But George Lucas gave such masterpieces as American Graffiti, THX 1138, Star Wars, and produced the Indiana Jones trilogy. John Williams is coming back to score the film. Ian McDiarmid is reprising his role as Palpatine. And that new character Darth Maul is sure to become as iconic as Darth Vader was in the Original Trilogy. Can't wait until Anakin gets into a lightsaber duel with him in Episode III and turns to the dark side. Man, first the Matrix blew my mind, and now The Phantom Menace is definitely going to be the best film of 1999.