In 1999, when Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace was first released in theaters, it had been 22 years since the release of just plain old Star Wars in 1977. Now, in 2024, the number of extant Star Wars features has more than doubled, and it’s only been five years since the last one was in theaters (compared to the 16 that elapsed between Return Of The Jedi and Phantom Menace). But it’s also been a full quarter-century since Phantom Menace revived, saved, remodeled, and/or killed Star Wars,... Read this story
