"The Phantom Menace” nickname (3)
I believe the answer is:
ani
'the phantom menace nickname' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ani that I've seen before include "Black cuckoo" , "One winged" , "Black bird" , "Bird of the cuckoo family" , "Indigo dye." .)