The Phantom Menace: I also made $1 billion box office, but why people never mention that?
The Rise of Skywalker: Because it's different.
The Phantom Menace: How is that?
The Rise of Skywalker: The studio behind me is Disney, the one that presses don't have balls to offend. So it can't be pointed out that I actually make less money than The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens. The studio behind you is Fox, which was just bought by my mouse.
The Phantom Menace: So I should have get born two years later instead of 1999?
The Rise of Skywalker: Bingo. Actually, presses did mention your powerful box office performance.
The Phantom Menace: They did? When and where?
The Rise of Skywalker: The moment they tried to make Attack of the Clones look more terrible, they wrote in their articles, "even Phantom Menace made around $1 billion three years ago, the performance of Clones just proved Star Wars is dead."
The Phantom Menace: But Star Wars is still alive, right?
The Rise of Skywalker: Yes, except in theaters.