US News: Explore how the memes surrounding Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs draw parallels to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and its themes of democracy, power, and trade disputes.

Neither had much good to say. Here's how Tom Shales described the movie: "The new Star Wars movie Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace is a menace. It's not about storytelling and it's not about people ...

In 1999, when Star Wars: Episode I—The ... easy enough to make the case for both Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith as “better” movies than The Phantom Menace (though Clones ...

But instead of whatever they’d imagined, “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” involves a nefarious trade dispute, myth-altering midi-chlorians and Jar Jar Binks. The 1999 Project ...

George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” has a clear set-up/pay-off as the reason for its existence: young, innocent child Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) will grow up to ...

On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump announced sweeping "reciprocal tariffs" on over 60 countries, triggering a wave of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace memes that turned satire into prophecy. Internet ...