The Beginning: Making Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace

"The Beginning: Making Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace" is a feature-length documentary produced by Lucasfilm, about the making of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. It was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of The Phantom Menace, which was released on October 16, 2001. It was later released on the official Star Wars YouTube channel on April 5, 2020. It was directed by Jon Shenk.

The sixty-six minute documentary chronicles the entire making of The Phantom Menace, beginning by showcasing meetings from George Lucas with staff from the production crew at Skywalker Ranch five months before filming to look over the storyboards, before showing footage from the young actors auditioning to play Anakin Skywalker, and extensive footage from the filming. The documentary includes some footage of George Lucas becoming frustrated when things went wrong, and it then ends with footage of excited fans attending a screening of the film.

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