Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace.

LUCAS, George. [Rick McCullum].

Item Number: 131208

London: Ebury Press, 2000.

First edition of the complete script of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by George Lucas on the title page, “To Leon, George Lucas”. Additionally inscribed by the film’s producer, Rick McCullum, “To Leon May the force be with you – All the best Rich McCullum.” In fine condition. Rare.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm, distributed by 20th Century Fox and starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz. It is the fourth film in the Star Wars film series and first chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Set 32 years before the original trilogy, during the era of the Galactic Republic, the plot follows Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they try to protect Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo in hopes of securing a peaceful end to an interplanetary trade dispute. Joined by Anakin Skywalker—a young slave with unusually strong natural powers of the Force—they simultaneously contend with the mysterious return of the Sith.