Little Anakin has a vice grip on my heart 😭 | STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE Reaction | Pt 1

Meg's first time watching the Phantom Menace! Btw free Palestine 🍉 #ceasefirenow
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[@otakuwolf4ever985]

Those weren't Jabba's parents, that was Jabba himself.

[@kylerjohnson4352]

Yeah he just an old fuck

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

Hutts seem to be a rather long-living species.

[@Sandlund93]

@@MatthewJamesKalasky Jabba was 600 years old when he died.

[@MARQUE9368]

Think they can live around a 1000yrs

[@TaunTaunTundra4477]

The announcer/commentator of the Podrace literally said he was Jabba the Hutt

[@magusmelanie828]

They did such a good job of making Kiera Knightley indistinguishable from Natalie Portman... to the point no one ever noticed her

[@natestadler2352]

Even her mother couldn't tell them apart

[@mikegoodwin2386]

But Meg noticed right away.

[@slyktech1860]

Nobody knew who Natalie Portman or Kiera Knightley were during this time so nobody would have noticed.

[@AshLee92490]

​@mikegoodwin2386 Because she's aware of who Natalie Portman is. At the time, she wasn't as known. Therefore, the swap was far more effective then...

[@mikegoodwin2386]

@@AshLee92490 True.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

I'm sure Anakin's first interaction with the Jedi being them implying he's an evil child for missing his mother will have no affect on him going forward.

[@MegMageReacts]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's not funny. but it is.

[@wewenang5167]

yeh...the council became like that later in history thought...thousands of years ago the jedi arent like that at all. Yoda actually made it worse after he took over. Maybe as an Alien its easier for them to detach from emotion unlike humans.@@Xehanort10

[@speedhuntr]

I agree. Alien and/or the fact he's 800+ years old dealing with lifeforms with lifespans 1/10th of his. He doesn't HAVE to feel attached. Because they'll be gone in a few decades. Easier. Like a pet. @@wewenang5167

[@Anubis78250]

Evil child? They said nothing of the sort. Only that his attachment and fear made him a dangerous prospect to train. Attachment isn't evil, emotion isn't evil, nothing of the sort is implied. What is implied is that to train a being to be more powerful than everyone else, you need to be sure that that person is dedicated to peace and justice above the concerns of personal attachment and fear that would drive them to use their power for selfish gain. AKA the dark side. They are not training soldiers, they are training what amounts to gods among men. You literally watch how right they were play out.

[@JohnWittle]

@@wewenang5167 to be fair, yoda recognized this weakness of his and tried to at least make sure there were dissenting voices, that's why he tried so hard to get quigon onto the jedi council, and dooku before him

[@xavierglaria8167]

No they cannot free the mom coz they didn't have the money to do so. If they took Shmi, Watto would kill her with the chip all slave's had. Even if Quigon is a Jedi Master he cannot took all the Hutt cartel on his own and since they control the slave market, he can't just simply abduct Shmi and threaten Watto or other slavers. Loved the reaction.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

That said, I absolutely think Qui-Gon was intending to find some way of freeing Shmi once the time crunch and crisis they were right in the middle of was resolved, by legal or rule-bendy means. Events... just didn't give him the chance. Where Obi-Wan still had stuff to learn was breaking out of blind obedience to the code and to strict jurisdictions and doing the "correct" thing (as opposed to Qui-Gon looking harder and trying to find and do the "right/good" thing). He eventually got there himself but the loss of Qui-Gon delayed that a lot. Hence, I think Obi-Wan didn't realise the importance of going back for Shmi, to do right by her and to do right by Anakin's mental and emotional health, until it was too late.

[@EmperorZod01]

Obi-Wan's haircut is not his choice, it is a standard Padawan haircut for human males.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

But it was George Lucas's choice...

[@Tylerius87]

as soon as i seen this i was like wait till anakin hits her with the "you an angel?" line. shes gon melt

[@MegMageReacts]

LMAO

[@jameskurtz4182]

Now that you know Anakin built C-3PO, think back on the moment Vader saw Threepio before he froze Han in Empire. There’s a little double-take there.

[@AkaiAkuma_]

@@MegMageReacts The little braid Obi-Wan has is actually something all Padawan’s have, once they move up to Jedi Knight the braid gets cut off

[@zamhobby9662]

That wasn't a smooth line Anakin asking, if you watch the Clones Wars Series you will know the the angle he's talking about is The Daughter in The Father, The Son and The Daughter that is The Mortis Gods.

[@Whatthevr_official]

​@@jameskurtz4182 Can't believe i never noticed that

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

Qui-Gon COULDN'T have just taken Anakin's mother. All the slaves had explosive transmitters surgically inserted into their bodies, that exploded if they got too far away from their owners. The only way Qui-Gon could have forced Watto to deactivate her transmitter was by threatening him, and/or resorting to dark side usage, and that was something he was simply unwilling to do.

[@frenchynoob]

Wouldve been nice if they explained that in the movie, huh Edit: so Im totally wrong, and the movie DOES explain it... but that just makes her reaction confusing now, cuz how did SHE miss it?

[@djaynorequest]

​@@frenchynoobthey did...Anakin explained it when they first met.

[@frenchynoob]

@@djaynorequest i genuinely dont remember if that's true or not, Ill give you the benefit of the doubt since the last time I watched this movie was 15 years ago, and in French

[@prestonturner610]

​@frenchynoob it's true

[@paradox_4094]

@@frenchynoob yup he explains it at dinner, you can find the line when he says "and they'll blow you up BOOM!" its easy to miss if you focus on jar jar being dumb

[@brandonrogers9007]

On the jedi: Yes, they are dogmatic. Yes, they are flawed. No, they could not help Ani with his mom; Qui gon tried, but he got nowhere with negotiating and he is not the kind of jedi that threatens or uses violence to get his way. The jedi (technically) are not supposed to go around to foreign lands enforcing their own laws and imposing their ideals on the local population - even if it is something virtuous, like freeing slaves, it is not their place to do so, thats more of a local political issue. During the time of the Republic, before the great war thats coming up, the jedi are meant to be neutral and non-political, you might be able to see traces of that throughout the prequels, but you will also be able to see that the jedi have been around for so long that they may have lost sight of their original purpose. Another thing to keep in mind: Anakin was given a choice to either come along to be a jedi or stay with his mother, knowing she would not be freed. As un fair and terrible of a circumstance as that is, Anakin chose this life, both for better and worse.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

They easily could've gone back to Tatooine and just bought Shmi.

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

The Queen is meant to be 14 in this movie, and Anakin is 9. Natalie was 16 when the movie was filmed, and Jake was 8. Absolutely LOVING your Star Wars reactions, by the way. 🙂

[@MARQUE9368]

Blows my mind how much time passed since this movie came out. Can’t believe so long ago

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

@@Raged_Consumer WHAT o.o I need to check how old is Pirates of the Caribbean then. She is adult in that movie, I thought this SW movie came after it.

[@nathancruz9172]

I think it was filmed in 1997, before it was released in 1999.

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

@@FluffySylveonBoi Pirates came out in 2003.

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

@@Raged_Consumer That's correct.

[@Supadrumma441]

I just KNEW Meg would like Jar Jar haha. 25:30 Anakin is a "Vergence in the force" basically a child bought into being through the force itself.

[@passionsquietrage]

There's literally no reason not to like him, I've never understood why people hate him so much.

[@RobertVistal-jp2cw]

​@passionsquietrage yeah, as a kid I found him very funny, amusing and appealing. I guess people found him ugly and they just hated him because of that

[@passionsquietrage]

@@RobertVistal-jp2cw I've heard people say his speech was hard to understand and that he was too silly and dumb. I don't believe any of that though.

[@bigwill8145]

Part of the point that Yoda is trying to make is that attachment to things and people lead you to make decisions based on that instead of what is the greater good which is the decision that a Jedi is supposed to be able to make the decision to do what is best for everyone not what is best for himself which is why a Jedi must swear off these things like love and attachment because those things can blind you and make you make decisions based on how you feel for the ones you were attached to instead of saving all the other lives as is your duty as a Jedi

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Exactly. Also, unfortunately, jedi doctrine at this point has settled on "don't feel things, or suppress what you do feel" rather than "learn to deal with your feelings healthily, so that you can feel and acknowledge them without being ruled by them." The council here's gotten caught up on dogma while forgetting what jedi are for.

[@oneironaut420]

The Jedi have no jurisdiction on Tatooine because it's not in the Republic, and the Jedi serve the Republic, they aren't really independent agents in this situation. Just as our military can't just go to another country and free oppressed people without potentially starting an international incident or even a war, the Jedi can't do much more than serve as ambassadors. And yes, Jedi are taken as infants so that they don't have any attachments to their families that could distract them or lead them to the dark side of the Force. Most Jedi never see their birth families; the Jedi Order becomes their family. So this would also have to be true for Anakin.

[@WretchinWilson]

In the novelization of this film, it is explained that Queen Amidala wears the makeup and costumes as a disguise so that, at any point, one her handmaiden can assume her place. Only those closest to Queen will be able to tell the difference. It's a security measure and also gives the Queen the ability to life a halfway normal life.

[@fredwardandthebear3192]

And the newer Padme trilogy goes into depth on the handmaiden selection process, and the development of the "Queen's voice"!

[@prestonturner610]

Ironically the actress that played Anakins mother did play the Virgin Mary the same year the Phantom Menace came out 😅

[@jackalsniper4232]

This is where the fun begins!

[@viktorszakacs9494]

31:10 That's actually Jabba himself, this movie is 32 years before a New hope and Jabba was born 600 years before, and died 4 years later in Return of the jedi So Jedi don't have any money, that's why Qui-gon couldn't free Shmi (Ani's mom), Qui wanted to but Wattos mind is too strong for a mind trick, and he didn't want to give away two slaves for the deal. The mind trick was said to work only on the weak-minded, and there were certain species, including Toydarians, Geonosians, and Hutts, that were either highly resistant or immune to it.

[@luckbero2955]

I'm pretty sure it's Gardulla the Hutt (no relation), whom Anakin mentioned earlier.

[@comicbooknerd3570]

@@luckbero2955 Nah the hutt sleeping during the race was really Jabba. It makes sense honestly.

[@baeleth]

Yeah, the announcer actually does name him as Jabba, if I remember correctly.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Both Jabba and Gardulla were there (the latter, in the background) Are partners and sometime rivals, in business.@@comicbooknerd3570

[@luckbero2955]

@@comicbooknerd3570 I was referring to the second hutt, which the original (pre-edited) comment mistakenly referred to as Jabba's brother.

[@gunnerdobbins3129]

Your reactions to Yoda and the council is a important indicator that the Jedi of old weren’t as perfect as Luke thought and in fact, at the peak of their powe, have grown arrogant, complacent, and detached.

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

It's more like they've become dogmatic and set in their ways, losing all flexibility. The Jedi and the Sith have both become extremes of the Force users, which causes this essential unbalance that Anakin is supposed to be able to fix. In essence he does, because through his actions the Jedi are reduced to almost nothing, which was already the case for the Sith. In the aftermath of this a new kind of Force user is allowed to rise, one who might return to a more balanced view of the Force. It's just a pity that the Sequels never addressed this, instead trying to redo the original trilogy for the modern times, which lead to the mess that the sequels were. George should have kept control of Star Wars's direction before he sold to Disney!

[@Djanck000]

​@@YouHaventSeenMeRight You know George Lucas is repulsed by the idea of "gray" force users, right?

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

@@Djanck000 Then why was the Bendu in Rebels? Definitely a gray force user, by his own admission.

[@Djanck000]

@@YouHaventSeenMeRight Bendu was in Rebels because George Lucas wasn't. His ideas are pretty dichotomic when it comes to the force. I'm not saying it's cooler or better the way he envisioned it, but it is how he envisioned it. This isn't even speculation. He said with his own words that the dark side corrupts and there is no "middle". Again, not saying i think it's cooler or better this way, just that George have some pretty strong opinions about the idea. Favreau and Filoni circled the idea from a "safe distance" for a while, but also seem to have let it go.

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

@@Djanck000 If George sees the force as black and white with no gray, good vs evil, why did he put forth this prophecy of "someone who brings balance to the Force"? What does that even look like with such a stark divide in the Force? If there are only two Sith, should there then only be two Jedi to balance out the Force? And when the Sith are extinct, should the Jedi then also cease to exist?

[@GallantSector]

They shouldn’t train someone to use and get attached to the ways of the force, who has as much fear, and sadness as Anakin does. The force dark side feeds on those negative emotions. It also consumes you, like a drug, and they don’t want to risk training him and he goes down that path. They weren’t blaming this kid for having these feelings, they were giving the reasons why he shouldn’t be trained.

[@crowbro1376]

I NEED TO DEFEND YODA . The Jedi counsel didn’t shit on Anakin because he was afraid. It’s that he LIED ABOUT BEING AFRAID. Being a Jedi doesn’t mean you have no feelings it’s about managing your feelings. Anakin wasn’t honest about his feelings.

[@patriciagerresheim2500]

The Padawan braid (like Obi-Wan's) was used as a symbol of rank to distinguish apprentices within the Jedi Order. In the first trilogy, the fights were based on techniques half-remembered by older Jedi who had been scattered and in hiding for 19 years. For the prequels, fight choreographer Nick Gillat developed new fighting styles for Jedi in their prime. Alec Guinness is referenced twice in this film. The first, and most obvious, way is that Ewan McGregor adopts his speech patterns in his performance as Obi-Wan. The second is that voice artist Andy Secombe uses Guiness' performance as Fagin in 'Oliver Twist' as the basis for Watto, the junk dealer. Shmi can't go because of the way the bet with Watto worked out. Remember, Watto refused to let them both go. While Qui-Gon would have taken both, Anakin was more important, which is why he influenced the chance cube the way he did. Qui-Gon has to abide by the outcome of the race, just as Watto does. Yes, Force-sensitive children are identified very young, and taken from their families to be raised and trained at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. One of the basic principles of the Jedi is that they have no attachments that would distract them. It wouldn't matter if they had brought Shmi as well; Anakin's attachment to her would still be too strong. While we know that Padme/Amidala is 14, making her only 5 years older than Anakin, we don't know how quickly Nabooans mature. They apparently mature in intelligence much more quickly than some other species. By contrast, Yoda's species (which still has not been named) matures much more slowly, with an individual aged 50 is still considered a child.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

a mostly pre-verbal child, at that

[@thee_psychotic_]

And so it begins...I can't wait for Meg to watch the clone wars and rebels to make sense of everything and make her love the characters and appreciate them as well

[@cmrobbins88]

Keep in mind Yoda was the same with Luke. Thought he was too old, too impulsive and impatient. Like father like son. The Jedi are very strict when it comes to attachment.

[@autumnanim]

In Star Wars, different planets actually have different accents like different countries.

[@jeffroskywalker]

R2 is the only droid/being/person that has been there beginning to end and knows the entire story of Anakin, the downfall of the republic,the rise and identity of Vader, Luke skywalker, everything!

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Yeah, people characterise him as an excited child, but he's actually a grumpy old man who emits a stream of verbally-abusive profanity with every utterance. That's ACTUALLY why it's all beeps.

[@Slashycent]

You just get it. Simple as that. George's Star Wars is something you have to _get_ on a deeply emotional, borderline subconscious level, and you do. One important thing to note about the concept of "balance to the force" though is that, in George's view, it explicitly means _the destruction of the Sith_ , NOT achieving a balance of light and dark. That's because the Sith are like a cancer to the force. They selfishly dominate and violate it, disrupting it and forcefully bending it to their will, essentially trying to play God instead of servicing the force and going with the flow, which is what the Jedi do. You're obviously right to note that the Jedi order is evidently flawed and enabling its own undoing, but that stems more from a place of nervously seeking false security through tradition and dogma than from any intentional maliciousness. Ironically, they've become afraid of fear itself. But they're still redeemable/reformable. The Sith, by nature, aren't. To put it simply: The Jedi are flawed heroes. The Sith are monsters. (Hence Maul's look. Lucas ordered his concept artists to make him look like "the devil incarnate.") And that's why Anakin's fated balancing act was always _destroying Darth Sidious aka the Emperor_ (and Darth Vader too, in a way), not joining "both sides" or anything. He didn't technically _need_ to go evil to fulfill his destiny. That has nothing to do with Lucas's balance. And in an ideal world he wouldn't have. But due to bad circumstances, very much including a flawed Jedi order, he was led to make bad decisions which unnecessarily _delayed_ the fulfillment of his destiny. So, if anything, the Jedi weren't in the way of balance as much as they stood _in their own way_ while rightfully trying to achieve it. But the force, uh, finds a way. And Anakin finds a reactor shaft to yeet his tor-mentor and his unnecessary Sith identity into. Just wanted to make that clear, since that's really the only element of the story where you seem to be straying from Lucas's intention, going more towards the popular "Grey Jedi" idea, which, to Lucas, is an oxymoron. Any force user who goes "both sides" is a Sith in the making. Just like how people who say that they're neither right nor left are typically clearly right lol. _Excellent_ analysis on all other points though, especially regarding Padmé and her similarities with, and connection to, Anakin. Really looking forward to the rest, because, as I said, and balance shmalance aside: You just get it.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

Right wing = evil orange man = bad George Lucas = good

[@Mitthradata]

She said "i love the droids" It'll be a shame if we don't get clone wars reactions

[@matthewteague623]

You should now watch Wierd Al Yankovic, "The Saga Begins." Whether you post a reaction to it or not, seriously, see this one. It's about THIS movie, so there will be no spoilers in it. (er rather, it will spoil nothing for you, since you have already seen Phantom Menace).

[@Andrew-id1vd]

It's unfortunate that Anakin's mother couldn't leave as well, I think it's a good lesson though that sometimes there's nothing you can do about a tough situation, even if you're a Jedi

[@leviethen]

with the whole taking force sensitive people as kids i reckon it's a similar situation as mages in dragon age. they're both born with access to this magical power and without proper training could cause a lot of damage. so the jedi are like a self governing circle of magi and sith are like blood mages. so i imagine when someone has a force sensitive child they realise it's best for them to go to the jedi for training than risk them falling to the dark side and just taking over whatever planet they happened to be born on etc.

[@emperoremperor1486]

It is the parents choice if they want that, the Jedi have no interest in forcing that.

[@coleferraro4416]

* Darth is put before any character's name Meg: Imma simp 😏😍

[@Spikeelsucko]

Let's bear in mind that Watto explicitly said that he was putting down heavy cash on Sebulba and that with Anakin winning not only is he terribly in debt but he's also down one of his two slaves, there was no way in hell they'd be able to figure out a way to get Shmii out of there without pissing off a lot of powerful people before they could leave the planet, it wasn't a matter of wanting it bad enough.

[@rogertemple7193]

Awesome and Magnificent reactions as always thank you Meg.☺️🙏

[@BalokLives]

Have you ever attempted to come up with a truly unique English accent? One that has never been heard before? They all come out sounding like something that you have heard before. The only option they have is to make them speak an alien language with subtitles. But in Star Wars almost everyone speaks Galactic Basic. I think those aliens sound pretty good. Sort of like Chinese mixed with British English. Either way, I'm sure it isn't an easy task. "Why are you doing that?" Referring to the Sand People or Tusken Raiders, they are violent scavengers. They raid local villages and kill people in order to steal their resources. Another reason is because these people are all driving their infernal noisy machines through their territory.

[@rodrigoferreramenezes5274]

You will LOVE the Anakin Skywalker arc.

[@aubreyburmaster4137]

We all hated how he had to leave his mom behind like understandable and frustrating BUT… ngl Megs reaction confuses me. Is she legit confused or is this just a strong emotional reaction? Like as much as it sucks she’s someone’s property and he can’t just take her, plus even if she was freed as a Jedi Anakin couldn’t see her again. Jedi leave behind all ties and are usually taken as babies. They never know their parents.

[@genXkeg420]

"The only pathetic life-form I see is that pony tail" had me crying :D

[@kiaroscyuro]

the prequel trilogy was very controversial when it first came out. OG fans hated it but kids who grew up with it really liked it

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

I was 14 when TPM came out, and already a RAPID fan of the OT for as long as I could remember. Like, I literally don't even remember seeing the OT for the first time. They've just always been a (HUGE) part of my life. I was absolutely blown away by this movie when I saw it in the cinema.

[@patriciagerresheim2500]

*Some* OT fans hated it, and I think they were in the minority, but they were very vocal, so those OT fans who *did* like the prequels were pretty much drowned out. They insisted that those who did like the prequels were idiots, and could not be persuaded that everyone was entitled to his opinion. I think they were disappointed that Lucas was telling the story *he* wanted to tell instead of the story they expected from him.

[@StarkRG]

Honestly, besides derision for Jar Jar, I don't remember anyone hating it until several years later. My dad loved it, everyone at my high school seemed to love it, the entire theatre erupted in cheers at the end. I remember seeing long time fans being interviewed as they lined up for their third or fourth viewings. Everyone seemed to be excited about the next movie. I think the hatred was mostly confined to a few Usenet newsgroups until a year or two after Episode 2. It's revisionist history to claim that it was so widely hated.

[@patriciagerresheim2500]

@@StarkRG i saw a lot of posts hating 'Phantom Menace' and insisting that the posters' views were the only acceptable ones. And they were being posted as soon as the film was released. As i pointed out, those posters, though in the minority, were very vocal, and it was their noise that was being reported. I agree that the vast majority of viewers were generally happy with the prequels.

[@quntface1518]

When things get old and memed enough people like them and forget how terrible they were.

[@morgoth9671]

Qui Gon couldn't free Anakin's mom legally. That's why she couldn't be freed. They are still Jedi, they shouldn't interfere with local laws and stuff, they would be in big trouble with the Hutts as well.

[@dukath]

LOVED your reaction to the Original Trilogy. Girl, EpIII is gonna KILLLLLL you. Better stock up on tissues. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

[@bensneb360]

That final light saber fight with Qui-Jonn, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul is still the greatest light saber fight of all time, the choreography, the music, the sets, all perfect

[@prestonturner610]

Different alien and human species in Star Wars have different real world accents, No subtle racism or stereotype jokes implied.

[@arbington]

I’m glad you liked this one! I loved it as a kid, as I got older I noticed it’s a little rough around the edges, but in my opinion there are no bad Star Wars stories, some are just better than others. Definitely this movie illustrates that George Lucas was sometimes the series’s greatest blessing and worst curse all at once. Giving him this much creative freedom, there are some ups and downs. lol And on that note, I absolutely lost it when of all the things Caleb felt the need to explain in the movie it was the gungan use of the word “hot” and not, like, the entire gungans or so many other wild things about this movie. lol

[@matthewcronin2325]

Something I don’t understand about criticisms of this movie: I never heard “Asian accents” from the nemoidians, but even if they are, why is that wrong? It’s ok for all of the villains to have British accents but not any other? I don’t get it 🤷‍♀️

[@PhilMeisterOriginal]

I never understood that particular criticism either. Personally when I was a child watching this movie the voices of the nemoidians were so diverse from what was normally heard from any character it made their appearances in the film more special. Also I find that different accents make the Star Wars Galaxy feel bigger and more diverse in ways of life. It also works behind the scenes to when the films are translated into different languages. When the accents are already established for each race, different speech patterns and tones, allows for a more universally accepted lore of these races across all languages.

[@TheNoirNoise]

A new journey awaits you! Glad we’re finally experiencing the prequels. There’s so much to unpack in the prequels and the beauty of it is we get to see a different side to the Jedi. As you’ve noticed the Jedi seem a bit stuffy and a disconnected but Yoda is right. Fear is the quintessential trait of the dark side, no matter how old or experienced, fear is potent to turning anyone to the dark side.

[@jmwilliamsart]

The problem is that the current Jedi code was predicated on ‘fear’, fear of the dark side and fear of loosing their own to the dark side. The Jedi ended up contradicting themselves, and they also allowed themselves to become too dogmatic, rigid, and too detached from others. The Jedi had also allowed themselves to become lapdogs of politicians instead of following the force.

[@alecstapley9709]

How was Qui-Gon supposed to free the mother. Please, comment if you have any better ideas. He can’t force Watto to free her because the Jedi are supposed to be peace keepers. What a bad look it would be if Qui-Gon threatened Watto, and Watto was firm on holding onto the mother. Besides, mind tricks don’t work on members of Watto’s race.

[@Rocket1377]

Right, and the Jedi don't have the authority to just do whatever they like. They would have to get permission from the Senate to interfere in these sort of affairs. Like it or not, Shmi is the legal property of Watto.

[@olakruszewska9978]

U POLISH? I'm polish too, I would never guessed 😆 Pozdrowienia z Polski ❤

[@ComicPhreak]

3:54 His master, and yes Master Yoda did train Obi-Wan but he pretty much taught all the Jedi in the Jedi Order, during the original trilogy he's close to 900-years-old. Here, he's 877, he worked his way up to be the sole Grand Master of the Order.

[@anteletica1148]

So happy that the reaction to the prequels are starting. Couldnt wait. About Obi Wans Hair.... yeah i looks kind of stupid, BUT the braid is tradition for Human Jedi Padawans until they achieve Knighthood. They couldnt take Anakins Mom with them, since they had no money to buy her and Jedi cant take the law into their own hands outside of republic juristiction, at least not anymore. Thousands of years the jedi were more freelance and not as connected with the republic. And they cant act out of their ,,selfish" desire to save ONE specific person.

[@anteletica1148]

also balance in the force doesnt really mean equal dark and light. George Lucas once explained that the dark side is selfish and the light selfless. And balance is the absence of the dark and the light is just the force itself. Its like having a ocean (the light side) and the dark side is the pollution we poison it with because of our greed.

[@mattkylie6723]

4:02 yes liam neeson (Qui gon) is Ben’s mentor” and it’s actually his Green lightsaber Krystal Luke uses in return of the Jedi some 35 years later

[@samgradyfilm]

I really wish I could come up with some kind of artistic or in-universe justification for the Trade Federation accents. This is one of my favorite films too. Lucas playing around with some kind of cinematic allusion to '30s-40s adventure-serials' racist depictions of villainous foreigners? Idk dude it's rough lol

[@AlluttajaYT]

I love these reactions because you give a lot of attention to details and have really good points. Sucks that I have to wait 2 weeks for part 2 they are really good ALSO yea that's what the Jedi usually do, start training force sensitive kids even younger, they are taken from their families so I guess usually they don't even have attachments to their parents.

[@Frangucci]

The thing with Anakin's mother being left behind... Jedi track down infants and take them from their parents right after their born due to their belief that attachment will lead them to be corrupted by the dark side of the force. This is why Anakin (being 9 years old) is deemed to old to start his training, because he has grown attached to his mother already. It's kind of messed up that the jedi have been doing this throughout their history, but this is probably why Qui Gon didn't fight harder to get Warto to gamble away her freedom. More will be revealed through the next two movies and I might comment more on this should it come up. Can't wait to see/hear your thoughts on the rest of this movie as well as the next two. Great stuff Meg

[@DogAndEazy]

these star wars reactions have been really enjoyable so far; love that you get to see this side of Ani's life, can't wait for the other two films (and then eventually the sequels)! (Also nice work with the edits Caleb :) )

[@sraLLars]

Loved your reaction, but the editing was a bit too much in this one. Looking forward to the rest of the films!

[@Great_Olaf5]

... Do British accents suddenly not count as foreign? Did the US or Canada annex the UK at some point? And the Gungans have distinct accents too, maybe not recognizable from the real world, but they're definitely not GA accents. Heck, I would have _never_ interpreted the Muuns accents as Chinese. I just assumed they were going for sometime vaguely unfamiliar pm the basis of them being literal space aliens.

[@gregoryhype8228]

You clearly dont understand the Jedi or the force, Anikan is so filled with dear that train him as a Jedi... well we know where its end

[@ironmaiden93ofangmar]

By the way, I get the frustration with leaving the mother. But there was really nothing Qui Gon could've done except steal her. He has no power in that society, even as a Jedi. He simply freed Anakin playing by their own rules. That said, yes, the Jedi do train children away from their parents. But I don't think that was Qui Gon's original intention

[@MegMageReacts]

Yep, especially after watching E2 I really agree and appreciate how Qui Gon tried his best under rigid circumstances! He initially asked for both of them. The rest of the Jedi training and stuff I still question. But I love Qui Gon specifically more as time goes on!

[@N_F414]

@@MegMageReacts When/if you learn more about how the Jedi train kids from very young, it makes a kind of sense from the Buddhist ideas of not having attachments to world in order to attain enlightenment. By leaving their families so young, they cant "miss" them, fear their loss, which as Yoda mentions is a potential temptation towards the dark side. From our point of view of familial society...its pretty f'ed up to take a kid from their parents like that. But for a monastic order of Buddhist monks( the Jedi) who are encouraged to "let go of attachments", family bonds and romantic relationships would all be dangerous complications, its a necessity to take them very young from their point of view. Thats why they say he was too old at age 8, already old enough to fear the loss of his mother and remember it as he grows up.

[@Jonboy2312]

"But you're a Jedi Master!" Yes, therefore bound by code and not allowed to meddle with local politics and customs, especially not by force...

[@dcmslife3772]

Listen to The Saga Begins by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It's a parody of Don McLean's American Pie. The song The Saga Begins tells you how old they are in this film. 😆 Lyric: 🎶Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen Though he's just nine and she's 14 Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday🎶

[@bigwill8145]

This is not following the story of Jesus and Mary

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Meg! 🌌 As the tagline used to say, "Every saga has a beginning."

[@indianajonesforceghost3156]

a meme every 5.2 seconds is hard to watch

[@assassinofthecaribbean9084]

Please do a reaction to the Clone Wars TV series!!!! it gives these movies so much need context to fully appreciate everything about them - George Lucas created the show after working on the prequels to tell more stories he wasn't able to in the short span of the movies. (Till season 6 where Disney bought Star Wars and cancelled the series - but they made a 7 and final season based on Gorges original stories to bring the show to an end in a just way)

[@mattstanford5164]

I went to see this one in theaters 18 times. Highly underrated in my opinion.

[@no1guy825]

what is your deal?! you're drilling too far into what you want to happen in the story: no one WANTS to leave Shmi (Anakin's mother) on the planet, but they're not gonna steal her from Watto. They made a deal. It was either just Anakin....or no deal. If they're just gonna steal them both, what's the point of even MAKING a deal?? Forcefully taking her is the last resort, but sadly, this is against Jedi Code. It's also worth noting that had Shmi been liberated somehow, she would've had to live away from Anakin anyway, even if on the same planet with a better life. Padawans are raised and trained without their parents. Once they become full Jedi they can reunite with the parents possibly. The Slave Trade is essentially run by the Hutts and other clans out in these outer worlds....make enemies with Watto, and he might possibly do a very common thing and have them hunted or labeled a bounty, and these worlds are pretty common destinations. Again, it's all in conflict with the Jedi way of doing things, where you try to essentially be diplomatic and minimize your enemies. Another crazy detail NOT mentioned in the movie is the transmitter chip installed in slaves that detonates if they leave. Watto probably removed or disabled Anakin's when he left.

[@LifeOnMahers1215]

Film for kids (George Lucas words not mine) opening with taxation of trade routes 😂😂 prequels are so funny

[@jerbearschannel2208]

I realize you know nothing about Star Wars. But all Padewan Apprentice Jedi have a ponytail and when they become a real Jedi it will be cut off with a light saber.

[@Spikeelsucko]

Meg going off on Yoda started to raise my hackles a bit, the Jedi order had been training Jedi for thousands of years and everything he says about why "missing your mom" isn't just something you coddle when it comes to training Jedi- and ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAINING A CHILD WITH IMMENSE POTENTIAL. Also the kid turns into fucking Darth Vader so maybe Yoda's commentary on things like properly training children to wield the force should be heeded. Everything bad that happens in this story happens because people didn't listen to Yoda.

[@Rocket1377]

Exactly. She doesn't understand Yoda at all.

[@Tar-Numendil]

Those aren't Jabba's parents. That's Jabba the Hutt himself.

[@bigwill8145]

Okay I'm not sure what it is that you don't understand where you're not watching when the guy told Qui-Gon that he can't free both the boy and his mother he can only have one so that is self-explanatory that is why he can't free his mother not rocket science

[@Towelgravy]

The greatest part about this whole reaction is that you started commenting on the accents... BEFORE jar-jar binks even came on the screen! Bahahaha. I was thinking the whole time; "... you ain't seen nothin' yet. Just wait for it..." I really wish George Lucas had the balls to follow through with his initial foreshadowing and make Darth Jar Jar but alas, the world wasn't ready. We need a "George Lucas Cut" akin to a "Zack Snyder cut" where he follows through and makes a 15 hour movie that fills in the blanks and ends with Jar Jar being basically Darth Plagueis. There may exist a universe in which we got that movie instead of a Snyder cut. What I wouldn't give for interdimensional cable.

[@GallantSector]

Caleb with the Jar Jar defense. 👍🏽👍🏽😁

[@wewenang5167]

THAT IS WHY HE IS TOO OLD TO BE A JEDI. USUALLY THEY WILL TAKE A CHILD THAT ARE VERY YOUNG TO BE A JEDI SO THEY CAN DETACH FROM THERI FAMILY ESIER. HES IS ALREADY 9 HERE I THINK USUALLY JEDI ORDER WILL TAKE CHILD THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN 5 YEARS OLD.

[@RealArcalian]

Anakin's birth isn't explained until the third film, and it's easy to miss it if you don't pay close attention.

[@MrKevin486]

It's never explained, only hinted at. There was never any conclusive reason given, its all fan speculation. Even Lucas himself has never given a full reason outside the films. Even in the Darth Plagueis novel never actually explains it.

[@SLAPERZZ1]

Grew up watching Star Wars and Lord of the Rings! They’re both so good and way ahead of their time!🙏🇬🇧

[@jabecker21]

When Jar Jar is asked why he was banished for some reason I always expect him to say “night-putting. Putting at night. With the dean’s daughter”.

[@Ragbab84]

MITCH MITCH BINKS

[@thomasjoychild4962]

IIRC from the novelization, he crashed one of Boss Nass' very expensive high-end submarines/submersibles. That was the specific instance of clumsiness that got him into trouble.

[@MARQUE9368]

Admittedly the fact that Anakin made ‘3PO I felt was a l’il corny and too convenient story telling wise but oh well

[@serinx]

Yeah, as someone else noted. This did originally have a puppet Yoda and it kinda sucked. Likely as nobody had been using puppets in like a decade... that expertise had been lost due to lack of practice, it looked stiff / rubbery... with weird hair as well.

[@ItsJustFox]

Its not that easy to just snatch away a slave and expect everything to just work out, whether they're part of a family or not. If it were that easy, there would be no slaves.

[@Ne0Nights]

The prequels really change your perspective of the Jedi

[@DestroySteve]

English or “Galactic Basic” is not the first language to the non-human species. It makes sense they would have accents but it is a silly accent 😂

[@eragonfan]

Funfact the dudes with the Accent have in France an German Accent and in German an France Accent

[@thafamilyjules]

The “foreign accents” is both problematic and extremely logical. George Lucas wanted each planet and its inhabitants to be unique. So for instance, the inhabitants of Ryloth all speak with a French accent in the clone wars. They’re all good guys. The separatist dudes planet is “Chinese”, depa belaba’s species are “Indian”, etc. it’s a slightly dated way of displaying the linguistic variety of the universe without creating a million fake languages (which Lucas kind of did anyway).

[@thafamilyjules]

However it is pretty geopolitical. The fact that the greedy separatists are “Chinese” while the republic-allied Rylothians are “French” probably isn’t a coincidence.

[@HolyRomanEmperor90]

I loved your reaction to the fart. 😂 Believe it or not, there’s actually an extended version of that scene lol.

[@cole6843]

When you finish the prequels I recommend the cgi star wars the clone wars show!

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

You should try to get in The Clone Wars at some point. (After Revenge of The Sith is arguably ideal)

[@Avenger85438]

For these films Lucas tried to go for the feel of a period drama, but because he lacked the knack for directing people it didn't land as well as it could've, even coming off as wooden at times. Furthermore he used the first draft of the script without giving time for refinement as he had with A New Hope. So while a lot of interesting ideas are presented, which have given more credit thanks to them (and fandom toxicity) getting re-evaluated in recent years , there's also quite a number of oddity's, like making C-3PO Anakin'd creation when it might have made more sense to make him a palace droid. Overall while the prequals are no where near as bad as overreacting hyperbolic fans made them out to be, there's still noticable clunk here and there.

[@Rocket1377]

To be fair to George Lucas, he did ask his friend Steven Spielberg to direct a Star Wars film, but he turned it down. George knows that writing dialogue and giving instructions to actors are not his strong points, and tries to collaborate with people to make his films better. Carrie Fisher often helped tweak his scripts. He doesn't just surround himself with "yes men", as some people claim. That's why the Clone Wars collaboration was so good, because Dave Filoni is excellent at working with actors, so he was able to help bring those prequel characters to life in a way that George was not.

[@Avenger85438]

@@Rocket1377 It's an unfortunate case of having to make do, and getting a disproportionate response from a-hole's in the fandom.

[@paul2523a]

You can tell Lucas was given complete control in this film and his vision and creativity for the world building (apart from Chinese aliens) gave me the tools to dream and wonder about his worlds as a kid.

[@MegMageReacts]

Not the Chinese aliens 😭🤣

[@ColmPadraig]

Interesting how people pick and choose when to suspend reality. I dont hear anyone asking why the clones all speak with an Australian/New Zealand accent, or why Palpatine , Obi Wan, Qui Gon, Maul etc have an English accent. Or why Anakin, Padme etc have American accents? How does one talk without an accent? I think I know the reason why it's such a problem for ya'll but I won't go there yet

[@paul2523a]

@@ColmPadraig You make a point, but they are literal aliens with Chinese accents 😂

[@ComicPhreak]

​​​@@MegMageReactsThey're actually based on the stereotype of the Japanese. And the Gungans, Jar Jar's people, are a stereotype for Black people and the actor that played the part of Jar Jar Binks got a lot of hate for playing the part.

[@ColmPadraig]

@@paul2523a There are literally aliens with English, American accents. Accents exist, everyone has one.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Jar Jar is kind of funny and annoying but ultimately harmless. He's the Star Wars equivalent of Urkel.

[@loganmaximus2160]

YES! Anakin is the force Jesus. Midichlorian immaculate conception.

[@Attila_Beregi]

in a way i wish you'd be watching these in chronological order and not release order. what a different experience would that be not knowing where all of this is headed

[@Waterford1992]

4:31 "Why the foreign accents if they are supposed to be on the bad side?" What sort of an accent were they supposed to have then? were they supposed to sound like you or something because I just don't understand your question?

[@MegMageReacts]

There’s a difference between allowing an actor to use their natural accent and forcing a Chinese accent onto an alien race hyper-fixated on securing capital and taking down the republic. It seems pointed at worst and kinda careless at best. For us, it was just an interesting direction choice to have an alien sound asian when they could have just been given their own language like many of the other aliens or used the actors’ original dialects. Not saying it’s a huge issue…it’s just interesting. - Caleb

[@benschultz1784]

If only Jake Lloyd had got the love back then, he wouldn't have issues today (he's in prison now) They had to reshoot a lot of the action scenes because Ewan MacGregor kept making lightsaber noises himself. He's the nephew of Dennis Lawson, who played Wedge Antilles in the OT.

[@AlluttajaYT]

prison?

[@Agherosh]

He's not in prison, and his problems have nothing to do with the fans reactions, he didn't even see those reactions.

[@paneledmeteor33]

I know what you’re thinking, “How does this sweet, little boy become Vader?!!” Also, Chancellor Valorum, that’s General Zod from Superman 2!

[@seanbumstead1250]

That's not face painting on Darth maul the red is his skin color and the black are Sith tattoos. Here is something most people don't know the rodian kid the green one that's with Anakin is greedo the one hand solo kills in the first movie he's a bounty Hunter now

[@mathmexican4234]

"that's Natalie Portman" ... are you sure about that? ... are you SURE about that?

[@Verebazs]

45:00 Well, keep in mind Natalie Portman wasn't yet an A-lister when this movie came-out, so she wasn't quite as recogniseable back then. Also fun fact: Padmé's body double was played by Keira Knightley.

[@captainservoofzetasquad4509]

I'm excited but seeing that Pt1 in the title destroys me (at least it means more reaction). I will endure though and wait for Pt2. Have a nice weekend everyone.

[@MegMageReacts]

I understand--thank you for being patient and being excited about it!! It should be ready in less than a week :)

[@sammylane21]

Meg is all happy right now but wait until a particular scene in ep3.

[@wanderer3004]

Going rouge, well, that's for another movie to do. Drawing attention by disrupting the local customs to that extent, especially when you very well may have to engage with that planet again, was probably not the wisest course of action. There were also certain explosive possibilities for the mother if she got too far away and I don't mean another mystery pregnancy.