17 Years Ago Today, Star Wars Released a Forgotten Prequel (And It’s Mandatory Viewing for Hardcore Fans)

Surprisingly, the first four episodes were combined and released as a movie in theaters. As George Lucas told Entertainment Weekly, it wasn’t originally planned – they were working on the TV series and realized the footage looked so good on a larger screen that they decided to use the same crew to create a feature film. However, even this movie takes place after Attack of the Clones, as Anakin is already a fully trained Jedi Knight. Later, in 2009, Lucas released another story that served as an earlier prequel.








