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Did you see it when it came out in theaters in 1999?


I remember being a wee lad and going to see it at the old local movie theater that was eventually renovated into a latino night club.

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Yes and No. I was on leave in Honolulu from the military in the summer of 1999. I was all excited to see TPM, I was even reliving my great experience in 1980 when I saw Empire Strikes Back at the best movie theater(Midland)in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Welp, what happened was this movie was so god awful and boring I left after about 30 minutes, when the queen was giving some awful boring speech or something.
I swear to god, a few days later I bought another ticket and tried this movie again..only to leave at the exact same spot I had left a few days before. I've never seen this movie in it's entirety.

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3 times. Other than Jar Jar, I liked it.

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Yes, and I really enjoyed it

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yeah. i remember not understanding a single thing jar jar said, and being mostly bored.

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I did see it when it came out in theaters in 1999.
just not in a movie theatre.
On a low quality downloaded torrent file

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Yes I saw it 3 times! I even dragged my mum along with me lol. At the time I thought it was absolutely amazing but looking back now definitely not so much!

Still love the pod race though!

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Yes, saw the midnight showing with some friends and had to show up hours early to ensure you didn't get a seat in the front row. Lots of people dressed up. Saw it at the local mall which the theater is pretty much the only thing left in there.

Overall I enjoyed it, even with the Jar Jar nonsense.

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Yes, I went with my mom and just saw it for the second time last night.

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