Facts: Padme's decoy was played by a 13-year old Kiera Knightley. She was originally hired to be a costume model for Amidala's wardrobe, and George Lucas liked her so much he gave her the part as Padme's decoy. And when they made the costume switch, Portman and Knightley's own mothers couldn't tell them apart. Also, Tupac was set to audition to play Mace Windu before his death.

Two of my favorite Qui-Gon Jinn lines in this movie are: "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" (So useable for so many people in real life) "There's always a bigger fish."

The end of the fight between Qui Gon, Obi Wan and Darth Maul shows the difference between Sith and Jedi very well. When the laser partitions separated Qui Gon and Maul from each other, the Jedi began to meditate, calming down, and the Sith, on the contrary, walked in a rage like a tiger in a cage, filling himself with emotions. And when Obi Wan attacked Maul after the death of his master, you can see that he was filled with rage, which took him out of balance, since this is not the way of the Jedi and he does not know how to handle it, and Darth Maul, being a Sith who has been raised inside the order since childhood, who on the contrary feeds himself with emotions, easily he was defeated and thrown into the mine, and only when Obi Wan was able to calm down and return to balance, he was able to defeat Maul

Just to clarify, Anakin actually didn't have a father. The force really got his mom pregnant 😅 Anakin was literally a personification of the force, The Chosen One, The succesor of The Father. His birth was a will of the force.

I think that the lightsaber battle of Episode 1 to 3 are the best of the whole franchise. It really feels like demigods that can see the future fighting with death blades. A single wrong step or miscalculation is the only difference between victory and death

46:31 “can you mend him with the Force?” Funny.

I was 9 when this movie came out in 1999. The line was around the theater at midnight, my mom and I had to sprint in to find seats with everyone else. That opening music hit and people cheered their asses off, everyone was standing. I fucking love this movie, I’m so glad every beat hit just as hard for you as it did me.

I loved this movie as a kid. I still remember going to theaters with my dad who I was visiting only for that summer. I remember looking over to him when Anakin was leaving his mom behind and saw my dad crying. I didn't know why at the time. Despite all the hate the movie has had in the past, I always kept this one as my favorite of the Star Wars series to this day.

The prequels are amazing

Yes there was a game made for pod racing. Its called Star Wars: Racer and it was released on the N64, PC, Dreamcast and was re-released on switch, PS4 and XBOne

I think the reason darth maul didn’t block obi wans attack was because, he was confused on what obi wan was trying to do and he didn’t realize him using the force to pick up qui gons lightsaber, so he wasn’t prepared to block the attack.

The reason why Maul didn't block Obi Wans attack was explained in one of the books. Long story short Maul was arrogant and he wanted to go full brute on Obi. He knew he had a higher ground and when Obi jumped over him he was like "wth? You were down there how did you end up here? I had you."

Here is how the jedi rankings work from lowest to highest. Initiate, Youngling, Jedi Padawan (Obi-wan's rank in the movie), Jedi Knight (Obi-wan is promoted to this rank by Yoda after the fight with Maul), and Jedi Master (Qui gon's rank). There are alternate higher titles for a Jedi Master as well. They are Council Members (the jedi that tested Anakin's force sensitivity), Master of the Order (Mace Windu / Samuel Jackson's rank), and Grand Master of the Order (Yoda's rank). When you become a jedi knight you are allowed to take on a student and basically when your first student completes their training to become a knight then you get promoted to Jedi Master. There are alternative ways to become a jedi master as well such as being recognized for certain achievements by the council. As for council member the Jedi Council elects it's own members based on those who really stand out in the order after a long time. Also about Anakin having no father, Qui Gon believed that he may have been conceived by the force itself because there was finally a need for the chosen one to appear to bring balance to the Force. So he would essentially be a male clone of his mother. The reason why Qui Gon suspects he was conceived by the force is because there has never been a being born with that many midichlorians. Someone like Anakin would basically have unlimited potential. However your potential isn't entirely determined by midichlorian count. Take Obi-wan for example. He was barely force sensitive enough to become a jedi and despite that he worked hard to strengthen his connection with the Force and got stronger through hard work. He really proved himself when he took out Darth Maul.

Between episodes II and III, i recommend watching the 2003-05 Clone Wars micro-series. It nicely connects the two movies and is pretty great all around

The queens ship is my favorite in all of Star Wars! The minimal sleekness like you said...and so shiny too. There are some close runner-ups though.

This is one of my favourite Star Wars. The design of Darth Maul is still such an ICONIC piece of media to this day. The TV Shows dive deeper into the story of the character

yo don. Just been throught the worst few days of my life. Ive been waiting a long time for this video and you've made my day much better. So glad i found ur channel all the way back in the jojo days. I fucking love you man👑

Always makes me laugh when people say anakin was an old man when he died because he was only 46 lmfao

Im loving this series as a huge Star Wars fan. I'm watching you finally enjoy this series.

Interesting personal fact. Star Wars Episode 1 played such a massive big role for my family, that my uncle and I, as kids, me 10ish and him 18ish, were big into karate at the time and using wooden swords, we emulated that final conflict with Obi-wan vs Darth Maul perfectly, with him as the role of Obi-wan, and me as Maul, and able to do the entire fight almost at full speed, tho of course being very careful. That's how big of an impact Star Wars played in my family, especially the episode 1, where my grandfather took us to see it on opening day.

18:00 Maul is a Dathomirian Zabrak (the other kind of Zabrak are not naturally boosted in the Dark Side). Dathomir being one of the most prominent Dark Side aligned planets, from where also hail the Nightsisters (non-Sith Dark Side) cult, and I think, the whole Darth concept of the Sith, where they get extra powers by being "knighted" as a Sith Lord. I'm not too sure, that laying down under the repulsor lifts of a slow tank-like vehicle is that much more safe, than being under and actual tank. But a Gungan might think so. A landspeeder, going reasonably fast, and not too deep (too far from sea level compared to local gravity), maybe you'd break a bone or two, but you'd live, for sure. Watto said "I just so happen to have a luck die...", so yeah, he's basically saying outright it's weighted. Easy for Qui-Gon to just temporarily invert the weight. The Sandpeople are just fed up with the trespass in their sacred lands, and also noise from the pod racers, it gets loud in the canyon, and sounds a bit like several Krayt Dragons on a rampage, a cataclysmic event. So they try to shoot them. It's not safe for the crowd to observe from the canyon either, even in the stands, people have ocassionally been sniped, or injured by thermal detonators (when they could get some), or by their own primitive explosives. Anakin can catch up to Sebulba by coasting in his slipstream, there's a lot of directional movement to begin with... he puts more drag on it, by veering off on a ramp, so he can bring it back down to it's repulsor level faster with gravity and engines, straight down, now in 1st position. 45:43 This is how the Force works from a Jedi perspective. The Dark manifested in the leader of the Trade Federation kept Obi-Wan in the shaft - and in this case, it's immediate in effect. Now, Obi-Wan had a new option - Force Yeet, the one he was just reminded of, a few scenes earlier. Force Healers have been rare since before the High Republic, so last time the Sith Lords were the Sith problem, over a thousand years ago. The Jedi order mostly uses Soothe (like Obi-Wan does to Luke after he's assaulted by Sandpeople), which does some degree of actual healing as well. But they don't want any Dark Side exceptions for their healers, either, when medical droid technology, bacta, and pharmaceuticals, are abundant, and in many respects, even better, that all the healing anyone could hope to do, through the Force. So the Jedi pattern (easiest magic to invent/learn, when it is the dominant Light Side pattern, and/or the Cosmic Force is in either unbalanced state) is anti-healing at this point in time. Notice 13:46 and 19:27.

1. Of the prequels I like this one the best mostly for the POD race and the underwater sequences, 2. Jar Jar is mostly comic relief since we don't have C3PO 3. Liam Neeson was very busy with various productions at the time and was in huge demand and agreed to do this episode because Qui-Gon Jinn dies, and he won't be held to do more. 4. Devine conception? 5. It's easy to know why this one didn't start the series because of the lack of CGI back in 1977.

An interesting fact for you about force pushing another jedi. A jedi creates a field that interferes with the force around them based on their base power level and focus. So you can force push a jedi, but it might not work. Best time to do it is when you've caught them off guard or have them paying attention to something else.

Yes the force literally got her pregnant, watch the other 2 and you’ll understand why he went to the dark side, and yes there are hella Star Wars games

All Jedi Palawan’s (apprentices) are taken from their families at a very young age to begin training so they don’t form attachments, but contrary to this their master becomes like a father / mother figure to them hence why when Qui-Gon Jin died obiwan went into a bit of a rage mode during that final lightsaber fight as he basically saw his father figure die. Just some context for you :)

Main reason why Qui Gon died was because of a lot of factors. One, he was fighting a much younger opponent. Two, the way he was fighting is called form 4 Ataru. That form of fighting is solely focused on offense and that form leaves the torso very open. After seeing that, Obi wan starts using form 3 soresu which mostly defense and gave Obi-Wan the name of the greatest defensive jedi. Also fun fact, after Obi-Wan tells and teaches Anakin how he defeated Maul, Anakin starts to use a hologram training dummy specifically one that he made to look like Maul and he practices the same way Obi-Wan sliced maul

Anakin in this movie: No one can kill a jedi Sidious in ROTS: Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth.... No One

Fun fact, the fighting that obi wan and maul did near the end the swordsmanship is real both Ewan McGregor and the actor playing maul both are masters at sword fighting

“Did they ever make a game about podracing?” Oh yes several and most are amazing. I have find memories of the arcade cabinets that were shaped like pods it was amazing.

You should finish watching the rest of this prequel trilogy then watch Rogue One because it fits into the overall saga. You’ll get a lot more out of it having watched the prequel and original trilogies. It is a pivotal part of the saga.

"i wanna know how he becomes vader" oh man you in for a trip, the skywalker story is one of the best ever told. ep 3 my fav, hands down best fights, but after the prequels check out rogue one to tie them all in together. the shows are pretty decent too after that

20:41 I think Don is secretly a jedi who let's out his knowledge of the force slide.

Anakin is space Jesus and that's why he is so powerful so young

Your reactions to the Jedi and especially Darth Maul were fantastic.

Okay, Anakin wasn't going to become a sith, the jedi were just being paranoid back then. But they were so paranoid that they treated him like trash so he didn't held any positive feelings for the jedi, he had good intentions but a lot of traumas (slavery stuff) and the jedi just told him to man up instead of crying over his mom and his traumas. He ended up becoming a sith because of that whole thing about: "The village neglect the child so the child grow up to set fire on the village" or something like that.

25:45 There was in fact an Episode I Podracer game! It was at least on the Nintendo 64, but I'm also pretty sure there was a full arcade machine.

“Can he heal him with the force?” Don’t go there bro bahahahha

Without this movie i never would have known or be interested in star wars

I got this movie on VHS tape back in the day and it was by far my most cherished movie. Glad you’re loving Star Wars so just enjoy the journey and stories told in the massive universe

There was a lot of unfounded hate for Jar Jar when this came out. People even harassed, bullied, and threatened the actor who played him, Ahmed Best, so much that he nearly took his own life. I've never understood why people thought it was OK to treat him like that, and many still believe that kind of behavior is ok.

Yo so Don, The guy with kenobi is Qui Gonn Jinn who was trained by a very elderly Jedi Turned Sith, That Jedi whom i have not named was the Student Of Yoda. The elderly Jedi Turned Sith appears in the Next Episode.

Always nice to find a new reaction channel where the host *actually* reacts!

They have actually made a game that includes the podrace. The game is called “Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga” and it’s a remake of my and many others childhood game called “Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga”. The game lets you play through the 9 episodes within Star Wars with mostly every character. You can explore multiple giant planets, and relive your favorite Star Wars moments through the story mode. Highly recommend this game!

Shmee Skywalker legit was impregnated by the force. He's space Jesus.

Ive seen this film so many times and ive only just noticed that Anakin is the young boy in "Jingle All The Way" 🤣

Anakin was in fact, conceived by the Force. He is the Jesus of Star Wars

there is a roughly 2 hour long animated movie called clone wars micro series (its the 2d anime one) in between episodes 2 and 3 I would watch it, it makes u understand episode 3 way more and the fights in this are genuinely some of the best in any star wars project ever.

25:44 “have they ever made a game of this” Lego Star Wars the pod racing level used to be soooooooo hard that game is goated tho

46:55 You being curious in how Anakin becomes dark, and then pointing out how the Jedi Council said Anakin has "fear" 🙃

The first star wars movie I watched. One day my dad introduced me to the movies and I started with the prequel and then the modern trilogy and then came the sequel trilogy. That lightsaber battle with Kenobi, Qui-gon and Maul is definitely one of the best. Love Star Wars so much. 💫

1. The was a Start Wars Pod Racing game on the Nintendo 64 after this movie came out. 2. The Queen's ship is model from the SR- 71 Black Bird United States stealth fighter.

Lets goo ive been waiting for these 3 reactions

The duel of the fates theme 😫 So fire

FINALLY DON! YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE TRILOGY NOW

They did make a podracing game on the 64, and now you can get it on the switch. It's a really good game.

Watch this man makes me wanna make videos I swear! Keep up the amazing work don!

There were pod racing games released on the N64 , GBA & PS2 which were great & even an arcade cabinet as well. All were IMO lots of fun.

BTW episode 1,2,3 was filmed after episode 4,5,6 that is why the film looks better its a prequel to the older ones

Before the purge there were 10,000 active jedi knights, not to mention masters, padawans, younglings and sentinals

There is indeed a video game and an arcade machine for Star Wars Pod Racing. The arcade machine in particular is dope af because, instead of buttons, a wheel, or controller, you actually have levers like Anakin's for controlling your pod. It's so much fun 👍

Subbed, love these reactions

Keep it up big man, loving the vids. ❤ cheers mate.

Jar Jar Binks is one of my favorite characters in all of Star Wars, Don't @ me.

Ahhh I’m so excited for the movies/shows. 👏🏽

There’s a game of the racing on the N64 and they rereleased on switch it’s actually a really good game that holds up to this day.

15:43 when, I’m done with school 🏫 at the end of the month.

I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas Don! ✌️😉💕

Merry Christmas mate

I'll specificy this Qui gon is Obi-wan's master but yoda teaches all the younglings (the kids). That's why Obi wan said yoda trained him

I think I enjoy star wars more after watching this, because he doesn't discredit the movie for its shortcomings or its differences from the originals. He just enjoys the movie for what it is.

They did make a game after Pod Racing actually. Was one of the few racing games I enjoyed as a kid on the N64. Best I can remember it's on Steam right now and I'm seriously tempted to get it again and relive those days.

About Anakin building C-3PO: There is a comic showing a scene of Vaders Pov during the Cloud City struggle in Episode V the empire strikes back. In this scene Vader finds the parts of C-3PO is reminiscing for a few seconds and then ordering his troopers to bring the droid to the wookie so he can rebuild him.

25:45 Yes, there have been a few podracing video games, including a classic one on the Nintendo 64.

I was 13 or 14 when this movie came out. And I remember being so excited the whole time. I loved the originals, watched the VHS to death, was obsessed with the books and comics and all of it. And I had a great time. And then I went back and watched it again and left just kinda feeling...empty? And I've never gotten over that. Like, this movie is the only star wars movie, ever (at least. Until the sequels.) that left me feeling worse than when I started watching it. And that was such a sad realization. Like, if it weren't Star Wars, I'd have hated it. I can understand enjoying it the first time through, but I can never really forgive it for that.

To be a Jedi, they are brought into the order at one or two years of age, if they are brought in at a older age then they would potentially have a great attachments to those closest to them, leading them down the path to the dark side.

I cant be the only one who wanted to see his reaction to Darth Maul activating the double light saber

I still remember watching this for the first time as a kid and how it blew my mind that a double bladed lightsaber was a real thing

Her: How skilled are you with your mouth? Me: 8:20

Fun fact: Anakin Skywalkers mother was impregnated by the sith master of the emperor/Palpatine his name was darth plaguse and he was so strong and lit with the force he could creat life "winkwink" anakins mom, then the emperor/Palpatine killed his master and that his why his mom doesn't know how or why she got pregnant that's why she said what she says about the no father thing.

Darth Maul is a humanoid like species called a Dathomirian which they reside on a planet called Dathomir. Most of the male population does reside on the planet Irodonia but there are some males that do reside on the planet Dathomir. The planet itself is ruled over the female population in which they call themselves the Nightsisters. The Nightsisters practice a force like ability but it is very dark and they use it for their own gain, they are not Jedi nor Sith and they do not side with any side only if it benefits them. They also use a number of abilities which can vary from becoming invisible to raising their fallen people to overrun the enemy forces.

Cant wait for your reaction to the next two movies, episode 3 is by far the darkest of all the films

After you finished the Prequels please watch ,,Rogue one -a star wars story"! You dont want to miss out on this masterpiece!

@Don Townsend there is a episode in the star wars the Clone wars the animated show it tells u were Darth Maul is from and how he got recruited to the Dark side and how he became under Darth tyrannous

About the pod racing yes they did have one back in the Nintendo 64. Can’t remember what it was called but I use to play that all the time as a kid. Think I was like 5 or 6,

They did make a podracing game called Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer. Not a very original name, but to me it is one of the most solid and easy to learn racing games of all time. I think it was made a year before Phantom Menace. I own it on the Switch and my PC emulated now, but the original system it was on was the N64. If you can look past some of the old graphics, its a great way to experience just how fast one of those pods really can go. It has a ton of races too, and it's multiplayer, so there's tons of replay value. I know, because my older brother and I, after nearly twenty years of playing it, still get together and compete like it's our first time turning it on... Good times!

Don you do not miss with absolutely any of your content brotha

Yoda was a puppet in the original trilogy not CGI

I love happy you were they did subtitiles for the Huttese and other alien languages lol

The Jedi have total power and control of most of the known universe and the Sith are reduced to a population of 2. Qai-gon: I believe this is the child that will bring balance to the force, so we should train him as a Jedi! Dude, the winning team (the Jedi) does not want balance!

Did they sense he was a threat? Or...did they create the threat by not trusting him? And was it in fact yoda whobwas merely threatened but a boy described as more powerful. Afraid of losing control of the jedi order which he lead for centuries....

Dang! I wanted to see your first-time reaction to seeing Maul activating his double bladed lightsaber.

"played" - Don

In Legends lore, The Emperor and his master, Darth Plagueis, meditated for two weeks straight to essentially fight the Force itself into submission, causing the Dark Side to become more prominent and powerful. The Force retaliated by creating a being that would be powerful enough to defeat the Sith, enter Anakin Skywalker. But Plagueis sadly discovers who Anakin is, and pieces together what he is. Hence why the Emperor buddies up to him as a kid.

"have they ever made a game of the racing?" yes, multiple. Star Wars Episode I Racer Star Wars Racer Revenge Star Wars Racer Arcade Kinect Star Wars (podracing minigame, incredibly fun once you get the hang of it) there's also a couple of fangames out there, even one in VR

Yes it’s in the past because 1 comes before 4. Maths. Spoiler: episodes 7-9 happen in the future, after ROTJ.

1:40 this is the prequel to the original Starwars films, hence Episode 1.

Wholesome reaction video.

I hope you watch the clone wars series. One of my all time favorite shows. I all takes place in between Episodes 2 and 3. A must see for all Star Wars fans imo

You should also watch Darth Maul: Dark Apprentice here on youtube which not only shows just how deadly Darth Maul is with a lightsaber but also just how good both Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were as well to have lasted as long as they did or in Obi-Wan's case defeat Maul.

There is in fact a Star wars pod-racing game, it's one of my favorite Star Wars games and Racing game. I'd love it if there were a remaster of the first game.