IT'S FINALLY HERE! Yes, that's right, our epic STAR WARS recap series is finally upon us, as Ben and Colin get all kinds of excited to recap quite possibly the greatest film franchise of all time in the lead up to The Rise of Skywalker by looking at the very first film in chronological order, The Phantom Menace. Can we keep this episode under 20 hours? How strongly will we defend this movie as well as all the prequels in general? How many times did Colin actually see this movie at the cinema? Can we praise George Lucas for being a genius? Does this movie stand up visually after 20 years? Is Padme racist? #RacistPadme. Why should we all strive to make Naboo great again? Is Jar Jar Binks as bad as we all remember or is he unfairly hated? Is Jar Jar Binks the Star Wars version of Donald Trump? Is there too much story in the prequels which weighs them down? Can Ben find ways to defend Natalie Portman even when her acting perhaps isn't the best? Do we like Watto? Is Anakin making us want to say yippeeeeee more than we should want to? What are our feelings on Shmi? Are we fine that Anakin technically doesn't have a father? What are our feelings of the force explained as being midi-chlorians? How amazing is the podrace sequence? How much do we all want a japor snippet? Why is Katherine Hepburn relevant to this episode? And can we make anybody out there actually like this movie? You know it's going to be a long one, you know it's going to be an entertaining one, so get to downloading and find out why!

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