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Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999)

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
PG
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure

Director
George Lucas
Release Date
May 19, 1999
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Ewan McGregor , Liam Neeson , Natalie Portman , Jake Lloyd , Ian McDiarmid , Pernilla August , Oliver Ford Davies , Ahmed Best
Runtime
136 minutes
Main Genre
Sci-Fi

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