10 Cringiest Moments In The Star Wars Prequels

6. "Are You An Angel?"

Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Lucasfilm

Anakin and Padmé's first meeting marks the true beginning of the Skywalker Saga, with the couple's romance not only setting Anakin on the path to becoming Darth Vader, but bringing Luke and Leia into the world to boot.

Things get off to a cringey start however, with their first-ever conversation kicking off with young Anakin's highly embarrassing pickup line "Are you an angel?"

Poor Jake Lloyd is trying his best here but he just doesn't sound natural, and, to be fair, a large chunk of the blame has to fall at Lucas' feet for writing such groan-worthy guff in the first place.

It's by no means Anakin and Padmé's worst interaction in the prequels (we'll get to that later), but it's a bad moment nonetheless.

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