The premiere of Star Wars: Episode I at the Coronet Theater. San Francisco, 1999.If you wanted to camp on the streets of San Francisco in 1999, you needed a permit from the city. Some Star Wars fans waited outside the theater overnight, while others camped in tents for days.There was a lot of excitement in the air for the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, which was released on May 19, 1999.The Coronet Theatre was located at 3575 Geary Blvd. It opened on November 2, 1949, and closed on March 17, 2005. Today, a senior living facility stands in its place.At the time, the Coronet was one of the few theaters in the country selected by Lucasfilm to screen the movie on a brand-new digital projection system, a nod to the Bay Area’s deep connection to the Star Wars universe. George Lucas himself lived just north of the city in Marin County, and his production company, Lucasfilm, was headquartered at Skywalker Ranch in nearby Nicasio.Fans lined up in costume—stormtroopers, Jedi, even a few Darth Mauls—turning the sidewalk along Geary Boulevard into a makeshift celebration of all things Star Wars. Local news crews covered the scene as if it were a major event, and in many ways, it was.#starwars #maythe4thbewithyou🎥: KRON / We Can’t Wait

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