Every saga has a beginning...

The first trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace came out on this day in 1998, going wide two days later. I remember getting up early to record it on breakfast TV, and bringing the VHS tape to parties up to New Year. The biggest reaction was always Darth Maul’s double blade lightsaber. Should they have kept that back for the film itself? (Hard to do with toys, of course.)