The Phantom Menace Turns 15 Today

It was on this day 15 years ago that I spent the longest day of my life at work.  That work day was interminable.  Worse was the two hour wait between the end of the work day and the showtime of the viewing to which I purchased tickets a week prior.  All was still in front of us at that point and the Prequel Trilogy was still full of potential.  On May 19th, 1999, Star Wars Episode I:  The Phantom Menace opened in theaters and the rest is awkward CGI history.