the phantom menace

Definition

George Lucas's much-maligned Star Wars prequel featuring Jar Jar Binks, pod racing, and inexplicably bad dialogue. Not the worst film in the trilogy—that distinction belongs to Attack of the Clones.

Example Usage

The Phantom Menace gets a lot of hate, but at least it has better action sequences than the follow-up.

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