In 1999 Maine Star Wars Fans Go Wild! Lining Up Overnight for Free Phantom Menace Tickets

[@retrogameattic]

Thanks for sharing! I miss all of that Episode I hype from back then. Super cool to see stuff like this!

[@RetroGamingNook]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. It was at the end of some old recording on a VHS tape I had kicking around still. Thought it might be worth posting.🙂

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Lol. This brings back memories. I remember queueing for the phantom menace with my buddies from uni. We stole one of those huge promotional canvas posters on the way out. We had it on the wall at our house, and it literally covered the whole wall. It was massive. I remember printed on the back of it, it said "property of Lucasfilm".😂 Shame about the movie though. I came out the theatre thinking, "WTH did I just watch" Major let down compared to the original trilogy. Still, Phantom menace and the other two prequels are far better than anything Disney has put out.😂

[@RetroGamingNook]

That’s awesome! lol.😂. When I went to see it they had technical problems… I went to the lobby 3 times and they could not fix the focus. So I left the theater and went to the next one over that started 30 minutes later. I saw the first 20 minutes twice, but the second time I actually saw it. I felt bad there were people in the other theater too timid to leave and just sat there, some with kids, and dealt with the horrible focus issue. I told them to follow me out to the other showing, but only a couple did. 🫤

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@RetroGamingNook Oh, man. What a nightmare. I don't think that's ever happened to me, but I'd be hella annoyed if the picture was out of focus.