In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) the pod racing crowd is comprised of 450,000 Q-tips painted different colors. Fans were blown underneath to simulate movement in the crowd (full credit goes to BubbleBassV2 originally posted on r/interestingasfuck)

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image showing In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) the pod racing crowd is comprised of 450,000 Q-tips painted different colors. Fans were blown underneath to simulate movement in the crowd (full credit goes to BubbleBassV2 originally posted on r/interestingasfuck)

Danglebort on March 12nd, 2021 at 05:54 UTC »

Wow, those were some lucky fans.

Ne0n3x666 on March 12nd, 2021 at 06:41 UTC »

Wait... Its NOT CGI??

MassivePE on March 12nd, 2021 at 06:49 UTC »

Film intern shows up to work

“So what will I be doing on the set?!?!”

Prop guy/gal - “Boy do I have an important job for you!”