Picture by picture commentary

The opening shot consists of about six computer generated kaadus (two-legged beasts) being ridden through a misty Naboo swamp. Peko-pekos fly overhead.

The Queen's ship can be seen here, her chrome hull gleaming in the Tatooine desert sunlight. A herd of undomesticated dewbacks is to her left. Someone is walking in front of the ship (possibly Obi-Wan who stays behind with Captain Panaka while the others go to Mos Espa).

This shot shows a sweeping view of Theed, the capital city of Naboo. The palace dominates this shot, and waterfalls can be seen in the background as some fighters of some kind (possibly Sith fighters) fly overhead. Battle tanks can be seen in the courtyard, and possibly a STAP on the right. This may be after the battle.

We see here Queen Amidala clad in royal red garb, peering out the window of one of the palace's great halls. As this shot fades away, the breathing of Darth Vader can be heard in the background.

This is a first-person view from the cockpit of Anakin's pod in the heat of the pod race. The large turbine engines pulling the pod stretch out in front, with an arc of energy possibly tethering them together. The arch-filled canyon is reminiscent of Beggar's Canyon.
 

  Anakin overtakes Mowhonic (the Gran), who's flying the pod with the big x-shaped engines.
 

This is Queen Amidala in a ceremonial dress and make-up when she visits Palpatine. She sits on the couch in Palpatine's quarters. Palpy is the one passing in front of the camera.
 

Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Jar Jar in a Gungan submarine on their way to Otoh Gungaw. Jar-Jar screams something like "Outside!" They're probably panicking because of the sea monster.

 
Side shot of the submarine, lights on, about to be attacked by a large underwater creature with luminescent spots, tri-partate jaw, and yellow eyes. The submarine looks like a fat stingray.
 

Obi-wan spinning his blade like a helicopter in front of him. Obi-Wan rocks!

 
The queen’s ship escaping from a large Federation battleship. Open ship hangars can be seen at the ends of the battleship's "arms". As the queen's ship flies by, there are clearly two people in the cockpit.
 

Naboo guards firing on an unseen enemy that would be where the audience is, and others escorting a figure behind a marble pillar. The enemy blaster bolts are red, and those of the Palace Guards are green.
 

Watto, the slave owner. (get out the Raid!) He's probably in his Junk Shop, because you can see junk behind him.
 

This shot is hard to make out. Large MTTs chasing Qui-Gon and various animals through the forest.
 

Jar Jar inspecting something on the ground standing up to be unexpectedly caught in the energy tether between two pod engines. His ears fly straight back, and he jerks back and hops around after getting out of it, yelling and hooting the whole time.

The queen’s ship heads to Coruscant.
 

JarJar, Qui-Gon, and the queen walk around Mos Espa. The new elephant alien in the Cantina from the Special Editions leads a Dewback behind them.

 
This is Anakin, probably in the slave Quarters. It could be when he arrives there with the others to show them his house.
 

Mace Windu: "You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force? You believe it’s this boy?"
Heavy Coruscant traffic is visible behind Mace.
 

Anakin looks at his mother across the dinner table.
Qui-Gon: "He can see things before they happen."
 

Obi-Wan looks at Anakin at some sort of ceremony. The queen, Jar Jar and Palpatine are also there, with others behind them. In the theatre version, you can see General Ceel (the Gungan) behind Palpatine.
 

Shmi Skywalker, sitting at the dinner table, says "He can help you." (Shmi, Jar-Jar, Qui-Gon, R2, Padme and Anakin are present.)
 

Shmi strokes Anakin’s face, to console him.

 
Qui-Gon says, "The Force is unusually strong with him," during Shmi's and Qui-Gon's discussion at the gate of the slave quarters about Anakin's future.

 
Shmi: "He was meant to help you."
(also during the conversation at the dinner table)
 

Qui-Gon (in front of the Queen’s ship on Tatooine), "Anakin!"

Shot of Qui-Gon fighting Maul, only one end of Maul’s saber is extended.
Qui-Gon: "Tell them to take off!"
 

Tearful Anakin facing Shmi,"Will I ever see you again?"
 

Shmi: "What does your heart tell you?"
 

Padme, with Jar Jar behind her, approaches and asks: "Are you sure about this? Trusting our fate to a boy we hardly know?"
 

Shot of Qui-Gon inside Anakin's house. The kitchen is in the background, and you can see the dried frogs hanging from the ceiling (common food in Mos Espa, at least in the slave quarters).
 

Anakin waving to the huge stands full of people there for the pod race. Anakin is behind his pod, the turbines of which are set up with pointy tips (which deflect the engine's flames). On the left, you can see the big 'gate' that we also saw in the storyboard of the radio reporter looking down on the arena.
 

R2, Qui-Gon, Anakin, and Obi-Wan sitting on the floor of the Marie Celeste.
Qui-Gon: "Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi."
A very cool moment!
 

Obi-Wan nods in greeting, R2 bleeps.
 

Naboo N-1 in flames hurtling toward a Trade Federation battleship.
 

Yoda, seated in a red Jedi Council chair. Looks considerably younger…with a lot more hair. Especially wide eyes.
"I sense much fear in you"
 

Shot of Anakin standing before the whole Jedi Council. The windows in the Jedi Council tower open out to a scenic view of Coruscant and all of its traffic. Visible on the Jedi Council are: Yoda, Ki Adi Mundi (to Yoda's right), Adi Gallia (to Mundi's right), Yarael Poof (The guy with the long neck and small head), Mace Windu, some other small person (probably Yaddle), Saesee Tiin (we think) to Yaddle's right, and others. The person to Yarael's right has horns on his head, so that could make him Eeth Koth.
 

Blast doors (somewhere on Naboo) open on a cloaked figure. Darth Maul!
Obi-Wan: "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it. Why can't you?"
 

Obi-Wan following Qui-Gonn with Coruscant skyline in background. They're walking outside. This is after a session with the Council. Night has fallen over Coruscant. Notice Anakin and R2 on the left.
 

Qui-Gonn holding green saber at the ready, probably just before he starts the duel with Maul in the hangar. Obi-Wan isn't there yet.
 

Yoda: "Fear is the path to the dark side!"
 

Obi-Wan settling himself with lightsaber at the ready. It looks purplish for some reason, but it's actually blue.
 

Yoda: "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering!"
Yoda is explaining these things to Anakin (9-year-old kid), hence the tone of his voice.

Someone puts their hands on Anakin’s shoulders as he solemnly blinks in another scene with a dark background. It's probably Obi-Wan.
 

Yoda finishes his quote with a drooping of his ears.

Darth Maul, same location as before, with red saber extended; he presses a button and a second shaft emerges.
 

Anakin's pod screams at the camera.
 

Sebulba looks at camera and laughs like a horse would. He's standing near the engines of Anakin's pod. Probably at that moment, he's just sabotaged the engines (which explains the laughing).
 

The Queen in white makeup and ornate headdress turns to look at camera. It's the same red dress as in the first shot. This is at the start of the movie. She's probably sitting on her throne.
 
 

Darth Maul fends off an attack from Obi-Wan AND Qui-Gonn, and grimaces.
 

N-1's attacking a target.
 

Anakin in cockpit in goggles looking over the battle
 

Droid fighters attack head-on (they look like smoothed-out TIE interceptors).
 

R2 with C3PO’s bottom half visible.
 

See-Through Threepio!
 

Scores of battle droids turn right to face.
 

Shot of the battle droids by the huge Transports mentioned earlier. They're gathering in the plains outside Naboo just before the invasion. In the foreground, you can see an army of Gungans facing them. The CG textures may not be fully completed in this shot.
 

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan (in the Generator shaft) leap and flip respectively across a gap from a control area to a ledge to meet...
 

...Darth Maul on the ledge with both ends of his saber extended.
 

Battle droid on STAP comes flying down from upper left to lower right in forest shooting at Obi-Wan.
 

Trade federation battleship satellite dish blows up in HUGE explosion. Two N-1s may be consumed in the backwash.
 

The title and credits are self-explanatory.