The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 14th, 1997
Begins the story that came to fruition in the original trilogy. Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor, who plays young Obi-Wan, are Jedi Knights sent to mediate a trade dispute on the planet Naboo, instead, they are caught in a trap set by up-and-coming demagogue Darth Sidious and take flight with the Naboo Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman)and a frog-like alien called Jar-Jar Binks (Ahmed Best.) Stopping for repairs on the planet Tatooine, they find Anakin Skywalker, the slave boy who grows up to become Vader, Neeson's Jedi feels the force in the boy, but Yoda and the Jedi Council sense the youth's clo...
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