Sith 79% (7.30/10 average rating) (305 reviews)[53] 68 (40 reviews)[54] A−

The prequel trilogy received mixed reviews, generally improving in critical reception with each installment. Common criticisms surrounded the over-reliance on

Jewish stereotype.[63] Lucas denied all accusations of racial stereotypes.[56][64]

Many expressed their disappointment with the trilogy's portrayal of Anakin Skywalker, particularly calling the writing weak and the dialogue wooden, although Hayden Christensen's performance in the third film was more well received.[65] Contrarily, Ewan McGregor's portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi, following in the footsteps of Alec Guinness, has been generally praised.[66] Natalie Portman has expressed her disappointment with the trilogy's negative reception, saying that "When something has that much anticipation it can almost only disappoint." She also acknowledged that "With the perspective of time, it's been re-evaluated by a lot of people who actually really love them now."[67]

The trilogy has also received some criticism for clashing aesthetically with the original trilogy. While the older films feature rough and aged technology, the prequels depict relatively sleek and new

time period of civil war.[70]

Conversely, some argue for the prequel trilogy's positive elements, including its handling of political issues, especially involving the rise of

Disney's sequel trilogy, writing, "Amidst the bad execution of the story, the fact of the matter is, the prequel movies tell one coherent narrative, with a clear through-line between movies – this is something sorely lacking in the sequel trilogy."[74]

George Lucas has responded to the negative criticism by saying that, like the original films, they were intended "for 12-year-olds", while acknowledging that fans who saw the originals when they were young had different expectations as adults.

Syfy Wire attributing this to the internet being a "paradise of irreverence, just like George Lucas' scripts."[79]

Accolades

Academy Awards

Academy Awards Film
The Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Revenge of the Sith
72nd Academy Awards 75th Academy Awards 78th Academy Awards
Best Makeup and Hairstyling — — Nominated
Best Sound Editing
 		Nominated — —
Best Sound Mixing
 		Nominated — —
Best Visual Effects Nominated Nominated —

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Physical distribution rights were set to move to Disney in 2020 according to the 2012 deal, but eventually moved to Disney in 2019 as a result of the acquisition of Fox. Theatrical re-releases are still distributed under the 20th Century Studios label.
  2. Episode I - The Phantom Menace
  3. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
    (2005)
  4. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
    (2005)
  5. ^ In his early drafts, Lucas used the plot point of a dictator staying in power with the support of the military. In his comment (made in the prequel trilogy era) Lucas attributed this to Nixon's supposed intention to defy the 22nd Amendment,[34] but the president was actually impeached and never ran for a third term. Fellow Republican President Ronald Reagan sought to repeal the amendment after leaving the office.[35]
  6. ^ The character was so disliked, even by fans, that actor Ahmed Best said he contemplated suicide.[57]

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