
The two Jedi later find a young Anakin Skywalker, who was a slave with unnaturally strong powers of the Force. The Phantom Menace takes place 32 years before the events of A New Hope and follows Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they protect Naboo’s Queen Padme Amidala as she tries to secure a peaceful end to an interplanetary trade dispute. This design remains consistent with the rest of the films in the prequel trilogy. Thus to highlight this, the Star Wars logos placed more of the emphasis on the episode number rather than the title itself. While The Phantom Menace wasn’t the first prequel film made, many audiences still weren’t overly familiar with the audience. Potential reasoning for the logo’s focus on “Episode I” lies in George Lucas’ need to explain what a prequel was. The actual title is written below in small font. Instead of the title of the movie, “The Phantom Menace” as the main focus, the words “Episode I” take up most of the space in the logo, with “Star Wars” placed on the upper left. The franchise also chose to change the main Star Wars logo slightly. The film incorporated several changes including new characters, new technology and new locations. The font is a contrast from the previous lettering used in the original trilogy which was harsher and bolder.Įpisode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) is the first installment of the prequel trilogy of the Star Wars franchise. The font and its logo were used in several movie posters and propaganda for the film.

The original font used in the logo for Episode I is based on the font Trajan, which was popular at the time as it was used for many historical dramas. The free available version that can be accessed online was designed by Boba Fonts in 2013. The Episode I font is an elegant, serif font based on the official Episode I movie logo typography from the Star Wars franchise.


This font is based on the official Episode 1 movie logo lettering and on the one used for the subtitle The Phantom Menace.
