“Jar Jar is the KEY to all of this” -George Lucas

It’s sad seeing how happy Jake is and knowing how bad he was bullied and everything

I could listen to George Lucas talk about literally anything all day. He's such an interesting guy.

I feel so bad for Jake Loyd. He got harassed and bullied for years because of his work on phantom meance. He was just a kid he didn't desvered any of the hate.

i love seeing these behind the scenes when they actually had a plan for the movies

Steven Spielberg: "That's great" George Lucas: "It's gonna be great" Steven Spielberg: "That's gonna be great" George Lucas: "It's gonna be great" Steven Spielberg: "That's gonna be great" yep

George Lucas... “You can destroy these things, it is possible” Everyone... looks at JJ and Rian

It's so sad how the fallout from this movie has destroyed Jake's life over the years, heartbreaking seeing how innocent he was

Seeing Darth maul with a white shirt is uncomfortable.

In a deleted scene padme throws sand at me

Imagine being one of the kids who wanted to be little Anakin and being crushed when they didn’t get the part. Years later they probably realized that they dodged a massive bullet. Feel bad for Jake and hope his life and mental state turn around.

Just look at all this work. The storyboard, the props, the training, the models, the patience they all put in,... This is when Star Wars was made with love and passion. This is what the real Star Wars is like.

31:15 anakin was committing the unholy act of touching sand here

George started out being so happy to make the Prequals and slowly got so depressed and tired of it all

I liked Jake Lloyd more than the other kid precisely because he didn't have the bad boy vibe. No dark streak like in the other kid. That's the whole point of the tragedy of Anakin/Vader. You see him as a bright innocent kid and unfortunate circumstances turn even the brightest and most innocent of kids into what we saw in Vader. If he was just always dark, there's really nothing of too much substance to that story.

I loved how the gentleman pivoted George's lament about spending 100K on a suit they didn't need by "explaining" how it was useful in developing the CGI version! I'm really impressed with Lucas' stamina and patience in seeing the fruits of his imagination come alive and putting together a studio of creative people to help make it happen! It is both inspiring and humbling!

Most people love the prequels now but it’s sad to think how much hate they got for these movies. I mean look at all the love, thought, and passion they put into them.

When anakin started playing with the sand😂😂😂

I always felt that Jake was somewhat of the underdog during the auditions and being the underdog was exactly why Lucas gave him the part.

42:40 "Impossible! Nothing can get through my shields!" BAAAAAAANG

it says on Jake Lloyd's wiki page... In January 2020, his family issued a statement saying that he has moved closer to his family, and has officially been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

It breaks my heart seeing Jake Lloyd so happy and excited while knowing whats going to happen to him. Its truly disgusting what people did to him.

15:07 Producer: "Hello?" Ewan on the other line: "Hello There!"

I was cracking up when Jake was playing with the sand. I almost started crying at your reaction 😂🤣

I got chills watching the orchestra perform Duel of the Fates and tears in my eyes watching the fans cheer in the theater. Wow just wow

Jake Lloyd is such a good actor! He should have never gotten to much hate!!!! Same with Hayden Christensen!! And Ahmed Best shouldn't have gotten hate for Jar Jar!!

59:35 This.......this is why George is brilliant. And why Disney failed..... George knew exactly what he wanted EVEN down to the music. None of the sequels have that feeling anymore, it sounds like only 3 themes had any thought put into them. I don’t care what people say, George is a genius and a visionary, and his saga really is a testament to that.

Forever indebted to George Lucas for giving us Star Wars!

And I was one of them at the end.. I camped for Phantom Menace and I’d do it again! And I know the Episode I-III Making Of DVD so well.. as well as I know the movies! I know what they’re gonna say next and what comes next and so on.. Phantom Menace is and will always be my favorite Episode.. And seeing more of Tatooine in Phantom Menace was just absolutely beautiful and you really have to stick to your Prequel hate to not enjoy the Pod Racing.. Pod Racing IS Star Wars! Tense.. the effects are just amazing and awesome first person cinematography.. I just love the Pod Racing scene! There’s so many reasons why I love Phantom Menace..

Hearing that crowd cheer in the theater brought tears to my eyes man. Watching these documentaries with you have been a great experience. I already enjoyed the prequels, but this makes me appreciate them so much more. Thank you for bringing us on this adventure with you.

George doing the jar jar walk is the best thing I’ve seen all day😂. 20:02

42:20 "But I think everybody is in the right frame of mind" -cuts to the crew looking absolutely broken 😂Honestly this is one of my favourite documentaries, it has so many unintentionally funny moments, but its also so goddamn interesting and great to see how it all came about

"Jar Jar is the key to all this"-George Lucas Darth Jar Jar comfirmed

Ray Park's dedication to his character is UNRIVALED

Honestly watching the choreography getting trained is superb. Makes the sequels look like child’s play. These actors mastered a very difficult style.

It’s so depressing that the actor of jar jar almost committed suicide. He’s literally my favorite character

Darth Maul wearing a white t-shirt is now the strangest thing I've seen in Star Wars. It's awesome.

It makes me cry a little watching george love creating what is essentially his children it’s so wholesome to see the man the god of this universe so into his world. It really is inspiring to me as someone who wants to create his own fantasy universe to see someone basically having this epic saga flowing through his head and watching him bring it to life.

I had no idea the set in Tunisia was destroyed by a storm, gives me a whole new respect for the crew.

Little Anakin didn't deserve the hate :(

God it was really hard to see what the actual sand storm did to the tatooine set, what a resilient crew to overcome and still complete George's vision! Well done to all!

when you realize natalie portman was just 16 years old when filming this impresses me the most

Many fans didn't like the prequels, but as an old Star Wars fan, I loved them all. Episode one was so awesome, we were in line for almost 2 hours to get into the theater to see it, and i was on cloud nine the entire time. I saw this movie like 50 times. Saw it in the theaters at least 3 times as well. My favorite character is Ewan McGregor's Obi Wan, he did such a terrific job. I cannot wait to see him in his own movie, been waiting a long time for one. As for the last three movies, the best scene out of the 3 combined was at the very end of 9 when Rey says "And I am all the Jedi", and crosses the two sabres and kills Palpatine. Other than that, the last 3 were okay, not nearly as good as the original three, or the prequels. George Lucas is the true master and it shows across all 9 movies.

"Jar Jar is the key to all of this" Theory can't hold back the laughter. XD

i can't wait for revenge of the sith! please stream that one

George: *sees Jake playing with sand* "hmmm...Jake likes sand, but does Anakin? I gotta look into that and see how his character feels about it."

Seeing young Jake like this warms my heart... I hope he is in a good place today, what happened to him is horrible. Look out for yourself Jake 😥

31:15 I like sand it’s nice and not rough and it never gets anywhere

Perfect way to start a Sunday, kicking it back with some Theory and Star Wars, love the content

I remember being aged 9 and seeing Qui Gonn on the front of a cereal box and thought he looked so cool. & i won a star wars gift in that very same box of cereal. I unfortunately can't remember what it was, but i distinctively remember Qui Gon on that box, finding the toy and being really excited about going to cinema to see it. And 9 year old me loved it. But honestly seeing the behind the scenes stuff and all that goes into it has made me respect the prequels so much more, & respect George so so much more. Seeing how integral he is to literally all parts of the saga is crazy. Everything all the way down to every little ship design, creature design etc. It's such a shame that he writes such bad dialogue as everything about his passion for the galaxy really shows in these documentaries. And after all his work/ideas That he put his soul into for decades, it juat ended up getting huge backlash juat for the script. Resulting in him selling the hole thing and now it just doesn't feel like star wars, it might look like it but something clearly is missing, & after watching these it obvious that something is Mr Lucas!!!! If only someone could have helped sort the script out back in the. 90s, & let Grorge do his thing with everything else, just imagine where Star Wars would be now. A 40 year sage ruined by Rian Johnson for.no reason and poor Georhe Lucas getting such utter diarespect. Lets he him, Filoni and Favreu get Kk out thr dood and get back to where we wanna be. It's such a shame that the skywalker sage (palpatine saga now) has forever been ruoned by RJ and Kk. Poor poor George. He hot like 4 Billion, yet i still feel sorry for him. That's how bad Disney disrespected him. Such a shame. If someone juat said that the dialogue needa sorting, the entire galaxy qould be different. Now we'll never see the otoginal 3 on screen together agaib, & luke.can mever been seen in se light again... Literally. FUCK KATHLEEN KENNEDY AND FUCK ROUNDHEAD JOHNSON.

Holy shit that menu... The nostalgia. I used to watch the movie then the behind the scenes every single day when i was little just holy shit...

Wonder what a Disney documentary of star wars would be............ nevermind i dont want to see it

When you said "got the chills man" I literally did at the same time, goosebumps. And we are the same age. My dad took me and my 2 best friends (still friends with them to this day), 4th grade, I will never forget seeing it.

“We still haven’t tracked down Liam’s beard” “Check Algeria”

His reaction to Jake playing with the sand was priceless 🤣

2:55 Oh, there’s the meme line

One of my all time favourite movies. The Phantom Menace game was the beginning of my love to star wars

This takes me back, I used to not only binge watch the movies but also the documentaries. My all time favorite has to be the documentary feature for Episode 3: Within a minute. It's insane the amount of work they put into the Mustafar battle.

As a child watching this back in the day, I've always wanted to make a Star Wars Film just like George. Edit: The props, original characters, and the overall creativity involved just seems so fun to me.

as much as episode 1 gets hated on.. you have to admit we probably wouldnt have all these marvels films looking as good as they do now without episode 1.

7:49 imagine driving by seeing this

I remember the night I saw EP3 at century theaters, in Ventura California. We got the New Yorker pizza that had Newt gun Ray on the box and for a dollar you got Padme‘s starship, I remember I took my dad‘s flashlight put some electrical wires on it, put some red electrical tape around a broom handle and somehow attached it to the flashlight so that the light would shine on the red electrical tape replicating a red light saber. This was imagination, this was the magic we all felt. The nostalgia is still there for me and watching this documentary and looking at your face when they show the news archive footage, I was right there with you because I felt the same way.

its quite fascinating how the film is being made. from the story board, auditions, script review, the actors being ready for their roles, it just makes me appreciate the film and the series more seeing how passionate George is. puts a bright smile in my heart

Yesss!!! Full Documentary!! This Is Where The Fun Begins!! 1:04 Thank The Maker This Is Where I Can Geek Out

The scene starting right around 1:04:30 is what Disney has forgotten. This is what Star Wars meant to fans once upon a time.

It’s sad seeing how excited the actors and George and everyone was about this movie and how it ended up getting received publicly

Theory, I remember the feeling you obviously had after episode 1. I personally saw Starwars in 79, and went to the cinema over and over until watching all 3 in one sitting. Iam currently 49, and something about George Lucas as a story teller which has the passion to fulfil his dream. I just saw the start of episode 1. A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY. AS SOON as I see that my head doesn't leave the screen and I am myself transported. No other movie has ever had the effect nor come close. Bless you from Australia ❤

Thank you Theory for going through these films. Even though my brother introduced me to the OG trilogy, the prequels are my Star Wars films. I was 12 when I went to the midnight premier of Phantom Menace and have fond memories of it. I love all three prequels and still enjoy watching the entire saga (1-6) as well as clone wars, rebels and Mando. Love the work you do for the fandom. Thanks from Toronto 🇨🇦 🤙🏻

The video has only just come out; do obviously I haven't had the chance to watch it; but the image of Maul in a t-shirt cracks me up for some reason! XD

Such great memories from the 90's. That entire decade. Nothing today will ever replicate them.

What blows my mind from this is that Lucas already knew that Duel of the Fates would be used in ROTS.

I watched this documentary over 100x.

Wow, I had no idea all that went into these movies. All the dedication and talent poured into these films are insane.

Love seeing everyone fangasm when STAR WARS shows on the big screen, it's an amazing feeling

Thank you George, thank you for great childhood memories that reverberate into adulthood

I love watching how the movies are made. It is incredible the amount of hours of work goes into making just minutes of film.

That moment, like how are u gonna top the podrace. And you're like "u mean when 6 year old me peed my pants a little in the theatre when maul buzzed out double sabers?" Edit: so adorable when Anakin says spice pirates lmfao, they grow up so fast

That scene with the theater opening scene. That took me right back to when I was 9 years old. Man I remember the energy and how excited we all were. It was an amazing experience, so surreal. Very fond memory.

I love how everyone else ignored Jett the little kid and Ewan didn’t. He listened and acknowledged him like his equal. Kids pick up on stuff like that.

Episode 1 is a good starwars movie we got so much to see in it wat Darth vaders/Anakins child Hud was like . It's a fun movie !

33:44 Sunglasses Qui-Gon is the best Qui-Gon.

Such a crazy feeling when you get a new Star Wars film, everyone is in the theatres, everyone has costumes and lightsabers and everyone is cheering and then… STARWARS! And everyone starts cheering. It’s the best feeling in the world, it really makes you smile, and when you are actually there, all the cheering, everyone is genuinely super happy. ☺️

I’ve always loved the Prequels… I not once complained about them.. I waited in line on May 19th 1999 for 3 1/2 hours to see EPISODE 1.. I’m 43, and have loved star wars since I was 4

I love watching these "making of" videos they're so cool. It's amazing how many of George's comments have aged so well. Especially "You really can destroy these things if you're not careful." "Everything should rhyme, like poetry, it should rhyme with the previous movies." And of course "Jar Jar is the key to all of this, if we get him right, we can do anything."

I love the prequels, the pod racing, the real light saber fights, and 2 or 3 of the best characters in the whole franchise

All the fans in the theater...and you said, 'my people.' Yeah, that's exactly it. The fun and happiness of geekdom. I attended Celebration III, just about a month before Revenge of the Sith came out. 40,000+ people the day George Lucas was there. Cosplayers galore. People from all over the world. Amazing. Best moment was walking into a nearby store with my friend, both of us in costume, to get some bottled water and a little kid, maybe five or six tugging on his mom's sleeve: "Mom, look! Real Jedi!" Made me grin the rest of the day. ;)

Seeing Jake all young and sweet breaks my heart. The hammering he received was absolutely atrocious.

Bruh, I was just watching this movie last night

So glad your doing this. I have this at my house but watching it along side you is very fun

People hate on the phantom menace but I liked it, I think it had a lot of good key elements to it that a good addition to the star wars universe. It was just a different approach at the time with different characters it seemed like a movie to hate on and especially with now the disney's movies, it's makes Georges prequel creations really shine.

godamn, this was so bringing to tears awesome, the tech, the way he thought about shots, the way the fans reacted in the beginning. It really was beautiful

51:45 “You can do it, you can destroy these things you know. It is possible” - George Lucas predicts the sequels.

Love all of this So exciting!! Lots of hard hard work!

Love your videos man. I'm a huge prequel fan as well. You and I are the same age so we grew up with the prequels and they were so awe-inspiring to us at that age. Shame for the older generations who didnt appreciate all the hard work that went into them. I'm very thankful to have experienced Star Wars the way I did.

Thanks for the upload, loved seeing all the work that went into making this. I’m sure more people would appreciate the film if they saw this. I honestly loved the film a lot.

I love seeing theory's reaction, smile frown laugh, at all these. I imagine he's secretly taking notes for when production restarts on Vader episode 2 And now I want a fake blooper of him turning to the camera saying " I may have gone too far in some places" as an army of cloned anakins fight Vader on set.

I remember that race like it was yesterday...

Just finished watching this video and absolutely loved it! Your reaction added to the enjoyment, and I will definitely be checking out more of these behind the scenes reactions.

Surprised this hasn't been taken down. And thankful.

I Enjoyed Episode l Documentary way more than the others when I first watched the behind the scenes.