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The Force can be combined with Interest
The Force is used to create things. Life... indeed, creativity is the force itself. What I fail to recognize in these posts by others who have watched the movie is their own creativity in response to the movie. Not all things have failures.

The creation of cities started under water; the creation of states started in space. These things are majestic.

What we fail to understand here is like episode ii, where the force is boring. At times this movie drags on so long you can't naturally get the plot, nor are you interested in things like evil.

Some points:

; Darth Sidious has been taught by Darth Plagus and then murdered Plagus sometime in an attempt to usurp his position and power. Sith deal in extremes, eternity, and absolutes.

; The Jedi study what Qui-Gonn believes is the "Jedi Arts". This means they pursue the human character more than the violence of forcing others to be moral and correct. In fact, not only would this destroy the human character of beings who pretend to be superior, but would naturally cause others to attack it. The force cannot be attacked. It is a concept that is reiterated over and over again in this film.

; Darth Maul is the definition of real magic power, which is why it is hard to understand the beliefs of the movie. Darth Maul smiles at all fake magic power and real magic power combined. So he's the meaning of life and meaningless magic power together. An intriguing character, to say the least.

; It is very ethical for the trade federation to own droids with weapons, because in this universe, the freedom of trade (contraband and illegality) across planets, and greed, cannot be protected. Trade has a natural ally in the unwise. So "Greed can be a powerful ally" is a healthy quote, reflecting maturity. Another thing is that the power of conglomerates across planescapes that occur in natural settings would require the formation of armies, not organic or living or sentient at all, to protect them. If they were sentient, they might resolve to smuggle or steal the shipments. This is the Star Wars universe. Hopefully when we go out into space, we'll be wiser and not be as judgmental or harsh with our laws that this would be required. But according to the Star Wars universe, this is possible. Perhaps it is a statement against galactic government across planets? The ego is not wise enough perhaps.

I also believe that if this were a movie not about Anakin, but about pure morality, it would not really create the imaginations you would come to expect from Star Wars. At least this was formulaic, if you think so, and generated a lot of sympathy. It would feel more like death. Someone telling you what to do but not being able to do it. That's not the force, nor a good definition of that spiritual concept.

Try to imagine what others may have expected. Jedis destroying racism.... Jedis destroying all inhuman acts of goodwill... Jedis making judgments and resolving things... if you have read some books in the Star Wars universe, you know you dread these moments and want to get back to the points where they're fighting and losing and escaping, much like this movie was.

Pretty soon, you have a barren planet, and nothing on it but junk. Kind of like Tatooine. So the Force creates complexity.

THE BEST DVD I HAVE EVER BOUGHT
THIS DVD IS THE BEST THAT I HAVE BOUGHT SO FAR. THE DVD EXTRAS ARE THE COOLEST THAT I HAVE SEEN . THE MOVIE IS HIGH QUALITY. AND I WISH PEOPEL WOULD QUIT PICKING AT JAKE LLOYD FOR HIS ACTING HES ONLY A LIL BOY. THE MOVIE WAS GOOD AND ITS WELL WORTH THE BUY

STAR WARS I, The Phantom Menace
This is a really good movie, but Jar Jar Binks is stupid. George Lucas must have been drunk when he came up with that stupid character.

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