Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (soundtrack) and are instead replaced by Duel of the Fates. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (soundtrack) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 1999 , composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices.The soundtrack album was released by Sony Classical Records on May 4, 1999, two weeks before the film's theatrical release. In anticipation of the long-awaited film, the soundtrack was certified Platinum in the United States and Gold in the United Kingdom, where it entered the UK album
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Lucas decided the movies would work best as a trilogy. In the final act of the trilogy's final episode, "Return of the Jedi", Vader is ultimately redeemed through an act of sacrifice for Luke. This was in 1983, more than six years since the release of "Star Wars". Lucas admitted to being "burned out" and announced he would take a break from working on the saga. Throughout the 1980s, George Lucas remarked he had no desire to return to "Star Wars" and had unofficially canceled his sequel trilogy by the time of "Return of the Jedi". Because Lucas had developed