Corrected entry: In the opening story text of The Phantom Menace, it refers to Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn as Jedi knights- but Obi-Wan is still a padawan and not yet a Jedi knight.
Tailkinker
5th Apr 2008
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Correction: And Qui-Gon is a Jedi Master. Like the other correction said, it's for brevity during the opening crawl.
27th Aug 2001
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: The same actor plays Nute Gunray, one of the Naboo pilots, one of the Senators, and the Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi.
Correction: Information that can be gleaning simply by watching the credits is not good trivia.
24th Jul 2005
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: In the scene when princess Amidala, Qui Gon, Jar Jar and some other characters are recovering the palace, Amidala was sitting in a chair and then she opens some kind of box next to her and takes out a weapon; in the next shot she stands up and it seems as if she is almost going to fall.
Correction: How is this a mistake? People do find themselves off-balance at times.
21st Jul 2005
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: When Obi-Wan is hanging on to the ledge when he fights Maul, he sees Qui-Gon's lightsaber on the ground next to him. The design of the hilt is the same as Obi-Wan's. No two Jedi have the same hilt design.
Correction: There's no rule stating that Jedi must have a unique design - Jedi build their own lightsabres using whatever design they see fit to use. There's nothing to prevent Obi-Wan from building one similar to his master's sabre.
13th Jun 2005
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: After Obi-Wan cuts Darth Maul in half and he falls into the pit, You see Obi-Wan and his lightsaber is off, a couple of seconds later you see that his lightsaber is on, with no sound of it reactivating.
Correction: There is no shot of Kenobi with his lightsabre off - in one shot, the beam follows the line of the wall, making it less clear, but it is there.
13th Jun 2005
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: When Darth Maul kicks Obi-Wan off the walkway, he falls off the walkway feet first. In the next shot, he falls down head first. (01:50:50)
Correction: Firstly, he falls off sideways, not feet first. Secondly, he falls a pretty long way - remember that Maul also falls to a lower walkway (Qui-Gon jumps down to join him), and Obi-Wan still has to leap upwards to get to them. We certainly don't see the entire fall, making it entirely plausible that he twisted in mid-air during the part of the fall that's off-camera.
7th May 2004
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Corrected entry: Qui-gon says to Watto, "My ship will be the entry fee." How does he know for sure that the people in charge of registration for the pod race will accept a damaged ship? I realize it's a moot point, since Qui-gon talked Watto into supplying the entry fee.
Correction: These are Hutts we're talking about - they'll likely accept just about anything of sufficient monetary value.
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Correction: He's a Jedi Knight in training and is ready for the trials. Close enough, particularly as the opening text must, by necessity, be brief.
Tailkinker ★