![]() I remember anxiously waiting for the Quicktime video to download, my wait soundtracked by all the beeps and boops that were familiar to late ’90s dial-up internet users.Įventually the file was downloaded… but catastrophe! Our Windows 95 PC simply refused to play the video it was now carrying inside it’s rusty innards. Of course one of the first websites I thought to visit was, where the trailer for The Phantom Menace had been posted. Finally, after months of pleading, my parents had connected a modem to their landline and enabled us to take our first steps into the larger world of the web. In November 1998 the internet was still in its infancy, not least in the Lyth household. For the record, I loved the movie when I saw it on opening night. I never saw the trailer in a movie theatre. I do recall downloading the second trailer the following year, I upgraded to a mighty 56kbps by this point, but then struggling with the new Apple Quicktime player. ![]() After several rewatches I jumped onto Jedinet (my go to forum back then) and shared my experience with multiple other fans eager to see more of the new film. Who were these creatures coming through the mist? Who is the guy with the red and black face paint? It’s difficult to explain how the Internet was back then especially in an age where we carry far more powerful devices in our pockets with images and video at our fingertips. Next came the Lucasfilm logo, and I sat back to watch. I then vividly recalled the tiny screen, probably 4″ square, and the grainy green image warning me the trailer had been approved. ![]() I had no media player to play the file and that took another eternity to sort. I had to use a program, axe splitter from memory, to break it into parts and then copy on multiple disks. But disaster! It was bigger than 1.44MB which was the capacity of floppy disks back then. After what seemed like half an ice age I gave up and downloaded it on my account at University, ready to take home. I recall clicking the link to download the trailer, and waited, and waited… as it crawled to 1%, 2%…. ![]() When the trailer was announced previously I, like everyone else I knew, was desperate to watch it. It’s actually pretty sad that I remember that and didn’t need to check Google for confirmation. Fantha Trackers each share their memories of that special day from 20 years ago.īack in 1998 I was on 33.6kbps dial up connection. ![]()
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