In Phantom Menace, podracing is depicted as a dangerous form of racing that is disproportionately popular among the citizens of rural Outer Rim planets such as Tatooine. The fictional sport became ...

Sometimes, to this caveat, Phantom Menace detractors add a second scene: the pod race, in which a pint-sized Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) beats local thug Sebulba in a sort-of alien Nascar ...

The Phantom Menace also leaps to life in its handful of action set-pieces. Sure, maybe the pod-race goes on a bit too long, ...