Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is a 2010 American epic space opera film written and directed by J. J. Abrams, and distributed by Disney. It is the first installment in the Star Wars saga and stars Jackie Chan, Chadwick Boseman, Emma Watson, Tom Holland, Charles Dance, David Tennant, Warwick Baker, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jodie Foster, Charlie Cox, Irrfan Khan, and Andy Serkis.