After nearly ten years of running this channel, I have seen the same questions over and over again. Today I’m answering over FORTY of the most frequently asked questions I’ve seen about Star Wars Episode One, The Phantom Menace!
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What was the blockade of Naboo for?
1:12 What do battle droid colors mean?
1:49 Why did Naboo elect young queens?
2:32 Why was Jar Jar banished?
3:08 Why do the Gungans dislike the Naboo?
3:35 What is Naboo’s core made of?
4:01 Was Padme’s name a secret?
4:40 Why did the handmaidens have similar names?
5:28 Are there angels in Star Wars?
6:01 Why was Quinlan Vos on Tatooine?
6:41 Does Anakin have a statue of Maz Kanata?
7:23 Did Anakin build C-3PO from scratch?
8:13 Was Sio Bibble’s message a trick?
8:47 What was a normal midi-chlorian count?
9:30 Was Anakin really the only human that could podrace?
10:34 What did Boonta Eve celebrate?
11:22 Who started saying wizard?
11:57 Why did Sebulba hate Anakin?
12:38 Why did Ben Quadinaros’s pod explode?
13:19 Why was Aurra Sing at the podrace?
14:01 Who got second in the podrace?
14:58 What happened to Kitster?
15:46 What is the Trade Federation?
16:44 Is E.T. in the senate?
17:40 What happened to Chancellor Valorum?
18:15 Why was Anakin too old to train?
19:17 What were the Jedi Trials?
20:08 What happened to the blockade?
21:00 Who knew Padme was the queen?
21:38 What was the purpose of the laser gates?
22:21 Why didn’t Obi-Wan use Force speed?
23:23 How did Maul survive being cut in half?
24:19 What happened to Maul’s ship?
24:56 Why couldn’t Qui-Gon be saved?
25:30 Why didn’t Qui-Gon disappear?
26:05 What happened to the lightsabers of fallen Jedi?
26:50 What happened to the Padawans of fallen masters?
27:34 What happened to Captain Panaka?
28:16 What happened to the handmaidens?
29:17 Why was Qui-Gon cremated on Naboo?
29:52 How did Yoda know about the Rule of Two?
30:53 Was Jar Jar a secret Sith Lord?
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