Qui-Gon to the dogs.

In the first three Star Wars movies, the Jedi and Sith are dwindling embers.

The film’s opening act is basically a 30-minute-long rockstar kneeslide.

An in-game battle from the videogame Jedi Power Battles, featuring Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi

The lightsaber fights are often called its redeeming feature.

Indeed, I think it’s a superior realisation of certain of the film’s supporting principles.

Jedi Power Battles isn’t a triumph, by any stretch.

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He fights one-handed, slicing horizontally and vertically with contemptuous flicks of the wrist.

The other two characters are relative nobodies, but they still feel like distinct individuals.

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The character select screen from videogame Jedi Power Battles