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Our series breaking down The Phantom Menace begins with the Jedi arrival at the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo.

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Allen Voivod from Star Wars 7x7 joins us for this segment. Make sure to check our Allen\\u2019s TEDx Talk: Why Hope Is Star Wars\\u2019 Most Powerful Force.

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This edition of our The Phantom Menace series covers the following segment of the movie: Beginning to 10:45.

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In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Allen\\u2019s experience with The Phantom Menace, his favorite scene, and favorite character,
• The opening crawl to The Phantom Menace and the importance of \\u201ctaxation of the trade routes,\\u201d
• Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi\\u2019s arrival at the Trade Federation blockade,
• Initially thoughts on the battledroids,
• The first appearance of Neimoidians,
• Darth Sidious\\u2019s introduction in The Phantom Menace,
• Queen Amidala\\u2019s first appearance when she confronts the Trade Federation, and
• The Naboo response to the Trade Federation blockade.

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